well I just bought the 4-disc box set dedicated to Punk called NO THANKS put out by Rhino... it's fantastic. It sounds great and the liner notes are really interesting.

Then I wondered if there would ever be a New Wave version done... and if so, what might be on it.

So now I want to put together a hypothetica. New Wave 4-CD box set... 20 songs each disc, so 80 total songs. What would be on it?

Everyone give me 4 ESSENTIAL New Wave songs to make the Box Set. Time-frames: 1980 to 1984. I think after 84, what we consider "new wave" had morphed into something else... 4 songs a post - can come back for 4 more after a few susequent posts have been made. And once we get to 80, the track list will be finished... and my goal is actually find all the songs and put together the ultimate New Wave box set...


Anyway. I'm going to start out with my 1st 4 essential tracks:


1. Never Say Never - Romeo Void
2. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
3. Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
4. Love is a Stranger - Eurythmics

Rhino has a series called Living In Oblivion--should be what u need

Good choices so far:

1. Ashes To Ashes - David Bowie
2. Blue Monday - New Order
3. Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
4. I Will Follow - U2

Itchin' to post some more...

rdhull said:

That is an excellent series. Another is 'New Wave Hits of the 80's - Just Can't Get Enough'. There's about 16 volumes in that series. But if you were trying to do it yourself, just to mix it up, here's some vital entries IMO. And mind you, I've omitted the obvious ones...

'Love Action' - Human League
'Up All Night' - Boomtown Rats
'Diggin' Your Scene' - Blow Monkeys
'Don't Tell Me' - Blancmange
'Smalltown Boy' - Bronski Beat
'You Spin Me Round' - Dead Or Alive
'Europa & The Pirate Twins' - Thomas Dolby
'Games Without Frontiers' - Peter Gabriel
'Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)' - Icicle Works\
'It Ain't What You Do' - Fun Boy Three
'One Step Beyond' - Madness
'When The Lights Go Out' - Naked Eyes
'Private Life' - Oingo Boingo
'A Million Miles Away' - The Plimsouls
'All The Things She Said' - Simple Minds
'The Love Parade' - The Dream Academy
'Breakin' Us In Two' - Joe Jackson
'What Is Love' - Howard Jones
'Wouldn't It Be Good' - Nik Kershaw
'China' - Red Rockers
'Avalon' - Roxy Music
'Cities In Dust' - Siouxsie & The Banshees
'Dirty Creature' - Split Enz
'Don't Box Me In' - Stan Ridgway & Stewart Copeland
'Girlfriend Is Better' - Talking Heads
'Wonderland' - Big Country
'Absolute Beginners' - David Bowie
'Reap The Wild Wind' - Ultravox
'Locomotion' - OMD
'Tears Are Not Enough' - ABC
'Chant No. 9' - Spandau Ballet
'Ghosts' - Japan
'If You Were Here' - Thompson Twins
'Hang On Now' - Kajagoogoo

Hmm...Does it have to be just 4? I mean, I can come up with a billion. But I'll give you 2 obscure ones and 2 popular ones.

1) Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
2) I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls
3) Cities in Dust - Siouxie & The Banshees
4) Oblivious - Aztec Camera

I should get out my long list of New Wave tracks that I burned.

some Stranglers tracks like The European Female or Golden Brown

violator said:

That song and video is simply th e shit

"you don't know when u got it good"

and those synth horns

violator said:

Actually, it's Chant No. 1 (I don't need this pressure on), by Spandau. And, yes, that is a groovy tune.

You've come up with a whole lot of good ones here too, Violator. We gotta hang out sometime.

NWF said:

Let's do 4 at a time so we can come up w/ a tracklist. So far it looks like this:

DISC ONE

1. Never Say Never - Romeo Void
2. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
3. Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
4. Love is a Stranger - Eurythmics
5. Ashes To Ashes - David Bowie
6. Blue Monday - New Order
7. Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
8. I Will Follow - U2
9. Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
10.I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls
11. Cities in Dust - Siouxie & The Banshees
12. Oblivious - Aztec Camera


and i'll add my next 4 from Violator's awesome suggestions:


13. Up All Night - Boomtown Rats (I just heard this song again yesterday, i had forgotten all about it!!)
14. Love Action (I Believe in) - Human League
15. Europa and the Pirate Twins - Thomas Dolby
16. Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly) - Icicle Works

NWF said:

You're right. I don't know where I came up with '9'. I must have been thinking about some perfume or some shit.

1) Love My Way- Psyhodelic Furs
2) Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears
3) People Are People - Depeche Mode
4) Situation - Yaz

OK, Disc One is complete and looks very good, on to disc two...


DISC ONE

1. Never Say Never - Romeo Void
2. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
3. Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
4. Love is a Stranger - Eurythmics
5. Ashes To Ashes - David Bowie
6. Blue Monday - New Order
7. Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
8. I Will Follow - U2
9. Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
10.I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls
11. Cities in Dust - Siouxie & The Banshees
12. Oblivious - Aztec Camera
13. Up All Night - Boomtown Rats
14. Love Action (I Believe in) - Human League
15. Europa and the Pirate Twins - Thomas Dolby
16. Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly) - Icicle Works
17. Love My Way- Psyhodelic Furs
18. Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears
19. People Are People - Depeche Mode
20. Situation - Yaz

What about some of the new wave greats from the late 70's like Blondie, Talking Heads, The Cars, Kraftwerk, Gang Of Four, Buzzcocks, etc.?

Computer World - Kraftwerk
The Metro - Berlin
Cars - Gary Numan
Rapture - Blondie

And I noticed that you allowed for repeats artists, like Depeche Mode on your first disc.

Do you want to keep it one song per artist or are you open to any suggestions?

TRON said:

i think some artists merit several cuts over the span of a box set. the No Thanks box set has 3 or 4 from some artists... so i think that's cool. probably should try to limit to one per disc, or at maximum 2 per disc.

I've got 4 more:

1) White Horse - Laidback
2) Working Girl - The Members
3) New Toy - Lene Lovich
4) The Power & The Passion - Midnight Oil

NWF said:

oooh Good Choice!!! I actually have the Laidback album on cassette... it's horrific except for White Horse which is brilliant

JonSnow said:

It's a classic choice, my man.

Cheeseburger - Gang Of Four
Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire
Don't Get Me Wrong - Pretenders
Message In A Bottle - The Police

DISC TWO SO FAR:


1. Computer World - Kraftwerk
2. The Metro - Berlin
3. Cars - Gary Numan
4. Rapture - Blondie
5. White Horse - Laidback
6. Working Girl - The Members
7. New Toy - Lene Lovich
8. The Power & The Passion - Midnight Oil
9. Cheeseburger - Gang Of Four
10. Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire
11. Don't Get Me Wrong - Pretenders
12. Message In A Bottle - The Police

my next pix:

13. It's My Life - Talk Talk
14. The Politics of Dancing - Re-Flex
15. The Butterfly Collector - The Jam
16. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads

some guilty pleasures, but they need to be there.

Candy - Bow Wow Wow
How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
Burning Up - Madonna
Little Red Corvette - Prince
[This message was edited Sat Jan 24 19:20:19 PST 2004 by TRON]

JonSnow said:

TUNE!!!

'Running Up That Hill' - Kate Bush
'Oh L'Amour' - Erasure
'I Know What Boys Like' - The Waitresses
'I Could Be Happy' - Altered Images

Music for all the Claire's...

Some more obsure choices:

1) Promised You a Miracle - Simple Minds
2) Hyperactive - Thomas Dolby
3) Crazy - Pylon
4) Gone Daddy Gone - The Violent Femmes

Girl U Want-Devo-1980
Our Lips are Sealed-The Go Gos-1981
Mexican Radio-Wall of Voodoo-1982
Send Me an Angel-Real Life-1983

this is going to be a great set... here's what we have so far



DISC ONE

1. Never Say Never - Romeo Void
2. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
3. Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
4. Love is a Stranger - Eurythmics
5. Ashes To Ashes - David Bowie
6. Blue Monday - New Order
7. Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
8. I Will Follow - U2
9. Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
10.I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls
11. Cities in Dust - Siouxie & The Banshees
12. Oblivious - Aztec Camera
13. Up All Night - Boomtown Rats
14. Love Action (I Believe in) - Human League
15. Europa and the Pirate Twins - Thomas Dolby
16. Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly) - Icicle Works
17. Love My Way- Psyhodelic Furs
18. Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears
19. People Are People - Depeche Mode
20. Situation - Yaz



DISC TWO


1. Computer World - Kraftwerk
2. The Metro - Berlin
3. Cars - Gary Numan
4. Rapture - Blondie
5. White Horse - Laidback
6. Working Girl - The Members
7. New Toy - Lene Lovich
8. The Power & The Passion - Midnight Oil
9. Cheeseburger - Gang Of Four
10. Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire
11. Don't Get Me Wrong - Pretenders
12. Message In A Bottle - The Police
13. It's My Life - Talk Talk
14. The Politics of Dancing - Re-Flex
15. The Butterfly Collector - The Jam
16. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
17. I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow
18. How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
19. Burning Up - Madonna
20. Little Red Corvette - Prince


DISC THREE (SO FAR)


1. Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
2. Oh L'Amour - Erasure
3. I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses
4. I Could Be Happy - Altered Images
5. Promised You a Miracle - Simple Minds
6. Hyperactive - Thomas Dolby
7. Crazy - Pylon
8. Gone Daddy Gone - The Violent Femmes
9. Girl U Want - Devo
10.Our Lips are Sealed - The Go Gos
11.Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo
12.Send Me an Angel - Real Life

my next pix:

13. Spiritwalker - The Cult
14. Don't Change - INXS
15. Saved By Zero - The Fixx
16. Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling

This Is Radio Clash - The Clash
I Will Dare - The Replacements
I Only Want To Be With You - The Tourists
Do You Wanna Touch Me There? - Joan Jett

Just What I Needed-The Cars
One Step Beyond-Madness
Rock Lobster-B-52s
Melt with You-Modern English