Which New Wave Band Was the New Waviest?

Started by Admiral Yi, July 31, 2009, 08:37:50 PM

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Why do I have to repeat the question here?

Blondie
6 (20%)
B-52s
3 (10%)
Devo
9 (30%)
The Cars
1 (3.3%)
The Police
4 (13.3%)
Declan McManus
1 (3.3%)
Joe Jackson
0 (0%)
The Go-Gos
0 (0%)
Write In
6 (20%)

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PDH

#15
August 01, 2009, 08:18:21 AM
Wait, did Cal and Yi work together with Mongers to make a poll this bad?
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Ed Anger

#16
August 01, 2009, 08:19:45 AM
Quote from: PDH on August 01, 2009, 08:18:21 AM
Wait, did Cal and Yi work together with Mongers to make a poll this bad?

All it needs is a bit of kenny incoherence to make it the perfect poll.
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Savonarola

#17
August 01, 2009, 09:38:19 AM
The Modern Lovers, of course   :cool:
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Caliga

#18
August 01, 2009, 09:41:49 AM
Quote from: PDH on August 01, 2009, 08:18:21 AM
Wait, did Cal and Yi work together with Mongers to make a poll this bad?
WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT ANGERING ME  :mad:
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PDH

#19
August 01, 2009, 09:56:27 AM
Quote from: Caliga on August 01, 2009, 09:41:49 AM
Quote from: PDH on August 01, 2009, 08:18:21 AM
Wait, did Cal and Yi work together with Mongers to make a poll this bad?
WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT ANGERING ME  :mad:
I don't remember, and anyway your mouth was full of BaG when you were talking so it all sounded like mush...
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

Queequeg

#20
August 01, 2009, 11:10:21 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 01, 2009, 06:42:28 AM
Joy Division?  Cabaret Voltaire?  Gang of Four?  The Specials?
Didn't Joy Division/New Order invent the damn thing?
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PDH

#21
August 01, 2009, 01:34:42 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on August 01, 2009, 11:10:21 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 01, 2009, 06:42:28 AM
Joy Division?  Cabaret Voltaire?  Gang of Four?  The Specials?
Didn't Joy Division/New Order invent the damn thing?
No, and they weren't from Persia.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

Syt

#22
August 01, 2009, 01:37:56 PM
Quote from: PDH on August 01, 2009, 01:34:42 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on August 01, 2009, 11:10:21 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on August 01, 2009, 06:42:28 AM
Joy Division?  Cabaret Voltaire?  Gang of Four?  The Specials?
Didn't Joy Division/New Order invent the damn thing?
No, and they weren't from Persia.

System Of A Down are Armenian, though. But they are not wave.
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BuddhaRhubarb

#23
August 01, 2009, 02:44:47 PM
Devo has the most street cred.
:p

Josquius

#24
August 01, 2009, 03:09:46 PM Last Edit: August 01, 2009, 03:12:13 PM by Tyr
Duran Duran, Spandeu Ballet and all that sort of thing defines New Wave. There's one far worse band I can just picture in my head but their name is escaping me right now...The video for their most famous song has them on speed boats looking all horribly eighties....

QuoteDidn't Joy Division/New Order invent the damn thing?
Maybe they laid some of the foundations in bringing synthesizers to more mainstream notice.
Joy Division certainly wasn't New Wave, it was one of the founation bands of goth, it was post-punk through and through, the opposite of New Wave.
New Order....iffy. But they lacked all the horrible tackyness of New Wave even if they did have the sound.
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PDH

#26
August 01, 2009, 04:01:32 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on August 01, 2009, 02:44:47 PM
Devo has the most street cred.
Being one of the ones who founded the movement before 1976 does help the cred...
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

sbr

#27
August 01, 2009, 04:43:40 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on August 01, 2009, 02:44:47 PM
Devo has the most street cred.

Was Devo really "New Wave" though, I always put them more in the punk category.

dps

#28
August 01, 2009, 07:56:42 PM
Quote from: Tyr on August 01, 2009, 03:09:46 PM
Duran Duran, Spandeu Ballet and all that sort of thing defines New Wave.

Bullshit.  New Wave was pretty much over with by the time those groups came along.

I have no idea if Yi's asking which act was the best, or who best exlemplified New Wave, or simply who our personal favorites were, but if it's the second, I'd vote Devo.

Jaron

#29
August 01, 2009, 08:08:55 PM
All this classical Flintstone music sucks.
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