What is the Best New Wave Song? - Bilge

CM Cool Manchu Member PDX Joined: Aug 03, 2003 Posts: 564	CM Cool Manchu Posted posted on Wed, Nov 22, 2006 10:49 AM So I really liked the idea behind this thread, so I put a little time in sorting through my MP3 collection and came up with the following list. I know it’s missing many great bands and many great songs and given the length, I kept it down to two songs at the most for each artist or group. I hope this doesn’t kill the thread, but actually causes you to think of other songs you might have forgotten about. Also, I know many of these songs are already listed, but when you have a great group like Tiki Central, we are bound to think alike on many things…but I am sure there will be quite a few on here that you downright hate.  Adam & the Ants – Friend or Foe Adam & the Ants – Desperate But Not Serious The Alarm – Strength Animotion – Obsession B-52s – Rock Lobster B-52s – Private Idaho Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead Bauhaus – Kick in the Eye The English Beat – Save it for Later The English Beat – Mirror in the Bathroom Berlin – Sex (I’m a…) Berlin – Metro Big Country – In a Big Country Blondie – Heart of Glass Blondie – One Way or Another Bollock Brothers – Harley David Bow Wow Wow – I Want Candy David Bowie – Let’s Dance David Bowie – Modern Love Boys Don’t Cry – I Wanna be a Cowboy The Buggles – Clean Clean The Buggles – Johnny on the Monorail The Call – I Still Believe The Call – Everywhere I Go Camper Van Beethoven – Pictures of Matchstick Men The Cars – Best Friends Girl The Cars – Candy-O The Church – Under the Milky Way The Clash – Train In Vain The Clash – Should I Stay or Should I Go? Concrete Blond – Still In Hollywood Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Peace, Love and Understanding The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary The Cult – Resurrection Joe Culture Club – Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? Culture Club – Time (Clock of the Heart) The Cure – Close to Me The Cure – Let’s Go to Bed Cutting Crew – (I Just) Died In Your Arms Dead Milkmen – Punk Rock Girl Dead or Alive – Brand New Lover Dead or Alive – You Spin Me ‘Round (Like a Record) Depeche Mode – People are People Depeche Mode – Master and Servant Devo – Girl U Want Devo – Whip It Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen Dire Straights – Money for Nothing Doctor and the Medics – Spirit in the Sky Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me with Science Duran Duran – Girls on Film Duran Duran – Rio Echo & The Bunnymen – The Cutter Echo & The Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams Eurythmics – Here Comes the Rain Again Falco – Der Kommissar Fishbone – Party at Ground Zero The Fixx – One Thing Leads to Another The Fixx – Are We Ourselves? Flock of Seagulls – I Ran (So Far Away) Flock of Seagulls – Space Age Love Song Peter Gabriel – Intruder Peter Gabriel – Games Without Frontiers Generation X – Dancing With Myself The Go-Go’s – We Got the Beat The Go-Go’s – Our Lips are Sealed Haysi Fantayzee – John Wayne is Big Leggy The Hooters – All You Zombies The Human League – Don’t You Want Me The Human League – (Keep Feeling) Fascination Billy Idol – White Wedding Billy Idol – Rebel Yell INXS – The One Thing INXS – Don’t Change Jesus and the Mary Chain – Head On Jesus and the Mary Chain – Surfin’ USA The Kinks – Come Dancing The Kinks – Living on a Thin Line Killer Pussy – Teenage Enema Nurses in Bondage The Knack – My Sharona Love & Rockets – No New Tale to Tell Love & Rockets – So Alive Lene Lovich – New Toy M – Pop Muzik Madness – Our House Madness – One Step Beyond… Malcolm McLaren – Buffalo Gals Men at Work – Down Under Men at Work – Be Good Johnny Men Without Hats – Safety Dance Men Without Hats – Pop Goes the World Ministry – Everyday is Halloween Missing Persons – Destination Unknown Missing Persons – Words Modern English – I Melt With You Peter Murphy – Cuts You Up Musical Youth – Pass The Dutchie Naked Eyes – Always Something There to Remind Me New Order – Blue Monday New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle Gary Numan – Cars Gary Numan – Down in the Park Oingo Boingo – Only a Lad Oingo Boingo – Elevator Man The Pogues – Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah The Polecats – Make a Circuit with Me The Police – Roxanne The Police – Walking on the Moon Iggy Pop – Lust for Life Iggy Pop – Real Wild Child (Wild One) The Pursuit of Happiness – I’m and Adult Now Queen and David Bowie – Under Pressure Re-Flex – The Politics of Dancing The Romantics – What I Like About You Peter Schilling – Major Tom (Coming Home) Pete Shelley – Homosapien Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Love Missile F1-11 Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me) Siouxsie & The Banshees – Peek-a-Boo Siouxsie & The Banshees – The Passenger Sisters of Mercy – Lucretia, My Reflection Sisters of Mercy – Dominion Slade – Run Runaway Patti Smith – Because the Night The Smithereens – Behind the Wall of Sleep The Smiths – How Soon is Now? The Smiths – Girlfriend in a Coma Softcell – Tainted Love Sparks (with Jane Wiedlin) – Cool Places The Specials – Rudi, A Message To You The Specials – Stupid Marriage Split Enz – I Got You Squeeze – Tempted Squeeze – Pulling Mussels (From a Shell) Stray Cats – Stray Cat Strut Stray Cats – Rock This Town Taco – Puttin’ on the Ritz Talking Heads – Burning Down the House Talking Heads – And She Was Thompson Twins – Lies Thompson Twins – Hold Me Now Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love Tones on Tail – Go! Tones on Tail – Christian Says The Tubes – She’s a Beauty The Tubes - Talk to you Later Tommy Tutone – 867-5309/Jenny U2 – New Year’s Day U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday UB40 – Rat In the Kitchen The Vapors – Turning Japanese Violent Femmes – Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes – Gone Daddy Gone The Waitresses – I Know What Boys Like Wall of Voodoo – Mexican Radio X – Los Angeles X – Burning House of Love XTC – Dear God XTC – Making Plans for Nigel

So I really liked the idea behind this thread, so I put a little time in sorting through my MP3 collection and came up with the following list. I know it’s missing many great bands and many great songs and given the length, I kept it down to two songs at the most for each artist or group.

I hope this doesn’t kill the thread, but actually causes you to think of other songs you might have forgotten about. Also, I know many of these songs are already listed, but when you have a great group like Tiki Central, we are bound to think alike on many things…but I am sure there will be quite a few on here that you downright hate. 

Adam & the Ants – Friend or Foe
Adam & the Ants – Desperate But Not Serious
The Alarm – Strength
Animotion – Obsession
B-52s – Rock Lobster
B-52s – Private Idaho
Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead
Bauhaus – Kick in the Eye
The English Beat – Save it for Later
The English Beat – Mirror in the Bathroom
Berlin – Sex (I’m a…)
Berlin – Metro
Big Country – In a Big Country
Blondie – Heart of Glass
Blondie – One Way or Another
Bollock Brothers – Harley David
Bow Wow Wow – I Want Candy
David Bowie – Let’s Dance
David Bowie – Modern Love
Boys Don’t Cry – I Wanna be a Cowboy
The Buggles – Clean Clean
The Buggles – Johnny on the Monorail
The Call – I Still Believe
The Call – Everywhere I Go
Camper Van Beethoven – Pictures of Matchstick Men
The Cars – Best Friends Girl
The Cars – Candy-O
The Church – Under the Milky Way
The Clash – Train In Vain
The Clash – Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Concrete Blond – Still In Hollywood
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Watching the Detectives
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Peace, Love and Understanding
The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
The Cult – Resurrection Joe
Culture Club – Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?
Culture Club – Time (Clock of the Heart)
The Cure – Close to Me
The Cure – Let’s Go to Bed
Cutting Crew – (I Just) Died In Your Arms
Dead Milkmen – Punk Rock Girl
Dead or Alive – Brand New Lover
Dead or Alive – You Spin Me ‘Round (Like a Record)
Depeche Mode – People are People
Depeche Mode – Master and Servant
Devo – Girl U Want
Devo – Whip It
Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen
Dire Straights – Money for Nothing
Doctor and the Medics – Spirit in the Sky
Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me with Science
Duran Duran – Girls on Film
Duran Duran – Rio
Echo & The Bunnymen – The Cutter
Echo & The Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar
Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams
Eurythmics – Here Comes the Rain Again
Falco – Der Kommissar
Fishbone – Party at Ground Zero
The Fixx – One Thing Leads to Another
The Fixx – Are We Ourselves?
Flock of Seagulls – I Ran (So Far Away)
Flock of Seagulls – Space Age Love Song
Peter Gabriel – Intruder
Peter Gabriel – Games Without Frontiers
Generation X – Dancing With Myself
The Go-Go’s – We Got the Beat
The Go-Go’s – Our Lips are Sealed
Haysi Fantayzee – John Wayne is Big Leggy
The Hooters – All You Zombies
The Human League – Don’t You Want Me
The Human League – (Keep Feeling) Fascination
Billy Idol – White Wedding
Billy Idol – Rebel Yell
INXS – The One Thing
INXS – Don’t Change
Jesus and the Mary Chain – Head On
Jesus and the Mary Chain – Surfin’ USA
The Kinks – Come Dancing
The Kinks – Living on a Thin Line
Killer Pussy – Teenage Enema Nurses in Bondage
The Knack – My Sharona
Love & Rockets – No New Tale to Tell
Love & Rockets – So Alive
Lene Lovich – New Toy
M – Pop Muzik
Madness – Our House
Madness – One Step Beyond…
Malcolm McLaren – Buffalo Gals
Men at Work – Down Under
Men at Work – Be Good Johnny
Men Without Hats – Safety Dance
Men Without Hats – Pop Goes the World
Ministry – Everyday is Halloween
Missing Persons – Destination Unknown
Missing Persons – Words
Modern English – I Melt With You
Peter Murphy – Cuts You Up
Musical Youth – Pass The Dutchie
Naked Eyes – Always Something There to Remind Me
New Order – Blue Monday
New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle
Gary Numan – Cars
Gary Numan – Down in the Park
Oingo Boingo – Only a Lad
Oingo Boingo – Elevator Man
The Pogues – Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
The Polecats – Make a Circuit with Me
The Police – Roxanne
The Police – Walking on the Moon
Iggy Pop – Lust for Life
Iggy Pop – Real Wild Child (Wild One)
The Pursuit of Happiness – I’m and Adult Now
Queen and David Bowie – Under Pressure
Re-Flex – The Politics of Dancing
The Romantics – What I Like About You
Peter Schilling – Major Tom (Coming Home)
Pete Shelley – Homosapien
Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Love Missile F1-11
Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me)
Siouxsie & The Banshees – Peek-a-Boo
Siouxsie & The Banshees – The Passenger
Sisters of Mercy – Lucretia, My Reflection
Sisters of Mercy – Dominion
Slade – Run Runaway
Patti Smith – Because the Night
The Smithereens – Behind the Wall of Sleep
The Smiths – How Soon is Now?
The Smiths – Girlfriend in a Coma
Softcell – Tainted Love
Sparks (with Jane Wiedlin) – Cool Places
The Specials – Rudi, A Message To You
The Specials – Stupid Marriage
Split Enz – I Got You
Squeeze – Tempted
Squeeze – Pulling Mussels (From a Shell)
Stray Cats – Stray Cat Strut
Stray Cats – Rock This Town
Taco – Puttin’ on the Ritz
Talking Heads – Burning Down the House
Talking Heads – And She Was
Thompson Twins – Lies
Thompson Twins – Hold Me Now
Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love
Tones on Tail – Go!
Tones on Tail – Christian Says
The Tubes – She’s a Beauty
The Tubes - Talk to you Later
Tommy Tutone – 867-5309/Jenny
U2 – New Year’s Day
U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday
UB40 – Rat In the Kitchen
The Vapors – Turning Japanese
Violent Femmes – Blister in the Sun
Violent Femmes – Gone Daddy Gone
The Waitresses – I Know What Boys Like
Wall of Voodoo – Mexican Radio
X – Los Angeles
X – Burning House of Love
XTC – Dear God
XTC – Making Plans for Nigel

Post #268279 by Cool Manchu on Wed, Nov 22, 2006 10:49 AM