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Tag: New Wave

Quirk Your Enthusiasm (10)

By: Jonathan Lethem

The Blue Nile’s “I Love This Life” — dancing and singing, caring and careless.

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Quirk Your Enthusiasm (9)

By: Adrienne Crew

QUIRK YOUR ENTHUSIASM (9): D-Day’s “Too Young to Date” —  a quasi-feminist anthem.

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Quirk Your Enthusiasm (8)

By: Gordon Dahlquist

XTC’s “Respectable Street”: a very English anthem of Ah, Go Fuck Yourself.

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Quirk Your Enthusiasm (7)

By: Greg Rowland

Jilted John’s “JIlted John” : parodic yet profound.

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Quirk Your Enthusiasm (6)

By: Stephanie Burt

Altered Images’ “Happy Birthday” — should we trust its promise of happiness?

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Quirk Your Enthusiasm (5)

By: Elina Shatkin

Marianne Faithfull’s “Broken English” — an excoriation of all ideologies?

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Quirk Your Enthusiasm (4)

By: Douglas Wolk

Family Fodder’s “Savoir Faire” — not a hostile gnarl, but a joy.

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Quirk Your Enthusiasm (3)

By: Devin McKinney

Suicide’s “Frankie Teardrop” — nihilism with a hungry heart.

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Quirk Your Enthusiasm (2)

By: Joanne McNeil

Gary Numan’s “Metal” — what, exactly, is a “mallory heart”?

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Quirk Your Enthusiasm (1)

By: Mark Kingwell

Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love” — New Age blues, and bliss.

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QUIRK YOUR ENTHUSIASM

By: HILOBROW

Announcing this summer’s ENTHUSIASM series… dedicated to New Wave music.

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Herc Your Enthusiasm (8)

By: David Abrams

David Abrams on Blondie’s “Rapture” (1980)

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Green Gartside

By: Franklin Bruno

Derrida said of this pop star: “He knows his Wittgenstein.”

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Palmolive

By: Lynn Peril

“Adventures Close to Home” became one fan’s anthem.

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Millions of Dead Cops

By: HILOBROW

They’re trying to make a dead man out of me…

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