For Laughs--Anyone's Top Five Fav New Wave Songs

[guido911]

I'll Start:

1. "Turning Japanese" by The Vapors
2. "The Fanatic" by Felony
3. "What I Like About You" by The Romantics
4. "Peek-a-Boo" by Siouxie and the Banshees
5. "Whip It" by Devo

[rwarn17588]

It's still just rock 'n' roll, man.

[azbadpuppy]

1. Boys Don't Cry- The Cure
2. Sex- Berlin
3. How Soon Is Now- The Smiths
4. Walking In LA- Missing Persons
5. Cars- Gary Neuman

Hard to limit to just 5...

[dbacks fan]

1 - Missing Persons
2 - Gary Newman
3 - The Vapors
4 - Devo
5 - Human League

Honorable mention M

One more Madness

[okieinla]

"Private Idaho" - B-52's
"Goody Two Shoes" - Adam Ant
"I Melt With You" - Modern English
"Once In A Lifetime" - Talking Heads
"Just Like Heaven" - The Cure

and a shout out to the already posted
"What I Like About You" and "Cars"

[RecycleMichael]

"I am Woman" - Helen Reddy
"Muskrat Love" - Captain and Tennille
"Rawhide" - Frankie Laine
"Wipeout" - The Surfaris
"I Love You" - Barney the Dinosaur

[charky]

These may not qualify as new wave...but in no particular order...

Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
The Cure - "Inbetween Days"
Plastic Bertrand - "Ca Plane Pour Moi"
The Knack - "My Sharona" (if nothing else for the awesome guitar solo...screw the radio edit)
The Nerves - "Hanging On The Telephone"
the The - "This Is The Day"

oh...that's 6...oh well.........

[TheArtist]

Could easily have put a dozen more but here are a few general favorites. Dont know If I could find a top 5.  Aaah the 80s, long ago memories.

Erasure (A Little Respect)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY_8woQ-HEA&feature=related

Anything Pet Shop Boys lol

(Its a Sin) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-3jf3Vj850&feature=related

U2 (in the Name of Love)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJCGYn_nhGQ&feature=PlayList&p=DDC2CD33AB103ACE&index=6

(Human) by Human League...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH2X5PolerA&feature=PlayList&p=DDC2CD33AB103ACE&index=21

Ah-Ha, (Take on Me)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMWXyEHoN88&feature=related

Billy Idol (Eyes Without a Face)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBMdKhTBCCY&feature=related



For the "Instrumentalist" category lol. In the 80s it was undoubtedly Vangelis. Its amazing what he did with the primitive synthesizers of the time.

Cosmos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOf4SktPDak&feature=related

Which leads me to the best TV/science series of the 80s, nay, probably of all time. COSMOS by Carl Segan. Changed the lives and opened the eyes of so many people, with its sense of wonder, joy of knowlege, beauty and passion.

Intro to COSMOS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7n71pm0K04&feature=related

Pale Blue Dot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p86BPM1GV8M&feature=related

Vangelis (Blade Runner)One of the best Sci-Fi Movies ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9KAqhbIZ7o&feature=related

Vangelis (Chariots of Fire)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYJzcUvS_NU&feature=related

[pmcalk]

quote:Originally posted by RecycleMichael

"I am Woman" - Helen Reddy
"Muskrat Love" - Captain and Tennille
"Rawhide" - Frankie Laine
"Wipeout" - The Surfaris
"I Love You" - Barney the Dinosaur

That's what I like about you, RM--you're such a maverick.  I think you should add "Torn Between Two Lovers" and something by the Village People.

[T Badd]

The Cars - Candy-O
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEkGqb2wu5k

The Fixx - Stand or Fall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HRUSX-XW0s

Gary Numan - Cars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP2h16m8X1Y

Japan - Ghosts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_e3RbwzzdA

Devo - Satisfaction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8fORGIhbAc

Honorable Mention:
The Knack - Baby Talks Dirty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okit4SlfJdw

[mr.jaynes]

Those were the days......

[Breadburner]

Flock of Seagulls

[carltonplace]

quote:Originally posted by T Badd

The Cars - Candy-O
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEkGqb2wu5k

The Fixx - Stand or Fall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HRUSX-XW0s

Gary Numan - Cars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP2h16m8X1Y

Japan - Ghosts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_e3RbwzzdA

Devo - Satisfaction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8fORGIhbAc

Honorable Mention:
The Knack - Baby Talks Dirty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okit4SlfJdw

Agree with the Fixx. They were smarter than the genre.