Almost all of the early New York City punk rock bands would ultimately take on the new wave descriptor, which is actually rather appropriate given the array of experimental styles found in that city's mid-'70s scene. Still, the way the term was co-opted by the mainstream pop establishment ...
As you will see in the below list of the Top 50 New Wave Songs, chosen by the UCR staff, many of these tracks would fit comfortably within other playlists from the era, not just punk, but also pop, rock and electronic. Think synth-pop, post-punk and art-rock convening for a dance ...
Classic Rock and Soul music from the first full decade of the rock era 1970's Decade Top 100 Songs Dance, Metal, Rock and Funk music mature in the progressive era 1980's Decade Top 100 Songs Big 80's new wave, alternative dance, hair bands, synth, variety ...
Classic Rock and Soul music from the first full decade of the rock era 1970's Decade Top 100 Songs Dance, Metal, Rock and Funk music mature in the progressive era 1980's Decade Top 100 Songs Big 80's new wave, alternative dance, hair bands, synth, variety ...
One of the very top New Wave songs from the early 80s… I can’t say enough about this song. The vocal is fantastic, delivered with an effortless poignancy… the beat is great, the chorus is sweepingly beautiful. First heard it in college, in a ratty old pub just off-campus...
told “sing now, write later”), she asserted herself in terms of its arrangements, bringing a freshness to songs such as ofGirls Just Wanna Have Fun. She co-wroteTime After Time, which has since become a standard, and managed to get the self-pleasuring raunch ofShe-Boppast the censors...
The 1980s proved to be a defining era for metal music, laying the groundwork that would later develop into various subgenres of the sound. It also was a decade marked by what some would consider polar opposites in the metal scene: Glam and thrash. ...
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became was so overwhelming during her brief reign of the mid-'80s. This was mostly due to her familiar, orange-hairednew waveimage, inspired by if not sonically akin topunk rock. Still, Lauper's best songs, explored chronologically here, stand comfortably with the best pop music of the ...
From “The One I Love” to “Fireplace,” it was as if the band had become enflamed by the times. It was their most political album yet, with songs like “Exhuming McCarthy” and “Welcome to the Occupation” indicting the Reaganite indulgences of the 1980s. Avian imagery formed the ...