Please spoon feed me everything, I didn't know this was a genre itself, and I can't get enough.The music is really involved, there's a lot of skill.
>>130291045I will walk down to the oceanAfter waking from a nightmareNo moon, no pale reflectionBlack mirror, black mirrorShot by a security cameraYou can't watch your own imageAnd also look yourself in the eyeBlack mirror, black mirror, black mirrorI know when the time is comingAll the words will lose their meaningPlease show me something that isn’t mineBut mine is the only kind that I relate toLe miroir casseThe mirror casts mon reflet partoutBlack mirror, black mirror, black mirrorBlack mirror knows no reflection, knows not pride or vanityCares not about your dreams, cares not for your pyramid schemesTheir names are never spokenThe curse is never broken, the curse is never brokenUn, duex, trois, dit miroir noirBlack mirrorUn, duex, trois, dit miroir noirBlack mirrorBlack mirror, black mirrorTheir names are never spoken, the curse is never broken,Their names are never spoken, the curse is never broken,Mirror, mirror, on the wall, show me where them bombs will fallMirror, mirror, on the wall, show me where them bombs will fallBlack mirror, black mirror, black mirror, black mirror, black mirror, black mirror, black mirror
>>130291045Though it was a fashion movement, several British music acts in the late 1970s and early 1980s adopted the style and became known to epitomise it within the press, including Steve Strange of Visage, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, A Flock of Seagulls, Classix Nouveaux and Boy George (of Culture Club). Ultravox were also often identified as New Romantics by the press, although they did not exhibit the same visual styles of the movement, despite their link to the band Visage.[a] Japan and Adam and the Ants were also labelled as New Romantic artists by the press, although they both repudiated this and neither had any direct connection to the original scene.[4] Other aspiring bands of the era including ABC, Depeche Mode, the Human League, Soft Cell, Simple Minds, Talk Talk and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) have all at some point been described as being part of the New Romantic movement or as having been influenced by it, while others would consider them distinct from it.
>>130291126Not buying it as fashion, sure that was there but the videos and music characterize the elements of synth pop and classical or synth pop and jazz... so it's got the saccharine sweet shit and the musical chops.
>>130291482The New Romantic movement is sometimes characterized as a reaction to the direction in which the punk rock movement was evolving,[12] and was heavily influenced by former glam rock stars of the 1970s such as David Bowie and Roxy Music.[13] In terms of style, it rejected the austerity and anti-fashion stance which was becoming increasingly predominant in punk.[14] Both sexes often dressed in androgynous clothing and wore cosmetics such as eyeliner and lipstick, partly derived from earlier punk fashions.[15] This gender bending was particularly evident in figures such as Boy George of Culture Club, and Marilyn (Peter Robinson).[12]Fashion was based on varied looks inspired by historical Romantic themes, including frilly fop shirts in the style of the English Romantic period,[15] Russian constructivism, Bonnie Prince Charlie, French Incroyables and 1930s' Cabaret, Hollywood starlets, Puritans and the Pierrot clown, with any look being possible if it was adapted to be unusual and striking.[16] Common hairstyles included quiffs,[16] mullets and wedges.[12] However, soon after they began to gain mainstream attention, many bands associated with the New Romantic scene dropped the eclectic clothes and make-up in favour of sharp suits.
once punk died it split into many different movements like the new romantics, goths, new wave, while punk evolved into hardcore it were for gay rich kids who could be into fashion for me its david sylvian and japan desu
>>130291522I like the japanese stuff but it gets so serious like they forget part of it is "too cool" attitude and whatever avante guard shit was more inspired. But lots of it is so fuckin tight.Idk I just started buying a bunch of jimi hendrix clothes. I hate bland sears catalog shit when going out or being social; it's like having no effort in being you.
>>130291559i mean you have to be gay or queer to wear a floofy pirate shirt without it being a joke, there was a Seinfeld episode about this
>>130291522>new wavealways reminds me of the Restaurant in "Nice Dreams" with Paul Reuben as the Hamburger Man."Bruce springsteen man, fuckin up the future of rock n ROLL! New Wave... NEEEEW WAAAAAAAVE!"
>>130291575No it's just... not a chevrolet t-shirt. I can wear that mowing the lawn. If I go out I want to radiate "me" a little. Maybe a Prince thing sometime.I'm too much of a pussy hound for gay, but they're a great sales demographic.
good thread but has nobody mentioned Adam Ant? Even if you don't consider Adam and the Ants new romantic, not even sure if the NR scene was around when they were together but certainly when Adam Ant went solo he was part of the new romantic scene, could even say he helped define its look if not its sound
Classic example of the system immediately incorporating all negation/criticism back into itself
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>>130291045New Romantic was KINO, have some viddieshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHkTKyCnsRAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B2a6l6wM2khttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUrIDz6L5vchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCLqj0X2AFkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnESK1adWFc
>>130291522>for me its david sylvian and japan desuThe King of Beautiful
>>130291522Based, Japan was the most musically accomplished new wave band with the prettiest prettyboy singer. David's first few solo albums go amazingly hard too.
>>130294671You don't think he was too straight pop and just quoting elements of New Romantic?
>>130294891So... Punk.>>130295116
>>130295116Going out dressed like trashy Bohemian can be comfy. I have a sweet velvet smoking jacket.
>>130291080Who is this random radio product spammer? What does he want? To spreadly mildly interesting to all?
>>130291522>it were for gay rich kids who could be into fashionnot really, it was a follow on from punk blowing the doors open for all kind of normies to get into the music industry. they were mostly dressed in modified charity shop shit.
>>130291045it was based on endlessly copying this songhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXOgQN1a7bE
>>130291045Japan is all you need. Listen to Japan and ignore everything else.
