We know how the blues from the 50's and Motown from the 60's played a role in Stones music, and of course disco and punk with "Some Girls" but what about the New Wave 80's pop?
I remember reading in the Books "Its only rock N roll Song by song" that on "too much blood" they got a gitaurist named Jim Barber to play on it. Mick picked him because he wanted a "modern " sound and told him to play like Andy Sommers of the Police on that track.
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<I remember reading in the Books "Its only rock N roll Song by song" that on "too much blood" they got a gitaurist named Jim Barber to play on it. Mick picked him because he wanted a "modern " sound and told him to play like Andy Sommers of the Police on that track.>
Jim Barber was the stones' guitar technician. But he plays on Too Much Blood.
Songs like Shattered came on right in the beginning of the new wave times, and as always, the stones were spot on in capturing what was going on at the time.
On a gut level i'd say Dirty Work sports some (admittedly late) New Wave influence. It reminds me of other 60's acts like The Pretty Things on their "Cross Talk" album.
The Sicilian Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We know how the blues from the 50's and Motown > from the 60's played a role in Stones music, and > of course disco and punk with "Some Girls" but > what about the New Wave 80's pop? > > Any thoughts or examples?
great thread - i think some of the sparser sounding songs like 'send it to me' off Emo Resc. sounds a little like a new wave rock song -sort of like 'down under' by men at work.
Gazza Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 80's ? no..but 70's new wave did. > > Not sure what you mean by "new wave pop", though?
New wave pretty much is considered mid 80's to early 90's, stuff like "Tears For Fears", Dead Or Alive", "David and David", "Split Enz", "Depeche Mode", etc...
The most important thing to me is that the New Wave thing didn´t influence the Stones´ drumsound, especially snare. The snare sound of most of the 80´s pop bands is just weak and boring.
Except for Dirty Work, all drumsounds of the 80s are very good (ER, TY, U) or good (SW).
<New wave pretty much is considered mid 80's to early 90's, stuff like "Tears For Fears", Dead Or Alive", "David and David", "Split Enz", "Depeche Mode", etc...>
That's not new wave. Those bands are even after the "post punk-wave.
Late seventies to early eighties is considered to be the peak of the new wave-period to my knowledge.
The Sicilian Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Gazza Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > 80's ? no..but 70's new wave did. > > > > Not sure what you mean by "new wave pop", > though? > > New wave pretty much is considered mid 80's to > early 90's, stuff like "Tears For Fears", Dead Or > Alive", "David and David", "Split Enz", "Depeche > Mode", etc...
New romantics then....in which case , no. Not remotely. I'd say those acts were pretty much the antithesis of what the Stones were, musically
The thing in the eighthies wasn't so much about songs or styles...it was more about arrangements and production. Everybody was playing with technology and synthesizers. Everything was overproduced, with little room for those crude old fashioned guitar thingies. I'm not saying all typical eighties music was rubbish...but a lot of potentially very good music was spoiled in that decade.