Hello All! Just wanted to correct something. In the Roxy Music section I mention that Brian Eno produced David Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy which he did not do. While Eno was a heavy collaborator, songwriter, and influence on the sound and style of those albums he technically does not have a producer credit. The producer credit goes to Tony Visconti. Apologies for any confusion

@rosssmith8481

2 ай бұрын

I was there in the late 70's and early 80's while living in Vancouver. Most of the new wave bands and punk bands were not popular back then. People did not cut their long hair and got rid of their bellbottoms once 1980 hit. It was great back then being able to see a band like Depeche Mode and only 50 people being there. Bands like the Cure and Simple minds played in big nightclubs, not arenas

@jmp01a24

2 ай бұрын

JOY DIVISION->NEW ORDER->THE CURE!

@dibutler9151

Ай бұрын

Not only did I see 75% of these people live in the 70s and 80s, I have a massive brag- I saw The Sex Pistols in one of their only 6 shows in the US ever. I also used to buy coffee and pastries for the B52s and REM in Athens, GA before they got too famous for the city. This was a cool video to run across. YT has changed their algorithm again, I see.

@Ayinde65

Ай бұрын

How does the two-tone bands fit in? Many of the so called nu wave bands also recorded ska and reggae.

@jmp01a24

Ай бұрын

@mstayloronline What you on about? Going woke retroactive back into the 80s?

Thanks for mentioning A Flock of Seagulls in a good light. The band has been unfairly labeled a one hit wonder . Go beyond the haircuts and you'll discover their first three albums are actually quite good.

@McVicar-ks8qb

2 ай бұрын

I actually recall them having TWO "hit" songs - I ran and Space Age Love Song.

@lemonpillow

2 ай бұрын

@@McVicar-ks8qb Yup! Plus "Wishing" was a number 10 hit in the UK charts.

@opietwoep1247

2 ай бұрын

I saw them a couple years ago. Fantastic band

@Pmckean4115

Ай бұрын

I always thought that they would have had tremendous success if they had slightly different haircuts. Great band, bad stylist.

@s.marcus3669

Ай бұрын

NOBODY has EVER called FOS a "one-hit wonder band". NOBODY. They had a string of hits and you've been taking too many hits of your own...

Today is my 61st birthday. One of the only things I enjoy about growing older is this type of retrospective - hearing thoughts from a modern perspective on pop culture from back in "my" day. Their legacies, their places in history. It's a feeling of having one foot in the past and one in the future. The 80s really were a fun time to be young. Fashion was ridiculous, music was exciting, there was a "do your own thing" vibe in the air, and it seemed like something fresh and new to see or hear would pop up all the time. I remember going to Record World and buying record albums of bands that I'd seen on MTV (later cassette tapes for my boombox and Walkman!) I really can't describe how exciting it was to discover people like Prince, U2, Blondie, the Police, and so many others. Then again, all young people know that feeling - when you branch out from music you grew up with to music that you're discovering on your own, but not only that - you're discovering who you are in part through that music. Thank you for the walk down memory lane; this was a well researched and enjoyable video, and I'm going to check out your post-punk video next.

@JukeboxHistory

Ай бұрын

Happy Birthday!! 🎁🎈🎉 Glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching

@DarylBaines

Ай бұрын

I think the 80s - especially the early 80s - was the last time that pop music actually invented something new. Everying before or after was very derivative: Even Punk was an attempt to restart the fire of the 1950s. New Wave owes a lot to the availability of electronic music equiptment at affordable prices so that young musicians could experiment - there's a similar moment around 1990 and the birth of Techno.

I was 20 years old in 1980, and started working at a record store. Music was my life for the following decades. I was so into New Wave, and it's still my favorite genre of music all these years later. I was able to see many of these bands live at the time, and I cherish the memories. It warms my old black heart to see a thoughtful video essay about my lifelong favorite music. I think anyone interested in getting into New Wave should make a playlist of all the songs you featured as a starting point. Great job on the essay, you have a new subscriber.

@JukeboxHistory

Ай бұрын

Working at a record store in 1980 sounds like a dream job 💜 so glad you enjoyed the video! Also link to the playlist from this video is in the description 🙌

@sharimeline3077

Ай бұрын

@@JukeboxHistory Of course you did, how silly of me. Working at the record store paid peanuts, I was poor as a church mouse, but I loved it. We also had a Ticketmaster so I spent any little extra I had on shows. So many shows I lost count.

@Flongowild

Күн бұрын

I know there are too many artists to name all of them but I love Devo and would've loved to hear a word or two about Oingo Boingo also. As Devo made theme music for the cult movie "Doctor Detroit" (1983, with Dan Aykroyd), Oingo Boingo made the theme song for another cult movie "Weird Science" (1985, by John Hughes).... Great show BTW. I'm 71yo and you did well considered your young age.

It's amazing how you can talk in depth about a musical genre you weren't even born to appreciate when it was around. Trust me; it was a brilliant time musically to be alive. many of those acts are in their 60s and 70s now and still have it.

@markmalbone1147

6 күн бұрын

Agree. All these bands I grew up with. Seems like yesterday. There remains a freshness with some of this music. Doesn’t even feel nostalgic to me. The newness hasn’t diminished.

Adam And The Ants, Bow Wow Wow, The Police, Blondie, The B-52’s, The Human League, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Soft Cell, Duran Duran, Tears For Fears, The Go-Go’s, Missing Persons, Talking Heads, Devo, Psychedelic Furs, Culture Club, Grace Jones, Prince and The Revolution, Haircut 100, The Fixx, JoBoxers, Depeche Mode, ABC, INXS to name a few were one of my favorite new wave bands and artists.

@opietwoep1247

2 ай бұрын

Wall of Voodoo

@SmartCookie2022

Ай бұрын

You mentioned Soft Cell twice

@paulelmer

Ай бұрын

INXS were NOT New Wave

@iangrant9958

Ай бұрын

@@SmartCookie2022so?

@iangrant9958

Ай бұрын

@@opietwoep1247they’re okay

New wave is basically Punks that went to college and got nerdy.

@garethglitter5932

2 ай бұрын

Yes!!!

@Miauwen_

2 ай бұрын

art school punks

@edwardduarte7393

2 ай бұрын

Yes

@rhondalight70

2 ай бұрын

Didn't go to college, but I still got nerdy.

@etherealtb6021

2 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

I was a teenager in the 80's . This was very special to me . Thanks

Some mention of Sparks (another group dating from the 70s glam era that were highly influential on this genre) and Oingo Boingo (Elfman's old group before he turned to movie scoring) would have been in order. Also, no mention of KROQ. That's a radio station in Los Angeles that was playing THIS music even when nothing else was, including MTV, and was secretly instrumental in launching it into American popular consciousness.

@Cooper1

2 ай бұрын

And if you want to be really specific, Rodney Bingenheimer (KROQ DJ-Rodney on the Roq) was responsible for breaking more bands from that era than any other person.

@cherylmaden5989

2 ай бұрын

Omg I LOVED Oingo Boingo❤

@cherylmaden5989

2 ай бұрын

​@@Cooper1he was a busy guy

@fsinjin60

Ай бұрын

92.3 ( later k-rock) New York was breaking Euro-punk before LA KROQ even heard of it and then Infinity bought them both out.

@seanallen3948

Ай бұрын

And also MV3 hosted by Richard Bade from 82-84. It’s this show, which we were able to get on an obscure UHF channel in Portland, OR., is what introduced me to all these new wave bands and more. Our radio stations weren’t playing this music and MTV wasn’t really much either.

Watched it right to the very end. I’m 61, and lived through all this glorious music! Great video!

@opietwoep1247

2 ай бұрын

Im 60 and love all this music. So grateful I experienced it as it came out.

@frankkoolosko4255

Ай бұрын

I grew up in the Hamptons I’m 60 years old and I remember working at restaurants during the summers when all this music was coming out , being out to 2,3 4 o’clock in the morning

@Para2normal

Ай бұрын

58 and from the UK, at the time I was more of a metalhead but time has given me a deeper appreciation of this musical style.

@computerager

Ай бұрын

I'm 59. Likewise!

@DavidSmith-ne1zp

Ай бұрын

@@Para2normal I was a punk metalhead myself. But the musician in me listed to it all, and appreciated so many of these bands. Cheers.

Missing Persons, Smithereens, Talking Heads, The Fixx, OMD, The Go-Go's, Tears for Fears, The Cure All good stuff

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

All great picks! The Cure are one of those interesting ones that really walk the line between Post-Punk and New Wave but are great in most of their ventures. Thanks for watching!

@northernbrother1258

2 ай бұрын

The Fixx is underrated!

@HSR107

2 ай бұрын

Been listening to Missing Persons again recently. Terry Bozzio and Warren Cuccurrulo never cease to blow my mind. Then they are Zappa alumni

@AtZero138

2 ай бұрын

​@@JukeboxHistory Thanks for actually seeing passed the modern genre tag...the Cure as Goth... I use to laugh and just say if they are so are the Smiths... Hahaha.. Yes.. and the Smiths are called Goth.. this has to stop... Cheers from Southern California...

@OnlyGoodMusic_

2 ай бұрын

ha ha ha....Average American, I don't think you know anything about the UK scene.

Truly a great era in modern music history. Besides having a cool and novel musical sound these groups seemed to have a real sense of style and theatricality and were often good performers as well as musicians. A movement in which imagination and pioneer spirit truly abounded and ruled the scene.

@likearollingstone007

Ай бұрын

It was depressing man. Synth & drums machine 😱

@viceversar-do1cn

Ай бұрын

@@likearollingstone007 Yeah well, not everyone of us is a hippy synthphobe.

@leoninocat5070

Ай бұрын

Probably in 1059 there were guys going: oh,man, it's terrible now, electric guitars and stuff...

@eddiesaddict

Ай бұрын

Theatricality? 😂

@viceversar-do1cn

Ай бұрын

@@eddiesaddict Yeah, in particular Devo, Adam Ant, and Talking Heads (with the big suit for example). Do yo know the definition?

From someone who lived through this time you did any excellent job.

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Just as I was thinking to myself "no one ever mentions Aztec Camera in videos about New Wave history"...but then you DID! They are my absolute favourite, but they're so often overlooked. Roddy Frame is a ridiculously talented songwriter. He was a guitar prodigy, too! I still have all of Aztec Camera and RF's solo stuff on heavy rotation in my home/car!

@Serai3

29 күн бұрын

I never hear Wall of Voodoo mentioned either. Stan Ridgway was a geeky genius.

I love it when the algorithm serves up gold like this.

duran duran will always be number one in my heart but i also LOVE LOVE LOVE til tuesday, missing persons, the go go's and adam ant also dude this video was really good. appreciate it keep doing it !!!!

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

Duran Duran is one of the best! Thanks for watching

@Crosmyn

2 ай бұрын

Duran Duran was a godsend for MTV. At a time when many bands were working with 'look, colored smoke!' budgets, Duran Duran were releasing short movies.

@gaywizard2000

2 ай бұрын

I saw Duran Duran in the 3rd row in 1984, my first concert. So insane!

@troydaniels7155

2 ай бұрын

great video! duran duran is great but they were heavily influenced by the group "Japan" who came before them in 1974. kzread.info/dash/bejne/qpyhj6eqk7PakZM.htmlfeature=shared

In the 80s, New Wave was what you listened to when you weren't listening to Hair Bands, Rap, Club Music, actual Punk, or any indescribable sound which there were many...and trying to decide what you liked more! 80s had so many genres at once it was a feast for the ears and tickled any taste. I guarantee anyone not familiar with the real diversity of sound then would find a dozen or more artists they'd fall madly in love with.

@abunchahooey

Ай бұрын

Your description is spot on. I was a hair band/metal head who could not deny the New Wave bands. As much as I loved me some hair bands, to me New Wave defined the true essence of the 80’s.

The Ramones performed on the Sha Na Na show once. Bowser called them new wave. Punk was seen as a dirty word, so the mainstream media and radio between 79-81 were calling everything new wave. Even the Dead Kennedys were labeled new wave. As the 80s wore on, new wave adjacent bands (goth, industrial, post punk) along with hardcore and post-hardcore punk, jangle pop, noise, and early dream pop became the backbone of UK indie and American college radio. The original alternative music scene.

The 80's will never be matched for variety , and quality of the music produced in that decade .

Excellent work young man! as a guy who grew up in the 70/80's I think you got exactly right the feelings and sentiments of that era and for that you get a salute o7! I just wish you could have added another one of Trevor Horns big succeses Frankie Goes To Hollywood! How massive that band was in the 80's can't be denied. First 3 songs no 1's in the UK. I thought they deserve a wee mention! Overall your good work gets a 9/10 for me thoroughly enjoyed it!

Absolutely brilliant! Thank you for this trip back to my teen years! (Graduated in 1985) Music was what absolutely ruled our lives, and I was a total New Wave kind of girl. Soft Cells album Nonstop Erotic Cabaret played on repeat, and I saw Missing Persons live. As a matter of fact, my best friend (since we were 7) and I are going to see Adam Ant tomorrow night! Sorry for the novel, lol.

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

Soft Cell are great! It seems like such an exciting time to have been a teenager. I’ve heard Adam Ant still kills it live so I hope you have fun 😎 thank you for watching!

@etherealtb6021

2 ай бұрын

​@@JukeboxHistoryIt was! I love that our music is still loved!

@LCarolineSparks

Ай бұрын

@jukeboxhistory The concert was PHENOMENAL!!!! Adam was on FIRE and still soooo gorgeous, lol😍😁

Very enjoyable for someone born in the mid-70s like me. I will always have a soft spot for 80s synth pop.

The Stranglers were criminally under rated. Before Hugh got locked up for being a rabid junkie, they took loads of punk, lo fi, raggae and baroque and made some very good pop songs.

I feel Sparks should have also gotten a mention in the proto new wave section, they were doing that kind of stuff before it was even really a thing and was probably a large contributor as to why they didn't gain commercial success at the beginning.

Songs From The Big Chair is the greatest pop album ever made, great video!

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

It’s crazy how well it’s held up. Everybody Wants To Rule The World and Shout are some of the best pop songs ever written

@gigteevee6118

2 ай бұрын

Still being wowed by it in 2024 ❤

@denisdowling3971

Ай бұрын

It's a great album but not as good as Rio.

This is a fantastic well put together video/documentary, well done 👍

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Loved New Wave in late 70's and was kind of alone in my neck of the woods with only Rolling Stone to guide me and then MTV came on cable and I realized I was NOT alone - then so many great years of seeing these bands on TV. Actually SEEING your favorite artists perform was nearly impossible unless you saw them live, before MTV. New Wave was in some ways so mature and Avante Garde with its somewhat non-conformist themes but seems so sweet and innocent now - such a lovely view of the world and it filled me with hope as a young man.

Missing Persons deserve much more fame & attention than they received at the time. The story of how they started in 1980 is truly a fascinating one (4 out of the original 5 band members performed with Frank Zappa). Dale Bozzio’s unique voice & appearance has had a strong influence on many female artists since. Her then-husband Terry is also a phenomenal drummer on the level of Stewart Copeland & guitarist Warren Cuccurullo went on to replace Andy Taylor in Duran Duran when MP first broke up in 1986. I think 1984’s Rhyme & Reason is as good of an album as 1982’s Spring Session M, contrary to what the critics said at the time

@LCarolineSparks

2 ай бұрын

Saw them live in (I think) 1982. Dale is still my spirit animal. ❤

@r.pmcmxc5068

2 ай бұрын

@@LCarolineSparks I met Dale after one of her shows this January, I gave her a drawing I did of her & she gave me an autograph! A true sweetheart ❤️

@shanehester5317

2 ай бұрын

u spoke volumes.

@latentsea

Ай бұрын

Some confused them with The Motels. Missing Persons was definitely under the radar as far as organic musicianship..Great players.

@r.pmcmxc5068

Ай бұрын

@@latentsea People really confused Missing Persons with The Motels? Martha Davis is also a phenomenal vocalist, but she & Dale Bozzio have their own very distinct voices & styles. There were also those superficially comparing MP to Blondie & Plasmatics

Very good video. I'll add a couple of things to be pedantic... First - definitions - in the UK 'New Wave' referred to most of the eclectic music that followed Punk, but by something like '82 the term 'New Pop' had replaced it, with 'New Romantic' being a specific sub genre which occurred between the two. In the US the term 'New Wave' was more or less applied to all the bands who got big via MTV. It would also be worth adding how influential the first version of Ultravox was to many early synth acts (like Gary Numan), and mentioning how important both Midge Ure (Ultravox's replacement lead singer after John Foxx went solo), and Vince Clarke (Depeche Mode's synth player on their first album) were to music in the first half of the 80's. And finally, I will say one band that should have been mentioned but wasn't - an act who also - like Depeche Mode - really got big in the US at the end of the 80's - was 'The Cure'. Minor quibbles all. Again - very good vid. PS: OMD.

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

I did find that the labels for this movement changed quite a bit depending on which side of the pond you were on. It was a lot of fun to see the British perspective of New Wave as an American too. I included The Cure in my Post Punk video but they have some material that certainly could have gone here. Thanks for watching!

@henrywallace7996

Ай бұрын

You're absolutely correct. The Jam, Elvis Costello, Blondie, Ian Dury, Squeeze, skinny ties and farfisas...now that's what I call New Wave!

Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark, very important to early electronic and the only place I heard industrial music at the time!

@Frankie_Frawgz

2 ай бұрын

They instantly put me in a happy place!

@gaywizard2000

2 ай бұрын

@@Frankie_Frawgz right, like Enola Gay?

@etherealtb6021

2 ай бұрын

OMD! Yes!

@Frankie_Frawgz

2 ай бұрын

yesss and Telegraph, that's my jam!@@gaywizard2000

@gaywizard2000

Ай бұрын

Yep, that is definitely one of em!

I lived through - and loved - all of this. *Very* well done, young man.

Man, I really want to thank you for putting this video together as it took me back in time to a lot of groups I enjoyed listening to.

Excellent job for an overview from a person who was not around at the time, about a "genre" that if you ask 100 people to define you will get 100 different answers.

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

Yea someone on my community post said trying to define New Wave would be like trying to nail jello to the wall which I’d say is pretty accurate lol thanks for watching!

This video covers all the music of my high school years, back when MTV played music videos 24/7. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

@JukeboxHistory

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@romerjusu3804

Ай бұрын

MTV stands for Music Television. Now it's " reality shows".

Excellent Summary of my fave music from the Soundtrack of my Life!!

Black US music in the UK. 60's into 70's, a cult scene now called called Northern Soul, think music snobbery personified as DJs in the UK hunted down dance floor fillers from the USA, specifically Stax, Motown and adjacent labels. Specifically looking for what was known as "Slipped Discs", singles that failed despite being good and no word of a lie, the more obscure, the harder failing, the better! That is the scene where Soft Cell picked up on Tainted Love as they were both regulars at those club nights. Dexy's Midnight Runners was another band that explicitly owed their formation to that scene. You had Spandau Ballet claiming to be Soul Boys at heart (as can be seen with True), Paul Young's whole career was about reviving lost songs by Black American artists. In working class areas, the pubs would have soul records on the Jukebox and they would get worn out regularly (Punk etc, that was for kids and art school students, maybe coffee shops). You also had a Reggae scene here, mostly thanks to Island Records. Our ears were primed for what was to come. With unsegregated radio in the UK, black artists started getting radio play, even on BBC radio 1, the national pop station (which was not just the chart). And we are not talking revivals via re-release of 60's songs. End of the 70's and early 80's, even though disco was generally a has been elsewhere you had Black R&B artists like Odyssey and Shalamar who were largely ignored in the USA being a big deal here in the UK for about 3 or 4 albums each. With the Electro Funk more came through, mostly one hit wonders. Forrest with "Rock the Boat" Rockers Revenge with "Walking on Sunshine" being constructed out of samples/pastices of other Electronic R&B tracks (That is was an Arthur Baker side project totally flew over our heads at the time), even Sylvester would have more than one hit here in the UK.

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

Oh man this is awesome information thank you for sharing! As someone who has to dig through old sources it’s nice to get specifics like this. It def sounds like the UK had a love for these genres and it’s no surprise the New Wave artists were able to take it in and make it their own thing. As an American it’s really nice to get some UK perspective on this thanks again

@jon-paulfilkins7820

2 ай бұрын

@@JukeboxHistory In a lot of ways it was a cult thing. akin to the indie/alternative of today, a strong fan base that every so often someone in the scene would have a actual honest to goodness hit, a couple of acts would be regular top 30. But its impact was huge. There were UK bands in the style of US Black dance music as well, Hot Chocolate were likely the biggest and best known, you also had bands like Imagination. But the Career of Rod Temperton is the real strange one, He was friends with Quincy Jones and wrote a few songs for an artist he was working with, nothing major, just Thriller, Rock with you, Off the Wall.

SPARKS, how can you not mention the brothers Ron and Russell Mael. They fit into every sub-genre you cover AND are influential heroes to most of these artists. Have you seen the Edgar Wright documentary “ The Sparks Brothers”

@Wulf425

Ай бұрын

Yeah they were predecessors of a lot of new wave sounds, and doing it in the early 70's.

@imrytebeehyneu

Ай бұрын

Would you believe Depeche Mode were a big fan of them?

@michaelgreenslade7260

Ай бұрын

@@imrytebeehyneu Absolutely

The Jam? Have you mentioned them? English Beat? I think you need to do a 3 hour version. I have some quibbles but overall a very good effort. Oh and for goth... The Cult

@etherealtb6021

2 ай бұрын

That needs to be his Ska/Reggae video, if he didn't already cover that.

@andiestewart7423

Ай бұрын

Two of my favorites as well👍

@mikefisher2673

27 күн бұрын

The Jam a 3 piece band that had more energy than most 5 piece bands.

You did a very accurate job of describing this. Like you were there. Thumbs up.

Interesting. Heavy metal fan. Did not realize that all these great pop songs were in the category of new wave. Cool video

I'll never forget the first time I heard 'Are Friends Electric?' in 1979. That was my musical Year Zero.

@hudahekizzy8402

Ай бұрын

The first Numan I heard was Cars followed by Engineers on my local college radio station in the U.S. (Montana of all places)... right away I bought the Pleasure Principle and soon after it was Replicas that really blew my mind.

just wanna say that this is the most perfect video essay i've seen. it's the perfect length and it focuses on something that i LOVE to learn about. thank you for this i am def subscribing

@JukeboxHistory

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching

Having grown up with all this music, it was awesome to hear the history laid out in such a fun and informative manner. Great work.

It's worth knowing that Gary Numan is still performing, and his voice is just as spectacular as it was in the 80s.

This is pretty good bro. I missed a lot of this while it was happening. It was like drinking from a firehose. Glad to hear you mention XTC. I didn’t miss that one. 😁

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

Oh I can only imagine! There was so much happening all at once I couldn’t imagine living through it. XTC were one of the greats 💚

@spookysounds

2 ай бұрын

Xtc were sadly overlooked and yet as almost profound as The Beatles in their era!!

This was such a well made video and very well explained! I’ve been looking for a channel that dives into music history in this way and was happy to find this channel. I’d love to see more videos like this for other genres!

My New Wave favs: Ultravox, DM, Visage, John Foxx, Gary Numan, Soft Cell, Classix Nouveaux, Japan, OMD, Yazoo, Talk Talk❤

I can't believe I actually enjoyed this video. I was 14 when I heard the Sex Pistols for the first time. I had known all about glam rock like the New York Dolls, etc.. I used to listen to Rodney Bingenheimer on his radio show Rodney on the Rock, which was KROQ in LA. I listened to everything that was avant-garde, and if course to everything you featured and then some. I have tried listening to other videos about new wave, and they are very condescending, even down right insulting to people of my generation. Your video was fun, and informative.

Great video!!! It was great to see the history laid out the way you did. I was in High School from 1979 to 1983 so this was MY music. Your video brought back so many memories. I didn't know the back story of New Wave. Once, maybe in the late 80's, I heard the song "moving in stereo" by the Cars. I was shocked it came out in 1978. At the time I was thinking it was way ahead of it's time because it sounded so new wave. But watching your video gives me the actual answer. I lived in NJ for 10 years from 2011 to 2021. My landlord had worked at MTV in 1981 when it started. He had a lot of great stories, and my ex partner worked at MTV from 1986 to 2007. I miss the era of New Wave SO MUCH! Music is mostly crap to me today. I guess I'm just like all the older folks that look back at the music of their youth as the best music. In 1983 when I graduated from HS, I took a cross country trip with a friend to CA. Our top song of the trip was "Sex, I'm a" by Berlin, next was "Safety Dance" by Men without Hats, and third was "Goody Two Shoes" by Adam Ant. Oh, and who could ever forget "Sweet Dreams were made of this" by the Eurythmics, which was beyond 1st.....Oh man, I'm forgetting "Kids in America" by Kim Wilde, which I'm not sure is New Wave.....Oh, in the fall, after that trip, I had my first great sexual experience to the song "King of Pain" by the Police. I don't think that was new wave either.

@markallen2984

2 ай бұрын

Wall of Voodoo was an AMAZING band, though their only hit “Mexican Radio” might actually be their worst song. Everyone should check out their cover of the Johnny Cash classic “Ring of Fire”

@johnherr9589

Ай бұрын

@@markallen2984 Oh I like Mexican Radio. It's very catchy. But now I will have to check out their other stuff! Thanks for the info!!

@sisterwendybeckett1983

Ай бұрын

@@markallen2984 Mexican Radio was wall of Voodoo's worst song? Hardly!! Still, Ring of Fire is most assuredly one of their crowning achievements, and remains to this day one Hell of an atmospheric listen!! Can't make Love, Red Light, Big Talk, Back in Flesh and Grandma's House were all top notch tunes!

Such a fantastic job!! Truly your best work so far. Absolutely amazing and informative! Thank you 😊

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Wow what a trip through memory lane that was for me!! 60 years old now and I still remember my huge posters of Adam Ant and Duran Duran on my bedroom wall. 😂

Great video on the New Wave movement! Depeche Mode's longevity shows great lyrics and songsmith outlast music trends.

@Sheol-uk3bu

2 ай бұрын

So do great compositional talents, which is why Mark Mothersbaugh (of Devo) and Danny Elfman (of group Oingo boingo, who weren't mentioned in the video by the way) went on to become succesful and prolific film scorists after the movement had ended.

Great video. I recommend you give Talk Talk a listen. Amazing band

Reeeeally nice and professional presentation, thank you much!

Well, now I'm heading over to eBay to find a bunch of albums. Man, the 80's were wonderful. I loved hearing these bands appear and develop. MTV was awesome back then, when the music videos were what the channel was all about.

great video and an awesome intro to new wave!! My favourite new wave groups would have to be DEVO (nice energy dome btw), talking heads, XTC, the B52's, the buggles, split enz, wall of voodoo, gary numan, elvis costello andddd sparks! If you'd classify sparks as new wave that is, they did influence almost everyone from around that era so i'd highly recommended checking them out if you haven't already!!

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

Sparks are certainly one of the best duos to ever do it. Honestly deserve their own video. Thanks for watching!

@Miauwen_

2 ай бұрын

@@JukeboxHistory omg I'd be so invested in a sparks video if you ever did make one!!! Ans no problem

Very thorough. The music I grew up with and you hit the highlights ... and some pretty deep cuts as well - Orange Juice, man! That is a comparatively obscure one. This is a great series and I get the sense we may be kindred spirits.

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

Orange Juice is definitely one of those groups that deserve way more praise. Such killer music. Glad you liked the video and thanks for watching!

As someone who lived through that glorious era and has loved it since the beginning, you did a GREAT job breaking it down. You covered it as if you were there as well. Keep up the great videos!

@JukeboxHistory

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

This is so well written! Thank you!

Matching your headgear to a phaser pedal in the background is goated

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

Technically orange and red but close enough 🧡

Ive been WAITING for this one.

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

It has arrived 🫡 thanks for watching!

You did a phenomenal job with this! It was a magical time to come of age. It’s always nice to see newer generations appreciate our music.

Excellent video man, Thank you

Nice video. I'd like to see your take on The Jam and the Two Tone bands - The Specials, Madness, The (English) Beat, The Selecter and The Bodysnatchers. Speaking of The Specials, Terry Hall co-wrote Our Lips Are Sealed with Jane Wiedlin. Also, Scritti Politti never gets mentioned with the other new wave artists but Cupid and Psyche 85 was a great record.

Great video!

A well made, comprehensive breakdown of a slice of music history by a small but clearly talented analyst?? Sign me up! Have a like and sub.

effing tremendous content. thank you!

DEVO MENTIONED

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

🫡❤️

@gaywizard2000

2 ай бұрын

A fellow beautiful mutant here!

@brando7266

2 ай бұрын

Devo, the b52's,and sousie and the banshees should be in the hof,

@rechargeandrelax1618

2 ай бұрын

Duty now for the future!

@etherealtb6021

2 ай бұрын

They were so good. They sounded like nothing else on top 20 radio at the time, which is what attracted us "New Wavers"!

So nostalgic! Amazing job!

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Favorite is Culture Club. Still to this day I love them. I only got to see them in concert in like 2015.

Thank you. This is excellent and truely insightful content.

"...playing shows with the likes of Iggy Pop, and Siouxie and the Banshees. Not at the same time. Could you imagine?" Yes, I could, and I imagine that combination would be utterly epic, and very, very intense. I want to thank you for that thought.

To Depeche Mode myself I just can't get enough of new wave music in all its forms. To save up enough scratch to buy a copy of Dare back in the day was a defining moment for me.

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

I couldn’t imagine hearing Dare for the first time when it dropped. Thank you for sharing!

This is the first video I’ve watched of yours. I loved it and can’t wait to watch more.

That was fun! Thank you! 🙏 🎉🧚‍♀️💜

Another great video! The music nerd in me loved your new wave family tree chart! Ps. Do you know the New Zealand band Split Enz? They were also around in that golden age of Post Punk/New Wave, I think you would like them. ‘One Step Ahead’, ‘My Mistake’ and ‘Dirty Creature’ are my fave tracks, cool goofy film clips too ☺️

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

I don’t think I’ve heard of them 🤔 I’ll have to give them a spin! Thanks for watching!

@colbyshea5915

2 ай бұрын

@@JukeboxHistory 🫶🏻

@halloweenjean

2 ай бұрын

hell yeah, one step ahead is a favourite of mine. definitely worth checking out

@colbyshea5915

2 ай бұрын

@@halloweenjeanYes indeedy. I particularly love the bass guitar on that track. Less is more

@Miauwen_

2 ай бұрын

split enz are fantastic!! I'm been recently getting into them

Where’s the Australian artists like INXS, Midnight Oil,Men at Work, Spit Enz and the Divinals that are totally ignored in this video because they are not American or British

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

INXS brought up at the end of the video

@80ssynthfan48

2 ай бұрын

Split Enz were mostly from New Zealand.

@markfranich4757

5 күн бұрын

Machinations, the models, dynamic hepnotics. Dugites , the Agents, the sunnyboys, the divynals, the Reels etc

This was a great video. Glad you popped up in my feed.

I graduated HS in 1980 and married in '89, so the 80s was memorable decade in many ways. Great video of the most influential genre in the greatest decade of music. Thank you.

Love seeing 70s Roxy Music acknowledgement

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

One of the greats. Went out and bought their first album for this video

@LuDux

2 ай бұрын

I'd say not enough acknowledgement. The Chic literally formed after seeing Roxy Music live. They arguably invented New Wave with mid-late 70s albums and then invented sophisti-pop with Avalon LP

@kingmisha5161

2 ай бұрын

@@LuDux Their first 5 records are very underrated in their influence. They're often cast off historically as "just glam rock in the vein of Bowie/T Rex" and Eno being their main influential component. The genre-bending/twisting and dramatic song structures throughout was remarkable

Favorite New Wave artist: Simple Minds.

Wonderful video and great history!

Great job! Excellent video

Thanks. Great work. I lived through the period during my formative years and you covered the key players well. Still think I lived in a golden age of popular music. I saw Adam Ant, who was not respected like some of those others, BUT he was great live, and the songs were not far off XTC style/quality. Really good. I also saw New Order at the peak of their powers in 87 - they forged a few different kinds of "Sound" (indie guitar, goth, electropop) which were imitated by U2, Cure, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche. Killing Joke were great live. I saw Gary Numan play with The Church, great. This is an unhumble-brag. A gen x clinging to this life raft. Regrets? I wish I had seen XTC (who stopped doing gigs early) and The Pixies.

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

Those are some amazing artists to have seen live in their hey day! Yea I think most people would have to be lucky to have caught XTC before they quit touring 😂 thanks for watching!

My favorite is Depeche Mode. Close second is New Order.

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

Two great picks! Do you have a favorite Depeche Mode album?

@AtZero138

2 ай бұрын

Speak and Spell.. Black Celebration... Cassette given to me when I was 10 years old.. by my friends Sister.. Listen to this and you'll be cool forever.. haha.. that was 1984..

@etherealtb6021

2 ай бұрын

​@@JukeboxHistorySome Great Reward

Loved so many of these songs in my youth. Some all time classics!

At 63, and being someone who came out of the LES, I always find it amazing how Blondie is referenced. I agree she was considered punk early on as she came up in that whole CBGB crew, but the way I remember it, she became a Disco diva and that's where she stayed. I would have never thought to consider her New Wave. Oh well, guess I'm just old and remembering things wrong. I will argue with bringing the B-52's in late in the 80's. It truly does them a disservice. I discovered the "B's" in high school, 1979. I also remember their SNL debut, which was in 1980. Granted, they weren't mainstream, but for those of us in the scene, they were pioneers. I'd say DEVO and B's were the two most influential bands in my life, and it was definitely not in the late 80's.

@HonestDogAL

Ай бұрын

Spot on. Me.too. Blondie 🤮 B's ! 52 Girls . Devo , saw them both live in 79. Truly cutting edge. Eno's Here Come The Warm Jets also did it for me.

I feel sorry for those that didn’t live it. It was a BLAST! The 80s: _Lived ‘em. Loved ‘em. Miss ‘em._

These vids go too hard to have this amount of views. keep going.

@JukeboxHistory

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

This was great content. I was there for the early 80s explosion and you articulate that era the best. Thanks!

Nicely done, two big omissions: The Cure , The Clash…..well researched! Bravo!!!

@JukeboxHistory

Ай бұрын

Be sure to check out the 1970’s Punk video for The Clash and my Post-Punk video for The Cure!

Xtc, The Jam, Police, English Beat, The Specials, The Selector…any 2 Tone band for that matter…pub rockers: Graham Parker, Costello, J. Jackson, Nick Lowe, Rockpile, Stiff Records, The Clash…

@henrywallace7996

Ай бұрын

Yeah, but that's actual New Wave music you see, and this vid is evidently about 80s synthpop/bland chartpop.

how did he know I'm handsome?

This is a fantastic video. Thank you !

You made an absolutely excellent documentary about 1980s pop and electronic music!! As a 80s kid, I learned quite a bit (you did your homework, sir!) and it brought back a lot of great memories. Thank you!! Loved this!!

Missing Persons and Wall of Woodoo

@Miauwen_

2 ай бұрын

Wall of voodoo!!!

I remember the name New Wave came about referencing the British Invasion of the 60's was the first wave and this is the new wave.

@edkollin

2 ай бұрын

"New Wave" originally was a French film movement of the late '50s. Coming out of the 70's the sounds, the technology, and the fashions felt literally like a New wave.

your deep dive here is incredible. thank you, brother

Well done on the research, very thorough. Cheers.