The top ten 1980’s New Romantic bands.

Posted August 9th, 2008 by Oliver Chesler
Filed Under: music, video

Real analog synthesizers, hairspray and makeup. What more do you want? If I had a time machine I would spend a few hundred years in the 1980s.

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6 Responses to “The top ten 1980’s New Romantic bands.”
  1. Kent Sandvik Says:
    August 9th, 2008 at 4:02 pm

    I was very much influenced by this music in the early 80ies. Still miss those days, the revolution with synths and pop tunes…

  2. GaryG Says:
    August 9th, 2008 at 4:40 pm

    someone pointed out this gem on KVR a few weeks back: Boulevard Noir.

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JnESK1adWFc&feature=email

    Never heard of them previously, maybe the absolute epitomy of New Romantic videos. :)

  3. raytrace Says:
    August 10th, 2008 at 12:33 pm

    wow Ghosts by Japan is incredible IMO, that noise at the start sounds bit crushed, although I presume its just a very old sampler being used or something, and I never heard that Spandau Ballet song they show (the one with the speech at the start), that has a real energetic synth line imo, almost ravey in spirit) :)

    Boy George O’Dowd can be a bit of a pain though eheh, funny at times though in an extremely bitchy kinda way :p

  4. Kevin Spencer Says:
    August 10th, 2008 at 9:39 pm

    Nice find sir. My favorite era of music bar none. Quiet Life by Japan is probably my favorite song from that genre. I wouldn’t have necessarily said that ABC or Culture Club were part of the new romantic movement though but an excellent video nonetheless.

  5. Max Vio Says:
    August 12th, 2008 at 3:54 am

    Don´t forget Kate Bush;)

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