The 1980 Listening Post - Fischer-Z - Deaf for a Living

Fischer-Z - Deaf for a Living

#4 LISTENING POST DISCOVERY

January 4 1980

Fischer-Z

Going Deaf for a Living

Genre: New Wave

4.75 out of 5

Highlights:

Room Service

So Long

Pick Up/Slip Up

Crank

Limbo

When I was a kid I had a friend who argued with me about what, exactly, “New Wave” was. He maintained that it required three instruments, guitar, bass and drums and that was it. 

Of course, it only took “umm…The Cars?” to dispel that notion. But it did open up the debate: What is “New Wave”? I have always said it was like that other obsession…you know it when you hear it. 

I have been of the mindset that New Wave, classic New Wave, the stuff like “Ca Plane Pour Moi” and early Cars and The Buggles and early Gary Numan, is minimalist, often mid-tempo and, droll while also being exciting. Like Power Pop, it’s a genre that defies description but you know it when you hear it. 

This is that. With tinges of Reggae. 

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