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[BlackOlivesMatter]

As the topic states, I believe this was the best decade for the best style of Alternative Music. (as much as I love punk, it's 2nd to New Wave)

Agree? Sure ya do. Here are some of my favorite songs/bands. What are yours?

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Just a sample. Too many good ones come to mind.

 

[Foamy]

Sounds like the playlist for a mix album titled "Songs to fuck yourself in the ass with a shampoo bottle to".

 

[Calcium]

What about Phoebe Cates?

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

Sounds like the playlist for a mix album titled "Songs to fuck yourself in the ass with a shampoo bottle to".

 

[Tranquil]

I've often said that this is my least favorite music I've ever heard. I remember being alive in the 80's. Horrible stuff.

 

[SpiceRacz]

PREACH

 

[Foamy]

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

Excellent choice

 

[Foamy]

 

[SpiceRacz]

 

[Foamy]

Probley my favorite of the era.

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

Another all time favorite

 

[Alter_Fridge]

What about Phoebe Cates?

Oh she has a song alright. And it's a banger

 

[Bridges]

They just don't make 'em like they used to, do they?

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

They just don't make 'em like they used to, do they?

They truly don't

 

[Kimahri]

That's not Alice in Chains.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

OP is right and I have lived through the eighties.

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

OP is right and I have lived through the eighties.

My man knows what's up.

 

[EverydayBeast]

80s was actually the golden age for metal I think that’s well established lol

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

80s was actually the golden age for metal I think that’s well established lol

And horror movies, Saturday morning cartoons, clothes, girls hairstyles etc etc etc.

 

[Alter_Fridge]

And horror movies, Saturday morning cartoons, clothes, girls hairstyles etc etc etc.

Truly the best decade in the history of man

 

[Ladioss]

The Cure and Joy Division are still the GOAT.

 

[sonicfan]

 

[lock2k]

Sure, grouchy ladybug

 

[Richard Packer]

Something tells me OP never got any pussy in the 80s, or 90s/00s.

 

[brap]

Yeah, if you're some estrogen fueled boomer.

 

[eddie4]

 

[johntown]

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

Yeah, if you're some estrogen fueled boomer.

 

[Davey Cakes]

Late 70's and early 80's New Wave is one of those genres that I only got into in the last decade and I love it. I also appreciate the crossovers with goth, jangle pop, and synth bands during the time.

Aztec Camera
The B-52s
The Cure
Depeche Mode
Devo
Echo & The Bunnymen
The Feelies
The Go-Betweens
Japan
Killing Joke
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
New Order
Patti Smith
Prefab Sprout
R.E.M.
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Sisters of Mercy
Talking Heads
The The
Thomas Dolby

More Songs about Buildings and Food might be my favorite New Wave album. I can listen to it all the way through.

I mean, yeah, you can perhaps split hairs about how some of these bands aren't "pure" New Wave but they all seemed to delve into that sound at a point. Some of my favorite music ever, and I was born in 1988.

 

[TTOOLL]

I love this shit.

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

Missing Persons is probably my favorite pure New Wave band.

 

[Kadayi]

 

[poodaddy]

It's no thrash metal, but I don't hate it.

 

[teezzy]

My favorite thrash metal band is The Cure

 

[IfuckinghateReddit]

Lol, no.

 

[godhandiscen]

Great songs OP. Definitely a fan of the sub genre. My contribution:

 

[Insane Metal]

Great songs OP. Definitely a fan of the sub genre. My contribution:

Damn.

You win. Love that one.

 

[MastAndo]

What about Phoebe Cates?

The song that plays during that scene in Fast Times is a new wave banger;

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

Great songs OP. Definitely a fan of the sub genre. My contribution:

If we had a GAF time machine, I'd go back to a school dance and dedicate this one to -Arcadia-





Cause I'm smooth like that.

 

[frostyxc]

According to established forum etiquette, BlackOlivesMatter now has to fight Phoebe Cates.

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

According to established forum etiquette, BlackOlivesMatter now has to fight Phoebe Cates.

She about to snap into a Slim Jim

 

[h00ters]

Tears for Fears were just unreal.

 

[jason10mm]

I gotta agree, with a strong second place to hair metal. I don't know what happened when grunge came along and dirtied everything up and suddenly now it is pop girls and rap all day long. How much of this can we attribute to MTV showing those wacky low rent videos back in the day? OR was it just a more optimistic time under the threat of nuclear annihilation? Maybe post-covid we can get it back.

 

[Manus]

 

[jombag]

Cocktail Bar!

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

 

[cryptoadam]

90s rap

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

90s rap

I mean.... I am down with O.P.P



But no.

 

[Heavy_D206]

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Not my thing but my gf loves it. This local DJ does a weekly show called Save The Wave and I thought you might dig it.