New wave sucks!

[Deja Q]

And you know the subject line is a lie! Love the 80s or hate 'em, let's face it: The music is infinitely more interesting than the empty pablum of 99.723% of the "music" of today, right Toxic? :evilgrin:

[johnnie]

1. Speaking of... sad new in the New Wave business

New wave music impresario Ian Copeland dead at 57

"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ian Copeland, a pioneering booking agent and music promoter credited with helping launch the "new wave" alternative rock movement of the 1970s and '80s with such bands as the Police, the B-52's and R.E.M, has died at age 57, relatives said on Wednesday.

Copeland succumbed to melanoma on Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles where he was surrounded by family members, including younger brother
Stewart Copeland, a founder and drummer of the Police, his publicist said.

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After the demise of Paragon, Copeland moved to New York and started his own booking agency, Frontier Booking International (F.B.I.), which represented such acts as
Adam Ant, the Bangles, R.E.M., nine inch nails, the Go-Go's, UB40, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Oingo Boingo, the Dead Kennedys and the Cure.

More:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060524/music_nm/copeland_dc_2

[driver8]

7. Oh No! I had not heard that.

That really sucks. IRS records helped a lot of bands get their start.

[tuvor]

8. Aw, that's really sad.

[mvd]

2. I love new wave, and it's one of the reasons..

I enjoy a decent percentage of the music today - it has new wave influence. There's some good stuff in the top 40, but a lot more if you dig into semi-popular artists and unknowns.

[Deja Q]

3. Excellent point!

Especially the 'unknowns'. The mainstream folks tend to copycat more...

[mvd]

4. Thanks

I'm happy buying a variety of music..

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

5. Dude , I love me some Duran Duran .

I have over 300 Duran Duran songs on my computer and iPod : original mixes , remixes , night versions , live in concert , you name it - I have it , if its Duran Duran .

[driver8]

6. Why do you hate 'Merka??

The secret police should be kicking down your door any minute.

Heathen.

[taterguy]

9. New Wave didn't exist

At least according to that French critic in Decline of Western Civilization. Too lazy to google the exact quote

[realisticphish]

10. I like Duran Duran

and some Tears for Fears songs. But in general, I greatly dislike the music

[mvd]

11. There are many others I like

Blondie, The Cars, Culture Club, The Killers from today's music, David Bowie, The Go Gos, Cyndi Lauper, The Police, The Sounds from today's music, The Eurythmics..

[swimboy]

12. I was gonna be all mad at you

but now I'm not.

Get me Lene Lovich on the Youtube.

[xchrom]

13. i wanna go disco!

[NewWaveChick1981]

14. Man, you had me going for a minute!

I was just about to say that I love New Wave (hence my user ID!), and that the only thing that sucked about it were/are the sometimes-mullets some of the band members had. :P Yeah, New Wave was fresh, original, and often hysterically funny! :D (BTW, just finished listening to Johnny, Are You Queer? by Josie Cotten... :rofl: )

That's a shame about Ian Copeland. RIP, Ian.

[mvd]

16. Love the username

:hi:

Sometimes the album covers were a bit much, too, but other than that, I have no complaints.

[NewWaveChick1981]

17. Thanks!

New Wave and punk/postpunk/alternative from the late 70s/early-to-mid-80s is still pretty much the only music I listen to. :D

:hi:

[Fox Mulder]

15. Thank GOD I don't remember the '80s!