Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the '80s, Vol. 5 poll

between "I Want Candy," "I Know What Boys Like," "Love Plus One," "Vacation ," "Sex Dwarf," "I Love A Man In A Uniform," "The Art Of Parties" or "Homosapien."

can't sleep so I'm making Kim Wilde gifs

http://makeagif.com/media/4-30-2014/jrU1CY.gif

song is so great!

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is the guy in glasses meant to be anyone in particular? it looks a bit like Phil Silvers

"Homosapien."

Maaan:

I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow
Kids In America - Kim Wilde
Town Called Malice - The Jam
Vacation - Go-Go's
Homosapien - Pete Shelley
Mickey - Toni Basil

Am tempted to give it to either The Jam or Pete Shelley since it was this comp that originally introduced me to both of those songs.

Easily the most bang-for-your-buck of the volumes polled, though (sorry Bee) the Soft Cell/Gang of Four/Japan stretch is a drag. A CD I should definitely keep in my car.

HOMO SUPERIOR IN MAH INTERIOR

"I Ran" getting no love early on. This is a great comp, and I did indeed vote for the Seagulls.

No idea what I will vote for with such an embarrassment of riches. BUT I can't stand the earworm horror that is the Jenny song. I will not write down the phone number. I will not.

from the youtube comments for the Homosapien video:

Yuri Hospodar2 years ago

I remember eons ago, during an attempt at being an education major in my past life in the US, a fellow student saying parents in rural pennsylvania had her removed from the kindergarten in which she was student-teaching because she taught the kids this song.

'love plus one', my dog's favorite song

This is 'Sex Dwarf' so much it fucking hurts.

To have ambition, was my ambition. Silly line but I sing it all the time. Therefore, voted for I Love A Man In Uniform.

This comp introduced me to the weirdness that is "The Art of Parties," so I'll vote for that. Such a beautifully bizarre song.

Never really thought of Marshall Crenshaw as part of the new-wave crowd

Huh. "Love Plus One," "Town Called Malice," 867-5309," "Vacation," "I Love A Man In A Uniform," "Homosapien - Pete Shelley," all great. My gut tells me to go with Shelley, or "Love Plus One," or "Jenny."

Mentioned somewhere else, but did anyone else know that the Tommy Tutone founder/guitarist Jim Keller has been Philip Glass's manager for eons?

"Homo superior in my interior" one of the best lines ever. One of the worst? "New York to East California, there's a new wave coming, I warn ya." East California?

I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses
Someday, Someway - Marshall Crenshaw
Town Called Malice - The Jam
Homosapien - Pete Shelley

voted Tommy Tutone over AFOS

New wave didn't go down terribly well in West California.

homosapien or vacation

Homosapien!!!!!

hmm let's see if this works, YouTube of all these songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMICD3aMZpw&list=ALBTKoXRg38BDw9tqaTO8C9We2HG82QBRT

"Love Plus One" video is great.

Someday Someway. That song is timeless, and it's not even the best on his debut record.

can't not vote for kids in america, maybe the pinnacle of that type of pop rocky new wave (you know that type???). well 'hanging on the telephone' is a better song but kids in america is way more fun.

so much going on with 'kids in america' plus we could totally poll just cover versions of it!

Voted the Waitresses over Marshall Crenshaw, because they are always underrated. Also seems to capture and somehow stand above the era.
Prefer Wishing(If I Had A Photograph Of You) in the parenthetical Seagulls division.

Love "Hold On To Something".

That's the only one I don't know from this comp. I love the Kim Wilde and GoGos tracks equally as far as bubbly pop rock new wave goes, but my favorite stuff from that era was always a little more oddball; glad The Waitresses are on this to break the tie.

I Want Candy

kids in america vs. homosapien

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K20ILMOciEM

I'm starting to think this is the greatest compilation series since Nuggets

man how rich must great bldgs guy be from friends theme?

youtube comment:

"I just had to hear how gay this song was again."

i never thought about someday someway like that, really.

I'm starting to think this is the greatest compilation series since Nuggets

I would argue Rhino's 9 volume DIY series is even better, but yeah, this is a killer set.

why is "sex dwarf" on here? i've never been aware of it being more popular than other soft cell tracks, and it wasn't a single...

kroq played the hell out of it

why is "sex dwarf" on here?

― fit and working again, Saturday, May 3, 2014 1:06 AM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Because it fucking rules.

so does every other track on non stop erotic cabaret.

I guess it was played a lot in the clubs? Anyway it is my pick here, and this is a great comp.

To have ambition/Was my ambition is a great line

Yes !

It's still my ambition, that's for sure...

Love Plus One

Easy

The girls they love to see you shoot

...

I need an order
(shoot, shoot)

I'm having 'I Ran' remorse.

oh god I didn't even see "I Love a Man in Uniform."

i want to live in a world where "love plus one" is played to death on classic rock radio

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

voting for "Kids In America."

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

did anyone in those days ever actually wear a motorcycle jacket, button-up shirt and skinny tie at the same time?

did anyone in those days ever actually wear a motorcycle jacket, button-up shirt and skinny tie at the same time?

I had to GIS three bands to find the answer. The Knack. (not The Romantics, or The Plimsouls)

also,Bram Tchaikovsky.

ha. i appreciate the deep research!

Bram Tchaikovsky's "Strange Man Changed Man" is a lost power-pop classic.