##newwave
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1981 ● Soft Cell —— Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret ►

#OTD
#softcell
#80s
#newwave
#vinyl
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 AM
#12inchTuesday: Simple Minds – I Travel (Special Remixed Version)

Released 1980.

I have the 1980 French version that was imported in the UK. The 7" and the later reissues of the 12" have a different cover design.

#SimpleMinds #NewWave #PopRock #NewWaveNovember

I Travel extended: buff.ly/41wqsaC
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
#MusicChallenge
#NewWaveNovember
#Musicsky

Day 27: "Walk Away" (The Sisters of Mercy)

*I first heard this song played on a new wave radio station in my tweens.🖤

#NewWave #GothicRock #TheSistersOfMercy #80s #80sMusic

youtu.be/dxucr5TSxDg?...
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
#NewWaveNovember #musicchallenge #1Song2Versions
Unranked
11/27 In a Manner of Speaking
Nouvelle vague (2004 - #notnewwave)
youtu.be/zXhLFb34nz4?...
Tuxedomoon (1985 - #newwave)
youtu.be/HRKOZolW6L4?...
Tuxedomoon - In a Manner of Speaking (Video)
YouTube video by Vilosophe
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#NewWaveNovember
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky

"Throughout November select your thirty favourite New Wave artists/songs"

▶️ Level 42 - Lessons In Love (1986)

#Level42 #LessonsInLove #80s #newwave #synthpop #WallyBadarou #MarkKing #RowlandCharlesGould
Lessons In Love
YouTube video by Level 42 - Topic
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#NewWaveNovember
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#NewWave

That video…

Day 27 (AA)
Favorite New Wave Artist

Ah-A
Take on Me 1984 (1985)
Hunting High & Low

youtu.be/djV11Xbc914?...
a-ha - Take On Me (Official Video) [4K]
YouTube video by a-ha
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
#NewWaveNovember #MusicChallenge #MusicSky

26 | unranked | 1 per artist

"Too many failures
Too many winners
Have a good time
Too much nothing
Tooty frooty wooty
Tooty frooty wooty"

"O La La La" by TC Matic ("T.C. Matic", 1981)

#NewWave #DancePunk #PostPunk #AlternativeDance #BelgianRock
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
75 years young 😍
Happy Birthday Tina Weymouth, born on this day in 1950, Coronado, California

One of the greatest bass line ever:
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer - Old Grey Whistle Test

#punk #punkrock #postpunk #newwave #tinaweymouth #talkingheads #punkrockhistory #otd
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
November 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
#CatchThePhrase #MusicChallenge | 117

"Play for Today" by The Cure ("Seventeen Seconds", 1980)

#GothRock #PostPunk #NewWave
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
#NewWaveNovember #MusicChallenge #MusicSky

27 | unranked | 1 per artist

"Exaggerate the scar tissue
Wounds that never heal
Takes hours of preparations
To get that wasted look
Hated - collapsing new people..."

"Collapsing New People (London Mix)" by Fad Gadget (1983)

#NewWave #Electro #Industrial
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
WHITE HORSE - LAID BACK
YouTube video by Yokadabbi Katerina
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
#NewWaveNovember
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#NewWave

It makes me sway…

Day 26 (Z)
Favorite New Wave Artist

Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers
Look Who’s Dancing - 1989
Album: One Bright Day

youtu.be/bOlfjkI8XfM?...
Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers "Look Who's Dancing" (Official Video)
YouTube video by Ziggy Marley
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Talking Heads - Fear of Music
1979 USA Sire #vinyl #music
#PsychedelicFunk #ArtRock #NewWave
This is one of my personal favorites from the early eighties. Especially the song "Cities". David Byrne at his best.
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#LookAndSee 258 🎶
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#80smusic
#NewWave

Mad World from Tears for Fears
My vision to me, it’s a man in silence, with a ghost behind him that never lets go. It feels like the emptiness Mad World sings of.

youtu.be/u1ZvPSpLxCg?...
Tears For Fears - Mad World (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by TearsForFearsVEVO
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Happy Birthday to Martina Michele Weymouth aka Tina Weymouth, genius bass guitarist for Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, born on this day in 1950 in Coronado, California

Photographer of this fantastic photo -> unknown 😶

#punkrock #postpunk #newwave #tinaweymouth #talkingheads #punkrockhistory #otd
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Debut LP Magazine was a #1980s UK compilation #vinyl record containing new songs by mostly #NewWave bands along with articles in each issue. 1984’s #7 included UK #Goth pioneers #PsyCon’s #HiNRG tinged cut “Make Yourself Scarce”- it was an early Starck fave
#Vinyl #VinylSky

youtu.be/J9jx7twADqo
Make Yourself Scarce (Unabridged Mix) - PSYCON
YouTube video by Lionel L
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
#NewWaveNovember
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#NewWave

Day 25 (Y)
Favorite New Wave Artist

Yaz
In my Room 1982
Album:Upstairs At Erics

youtu.be/xaVjNrXqF0U?...
In My Room
YouTube video by Yazoo - Topic
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
#NewWaveNovember #MusicChallenge #MusicSky

24 | unranked | 1 per artist

"Hey, Eve take a bite of my apple
I know you think you're pretty slick
The one thing I ask you to leave me is my red joystick..."

"My Red Joystick" by Lou Reed ("New Sensations", 1984)

#NewWave #ArtRock #PopRock #HardRock
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
#NewWaveNovember #MusicChallenge #MusicSky

25 | unranked | 1 per artist

"She sings from somewhere you can't see
She sits in the top of the greenest tree..."

"Girl U Want" by Devo ("Freedom of Choice", 1980)

#NewWave #SynthPop
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
#NowSpinning Maanam - Mental Cut (1985)
The fifth album by the Polish #newwave group that was part of the Nowa Fala movement. Cool #coldwave #goth #postpunk with a dash of #janglepop. Vocals in both Polish & English from mononymus singer, Kora. #NowPlaying #vinyl #VinylCommunity #VinylSky
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
#NewWaveNovember
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#NewWave

Day 23 (X)
Favorite New Wave Artist

XTC
King for a Day 1989
Album: Oranges & Lemons

youtu.be/depsFULhqV8?...
XTC - King For A Day
YouTube video by Satoru Hayashi
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Released #otd, 23rd November 1979: PiL – Metal Box

It’s the 2nd studio album by PiL and was released as 3x12" in the eponymous film canister in the UK. The international release was a 2xLP entitled Second Edition.

#PiL #PIL #PublicImageLtd #PostPunk #NewWave #dub #avantgarde #NewWaveNovember
November 23, 2025 at 5:08 AM