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February 19, 2009
Twenty Great UK New Wave Rhythm Sections (Real, Not Machine) of the Early 80s
(1) Japan, "Methods of Dance" live, 1982 (fretless bass: Mick Karn; drums: Steve Jansen)
(2) Simple Minds, "Sweat In Bullet" promo, 1981 (fretless bass: Derek Forbes; drums: Brian McGee)
(3) Ultravox, "Reap the Wild Wind" live, 1984 (bass: Chris Cross; drums: Warren Cann)
(4) Talk Talk, "It's My Life" live, 1984 (fretless bass: Paul Webb; drums: Lee Harris)
(5) Gary Numan (a), "Films" live, 1981 (bass: Paul Gardiner; drums: Cedric Sharpley)
(6) Gary Numan (b), "She's Got Claws" promo, 1981 (fretless bass: Mick Karn; drums: Cedric Sharpley)
(7) Wire, "The 15th" live, 1980 (bass: Graham Lewis; drums: Robert Gotobed)
(8) Modern English, "Someone's Calling" promo, 1982 (bass: Michael Conroy; drums: Richard Brown)
(9) Altered Images, "Happy Birthday" promo, 1981 (bass: Tony McDaid; drums: Michael "Tich" Anderson)
(10) Associates, "Club Country" TV performance, 1982 (bass: Michael Dempsey; drums: John Murphy) (?)
(11) Bow Wow Wow, "Do You Wanna Hold Me?" promo, 1983 (bass: Leigh Gorman; drums: Dave Barbarossa)
(12) Fashion, "Move On" promo, 1982 (fretless bass: Marlon Recchi; drums: Dik Davis)
(13) China Crisis, "Tragedy and Mystery" promo, 1983 (fretless bass: Gazza Johnson; drums: Kevin Wilkinson)
(14) ABC, "Poison Arrow" promo, 1984 (bass: Mark Lickley; drums: David Palmer)
(15) The Icicle Works, "Birds Fly (Whisper To a Scream)" promo, 1984 (bass: Chris Layhe; drums: Chris Sharrock)
(16) The Cure (a), "One Hundred Years" live, 1982 (bass: Simon Gallup; drums: Laurence Tolhurst)
(17) The Cure (b), "In Between Days" promo, 1985 (bass: Simon Gallup; drums: Boris Williams)
(18) New Order, "Age of Consent" live, 1983 (bass: Peter Hook; drums: Stephen Morris)
(19) Shriekback, "Nemesis" promo, 1985 (bass: Dave Allen; drums: Martyn Barker)
(20) Duran Duran, "Rio" promo, 1982 (bass: John Taylor; drums: Roger Taylor)
Posted by scottheim at February 19, 2009 12:38 AM
Comments
#7 ("The 15th" by Wire) seems completely of the 80's, what with the band's skinny ties and white, button-down shirts, but at the end, when the camera pulls back to show the audience, with all its big hair and colorful, billowy clothing, it looks like 1975. 1980 was a transitional year. We went from Carter to Reagan. The sixties came to an end with the shooting of John Lennon, and our present situation with the middle-east was beginning to be played out with the Teheran hostage crisis. (If I'm not wrong, Cronkite ceded his throne to Rather by 1981.)
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at March 4, 2009 01:45 AM
Hello Scott,
I see that, besides being a cool writer, you're a fan of new wave and 80s music. Much of the writing I do as a journalist deals with music, and the more I cover today's material, the more I think most of the 80s' musical output was pretty darn brilliant. That or I'm getting more nostalgic as I grow older. Or both. In any case, the new wave videos you posted bring back great memories. One obscure song from that era that I still love is called 'Certain Things Are Likely', by KTP (Kissing the Pink). If you've never heard it, try to find it online and download it. I still conserve a maxi single cassette - remember those? - of it for Pete's sake. Cheers from Miami,
JC
Posted by: JCPDuthie at February 21, 2009 12:41 PM
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