I say Go-Go's.

Kim Wilde definitely, closely followed by Hazel O' Connor.

The Go Go's

Pretenders' Crissie Hynde  second  8)

Go Go's

i said go-go's, but i luv the b52's.

also, what about cyndi lauper?! sorry, don't mean to chew you up, but she's the coolest.  ;)

i said go-go's, but i luv the b52's.

also, what about cyndi lauper?! sorry, don't mean to chew you up, but she's the coolest.  ;)


I see her as more pop.  :)

-FHF

B-52's  :)

None from the list.

I think the Queen of New Wave is either Debbie Harry or Siouxsie Sioux.
I can't make up my mind which one it is really at all as I love both equally.

Go-Go's

Kim Wilde got best songs:Kids in america,Cambodia,Kep me hangin on`.
And she`s prettiest.

I picked The Pretenders, but I wouldn't consider them or the B-52s as female acts, unless Fred Schneider or Chrissie's back-ups all have sex-changes. (Perish the thought. :-[)

siouxsie sue

You forgot Terri Nun.

And Berlin (which she is the lead singer of)

Also forgotten:
Blondie
The Waitresses
Romeo Void
Concrete Blonde
Joan Armatrading
Wendy O. Williams
Pat Benatar
Toto Coelo (SIC)


You forgot Terri Nun.

I picked Kate Bush because I don't think she gets enough love.

Lene Lovich
Terri Nunn (Berlin)
Annie Lennox (Eurythmics)

And Berlin (which she is the lead singer of)

Also forgotten:
Blondie
The Waitresses
Romeo Void
Concrete Blonde
Joan Armatrading
Wendy O. Williams
Pat Benatar
Toto Coelo (SIC)



Guess I don't think of Concrete Blonde as New Wave at all.  Alt rock or college rock, possibly 80's Goth with an album like "Bloodletting", but not New Wave.  Pat Benetar maybe, but she kind of was seen as more of a rocker at the time.  And Wendy O. Williams IMO was more hard rock/punkish IMO.

As an aside, Blondie also started as a punk band, but went new wave.  Still, they played around with a lot of sounds, "Heart of Glass" was originally written with a reggae beat for instance, not a disco-rock beat.  Heard a snippet of it with a reggae beat on a VH-1 special, IMO works just as well as the one actually released.

I'd have to say Cyndi Lauper for sure!

I'd have to say Cindy Lauper...

I'd have to say Cindy Lauper...


Cindy Lauper, although fun and good in her own right, was not a New Wave artist. She was a pop songstress with a bit of a punky flair, but fully pop.

It depends, but Concrete Blonde was played on a lot of college New Wave stations.
Guess I don't think of Concrete Blonde as New Wave at all.  Alt rock or college rock, possibly 80's Goth with an album like "Bloodletting", but not New Wave. 

It depends, but Concrete Blonde was played on a lot of college New Wave stations.


Well...that in a way proves my point though, plus it's not like a college station circa 1983 or so just suddenly stopped playing anything that was pop or mainstream and only played what passed for alternative rock.  That and I remember hearing Bjork's old band, The Sugarcube's song "Cold Sweat" played right a Duran Duran song on the same college station, but I wouldn't exactly call "The Sugarcubes" New Wave.  IMO all your statement shows is that your average college listener has eclectic enough tastes to accept Concrete Blonde on a generally New Wave station.

Kate Bush