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  5. Name your favorite three new wave songs

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    Posted · Edited by Guest

    I believe that New Wave is more of an umbrella-term, which includes many musical subgenres from late '70's-early 80's, (eg. : post-punk, gothic rock, industrial, synthpop, indiepop, New Romantic... ) A lot of underground bands from that era were called New Wave (Tuxedomoon, The Cramps, Executive Slacks, ...), but also mainstream bands/artists like Duran Duran, Human League and Kim Wilde.

    Of course the definition of New Wave varies from country to country. In the USA some singer-songwriters like Tom Petty were also considered New Wave. In Belgian most people think about Gothic rock when you talk about New Wave. I agree that (80's) Gothic Rock (Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy) is New Wave, but New Wave is more than gothic.

    You can compare the term New Wave with the term 'Alternative' in the 90's.

  9. 3 Favorite Albums of The 90's?

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    1. U2: Achtung Baby

    2. dEUS: In a Bar, Under the Sea

    3. The Prodigy: Music for the Jilted Generation

    other favorites from the '90s

    Radiohead: OK Computer, Nirvana: Nevermind, Soundgarden: Superunknown, Metallica: the Black Album, Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bloodsugarsexmagic, Bob Dylan: Time out of Mind, Bruce Springsteen: The Ghost of Tom Joad, Chemical Brothers: Dig your own hole, Pixies: Bossanova, Therapy?: Troublegum, Soulwax: Much Against Everyones Advice

  15. My top 100 favorite albums

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    This is mine

    1. U2: Achtung Baby

    2. Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run

    3. dEUS: In a Bar, Under the Sea

    4. Metallica: Master of Puppets

    5. Bruce Springsteen: Darkness on the edge of Town

    6. Bruce Springsteen: The River

    7. Queens of The Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf

    8. Pixies: Doolittle

    9. The Clash: London Calling

    10. Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde

    11.The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street

    12. Soulwax: Much against everyones Advice

    13. Muse Absolution

    14. Radiohead: The Bends

    15. dEUS: The Ideal Crash

    16. U2: The Joshua Tree

    17. Metallica: ... And Justice For All

    18. The Prodigy: Music for the jilted generation

    19. Depeche mode: Violator

    20. Björk: Post

    21. U2: War

    22. Muse: Origin of Symmetry

    23. dEUS: Pocket Revolution

    24. Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californication

    25. Metallica: Ride The Lightning

    26. Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks

    27. Metallica: The Black Album

    28. Nirvana: Nevermind

    29. Pixies: Surfer Rosa

    30. U2: All you can't leave Behind

    31. Bruce Springsteen: The Rising

    32. dEUS: Worst Case Scenario

    33. The Beatles: 1967-1970 (I know it's a compilation, but I don't care)

    34. Radiohead: OK Computer

    35. Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited

    36. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin 2

    37. Pearl Jam: Ten

    38. Beck: Odelay

    39. The Triffids: Born Sandy Devotional

    40. The White Stripes: White Blood Cells

    41. U2: Boy

    42. Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska

    43. Hooverphonic: The Magnificent Tree

    44. Kraftwerk: Minium Maximum

    45. The Beatles: Revolver

    46. The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers

    47. Bob Dylan: Bringing it all back home

    48. Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bloodsugarsexmagic

    49. Rage against the Machine: Rage against the Machine

    50. Fear Factory: Damanufacture

    51. Led Zeppelin: Physical Grafitti

    52. Nirvana: In utero

    53. Bruce Springsteen: Born in the USA

    54. Pixies: Bossa Nova

    55. U2: Zooropa

    56. Calexico: Feast of Wire

    57. Coldplay: a Rush of Blood to the Head

    58. Depeche Mode: Playing the Angel

    59. Admiral Freebee: Songs

    60. Radiohead: Hail to the thief

    61. Bruce Springsteen: The Wild, The innocent & The E-Street Shuffle

    62. Millionaire: Outside The Simian Flock

    63. Front 242: Front by Front

    64. Eels: Beautiful Freak

    65. U2: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

    66. Admiral Freebee: Songs

    67. Björk: Debut

    68. Admiral Freebee: Admiral Freebee

    69. The White Stripes: De Stijl

    70. Queens of The Stone Age: Queens of The Stone Age

    71. Kyuss: Blues from the Red Sun

    72. Metallica: Kill 'em all

    73. Ramones: Ramones

    74. Bob Dylan: Love & Theft

    75. Therapy? : Troublegum

    76. Pearl Jam: VS

    77. Bruce Springsteen: Tunnel of Love

    78. Daan: Bridge Burner

    79. Prince: Sign of the Times

    80. Talking Heads: Speaking in Tongues

    81. The Cure: Disintegration

    82. U2: Rattle & Hum

    83. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin 3

    84. Soundgarden: Superunknown

    85. Millionaire: Paradisiac

    86. Soulwax: Any Minute Now

    87. 2 Many DJ's: As heard on Radio Soulwax part 2

    88. Pink Floyd: Dark Side of The Moon

    89. Radiohead: Kid A

    90. Bob Dylan: Time out of Mind

    91. Bruce Springsteen: Devils and Dust

    92. Nirvana: Unplugged in NY

    93. Elvis Presley: Humo selecteert het Beste van Elvis Presley (compilation, but a good one)

    94. Hooverphonic: Blue Wonder Power Milk

    95. Therapy? : Infernal Love

    96. Hooverphonic: (No) More Sweet Music

    97. Bruce Springsteen: The Ghost of Tom Joad

    98. U2: The Unforgettable Fire

    99. Paradise Lost: Icon

    100. Beastie Boys: Paul's Boutique

  23. dEUS: In a Bar, Under the Sea

    in Album Reviews

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    dEUS: In a Bar, under the Sea

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    Released in 1996

    Produced by Eric Drew Feldman

    Core Line-up: Tom Barman (Vocals, Guitar), Stef Kamil Karlens (Vocals, Bass), Jules De Borgher (Drums), Klaas Janszoons (Violin), Graig Ward (Guitar)

    Tracklist

    1. I don’t mind what ever happens

    2. Fell off The Floor, Man

    3. Opening Night

    4. Theme From Turnpike

    5. Little Arithmetics

    6. Gimme the Heat

    7. Serpentine

    8. A Shocking Lack Thereof

    9. Supermarketsong

    10. Memory of a Festival

    11. Guilty Pleasures

    12. Nine Threads

    13. Disappointed in the Sun

    14. Roses

    15. Wake me up before I sleep

    Let me first introduce this band. dEUS is one of Belgium’s finest rock bands and the most important band in the Antwerp music scene. They started in the early nineties during the boom of alternative music. In 1994 they released their debut album Worst Case Scenario, which got excellent reviews (even in the British press). It’s quite difficult to describe the music of dEUS, because it’s quite unique (especially the first 2 albums). Allmusic describes dEUS as alternative Pop/Rock, Neo-Prog and Experimental Rock, but that doesn’t really clear things out. In a way you can compare them to Indie/Alternative artists like Beck, PJ Harvey and Pavement and some of their influences are Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa and Tom Waits.

    In a Bar, Under the Sea from 1996 is dEUS second full-album and the best IMO. The album opens with a 45 seconds short introduction, that sounds like an ancient blues song. The first real song is the Beefheart-esque Fell off the Floor Man. The lyrics may not make any sense, but this song really rocks and is very catchy and funky in his own way. Another song in the tradition of Beefheart is the weird A Shocking Lack Thereof, the most difficult and mysterious song of the album. . The haunting Theme from Turnpike samples Charlie Mingus, quotes Bruce Springsteen (“New Jersey Turnpike riding on a wet night†from Nebraska’s State Trooper) and could be the perfect soundtrack for a David Lynch movie. The beautiful pop song Little Arithmetics is another highlight, just like Serpentine and Gimme the Heat.

    Supermarketsong and Memory of A Festival are two short songs, the first one has Morphine’s sax player Dana Colley as guest musician and the latter one is a catchy punkrocksong about a gig at Torhout-Werchter in 1994 (at the time they played at the camping festival, this year they will be headliner on the third day of Rock Werchter, before Placebo). A echoing piano opens the melancholic ballad Disappointed in the Sun, one of the best songs of dEUS and the actual title song (it ends with the line “And that's why we're thinking, that's why we're drinking in a bar under the seaâ€). The second to last song on the album is my absolute favourite on the album and my favourite dEUS-song: Roses. The song starts with a threatening bass line and evolves into a climax, a storm of noise and distortion. Wake me up before I sleep ends an excellent album, which is played best at night with a glass of wine, whisky , a strong Belgian Beer (I suggest Duvel or a Trappist-beer) or Guinness. I may have forgotten to mention the short Opening Night, the psychedelic Guilty Pleasures and the jazzy Nine Threads, but they are also excellent songs on a great album.

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