1983 new wave song battle: Der Kommissar vs. Come On Eileen vs. Our House vs. The Safety Dance vs. Too Shy

[dmbrocker]

For all you new wave-loving Sludgers (surely we have some here), take a trip back to 1983 and listen to these five (mostly) one-hit-wonders and pick your favorite! Just a fun little poll that I decided to come up with, and besides, they're all pretty dang classic, IMO...

[Black Stuff]

Too Shy for the win! That bass line is great!

[tooth]

I like Kevin Rowland/DMR the best overall but yea, Too Shy is the winner.

Kajagoogoo - "Too Shy"
Dexys Midnight Runners - "Come On Eileen"
After the Fire - "Der Kommissar"
Madness - "Our House"
Men Without Hats - "The Safety Dance"

[Wild Obsession]

After the Fire - "Der Kommissar", is my fav out of that list.

[daveg]

List of songs that I absolutely hated as a young metal head, but what a great list of tunes that is now. Love em all.

Come on Eileen should be the winner, but I'm going with Men without Hats. Only because I saw them a few months ago, and they were surprisingly excellent live. Singer in his 70's ran around like a teenager.

[Hatchets Molly]

List of songs that I absolutely hated as a young metal head, but what a great list of tunes that is now. Love em all.

Come on Eileen should be the winner, but I'm going with Men without Hats. Only because I saw them a few months ago, and they were surprisingly excellent live. Singer in his 70's ran around like a teenager.

My vote and saw MWOH too. Made me listen to a lot of their tunes that weren't MTV-bound. It's a lot of well-crafted, fun synth-pop. Ivan (singer) is absolutely young at heart and pulls off his "look" really well. Super-nice dude, too. Of course he is; he's Canadian.

[Psychobolia.com]

Google says that Der Kommissar was Falco!

[dmbrocker]

Google says that Der Kommissar was Falco!

Originally, yes, but I chose the cover by ATF as one of the options here since I prefer that one slightly.

[EyeDocOfRock]

I ll take The Safety Dance in this battle !

[NeonKnite]

I once saw a porn titled "Cum On Eileen".

Carry on.

[aznsquirt]

I voted for the one that got misnamed No Doubt on Napster.

[Mister Freeze]

The greatest New Wave album of all time ...



Not making a joke.

[Hellsinkey]

Motherfuckin' Falco, he's even got his statue in Austria.

That said, I like Madness more.

[Danzig in the Dark]

Google says that Der Kommissar was Falco!

Originally, yes, but I chose the cover by ATF as one of the options here since I prefer that one slightly.

Fuck Der Skab Kommissar.

[CrankerBait]

Went with "Our House", but like them all except for the Kajagoogoo song.

[NeonKnite]

Der Kommissar. All those other songs are shit, except for "Safety Dance" which is okay just cause it's quirky.

[TravisBicklesMohawk]

I ll take The Safety Dance in this battle !

Hell yes! And the video is trippy.

[Jason Jennifer Leigh]

What a great time for music and film … glad I was alive to live it … it may be the last time I was truly alive.

[MickeyG]

Too Shy, but only because Limahl is from Wigan. And because he sung The Neverending Story.

[Gibsonite]

Who the fuck puts a house in the middle of the street???

[Danzig in the Dark]

Who the fuck puts a house in the middle of the street???

It's Madness, I tell you.

[TravisBicklesMohawk]

Who the fuck puts a house in the middle of the street???

It's Madness, I tell you.

And clearly one step beyond . . .

[EuroJR]

Google says that Der Kommissar was Falco!

Originally, yes, but I chose the cover by ATF as one of the options here since I prefer that one slightly.

Fuck Der Skab Kommissar.

THIS

Dexy's Midnight Runners song is annoying because of the violin and the bad vocal performance (a dead rat in the throat?)

So be it Too Shy by KajaKooKoo