Showing posts with label New Wave. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Wave. Show all posts

Wednesday 24 November 2021

Crashing Cars In Germany


Quite possibly my favourite Bowie songs (as opposed to his instrumental trax) along with The Bewlay Brothers, Five Years, Life On Mars &...


When i first heard this on Melbourne radio as a 15 year old in the 80s I couldn't fathom what I was hearing. I knew it was music that I'd been waiting for. I mean i knew The Model as it was a top 40 hit when I was in primary school but subconsciously that was filed along with great synth-pop like Soft Cell, Human League etc. and the Euro new wave of Plastic Bertrand, Falco et al. but Autobahn was a whole other type of beast altogether. 

This was around the same time I first heard The Velvet Underground as those brilliant archival records VU & Another View were getting loads of airplay on underground Melbourne radio. It was a similar thing too as I'd heard "Walk On The Wild Side" as a pre-teen and was then a staple of classic FM radio but tracks like Ocean, Foggy Notion, Rock'n'Roll etc. were totally something else. The connections between these two acts wouldn't reveal itself to me until a few years later. 

Two revelations that would grow, stay relevant and stick with me forever. Anyway back to cars.


As I've said many times before New Wave was the best music for pre-teens and this great song left an indelible impression on me.


I never heard this until I was in my 20s. The Scottish Associates didn't have hits or appear on pop tv in Australia so they were a group you had to discover on your own somehow. I think I got into The Associates because legendary Melbourne drummer John Murphy of Whirlywirld, Orchestra Of Skin & Bone, Max Q and The Dumb & The Ugly fame joined the band for their peak chart era. Anyway tuuuuune! 

Oh I was meant to write something tying all these records together with road movies in some kind of meaningful way mentioning journeys and destinations and how that line is blurred blah blah but er... I forgot. Sometimes writing about music is pointless and dumb anyway. Just listen to these fabulous tunes! 

Friday 3 February 2012

More New Wave

Well old wave into new wave. Ross Wilson had been
around since the late 60's. Is this Faux-New Wave?
Anyway it sounded good on the FM dial.
 


Mondo Rock
Cool World


Mondo Rock
Come Said The Boy
What a great dodgy song!

Some New Wave Tunes


The first girl I fell in love with on TV.  I was 10 she played with her skirt.


Loved this song!, still do!

Like the film clip as well but the quality not so good!
So you get this live version.


How the fuck did I remember this!
It got big airplay on 3MA.
They were from Adelaide.
I loved it!



The Swingers
Counting The Beat
In 1981 it was my fave song of all time
Classic.