Your first time

[hutter]

Devo's "whip it" video was my first exposure to new wave, it wasn't long after that when my pops subscribed to HBO that I was exposed to Gary Numan's "Cars" and other latr 70's-early 80's videos. The town I grew up in didn't play any new wave on the radio, and TV was the only exposure avaliable for me.

[mare_idol]

The first Blondie album.

I was a big Queen fan.

I saw a photo of Debbie Harry hanging with Roger Taylor, thought she was really pretty and got the album when I was 13.

After that was The Ramones.

I went the punk route before new wave, I guess

[WoodlandParkPunk]

Watching the B-52's on Saturday Night Live.

[Gyroscope2]

There were plenty of firsts for me, but one that sticks out is "Down In The Park" By Gary Numan.

[cubby]

Definitely the first Cars LP or "Heart of Glass" by Blondie.

[ghosty]

Blondie's "Parallel Lines" album. My Mom had it on 8-track.

[Moparmark]

I agree with Blir.Radio stations in the late 70,s in small town Canada were pretty conservative so when I heard Best friends Girl in the summer of 79 on my car radio I was sold on the new wave.Blondie songs and Gary Newmans Cars can also be lumped in as well.I was however a punkrocker first.

[Ape Module]

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<br>Watching the B-52's on Saturday Night Live.


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Wow-- I caught a rerun of the B-52's episode of SNL just a few weeks ago. Incredible performance.

I can't recall but I think they played Dance This Mess Around and Rock Lobster.

[WolverineSyr]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Ape Module[/i]
I can't recall but I think they played Dance This Mess Around and Rock Lobster.
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They did both songs - it was an incredible experience seeing it back in 78 or 79 - it was totally unique and off the wall - like nothing I had ever seen before. I think I went out and bought the album the next day.

[Randall Roq]

[quote][i]Originally posted by WolverineSyr[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by Ape Module[/i]
I can't recall but I think they played Dance This Mess Around and Rock Lobster.
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They did both songs - it was an incredible experience seeing it back in 78 or 79 - it was totally unique and off the wall - like nothing I had ever seen before. I think I went out and bought the album the next day.


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That was the great thing about SNL back then. The groups that played were'nt at the top of the charts so very often you were treated to something you had never heard before.
Not like nowadays when the guest musician is an Ashlee Simpleton or some such.

[geoffolehane]

Pre-1980 techno...I was into most of the STIFF stuff like Rachel Sweet and Ian Gomm.

Then Shoes - "Present Tense" came out and I thought (at the time) that was the best album I'd ever heard.

But when I heard Visage's "Fade to Grey" on a Canadian radio station, I was blown away and could not ever turn back. From then on nearly everything I ever listened to from then on (into present day) had/has a techno feel to it.

[fortyfives]

Actually, several songs that were out during the late 70's:

Romantics - When I Look In Your Eyes
Fabulous Poodles - Mirror Stars
20/20 - Cheri
Bruce Wooley & the Camera Club - English Garden
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays

[kola]

it would have to be M's pop muzik... bigger tracks by other artists came later on in the day, but that was my first... i even hunted down the "modern man" 7" after that.

[Bitter Almonds]

Not really New Wave, but F.R. David's "Words" was a song I LOVED from the get-go.

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But if I had to give credit to an artist for making me a collector of primarily 80s music, that honour would go to The Smiths and the songs I often heard by them: "How Soon Is Now?", "Girlfriend In A Coma" (a favourite, also, from the first time I heard it), and "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out."

[Rubbeet921]

My 2 older bros are also into Punk/NW so I was heavily influenced till I finally became more addicted to it than they ever were. I've always been the one collecting CD's, mags, posters, & other stuff and they just keep borrowing from me! and worse- losing CD's & mags![:(!][B)][:D].

I constantly heard the following albums being played and before I knew it, I was hooked:

Tears for Fears - "Songs from the Big Chair" and "The Hurting"
The Smiths - too many albums (Hatful of Hollow, Strangeways here we Come, etc.)
Psychedelic Furs - All of This and Nothing
The Ramones - Brain Drain, Rocket to Russia
The Clash - London Calling, Combat Rock, Cut the Crap

So, for sentimental reasons, the above bands will always be included in my top Fave list.