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Originally Posted by Screen13
Squeeze seriously are under-rated!
Stan Rigeway was great with Wall of Voodoo, and pleasantly surprised me when he created "Don't Box Me In" (The song from the film Rumble Fish) with Stewart Copeland. The video was one of my favorites when I was a Teen, in an area that did not have cable and was in the vicinity of several late night video shows that showed some interesting stuff.
Missing Persons were another prefect example of seasoned musicians (Best known: Terry Bozzio, guitarist) going into New Wave and creating some music that's a good example of the time. The first album still stands up, actually!
Joe Jackson had quite an ambitious mind! I still have to hear a lot of his post-Night and Day work (still have time and You Tube...).
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Squeeze were very crafted songwriters and they really were able to crossover from soul songs to pop and blues even. A really awesome discography that people will recognize once they delve into it.
I couldn't agree more on the Copeland collaboration in Rumble Fish what an awesome song, i'm happy you reminded me I need to buy that soundtrack again for keepsakes.
You hit it on the head with MP also they really had complex musicianship for a new wave band.
I encourage everyone to at least give Joe Jackson a shot, he is really quite a skilled lyricist and hes a very accomplished pianist and I really consider him and Elvis Costello the best crooners of the new wave era.