New Wave Rewind

11/07/2024

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You can hear me this weekend from 11am-3pm on Brookdale Public Radio, 90.5 The NIGHT.

Stream at https://wbjb.org/

06/08/2023

I've been playing NWR at home this evening. Here's the playlist so far:

The Church - Reptile
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
Tears For Fears - Mad World
Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor!
Duran Duran - All She Wants Is
Love & Rockets - So Alive
Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere
Men at Work - Overkill
Split Enz - Message to My Girl
Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods
Joe Jackson - You Can't Get What You Want
The Housemartins - Happy Hour
Squeeze -Pulling Mussels (From a Shell)
Elvis Costello - Veronica

Feel free to play along at home!

27/07/2023

Man, how I wish there was a show this weekend to spotlight the amazing Sinead O'Connor. RIP.

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10/07/2023

Hey gang! Just a heads up that last weekend’s New Wave Rewind was unexpectedly the last. I was let go from WJRZ today, so thus endeth the show.

It’s been a phenomenal 9 years of bringing you the best in Classic Alternative. Thank you to everyone who has ever tuned in.

22/05/2022

Here's what you heard (or missed) on New Wave Rewind last night (5/21/22)

Missing Persons - Words
Berlin - The Metro

Morrissey - Seudehead
The Church - Reptile

Public Image Ltd - Public Image
General Public - Tenderness
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BIRTHDAY CLUB
The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed (Jane Wiedlin 64)
Devo - Freedom of Choice (Mark Mothersbaugh 72)
Grace Jones - Love is the Drug (74)
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The Ramones - Sheena is a Punk Rocker
Joe Division - Transmission

Echo & the Bunnymen - The Cutter
U2 - Two Hearts Beat As One
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Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him?

NOW & THEN
Martha & the Muffins - Save it for Later
Martha & the Muffins - Echo Beach

Soup Dragons - I'm Free
Big Audio Dynamite - Rush

UNDERCOVER
Billy Idol - Don't You (Forget About Me)
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HISTORY NEVER REPEATS
Thomas Dolby - Europa and the Pirate Twins (The Golden Age of Wireless '82)
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary (single '85)
Peter Gabriel - Red Rain (So '86)
Concrete Blonde - Caroline (Bloodletting '90)
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TOP 3 "Johnny" SONGS
Josie Cotton - Johnny Are You Q***r?
Robert Palmer - Johnny & Mary
Men at Work - Be Good Johnny

01/05/2022

Here's what you heard (or missed) on New Wave Rewind last night (4/30/22):

OMD - Tesla Girls
Art of Noise - Paranoimia

The Call - Let the Day Begin
R.E.M. - Begin the Begin

The Colourfield - The Colour Field
The Cure - Killing an Arab
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BIRTHDAY CLUB
Duran Duran - Union of the Snake (Roger Taylor 62)
The Romantics - One in a Million (Wally Palmar 70)
Sonic Youth - Kool Thing (Kim Gordon 69)
The B-52's - Rock Lobster (Kate Pierson 74)
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Crowded House - World Where You Live
U2 - Love Comes Tumbling

Captain Sensible - Wot (68)
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Adam & the Ants - Stand and Deliver

NOW & THEN

World Party - All Come True
The Cars - Moving in Stereo

UNDERCOVER
Jimmy Somerville - To Love Somebody
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HISTORY NEVER REPEATS
Marshall Crenshaw - Mary Anne (debut '82)
Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You (Be Yourself Tonight '85)
David Bowie - Time Will Crawl (Never Let Me Down '87)
XTC - The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead (Nonsuch '92)
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TOP 3 "Look" SONGS
Rupert Hine & Cy Curnin - With One Look
Big Country - Look Away
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp

01/05/2022

Oh hey - New Wave Rewind is on! Tunes on the way from Art of Noise, Eurythmics, Adam & the Ants, Marshall Crenshaw and more! Plus a cover from Jimmy Somerville, and we'll count down the Top 3 "Look" Songs.

Stream at wjrz.com, invite a friend to join us, and feel free to comment along below. Enjoy!

24/04/2022

Here's what you heard (or missed) on New Wave Rewind last night (4/23/22):

The Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way
The Smiths - There is a Light That Never Goes Out

Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
Level 42 - World Machine

U2 - A Celebration
Generation X - Valley of the Dolls
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BIRTHDAY CLUB
The Cure - High (Robert Smith 63)
Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (75)
Paul Carrack - I Need You (71)
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Oingo Boingo - Who Do You Want to Be
Madness - House of Fun

Gene Loves Jezebel - Desire
My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
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New Order - True Faith

NOW & THEN
The Waterboys - Here We Go Again
The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues

OMD - Forever Live & Die
The Primitives - Crash

UNDERCOVER
Annie Lennox & David Bowie - Under Pressure
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HISTORY NEVER REPEATS
Duran Duran - Careless Memories (single '81)
Bananarama - Robert DeNiro's Waiting (Bananarama '84)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Cities in Dust (Tinderbox '86)
The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends (Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic '90)
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TOP 3 "Mind" SONGS
Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind
Love & Rockets - All in My Mind
Culture Club - Church of the Poison Mind

20/04/2022

Here's what you heard (or missed) on New Wave Rewind this past weekend (4/16/22)

Berlin - Masquerade
ABC - Poison Arrow

The Cult - Nirvana
Concrete Blonde - Caroline

Communards - So Cold the Night
Yazoo - Nobody's Diary
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BIRTHDAY CLUB
Dave Edmunds (78)
Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut (Brian Setzer 63)

Big Country - Wonderland
The Alarm - Rain in the Summertime
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Men at Work - It's a Mistake
Squeeze - Pulling Mussels From a Shell

Madness - It Must Be Love
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Iggy Pop - The Passenger

NOW & THEN
Howard Jones - I Believe in You
Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better

The Damned - Alone Again Or
The Call - Everywhere I Go

UNDERCOVER
Tony Hadley - Slave to Love
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HISTORY NEVER REPEATS
R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe (Murmur '83)
Violent Femmes - Kiss Off (debut '83)
David Bowie - Modern Love (Let's Dance '83)
The Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination (single '83)
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TOP 3 "Pop" SONGS
Men Without Hats - Pop Goes the World
The Smithereens - Top of the Pops
M - Pop Muzik

17/04/2022

Hallelujah - New Wave Rewind is on! Tunes on the way from ABC, The Damned, Yazoo, R.E.M., and more! Plus new Howard Jones, a great cover from Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet, and we'll count down the Top 3 "Pop" Songs.

Stream 8-10pm ET at wjrz.com, invite a friend to join us, and feel free to comment along below. Enjoy!

11/04/2022

Here's what you heard (or missed) on New Wave Rewind this past weekend (4/9/22):

New Order - Thieves Like Us
Simple Minds - See the Lights

Joe Jackson - You Can't Get What You Want Til You Know What You Want
The Beat - I Confess

Spandau Ballet - Gold
David Bowie - This is Not America
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BIRTHDAY CLUB
Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio (Stan Ridgway 68)
The Fixx - Driven Out (Adam Woods 70)
Climie Fisher - Love Changes Everything (Simon Climie 62)
The Pixies - Here Comes Your Man (Frank Black 57)
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Klark Kent - I Don't Care
The Police - Next To You

EBN-OZN - AEIOU (Sometimes Y)
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A Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song

NOW & THEN
Hoodoo Gurus - My Imaginary Friend
Hoodoo Gurus - Good Times

Morrissey - Sing Your Life
Nik Kershaw - The Riddle

UNDERCOVER
The Lemonheads - Knowing Me, Knowing You
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HISTORY NEVER REPEATS
The Clash - Police & Thieves (debut '77)
The Motels - Take the L (All Four One '82)
Alison Moyet - Is This Love (Raindancing '87)
Annie Lennox - Walking on Broken Glass (Diva '92)
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TOP 3 "Insect" SONGS
Don Dixon - Praying Mantis
Echo & the Bunnymen - Bedbugs & Ballyhoo
U2 - The Fly

03/04/2022

Here's what you heard (or missed) on New Wave Rewind last night (4/2/22):

Altered Images - I Could Be Happy
The Cure - Close to Me

The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Billy Idol - Flesh For Fantasy

The Psychedelic Furs - President Gas
Roxy Music - Over You
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BIRTHDAY CLUB
M - Pop Muzik (Robin Scott 75)
The Cars - Hello Again (David Robinson 72)
INXS - Burn For You (Andrew Farris 63)
Bananarama - Shy Boy (Keren Woodward 61)
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Yazoo - Goodbye Seventies
Killing Joke - Living in the Eighties

Human League - The Lebanon
Big Country - Fields of Fire
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R.E.M. - Fall on Me

NOW & THEN
The Fixx - Closer
The Fixx - Red Skies

Tears For Fears - Mad World
Ian Dury & the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful (Part Three)

UNDERCOVER
Icehouse - Heroes
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HISTORY NEVER REPEATS
Pretenders - Talk of the Town (Extended Play '81)
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (album '87)
Erasure - Sometimes (The Circus '87)
Dramarama - Wonderamaland (Stuck in Wonderamaland '89)
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TOP 3 "Angel" SONGS
Voice of the Beehive - Monsters and Angels
Elvis Costello - The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes
Real Life - Send Me an Angel

28/03/2022

Here's what you heard (or missed) on New Wave Rewind last night (3/26/22):

The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
The Police - Invisible Sun

Japan - Life in Tokyo
Duran Duran - The Chauffeur

Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes
Echo & the Bunnymen - Seven Seas
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BIRTHDAY CLUB
The Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination (Susan Ann Sulley 59)
Nena - Leuchtturm (Gabrielle Kerner 62)
Nick Lowe - I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass (73)
Blur - Park Life (Damon Albarn 54)
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The Cars - Since You're Gone (Ric Ocasek 78)
INXS - Don't Change
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Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up

NOW & THEN
Soft Cell & Pet Shop Boys - Purple Zone
Soft Cell - Tainted Love

The Charlatans - Weirdo
The Fixx - Less Cities, More Moving People

UNDERCOVER
Midge Ure - Day After Day
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HISTORY NEVER REPEATS
Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) (debut '84)
The Power Station - Some Like It Hot (debut '85)
Paul Young - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down (The Secret of Association '85)
Sinead O'Connor - Jump in the River (I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got '90)
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TOP 3 SONGS
UB40 - Cherry Oh Baby
Pretenders - My Baby
Billy Idol - Baby Talk

24/03/2022

Oh hi there! Here's what you heard (or missed) on New Wave Rewind this past weekend (3/19/22):

Squeeze - Black Coffee in Bed
The Alarm - Shelter

Duran Duran - New Moon on Monday
The Cars - Heartbeat City

Icehouse - Hey Little Girl
Divinyls - Hey Little Boy
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BIRTHDAY CLUB
Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed (Terry Hall 63)
Husker Du - Makes No Sense At All (Grant Hart 61)
The Fixx - Driven Out (Jamie West-Oram 69)
U2 - Out of Control (Adam Clayton 62)
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The B-52's - Rock Lobster (Ricky Wilson)
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Simple Minds - All the Things She Said
The Police - Invisible Sun

Til Tuesday - Love In a Vacuum
Falco - Do It Again

Depeche Mode - A Question of Time
The Cure - High

UNDERCOVER
Annie Lennox - Heaven
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HISTORY NEVER REPEATS
Elvis Costello - Pump It Up (This Year's Model '78)
Graham Parker - Local Girls (Squeezing Out Sparks '79)
Yazoo - Only You (single '82)
Naked Eyes - Promises, Promises (Burning Bridges '83)
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TOP 3 "Blue" SONGS
Fine Young Cannibals- Blue
David Bowie - Blue Jean
New Order - Blue Monday '88

13/03/2022

It's an encore NWR tonight, if you remember the entire show and can predict every song in order you win a prize!

Stream at wjrz.com, invite a friend, and feel free to comment along below. Enjoy!

06/03/2022

Here's what you heard (or missed) on New Wave Rewind last night (3/5/22):

The Fixx - Deeper and Deeper
The Mighty Lemon Drops - Inside Out

Blondie - Dreaming
The Damned - Is It a Dream

JoBoxers - Just Got Lucky
Haysi Fantazee - Shiny Shiny
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BIRTHDAY CLUB
The B-52's - Downtown (Cindy Wilson 65)
OMD - Sailing on the Seven Seas (Paul Humphries 62)
Nik Kershaw - The Riddle (64)
The Lemonheads - The Great Big No (Evan Dando 55)
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Lou Reed - I Love You Suzanne
Marshall Crenshaw - Someday Someway

Big Audio Dynamite - Other 99
The Clash - London Calling
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The Cure - Fascination Street

NOW & THEN
Midnight Oil - Reef
Midnight Oil - The Dead Heart

Material Issue - Valerie Loves Me
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus

UNDERCOVER
Men Without Hats - S.O.S.
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HISTORY NEVER REPEATS
U2 - Two Hearts Beat as One (War '83)
The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink (soundtrack '86)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - The Passenger (Through the Looking Glass '87)
XTC - Mayor of Simpleton (Oranges & Lemons '89)
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TOP 3 "Girls and/or Boys" SONGS
Duran Duran - Girls on Film
David Bowie - Boys Keep Swinging
Blur - Girls and Boys

06/03/2022

Cowabunga - New Wave Rewind is on! Tunes on the way from The Clash, OMD, Siouxsie & the Banshees, and more! Plus new Midnight Oil, a cover from Men Without Hats, and we'll count down the Top 3 "Girls and/or Boys" Songs.

Stream at wjrz.com, invite a friend to join us, and feel free to comment along below. Enjoy!

28/02/2022

Here's what you heard (or missed) on New Wave Rewind last night (2/26/22):

ABC - Tears Are Not Enough
INXS - The One Thing

Romeo Void - Never Say Never
The Cure - Jumping Someone Else's Train

Graham Parker - You Hit the Spot
Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It
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BIRTHDAY CLUB
The Alarm - Sold Me Down the River (Mike Peters 68)
The Smithereens - Behind the Wall of Sleep (Dennis Diken 65)
Howard Jones - Everlasting Love (67)
Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (David Sylvian 64)
Jerry Harrison - Rev it Up (73)
Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi (68)
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General Public - I'll Take You There
UB40 - Rat in Mi Kitchen
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Icehouse - Crazy

NOW & THEN
Tears For Fears - My Demons
Tears For Fears - Mothers Talk

Massive Attack - Protection
OMD - Electricity

UNDERCOVER
Echo & the Bunnymen - Soul Kitchen
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HISTORY NEVER REPEATS
Peter Gabriel - Modern Love (solo debut '77)
The Selecter - Too Much Pressure (debut album '80)
Squeeze - Pulling Mussels From a Shell (Argybargy '80)
Indigo Girls - Closer To Fine (debut album '89)
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TOP 3 "Gone" SONGS
The Outfield - Since You've Been Gone
The Cars - Since You're Gone
Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone

27/02/2022

Oh hey - New Wave Rewind is on! Tunes on the way from Echo & the Bunnymen, Violent Femmes, The Smithereens, and more! Plus Tears For Fears in our Now & Then segment, and we'll count down the Top 3 "Gone" Songs.

Stream at wjrz.com, invite a friend to join us, and feel free to comment along below. Enjoy!

22/02/2022

Well look who's coming to Count Basie Center for the Arts!

The Dialogue Tour with Howard Jones & Midge Ure live at the Basie Center's Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre on Sat, July 16.

21/02/2022

Here's what you heard (or missed) on New Wave Rewind last night (2/19/22):

Ultravox - Reap the Wild Wind
The Stranglers - Skin Deep

Jon Astley - Jane's Getting Serious
The B-52's - Deadbeat Club

Big Pig - I Can't Break Away
Blur - Girls and Boys
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BIRTHDAY CLUB
Peter Gabriel - That Voice Again (72)
Monaco - What Do You Want From Me (Peter Hook 66)
UB40 - I Got You Babe (Ali Campbell 63)
The English Beat - Hands Off She's Mine (Dave Wakeling 66)
The Fixx - Are We Ourselves (Jamie West-Oram 68)
The Power Station - Some Like It Hot (Andy Taylor 61)
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Falco - Der Komissar
Thompson Twins - The Gap (Into the Gap '84)
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Red Rockers - China

NOW & THEN
Cowboy Junkies - Five Years
Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane

The Cars - It's All I Can Do
The Ocean Blue - Cerulean

UNDERCOVER
Heaven 17 - Rocket Man
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HISTORY NEVER REPEATS
The Damned - New Rose (Damned Damned Damned '77)
The Clash - Clash City Rockers (single '78)
Split Enz - I See Red (Frenzy '79)
Elvis Costello - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (Get Happy!! '80)
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TOP 3 "Breaking" SONGS
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache
Nick Lowe - I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass
Joe Jackson - Breaking Us In Two

20/02/2022

Giggity - New Wave Rewind is on! Tunes on the way from Thompson Twins, The Fixx, Split Enz, The Cars, and more. Plus a cover from Heaven 17, and the Top 3 "Breaking" Songs.

Stream at wjrz.com, invite a friend to join us, and feel free to comment along below. Enjoy!

17/02/2022

Sorry so late with this! Here's what you heard (or missed) on New Wave Rewind last weekend (2/12/22):

Re-Flex - The Politics of Dancing
Duran Duran - The Reflex

The Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray
R.E.M. - Bang and Blame

Talking Heads - Slippery People
Bryan Ferry - Kiss & Tell
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BIRTHDAY CLUB
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (Holly Johnson 62)
The Stone Roses -I Wanna Be Adored (Ian Brown 59)
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The Cure - Burn
Concrete Blonde - Caroline

INXS - Original Sin
Martha & the Muffins - Black Stations, White Stations
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Pretenders - My City Was Gone

NOW & THEN
Midnight Oil - At the Time of Writing
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine

Charlatans - The Only One I Know
The Police - Bring on the Night

UNDERCOVER
10,000 Maniacs - Everyday Is Like Sunday
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HISTORY NEVER REPEATS
Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better (single '85)
Depeche Mode - Stripped (single '86)
The Psychedelic Furs - Heartbreak Beat (Midnight to Midnight '87)
The Church - Reptile (Starfish '88)
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TOP 3 "Young" SONGS
Jesus Jones - International Bright Young Thing
The Replacements - Bastards of Young
The Specials - Too Much Too Young

13/02/2022

Superb owls - New Wave Rewind is on! Tunes on the way from The Cure, R.E.M., Depeche Mode, and more! Plus new Midnight Oil, musical milestones from this week in '85-88, and the Top 3 "Young" Songs.

Stream at wjrz.com, invite a friend to join us, and feel free to comment along below. Enjoy!

08/02/2022

Here's what you heard (or missed) on New Wave Rewind last weekend (2/5/22):

Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave
King - Love & Pride

Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)
Billy Idol - Catch My Fall

Erasure - Solsbury Hill
Peter Gabriel - Big Time
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BIRTHDAY CLUB
The S*x Pistols - Pretty Vacant (Johnny Rotten 66)
X - Wild Thing (Exene Cervenka 66)
Lloyd Cole - She's a Girl and I'm a Man (61)
James - Sit Down (Tim Booth 62)
Roxy Music - Over You (Phil Manzanera 71)
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Duran Duran - Planet Earth
Devo - Whip It
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Eurythmics - Missionary Man
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

NOW & THEN
Richard Ashcroft w/ Liam Gallagher - C'Mon People (We're Making It Now)
The Verve - Sonnet

Joe Jackson - Fools In Love
The English Beat - I Confess

UNDERCOVER
Susanna Hoffs & Matthew Sweet - You're So Vain
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HISTORY NEVER REPEATS
The Ramones - Rock & Roll High School (End of the Century '80)
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (single '81)
Echo & the Bunnymen - The Cutter (Porcupine '83)
The Replacements - I'll Be You (Don't Tell a Soul '89)
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TOP 3 "Passion" SONGS
Thompson Twins - Passion Planet
Graham Parker - Passion is No Ordinary Word
R.E.M. - Talk About the Passion

06/02/2022

Hey hey, my my - New Wave Rewind is on! Tunes on the way from Rock Hall nominees Kate Bush, Eurythmics, Devo, and Duran Duran, and a whole bunch more.

Stream at wjrz.com, invite a friend and feel free to comment along below. Enjoy!

Jersey's Greatest Hits

30/01/2022

No diggity- New Wave Rewind is on! Tunes on the way from New Order, Elvis Costello, INXS and more. Plus new Simple Minds, a cover from Madness, and the Top 3 “God” Songs.
Stream at WJRZ.com, invite a friend, and feel free to comment along below. Enjoy!

Jersey's Greatest Hits

24/01/2022

Here's what you heard (or missed) on New Wave Rewind this past weekend (1/22/22):

Talk Talk - Talk Talk
Buzzcocks - What Do I Get

Split Enz - Six Months in a Leaky Boat
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

Doctor and the Medics- Spirit in the Sky
The Stone Roses - Love Spreads
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BIRTHDAY CLUB
Thompson Twins - Lay Your Hands on Me (Tom Bailey 66)
Paul Young - Come Back and Stay (66)
The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer (Martha Davis 72)
Transvision Vamp - Tell That Girl to Shut Up (Wendy James 56)
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The Power Station - Lonely Tonight
Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way

Donnie Iris - Ah Leah!
Dramarama - Anything Anything
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Duran Duran - Hold Back the Rain

NOW & THEN
Urge Overkill - How Sweet the Light
Urge Overkill - Positive Bleeding

The Bongos - Brave New World
Til Tuesday - Everything's Different Now

UNDERCOVER
Susanna Hoffs - Take Me With U
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HISTORY NEVER REPEATS
Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon (single '84)
The Smiths - What Difference Does it Make (single '84)
Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days (Points on the Curve '84)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax (banned by BBC '84)
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TOP 3 "Age" SONGS
R.E.M. - Ages of You
A Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song
New Order - Age of Consent

23/01/2022

Slap yo' mama - New Wave Rewind is on! Tunes on the way from New Order, The Bongos, Kate Bush, Echo & the Bunnymen, and more! Plus a new one from Susanna Hoffs, it's 1984 in History Never Repeats, and we'll count down the Top 3 "Age" Songs.

Stream at wjrz.com, invite a friend, and feel free to comment along below. Enjoy!

16/01/2022

Here's what you heard (or missed) on New Wave Rewind last night (1/15/22):

O.M.D. - Electricity
Oingo Boingo - Weird Science

Rhythm Corps - Common Ground
The Call - Everywhere I Go

Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed
Toad The Wet Sprocket - All I Want
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BIRTHDAY CLUB
Madness - My Old Man (Suggs 61)
The Bangles - September Gurls (Vicki Peterson 64)
Sam Phillips - Baby I Can't Please You (T-Bone Burnett 74)
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The Smithereens - Only a Memory
Marshall Crenshaw - Someday, Someway

Echo & the Bunnymen - Bring on the Dancing Horses
The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon
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The Cars - Bye Bye Love
U2 - The Fly

NOW & THEN
Tears For Fears - Break the Man
Tears For Fears - Advice For the Young at Heart

Bryan Ferry - Don't Stop the Dance
Howard Jones - I.G.Y.

UNDERCOVER
The Jam - Waterloo Sunset
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HISTORY NEVER REPEATS
The Buggles - The Plastic Age (The Age of Plastic '80)
Blondie - Rapture (single '81)
The Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like (Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? '82)
Nena - Leuchtturm (debut '83)
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TOP 3 "Pain" SONGS
Divinyls - Pleasure and Pain
The Police - King of Pain
Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless