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Up next we count down 3 80s cult classics including artist interviews. A Forest by the Cure from their 1980 album Seventeen Seconds Private Idaho by the B52’s from their 1980 album Wild Plant and The Downtown Lights by the Blue Nile from their 1989 album Hats

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IN the past we’ve talked about songs from decades that are hidden gems that deserve a second look. Today I want to go even a little further into a genre from the 80s and talk about three cult classics that, while not big chart hits per say, were three songs that impacted our culture in a major way. Some people are sticklers for labels or genres. They may say, oh that song isn’t New Wave it’s Post Punk or it’s synth pop or it’s sophista pop which by the way is a made up genre that has appeared decades after the music it claims to was even released. Due to our time and my goal to focus more on the song and artist than the genre. Im going to keep this simple. Here are three New Wave Cult classics from the 80s that deserve celebration. Remember these are three of many more that we’ll cover.

#3 The Downtown Lights” by The Blue Nile- From the 1989 album Hats This is a an absolutely beautiful, stirring and breathtaking Classic about longing for emotional fulfillment in the big city The Blue Nile is essentially a trio from Glasgow Scotland- with Paul Buchanan on lead vocals & guitar, Robert Bell on bass, and Paul Joseph Moore on keyboards. The band fashioned their name after historian Alan Moorehead’s 1962 book The Blue Nile- which was the sequel to his previous work The White Nile from 1960

#2 Private Idaho” by The B-52s

This is one of those songs that made the New Wave era SO much fun. The B52s were the ringleaders for sure, since their signature song “Rock Lobster” really paved the way in ‘79 for the spirit of that innovative period of music that ushered in the 80s

#1 “A Forest” by The Cure
One of the last tracks to be recorded for The Cure’s 2nd studio album Seventeen Seconds in 1980

Robert Smith has stated that “A Forest” is his memory of a childhood dream where he was lost in the woods, but he later retracted and said the song is only “about a forest.” Either explanation could be true, or both explanations could just be Robert being cheeky with an interviewer, as he often is.