This may be a little bit more Top 40 standard pop for what I usually do, but the song "Boys Do Fall in Love" by Robin Gibb (one of the BeeGees) was on a "New Wave 80s Megamix" that I recently listened to, and it was one of those songs that I had completely forgotten about ("Mary's Prayer" by Danny Wilson was another from that collection that I'd completely forgotten about too.) I'm not 100% sure that I'd call it New Wave, even with a very generous definition of the genre. On the other hand, what exactly is the dividing line between late stage disco, Hi-NRG, synthpop and a whole host of related genres that were birthed in the late 70s and first half of the 80s anyway? Rather than worry too much about it, I'll just point out that this song is pretty cool, and sounds very, very 80s in a way that nothing today does, even the retro-80s synthwave stuff.
Plus; Robin Gibb! "Robin, do you have any thoughts?"
...
"No. No, I don't."
"Robin, please. Just say something."
"No."
"Anything.."
"No."
Sadly, he's obviously lip-synching. He doesn't even try to pretend that he's miked up. Sigh.
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