Whats on your turntable tonight?

@spiritofradio You missed out! :-) There were a lot of good New Wave-Power Pop bands in the late 70’s early 80’s. PDX was rife with these bands rolling through the Paramount Theatre, Euphoria, Foghorn, and other small venue taverns. Great times for cheap, entertaining shows (especially for a 20 something single guy) and I saw plenty, like U2 at the Foghorn (or was it called The Wreck Of The Hespiris then, cloudy smoky memories haha) when Boy came out—for a few bucks. I loved New Wave then (still do) and collected a bunch of LPs. A refreshing change-up from Classic Rock (was it “Classic” back then?) and Jazz-Rock CTI Fusion stuff which most of my buddies at the time preferred. My wife and kids got blasted with mix tapes on road trips and still talk about bobbing head memories of the Cars, Devo, Romantics, Cure, Cretones, Knack and others. Cheers!

@bslon

I think it was still the Wreck of the Hesperus, through the early 80s. I confess “refreshing “ is not an adjective I would have applied to New Wave during its time…

I’ve become open to agreeing that I did miss out, but like the friends you mention, as far as new music went I was either into continuing to favor the few 60s and 70s bands that survived or fusion. One of “those” guys I suppose.

@spiritofradio 

Thx for the kind words. "Soundscapes" has a very well balanced relaxed SQ. This recording is almost unknown to many audiophiles and collectors, $25 might be enough for a sealed copy?  If your not familiar with Yellowjackets "Mirage A Tois" its a "fusion" jazz album but performed in good taste with demo level SQ. You might be surprised with the amount of quality jazz in the 1980's...fusion/acoustic and vocals. 

@spiritofradio 

We like what we like, it’s all good.

If I may suggest a couple of the better power pop bands, on Spotify I found Sorrows/ Bad Times Good Times 2010 R/I of the orig. 80’s LP
The Knack/ Get The Knack
Dirty Looks/ Turn It Up which is both of their records. The first LP (S/T) is best, which would be the first 11 songs. Not to be confused with the metal band of the same name.

FWIW, your final sentence left me feeling that I may have offended. I sure didn’t mean to.

Bill

@bslon

We like what we like, it’s all good.

Yes, and apologize if my hasty and unskillful writing left you with any impression I was unhappy. Quite the contrary. I do so much appreciate the information I get here from you and the other members about what’s worth trying now in an older and more open minded frame of mind. Will try/re-try those recommendations.

in fact, even if I don’t wind up really liking things I still get a lot of fun out of trying and do enjoy the dialogue. You know what I mean.