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Postby MARV » Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:36 am

Songs that did'nt make it due to Blir's stringent rule of only fifty [}:)]
Go ahead, spout them off here. You know you want to tell the world about them [;)]

The Jam, A Town Called Malice
Real Life, Catch Me I'm Falling
Rheingold, Computerbeat
Icehouse, Crazy
Johnny Q, Crazy 8's
Heaven 17, Fascist Groove Thing
Johnny Hates Jazz, Shattered Dreams
Haircut 100, Favorite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
Shona Laing, Glad I'm Not A Kennedy
Monyaka, Go Deh Yaka
Big Country, In A Big Country
Fiction Factory, No Time
Fiction Factory, Feels Like Heaven
APB, Rainy Day
APB, Shoot You Down
Sisters of Mercy, This Corrosion
Soft Cell, Torch
Missing Persons, Words
Ministry,Work for Love
China Crisis, Arizona Sky
The Cure, Boys Don't Cry
Plastic Bertrand,Ca Plane Pour Moi
Haircut 100, Calling Captain Autumn
Gary Numan, Cars
Siouxsie & The Banshees, Cities In Dust
Dexy's Midnight Runners, Come On Eileen
Squeeze, Cool For Cats
Missing Persons, Destination Unknown
Freuer, Doot Doot
Boxcar, Freemason (You Broke The Promise)
Pseudo Echo, Funky Town
Psychedelic Furs, Heaven
Total Cleo, I Eat Cannibals (Part One)
Yello, I Love You
Boys Don't Cry, I Wanna Be A Cowboy
UB40, If It Happens Again
Greg Kinh Band, Jeopardy
The Dream Academy, Life In A Northern Town
King, Alone Without You
King, Love And Pride
The B-52's, Party Out Of Bounds
Scritti Politti, Perfect Way
The Cult, Rain
The Clash, Rock the Casbah
Wide Boy Awake, Slang Teacher
General Public, Tenderness
Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Ghost In You
Re-Flex, The Politics Of Dancing
The Monroes, What Do All The People Know
China Crisis, Wishful Thinking

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Postby scramjet » Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:06 am

Here are some I considered, but regretufully rejected:

Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
The Cars - Good Times Roll
Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him
The Police - Roxanne
Devo - Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy
Roxy Music - More Than This
XTC - Senses Working Overtime
REM - Radio Free Europe
Yaz - Nobody's Diary
The Cure - Primary
New Order - Blue Monday
Tears for Fears - Mad World
a-Ha - Take on Me
Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
Kate Bush--Running Up That Hill
Berlin--The Metro
Peter Gabriel--Shock The Monkey
The The--Uncertain Smile
Ultravox--Reap The Wild Wind
Polyrock - Your Dragging Feet
Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
Blancmange - Don't Tell Me
The English Beat - I Confess
The Cure - A Forest
The Church - When You Were Mine
Roaring Boys - House of Stone
Squeeze - Annie Get Your Gun
Aztec Camera - Oblivious
OMD - Electricity
The Ramones - Rockaway Beach
The Housemartins - Happy Hour
The Polecats - Make a Circuit With Me
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Generation X - Ready Steady Go
Thomas Dolby-Europa and the Pirate Twins
Tears for Fears - Change
The Cars - Best Friend's Girl
B-52's - Private Idaho
Men Without Hats - Pop Goes the World
Lloyd Cole - Lost Weekend
The Cure - A Forest
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Postby eight6 » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:11 am

The Washington Squares - Can't Stop the Rain

That's it, there were only 51 worthy songs from the 80's...the 50 on my list, and this one.

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Postby schwenko » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:44 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by eight6[/i]
<br>The Washington Squares - Can't Stop the Rain

That's it, there were only 51 worthy songs from the 80's...the 50 on my list, and this one.
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