WA WA NEE ARE A FORGOTTEN MUSICAL TREASURE

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

I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago)

you're not kidding!

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

goole, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:22 (twelve years ago)

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

I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:25 (twelve years ago)

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

I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:25 (twelve years ago)

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)

I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 22:26 (twelve years ago)

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

Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 23:12 (twelve years ago)

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.

Me order! Me Fieri! Me run Flavortown! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 00:13 (twelve years ago)

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

Me order! Me Fieri! Me run Flavortown! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 00:15 (twelve years ago)

sugarfree is the best

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 00:29 (twelve years ago)

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

I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 00:58 (twelve years ago)

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

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 01:01 (twelve years ago)

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)

Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 01:56 (twelve years ago)

haaaaaah Geisha

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 02:32 (twelve years ago)

I was in the Geisha fanclub as a teenager.

...because shut up, thats why.

Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:03 (twelve years ago)

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 ;_;

Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:03 (twelve years ago)

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

site nuances (electricsound), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:05 (twelve years ago)

thread delivers

I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:09 (twelve years ago)

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

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:09 (twelve years ago)

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

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

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:12 (twelve years ago)

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

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:14 (twelve years ago)

so much denim in these clips

thirstin' maw (haitch), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:17 (twelve years ago)

we should be poufing our hair way more u guys

what happened to us

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:20 (twelve years ago)

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

Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:23 (twelve years ago)

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

Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:23 (twelve years ago)

!!!

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:23 (twelve years ago)

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

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:24 (twelve years ago)

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

Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:25 (twelve years ago)

8)

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:28 (twelve years ago)

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.

Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:30 (twelve years ago)

so i see

shameful!

site nuances (electricsound), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:36 (twelve years ago)

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

site nuances (electricsound), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:42 (twelve years ago)

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

thirstin' maw (haitch), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 03:56 (twelve years ago)

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

Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 04:08 (twelve years ago)

yeah that's hardcore

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 04:13 (twelve years ago)

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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( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 07:40 (twelve years ago)

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sneak peek at what this thread is destined to become

paula boradwell (crüt), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 07:44 (twelve years ago)

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

I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 21:19 (twelve years ago)

four years pass...

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

Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 20:26 (eight years ago)

:D

Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 20:57 (eight years ago)

four years pass...

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

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

Dana Jel Pey (DJP), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 20:26 (four years ago)

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

Dana Jel Pey (DJP), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 20:29 (four years ago)

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.

Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 15 April 2021 01:47 (four years ago)

and obv it also rules

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 15 April 2021 01:48 (four years ago)

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

Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 15 April 2021 01:50 (four years ago)

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

Scheming politicians are captivating, and it hurts (ledge), Thursday, 15 April 2021 06:23 (four years ago)

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

its really not complicated

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 15 April 2021 06:26 (four years ago)

three years pass...

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

DJP, Monday, 28 October 2024 14:44 (seven months ago)

Thread should come with a trigger warning for gen X Australians

assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 28 October 2024 19:11 (seven months ago)

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

werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 October 2024 19:52 (seven months ago)

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

assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 28 October 2024 21:42 (seven months ago)

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

Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 28 October 2024 21:54 (seven months ago)


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