Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes (Chris' Ultimate New Wave Mix).wmv

[GAZI77ION]

I like this so much better than all the over-remixed versions out there.

[Front24237]

True it had a disco tempo, but was the experimental synth that made it new wave, a hybrid in some ways, but so was much of the new wave of the time IMHO.

[leftatalbuquerque]

I was under the impression that "New Wave" was the superfast stuff: Turning Japanese, Echo Beach etc. Disco introduced the synth stuff - Kraftwerk, M, Giorgio Moroder, while Punk was raw with dark roots and safetypins... I think "hybrid" is the best word, epecially when you consider the difference between The Human League's first two albums... all I know is, at one moment we were all dancing in a disco having a ball, then the next, we were pretending to like AC/DC and Ted Nugent...

[Front24237]

@leftatalbuquerque: Not really, the new wave movement had its roots in punk and was kind of a fusion of punk and mainstream music. It began about the same time as punk and varied from fast lyrics to the ballads of Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie, for those to young to remember). Listen to the Cars from that era as well. It was The Grandfather of Pop New Wave, Gary Neuman who really pushed it into the mainstream and opened the doors for groups like Berlin and Human League. OMG I am soo old. \o/

[Front24237]

@leftatalbuquerque: BTW, I remember pretending to like AC/DC to keep from getting my ass kicked. Never was really into disco, and never saw more than bits and pieces of Saturday Night Fever to this day. New wave was out at the same time as disco, but I don't remember it being given that name until later, I could be wrong though, it was quite a while ago.

[leftatalbuquerque]

@Front24237 You should rent Saturday Night Fever - it's not what you think it is. It's not Flashdance... it's a moving piece about a group of New York outer-borough young adults in 1977 - more than the sum of its parts.

[chrlrs]

Nice, very very nice. Holds up 200%

[daveinprogress3]

Classic hit - i never get tired of it - 30 years old this year! Amazing. A blissful moment in pop history! Christopher, you really know how to preserve the integrity of these classic songs, while also adding the five inches so to speak to create the 12" mix.

[leftatalbuquerque]

@daveinprogress3

That's why North America has been slow to adopt the metric system. So many of us have been thinking in inches for so many... many... years...

[daveinprogress3]

@leftatalbuquerque Ha! Indeed!

[EmmttGlnn2002]

That was awesome! The sound quality is exceptionally brilliant.

Once again, your remix "made sense." No mish-mash here.