Dutch New Wave

[walvis]

Here are some dutch New Wave songs that you might like to hear:

Most people know the band Ten Sharp from their international hit You. This is an older song from 1983 caled Japanese Lovesong. This is my fave song.

http://www.speedyshare.com/634281516.html

Next one is Timebandits - Only A Fool. This band had a hit in Europe with Listen To The Man With The Golden Voice. This song was a huge hit in NL, like all Timebandit songs became major hits.

http://www.speedyshare.com/710406612.html

Last one is The Nits - Nescio and Sketches Of Spain. This dutch band is still together and touring. These 2 songs were major hits in NL, Belgium and Gemany. At the moment the band is more popular in Germany than here in NL.

http://www.speedyshare.com/950618680.html
http://www.speedyshare.com/863587490.html

I hope you enjoyed this little introduction to what the dutch were up to back in the 80's.

[Claybricks]

From the early 80's

Diesel - Sausalito Summernight (1981)

Real Player required, Length is 5:08 (album version)

http://harry.cckerala.com/

Click on 'Listen To Songs'....Click on '50's To 80's Rare Pop'

Click on '80's...Click on Sausaltio Summernight








Going back to the 70's...

Focus - Hocus Pocus 6:44 {Studio Version}

http://www.youtube.com/v/oXPAR2QBv-0


Hocus Pocus was originally released on the album 'Moving Waves' {1973}

Several live versions are on YouTube.com


Dan

[Lefteris]

These are more or less the 80's pop songs originating from the Netherlands, that became minor or major hits in Hellas:

ART COMPANY-Susanna (LP Get It Out Of Your Head, 1984)
BOLLAND & BOLLAND-You're In The Army Now (LP The Domino Theory, 1981)
DULFER, CANDY-Lily Was Here (1989)
EARTH AND FIRE-Weekend (LP Reality Fills Fantasy, 1979)
FOX THE FOX-Precious Little Diamond (1984)
FROGER, RENE-How Do I Stop Loving You (LP You're My Everything, 1989)
G'RACE-Dr. Rhythm (1984)
G'RACE-Never Felt This Way Before
HITHOUSE-Jack To The Sound Of The Underground (1988)
JOLING, GERARD-Everybody Needs A Little Rain (LP Sea Of Love, 1986 / featuring Randy Crawford)
JOLING, GERARD-I Can Only Give You Everything (LP Love Is In Your Eyes, 1985)
JOLING, GERARD-Ticket To The Tropics (LP Love Is In Your Eyes, 1985)
JOLING, GERARD-Spanish Heart (LP Sea Of Love, 1986)
LIMIT, THE-Say Yeah (1984)
LIMIT, THE-She's So Divine (1982)
LOIS LANE-It's The First Time (1989)
MAI TAI-History (LP History, 1985)
MC MIKER 'G' AND DEEJAY SVEN-Holiday Rap (1986)
NITS, THE-In The Dutch Mountains (LP In The Dutch Mountains, 1987)
NITS, THE-Sketches Og Spain (1983)
NITS, THE-The Train (LP Hat, 1988)
SELENA-Shotgun (1987)
STARS ON 45-Stars On 45 (1981)
STARS ON 45-Stars On 45 Vol 2 (1981)
STARS ON 45-Stars On 45 Proudly Presents The Star Sisters (1983)
TACO-Puttin' On The Ritz (LP After Eight, 1982)
TEN SHARP-When The Snow Falls (1985)
TIME BANDITS-I'm Only Shooting Love (1983)
TIME BANDITS-I'm Specialized In You (1983)
VIDEO KIDS-Woodpeckers From Space (1985)
AD VISSER AND DANIEL SAHULEKA-Giddyap A Gogo (LP Sobrietas, 1982)

As for the rock artists, the most successful songs by Dutch rockers that became hits in Hellas during teh 80's were:

BENTON, OSCAR-If You Go Away (1985)
GOLDEN EARRING-Twilight Zone (LP Cut, 1982)

[walvis]

The dutch didn't do bad in europe. Some artist did even better outside our country than here. The Limit never had a charthit here and Gerard Joling had only 2 major hits. He was far more popular in asia.

[walvis]

Here is Diesel : http://www.speedyshare.com/697584268.html

[guido]

Are we talking Dutch NEW WAVE?

We did have quite a lot of new wave bands with original material, back in the '80s. More Dutch New Wave bands that frequented the Dutch venues were:

The Dutch
Carlene
The (Nighttime) Visitor
Hook Of Holland
Weekend At Waikiki
Bicycle Repairmen
Social Security
Twinkling Tears
The Mo
Mark Foggo & the Secret Meeting

More... anyone?

[guilty records]

Lot of the above are absolutely not New Wave (Gerard Joling? Diesel?)...
Here are some more movers & shakers in the Netherlands New Wave scene of the 80's:
Hi-Jinx
Judy Nylon
Secret Sounds
Nasmak (+ Instruments)
De Div
Minny Pops
Clan of Xymox
Sammy America's MAM
The Meteors
The Tapes
Ce Soir
For lack of major label interest most of them released their music themselves on tapes & vinyl at first.
Later on there were specialized labels like Plurex, Torso and Tophole.
Some even had releases on UK labels like Factory/FBN and 4AD.
By 1988 the scene more or less faded and guitar/garage bands like Claw Boys Claw & Fatal Flowers took over.

- - - Updated - - -

Last year Secret Sounds have been busy releasing their remastered back catalogue
on the 'Secret Sounds - Complete Remasters' online and as a limited 11CD Box.
Find their albums on Bandcamp: https://secretsounds1.bandcamp.com/
www.secretsounds.eu has all the links (also for iTunes and Spotify)
some more:
Social Security: https://socialsecurity.bandcamp.com/
The Dutch: https://itunes.apple.com/nl/artist/t...d72807469?l=en
This Universal 4 CD compilation: '50 Jaar Nederpop - Rare & Obscure' covers a lot of the alternative side of the Dutch Popscene
http://www.discogs.com/Various-50-Ja...elease/4806931
It's out of print but you can hunt it down on sites like Discogs and ebay.
The 4th CD concentrates on a lot of Dutch New Wave music.

[Riptide]

Where are the Minny Pops?