Top Ten NW Songs

[InvisibleMan]

if I had to pick only 10, it would mostly be synth-dance oriented stuff like...

A-Ha - Take on Me
Ultravox - Dancing with Tears In My Eyes
Alphaville - Big in Japan
OMD - If You Leave
New Order - Subculture
Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
Boytronic - You
Human League - Don't You Want Me
Visage - Fade to Grey
Camouflage - Great Commandment

[Doctor Doctor]

A-Ha - Take on Me
New Order - Blue Monday
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran
Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
Yazoo - Don't Go
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
Kraftwerk - The Model
Alphaville - Big in Japan
Blancmange - Don't Tell Me

[b]"And now I know how Joan of Arc felt, as the flames rose to her roman nose and her Walkman started to melt"[/b]

[gnj1958]

Depeche Mode - Get The Balance Right
The Sound - New Way Of Life
The Church - The Unguarded Moment
Blancmange - Kind
China Crisis - Wishful Thinking
Modern English - Blue Waves
Propaganda - Dr Mabuse
Sniff 'N The Tears - Drivers Seat
Talk Talk - Today
Tears For Fears - Pale Shelter
Jags - Back Of My Hand
Real Life - Send Me An Angel
The Cure - Lament
Fiction Factory - Feels Like Heaven
The Fixx - Stand Or Fall
Icicle Works - Out Of Season
Lotus Eaters - You Don't Need Someone New

[Frank_Chickens]

[quote][i]Originally posted by NuWaveRx[/i]
<br>I'll try to give this a go--even though I'm sure I'm opening myself up to ridicule (even more than is average for me).
[/quote]

I like the way you broke it down into categories, makes it easier to narrow it down. Now to start on mine.

[empyrean]

joy division - ceremony
wild swans - god forbid
killing joke - adorations
the chameleons - swamp thing
alone again or - the damned
gentle tuesday - primal scream
christine - house of love
into the heart of love - mighty lemon drops
spinning me round - modern english
whispering castles - identity crisis

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[hello_world]

[quote][i]Originally posted by NuWaveRx[/i]
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Power Pop - Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away
Synthpop - Depeche Mode - Get the Balance Right
New Romantic - Duran Duran - Planet Earth
Post Punk - Chameleons - Up the Down Escalator
Ska/2-Tone - Madness - One Step Beyond
Rockabilly - Stray Cats - Rumble In Brighton
Gothic - Bauhaus - Bela Lagosi's Dead
Northern Soul - ABC - Tears Are Not Enough
Quirky - Devo - Mongoloid
Jangle Pop - REM - Radio Free Europe
The "CBGB" Scene - Blondie - Atomic
West Coast Scene - Surf Punks - Locals Only
Dance Oriented - New Order - Blue Monday (12" of course)
Aussie NW - INXS - Original Sin
Teutonic Pop - Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator
[/quote]

These are really useful categories. Brilliant using "CBGB" as a category in itself. Could you expand on the "West Coast Scene" category? I'm assuming it would include west coast power pop bands like plimsouls, 20/20, monroes, missing persons.

Also, maybe "Art Rock" would be a better name than "Quirky." I think Polyrock would fit in this category.

"Dance Oriented" overlaps hugely (but not completely) with "Synthpop."

Not trying to nit-pick these categories, BTW. I just find myself trying to identify sub-genres frequently when I talk to people about new wave, so I found your list useful. For the main new wave styles I think I would use:

New romantic
Synthpop
Power pop
Ska revival
Goth
Techno
CBGB
Art rock

Problem is I never know where to stick The Pretenders, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson. I almost want to name the category "Guitar Rock" or something like that. It's not really power pop.

[mimzy]

hmmmmmmmmm

in no certain order


Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat
Take on Me - a-ha
But Not Tonight - Depeche Mode
Tomorrow Started - Talk Talk
This Must Be The Place - Talking Heads
February Air - Lights
The Cutter - Echo and the Bunnymen
Dancing on My Own - Robyn
Sleeping In - The Postal Service
That's Good - Devo

[Frank_Chickens]

I'll give the aliens some variety:

1. Pinkees - Danger Games
2. Mezzoforte - Garden Party
3. Dekka Danse - Drowning by the Hour
4. Frank Chickens - We Are Ninja (not geisha)
5. Rebecca Storm - The Show
6. Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore
7. Alberto y Los Trios Paranoias - Thank You
8. Liquid Liquid - Cavern
9. Raw Silk - Do It To The Music
10. Madness - Embarrassment


PS Since when are ABC northern soul??