KJRW TOP TEN LIST

New Wave Summer songs dominate the Top Ten this last week of June on KJRW:

1. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics
2. Girl U Want - Devo
3. Rock the Casbah - Clash
4. I Ran - A Flock of Seagulls
5. Rock Lobster - B-52's
6. Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
7. Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel
8. Unite - Mancie
9. Surrender - Cheap Trick
10. Radio - New Hell Republic

More New Wave crashes in from Depeche Mode, Cyndi Lauper and Frankie Goes to Hollywood soon on KJRW.

KJRW TOP TEN LIST

New Wave Summer has begun!  There's only one New Wave song on the list, but it's at the top.  Also making it into the top 10 on KJRW this week is the new More of Anything song.  Here are the tracks that ain't so whack:

1. Girl U Want - Devo
2. Unite - Mancie
3. 1.22 Giggawatts - More of Anything
4. Radio - New Hell Republic
5. Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
6. Take It Or Leave It - Strokes
7. Hate To Say I Told You So - Hives
8. Bitchin' Camaro - Dead Milkmen
9. Hash Pipe - Weezer
10. Lee Majors Come Again - Beastie Boys   

NEW WAVE SUMMER

In the late 1970's, Paul Weller of The Jam was on the T.V. show, Tomorrow.  He told host Tom Snyder that what his band played was called New Wave, and that Punk Rock was a term made up by the media.  I believe that New Wave was a lighter, synthesizer-infused type of music that evolved from gritty Punk Rock.

Now that I think about it, the last time I listened to and enjoyed Top 40 or Contemporary Hit Radio, it was filled with New Wave music.  Blondie, The Cars, The Police, The Pretenders, Duran Duran and Eurythmics dominated the airwaves.

KJRW starts sprinkling in New Wave songs on the first day of summer.  So tie a knot in your skinny tie and get ready to ride the wave!  New Wave Summer begins Wednesday on KJRW.


P.S.  You can find that Paul Weller interview on the Tomorrow show on You Tube.  (I enjoyed the part with the cute brunette from The Runaways.)