TRON said:

great picks! especially I Will Dare. Let it Be is such a massively brilliant album!

You gots to put some FLYING LIZARDS on there ("What's New Pussycat" is brilliant, though "Money" is their big one I spose), and some Eno-era TALKING HEADS ("Life During Wartime" or "Crosseyed and Painless")...and don't forget a smidgen of PiL, though I'm starting to veer dangerously into the territory of post-punk/no-wave...

1) Pulling Muscles From a Shell - Squeeze
2) Speak Like A Child - Style Council
3) Shack Up - A Certain Ratio
4) Senses Working Overtime - XTC

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


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
13. Spiritwalker - The Cult
14. Don't Change - INXS
15. Saved By Zero - The Fixx
16. Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
17. This Is Radio Clash - The Clash
18. I Will Dare - The Replacements
19. I Only Want To Be With You - The Tourists
20. Do You Wanna Touch Me There? - Joan Jett

DISC FOUR

1. Just What I Needed - The Cars
2. One Step Beyond - Madness
3. Rock Lobster - B-52s
4. Melt with You - Modern English
5. What's New Pussycat - Flying Lizards
6. Life During Wartime - Talking Heads
7. Rise - Public Image Limited
8. Pulling Muscles From a Shell - Squeeze
9. Speak Like A Child - Style Council
10.Shack Up - A Certain Ratio
11.Senses Working Overtime - XTC

my next picks:

12. Der Kommissar - Falco
13. Peace, Love and Understanding - Elvis Costello
14. She's In Parties - Bauhaus
15. Only the Lonely - The Motels
16. When the Lights Go Out - Naked Eyes



okay need 4 more to finish Disc Four

Throw in some of that good ol' 2-Tone Ska for good measure:

1) I Confess - The English Beat
2) On My Radio - The Selecter
3) Let's Do Rocksteady - The Bodysnatchers
4) Ghost Town - The Specials

TRON said:

yeah...tron, you ON!!!

TheMetro. one of my top joints, ever!!!

props for GangOf4 also

y'all know your shit!! But I still insist that "Girls on Film" (Duran Duran) is the ULTIMATE 80's pop/new wave/new romantic track.

Dont forget Thompson Twins and Missing Persons

cool, 4 discs complete!! I think we need a 5th disc, there are still too many great artists not represented.




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


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
13. Spiritwalker - The Cult
14. Don't Change - INXS
15. Saved By Zero - The Fixx
16. Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
17. This Is Radio Clash - The Clash
18. I Will Dare - The Replacements
19. I Only Want To Be With You - The Tourists
20. Do You Wanna Touch Me There? - Joan Jett

DISC FOUR

1. Just What I Needed - The Cars
2. One Step Beyond - Madness
3. Rock Lobster - B-52s
4. Melt with You - Modern English
5. What's New Pussycat - Flying Lizards
6. Life During Wartime - Talking Heads
7. Rise - Public Image Limited
8. Pulling Muscles From a Shell - Squeeze
9. Speak Like A Child - Style Council
10.Shack Up - A Certain Ratio
11.Senses Working Overtime - XTC
12. Der Kommissar - Falco
13. Peace, Love and Understanding - Elvis Costello
14. She's In Parties - Bauhaus
15. Only the Lonely - The Motels
16. When the Lights Go Out - Naked Eyes
17. I Confess - The English Beat
18. On My Radio - The Selecter
19. Let's Do Rocksteady - The Bodysnatchers
20. Ghost Town - The Specials



DISC 5 (so far...)

1. Girls on Film - Duran Duran
2. Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
3. Give - Missing Persons

Kids in America-Kim Wilde
Sex Dwarf-Soft Cell
Nowhere Girl-B-Movie
Warm Leatherette-The Normal

Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Paint Me Down - Spandau Ballet
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
The Stand - The Alarm

Also, you gotta throw in some of that Southern, guitar-based New Wave too:

1) R.E.M. - Driver 8
2) Let's Active - Every Word Means No
3) Guadalcanal Diary - Fire From Heaven
4) The dB's - Dynamite

Sister Midnight - Iggy Pop
Nightclubbing - Grace Jones
No Love Lost - Warsaw
More Than This - Roxy Music

PhilG said:

4 songs that reflect New Wave's descent into popularity:

1) Things Could Only Get Better - Howard Jones
2) Adam & the Ants - Antmusic (or Stand & Deliver. It's up to you.)
3) Culture Club - I'll Tumble 4 Ya
4) 2 Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

OK so we're on Disc 6



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


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
13. Spiritwalker - The Cult
14. Don't Change - INXS
15. Saved By Zero - The Fixx
16. Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
17. This Is Radio Clash - The Clash
18. I Will Dare - The Replacements
19. I Only Want To Be With You - The Tourists
20. Do You Wanna Touch Me There? - Joan Jett

DISC FOUR

1. Just What I Needed - The Cars
2. One Step Beyond - Madness
3. Rock Lobster - B-52s
4. Melt with You - Modern English
5. What's New Pussycat - Flying Lizards
6. Life During Wartime - Talking Heads
7. Rise - Public Image Limited
8. Pulling Muscles From a Shell - Squeeze
9. Speak Like A Child - Style Council
10.Shack Up - A Certain Ratio
11.Senses Working Overtime - XTC
12. Der Kommissar - Falco
13. Peace, Love and Understanding - Elvis Costello
14. She's In Parties - Bauhaus
15. Only the Lonely - The Motels
16. When the Lights Go Out - Naked Eyes
17. I Confess - The English Beat
18. On My Radio - The Selecter
19. Let's Do Rocksteady - The Bodysnatchers
20. Ghost Town - The Specials



DISC 5

1. Girls on Film - Duran Duran
2. Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
3. Give - Missing Persons
4. Kids in America-Kim Wilde
5. Sex Dwarf-Soft Cell
6. Nowhere Girl-B-Movie
7. Warm Leatherette-The Normal
8. Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
9. Paint Me Down - Spandau Ballet
10.Turning Japanese - The Vapors
11.The Stand - The Alarm
12.Driver 8 - R.E.M.
13.Every Word Means No - Let's Active
14.Fire From Heaven - Guadalcanal Diary
15.Dynamite - The dB's
16.Sister Midnight - Iggy Pop
17.Nightclubbing - Grace Jones
18.No Love Lost - Warsaw
19.More Than This - Roxy Music
20.Things Can Only Get Better - Howard Jones

DISC SIX (SO FAR...)

1. Ant Music - Adam & the Ants
2. I'll Tumble 4 Ya - Culture Club
3. Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

and my next picks:

4. Love Plus One - Haircut 100
5. AEIOU Sometimes Y - EBN OZN
6. Live is Life - Opus
7. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
8. Electricity - O.M.D.

I Got You-Split Enz
Homosapien-Pete Shelley
Pop Muzik-M
Mental Hopscotch-Missing Persons

Music of the Post-Punk revolution:

1) PiL - Death Disco
2) Wire - Blessed State
3) The Au Pairs - Come Again
4) The Slits - In The Beginning There Was Rhythm

Money (That's What I Want) - The Flying Lizards
Union City Blue - Blondie (maybe their best song, left off of compilations for too long)
Take My Breath Away - Berlin
We Got The Beat - The Go-Go's
What Is Love - Howard Jones
Magic - The Cars
Sanctify Yourself - Simple Minds
Grand Illusion - Donna Summer
She-Bop - Cyndi Lauper
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
[This message was edited Sun Jan 25 16:28:35 PST 2004 by VoicesCarry]

Potpourri:

1) Appetite - Prefab Sprout
2) The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
3) Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
4) Party At Ground Zero - Fishbone

Now, if I were to make a CD like this, I would limit one song per artist. I wouldn't want to have like 5 songs by Depeche or 8 songs by Duran. This is a mix after all.

More Potpourri:

1) Lords of the New Church - Dance With Me
2) Japan - Quite Life
3) Level 42 - Lessons in Love
4) Kid Creole & the Coconuts - Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy

1) Eurogliders - Heaven
2) Big Country - In A Big Country
3) Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
4) Tome Tom Club - Genius of Love

1) J. Geils Band - Centerfold
2) Killing Joke - Eighties
3) Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
4) Bronski Beat - Small Town Boy

This might mean you'll have to start up disc 7. By the way, once you're done, send a copy of these to me, dude.

I'm really enjoying this!!I gotta seek out a new wave party.That was some fun ass music!!I still listen to alot of it!!

NWF said:

I'll return the favor. It's 'Quiet Life' by Japan. And megaprops to you for even mentioning them.

violator said:

Thanks, dude. I hadn't proofread what I wrote. And, yes, Japan kicks major :ass:. Duran would be nothing without them.

ok folks... for the purposes of actually putting this set together I'm going to stop at 6 discs, LOL. But by all means keep putting forth your favorite New Wave tracks not mentioned yet. I've also decided to take out multiple tracks by the same artist, so i've replaced them with new tracks people have mentioned. Here is the final track listing!!! And I do plan to put this together. I have about 85% of the tracks in my collection, and I will be scouring the used CD shops and half.com to get the rest of them. Anyway - here it goes:


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. Small Town Boy - Bronski Beat
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


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. Grand Illusion - Donna Summer
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
13. Spiritwalker - The Cult
14. Don't Change - INXS
15. Saved By Zero - The Fixx
16. Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
17. This Is Radio Clash - The Clash
18. I Will Dare - The Replacements
19. I Only Want To Be With You - The Tourists
20. Do You Wanna Touch Me There? - Joan Jett

DISC FOUR

1. Just What I Needed - The Cars
2. One Step Beyond - Madness
3. Rock Lobster - B-52s
4. Melt with You - Modern English
5. What's New Pussycat - Flying Lizards
6. Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
7. Rise - Public Image Limited
8. Pulling Mussels From a Shell - Squeeze
9. Speak Like A Child - Style Council
10.Shack Up - A Certain Ratio
11.Senses Working Overtime - XTC
12. Der Kommissar - Falco
13. Peace, Love and Understanding - Elvis Costello
14. She's In Parties - Bauhaus
15. Only the Lonely - The Motels
16. When the Lights Go Out - Naked Eyes
17. I Confess - The English Beat
18. On My Radio - The Selecter
19. Let's Do Rocksteady - The Bodysnatchers
20. Ghost Town - The Specials



DISC 5

1. Eighties - Killing Joke
2. Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
3. Give - Missing Persons
4. Kids in America - Kim Wilde
5. Sex Dwarf - Soft Cell
6. Nowhere Girl - B Movie
7. Warm Leatherette - The Normal
8. Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
9. Paint Me Down - Spandau Ballet
10.Turning Japanese - The Vapors
11.The Stand - The Alarm
12.Driver 8 - R.E.M.
13.Every Word Means No - Let's Active
14.Fire From Heaven - Guadalcanal Diary
15.Dynamite - The dB's
16.Sister Midnight - Iggy Pop
17.Nightclubbing - Grace Jones
18.No Love Lost - Warsaw
19.More Than This - Roxy Music
20.Things Can Only Get Better - Howard Jones

DISC SIX

1. Ant Music - Adam & the Ants
2. I'll Tumble 4 Ya - Culture Club
3. Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
4. Love Plus One - Haircut 100
5. AEIOU Sometimes Y - EBN OZN
6. Live is Life - Opus
7. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
8. Electricity - O.M.D.
9. I Got You - Split Enz
10. Homosapien - Pete Shelley
11. Blessed State - Wire
12. Come Again - The Au Pairs
13. In The Beginning There Was Rhythm - The Slits
14. Appetite - Prefab Sprout
15. The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
16. Dance With Me - Lords of the New Church
17. Quiet Life - Japan
18. Lessons in Love - Level 42
19. Pop Muzik - M
20. In a Big Country - Big Country

WOW i think this turned out really cool... i like the mix of well known songs and more obscure tracks, and the different styles of new waves... And the tracks by Donna Summer, Prince, Madonna and DAvid Bowie - while not normally considered "new wave" artists - definitely fit.

If anybody has suggestions on where to find the following tracks, please let me know:


Oblivious - Aztec Camera
Working Girl - The Members
New Toy - Lene Lovich
Cheeseburger - Gang Of Four
Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire
I Could Be Happy - Altered Images
Crazy - Pylon
What's New Pussycat - Flying Lizards
Shack Up - A Certain Ratio
On My Radio - The Selecter
Let's Do Rocksteady - The Bodysnatchers
Nowhere Girl - B-Movie
Warm Leatherette - The Normal
Dynamite - The dB's
No Love Lost - Warsaw
Come Again - The Au Pairs
In The Beginning There Was Rhythm - The Slits


And I'll post on here when I finish the set If i have trouble finding a track I might substitute another song.
[This message was edited Sun Jan 25 19:09:46 PST 2004 by JonSnow]
[This message was edited Sun Jan 25 19:11:48 PST 2004 by JonSnow]

JonSnow said:

Kazaa Lite

Very cool set by the way. I might suss some of these tracks out myself.

TRON said:

it might take a while, but i'm definitely going to put this together. I don't download much, so i'll be looking for the actual tracks on CD. Plus it's more fun that way anyway, kinda like a treasure hunt. If u want a copy when it's finished let me know since u contributed to the track listing

JonSnow said:

That'd be great. There are a lot of songs on there I don't know.

Very cool thread. Brings back lots of memories. I'm currently working on a new wave disc myself...