WA WA NEE ARE A FORGOTTEN MUSICAL TREASURE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM4P4CDhLwU

you're not kidding!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4U3Maj2JGM

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

I can't remember if I tortured jjjusten and FB with this album when we were in middle school or not

basically "white dudes doing MPLS sound pastiche" was one of my favorite things in the world circa 1987 (see also: "Right On Track" by The Breakfast Club)

Wait, people outside of Australia have HEARD of these guys!?

I can't remember if I tortured jjjusten and FB with this album when we were in middle school or not

Haha of course you did.

So I assume that everyone else has mentioned that ilx YouTube embeds are broken in iOS 6 right?

sugarfree is the best

stay tuned for my epic "Wa Wa Nee vs Pseudo Echo" poll

Pseudo Echo were I think better looking... Wa Wa Nee lead singer was kinda crosseyed.

I think I still have "Sugarfee" and "Stimulation"'s video clips on a VHS tape somewhere.

(not to mention Pseudo Echo. And Geisha. Oh dear god, its all coming back to me like a bad kebab)

haaaaaah Geisha

I was in the Geisha fanclub as a teenager.

...because shut up, thats why.

Also FUK U DangP, because I just now found out I have"Stimulation" on my work music HD, so now I am listening to it ;_;

there is something extremely disingenuous about the sugar free video in that it is basically a synth pop song but the video features not one bloody synth

thread delivers

I feel like that Sugar Free video is like 2 minutes of actual footage...it's like the same 4 shots of the band a bajillion times

we also need So Good in here why bcz I remember liking it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzKqQFC4wdI

I forgot about this

'Maybe I spell relationships C H O K E"

O_o

but, yknow, yellow jacket! pretending that synth claps are handclaps!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34yIR72-U-Q

so much denim in these clips

we should be poufing our hair way more u guys

what happened to us

I didnt have big hair even THEN, hell if I'm going back to it now.

(we shall not speak of my Nik Kershaw sweatshirt, though)

!!!

would it be good
if we could see
Trayce's Nik Kershaw
sweatSHIRT

Well ya cant. The Howard Jones one, on the other hand...

8)

there is something extremely disingenuous about the sugar free video in that it is basically a synth pop song but the video features not one bloody synth

There was a lot of that going round in the 80s iirc.

so i see

shameful!

i managed to find an icehouse video from countdown where they deigned to actually show a prophet 5 so i'm happy

basically "white dudes doing MPLS sound pastiche" was one of my favorite things in the world circa 1987 (see also: "Right On Track" by The Breakfast Club)

compiling the best of this stuff would be an 'interesting' arcival project - there must be a fuckin' ton of it

LOL Jim I <3 you for actually going and researching the phenomenom of 80s synth bands with guitars in the clips =)

yeah that's hardcore

Wa Wa Nee are supporting Rick Astley around the corner from my house on Sunday night

stay tuned for my epic "Wa Wa Nee vs Pseudo Echo" poll

Pseudo Echo

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sneak peek at what this thread is destined to become

oh my love and me
oh we're sugar free
no desire to be
pumpin' up and breakin' down

https://youtu.be/jUWD-eOq--k

:D

This seems like a good thread to note that Nik Kershaw released an album last year

https://open.spotify.com/album/74539NcuQArX1FcaFtZAen?si=_GqERuoiS3msMbFpjpue3Q

I am very impressed by how his voice has held up even though it feels like the first song is made entirely out of treacle

You know, he's held up generally a fuck of a lot better than other 80s outfits. His stuff was surprisingly prog, for one thing!

"The Riddle" is a FUCKING WEIRD SONG.

and obv it also rules

Oh absolutely! But yeah the melodies are decidedly all over the place and very not-bog-standard-pop.

I was very disappointed when I found out there was no answer to the riddle.

there’s a tree by a river & a hole in the ground

its really not complicated

I am listening to Wa Wa Nee again and it is awesome

Thread should come with a trigger warning for gen X Australians

its not triggering for me! wa wa nee are great imo

I remember intense arguments with my roommate in 1986 over "the band with the goat guy" for that's how he looked to me.

Matt you should read the Pseudo Echo thread if you haven't before now.