Sunday, May 5, 2024

Flopcast 626: The New Wave Game Part 2 - Candy All the Time

We're back for another round of our New Wave Game! The rules are simple, because the game is stupid. We're listening to the next three volumes in the Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the 80s CD series, and trying to guess each other's favorite songs. Volumes 4-6 include Flopcast favorites like the Go-Go's, Men at Work, Duran Duran, and Devo. There are also memorable one-or-two hit wonders like Soft Cell, A Flock of Seagulls, the Waitresses, and Bow Wow Wow. And then there are the acts who never really scored a hit, but still made an impression. (Yikes, Jim Carroll knew a lot of people who died...) In New Wave Game Part 1, we both failed miserably. Surely we'll do better this time, if we can only clear our brains of Toni Basil screeching about Mickey.

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Show Notes

As a reminder, all the tracklists for this series can be found on Wikipedia.

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Kevin's Picks:

Vol. 4

• Winner: The Monroes, What Do All the People Know
• Runner Up: The Motors, Love and Loneliness
• Runner Up: The Members, Working Girl

Vol. 5

• Winner: Marshall Crenshaw, Someday, Someway
• Runner Up: The Go-Go's, Vacation
• Runner Up: Kim Wilde, Kids in America

Vol. 6

• Winner: Men At Work, Who Can It Be Now?
• Runner Up: The Church, The Unguarded Moment
• Runner Up: The Jim Carroll Band, People Who Died

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Kornflake's Picks:

Vol. 4

• Winner: XTC, Generals and Majors
• Runner Up: Soft Cell, Tainted Love
• Runner Up: Duran Duran, Girls on Film

Vol. 5

• Winner: Haircut 100, Love Plus One
• Runner Up: Waitresses, I Know What Boys Like
• Runner Up: Kim Wilde, Kids in America

Vol. 6

• Winner: Sparks, I Predict
• Runner Up: Talk Talk, Talk Talk
• Runner Up: The Jim Carroll Band, People Who Died

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The Mayor's Favorites:

• Vol 4: The Motors, Love and Loneliness
• Vol 5: The Jam, Town Called Malice
• Vol 6: ABC, The Look of Love Pt. 1