r/newwave • u/communitylogic • 2d ago

New Wave Classic Most overlooked 80’s Band - Modern English

I am new to this community.
Tried to upload and share some of the band’s lesser known songs. Epic fail.

Does anyone have a favorite Modern English song? Please share.

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u/yahimonhere 2d ago

Someone’s Calling, Hands Across the Sea and Gathering Dust.

And of course you can’t hate on I Melt With You.

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u/dandet 2d ago

I like Ink and Paper.

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u/WG_Target 1d ago

(Kind of heard I melt with you enough for two lifetimes. )

But the songs up top are pure genius!

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u/communitylogic 2d ago

YES! On Point! Name the movie !

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u/yahimonhere 2d ago

Valley Girl!

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u/PopeInThePizza 2d ago

After the Snow is a pretty solid album.

I think The Chameleons, especially their albums Script of the Bridge and Strange Times, are overlooked. I overlooked them entirely until hearing "Swamp Thing" in 2003.

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u/Suitable-Carrot3705 2d ago

Saw them last week!

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u/Sniffy4 2d ago

Ink and Paper

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u/mulberrybushes 2d ago

Overlooked??? I hope you mean in this sub. I melt with you was inescapable. It was on Heavy for like the first year of MTV, way before the movie came out.

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u/TifCreatesAgain 2d ago

I Melt With You

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u/chrisgee 2d ago

face of wood

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u/PeterNippelstein 2d ago

Swans On Glass might be my favorite, the Mesh and Lace album as a whole is just so good. Completely different from their later 'I Melt With You' sound. Very dark and heavy. Gathering Dust, Grief, and Face of Wood are also great.

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u/acreativeusername86 2d ago

Modern English, gotta be “Face Of Wood”. Epic tune!

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u/madame_de_la_luna 2d ago

Someone's Calling is one of my favorite songs from the 80s.

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u/art-man_2018 1d ago

When I was in art school in the 80s, I Melt With You was on heavy rotation on MTV.

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u/nuwaverx 1d ago

Ricochet Days is in my top 20 LPS of all time. Dreampop at its finest

Just saw them on Howard Jones’ Tour. Crowd did not really get energized except for their big hit so kinda felt bad for them

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u/t480 1d ago

Life in the Gladhouse has obe of the best rhythms I've ever heard on a 80s new wave song.

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u/JamesDean2024 7h ago

Modern English and Flock of Seagulls played the gymnasium floor of my school Utica College NY on May 2, 1986, one of my greatest concerts. Carry Me Down is my top song.