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The Best of The Smiths- Top 10 Greatest Songs

1.) This Charming Man - It's upbeat, catchy and makes you want to dance! Okay, makes ME want to dance! 2.) Hand In Glove- A Song about forbidden love. Sure, there may be a lot of metaphors and analogies we may not understand, but it's still a...

25 comments    new wave favorite songs smiths
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HAIR METAL - My guilty pleasure.

After High School and a couple of years of Jr. College where I majored in beer I was well into the punk scene and also there when it went from hardcore punk to New Wave. Punk rock by the early 80s had lost some of the hardcore bite it had early on....

54 comments    music humor mtv
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The 250 Greatest '80s New Wave' Songs

....kicking in chairs and knocking down tables, in a restaurant Before we start I want to make it clear that I'm not implying that Rock Lobster is a better song than the others, it's just more 'Wavy' than all the others. In other words take the...

272 comments    music alternative list
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"Cléo from 5 to 7" and French New Wave Context

In Richard Neupert's article The French New Wave: New stories, styles and auteurs, he explores the specifics of what he believes defines and designates films in the category of “French New Wave”, an...

0 comments    french film film theory cleo 5-7
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The 400 Blows: Antoine Doinel's Place in the French New Wave

In 1959, François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows won him the award for best director at the Cannes Film Festival. The 400 Blows remains a prime example of the stylistic innovations of the French New Wave. Largely autobiographical, it recounts the story...

17 comments    films classics french films
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The Fixx: A Band That's Stood, Not Fallen

The Fixx is a band I admire enormously, not only for their philosophical and intelligently poetic lyrics and tunes, but also for their obscurity which set in after the 80s, even if their 90s era songs were as...

0 comments    rock band pop
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Seminal Films...and What Else to Watch

Whether you're taking a film class or studying on your own, there are a few directors who always seem to pop up, along with what are critically accepted as their greatest films. Some you may love; others may...

2 comments    movies film films
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Passion Pit

Straight out of Cambridge, Massachusetts, these guys have exploded in the music scene lately. Their sound is electronic, but very unique. I love Passion Pit, and after discovering them about a year ago I...

0 comments    music new age electronic
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Have a Totally 80s Halloween

Want to look totally awesome this Halloween? Why not try an '80s Halloween costume this year? You will have a totally radical time.

8 comments    funny fashion hair
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80s New Wave Music Database: Artists, Songs & Videos

Every song by every major artist in the genre...with a few exceptions. To make it sporty for you I have left out at least a dozen minor stars in this genre knowingly only because i don't know that much about them. They didn't have major radio hits...

18 comments    music 80s new wave
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