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10 best New Wave dance songs

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10 best New Wave dance songs

Postby oldpunk83 » Fri Apr 07, 2006 3:05 pm

It's hard, but what 10 songs got you out on the floor 20 years ago?
(was it really 20 years ago, seems like yesterday?)
1)Blue Monday-New Order
2)Shoot You Down-APB
3)I Travel-Simple Minds
4)AMOK-Ledernachen
5)Favorite Shirt-Haircut 100
6)Fire Island-Secession
7)Love Tempo-Quando Quango
8)You Spin Me Round-Dead or Alive
9)Heartbeat-Psychedelic Furs
10)Tears Run Rings-Marc Almond
Hope you all remember some of these. I have a lot more but was limiting myself to 10.
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Postby MikeP » Fri Apr 07, 2006 3:32 pm

Good ones oldpunk83! Here are some other good ones:

Bring Me Closer (12" Mix) - Altered Images
The Sound of the Crowd - Human League
Where Do the Boys Go? - Men Without Hats
Everyday Is Halloween - Ministry
The Perfect Kiss - New Order
Hold Back the Rain - Duran Duran
Fade to Grey - Visage
Go! - Tones on Tail
Wordy Rappinghood - Tom Tom Club
I Love a Man in a Uniform - Gang of Four
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Postby oldpunk83 » Fri Apr 07, 2006 4:55 pm

Totally forgot about GO. Thanks Mike P!!! All the others are great too!!
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Postby WolverineSyr » Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:02 am

That's a hard one...I don't think I can listen to some of these anymore, but I remember they always got us out on the floor!

Don't You Want Me - Human League
Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go - Soft Cell
Mony/Mony - Billy Idol
Rock Lobster - B-52s
Tattooed Love Boys - Pretenders
Touch - Secession
Life During Wartime - Talking Heads
I Wanna Be Sedated - Ramones
Talk Talk - Talk Talk
I Ran - Flock of Seagulls
My Heart Goes Bang - Dead or Alive
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Postby Mechi » Sun Apr 09, 2006 12:43 pm

Ohhhh.... this thread is perfect:
Blue Monday- New Order
Don't you want me?- Human League
People Are People- Depeche Mode
Hungry like the wolf- Duran Duran
West End Girls- Pet Shop Boys
Tainted love- Soft Cell
Atomic- Blondie
Shout- Tears For Fears
Take on me- A-HA
Dum Dum Girl- Talk Talk
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Anyway, I dance to stuff that most people don't dance to .... such as Joy Division, Bauhaus and Echo And The Bunnymen. And I'm a specialist at dancing The Cure and Siouxsie.

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Postby highway1pch » Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:51 am

ABC - How To Be A Millionaire
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
The Clash - Rock The Casbah
Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round
Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
The Go Go's - Head Over Heals
New Order - Blue Monday 88 (12 Inch)
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
The B-52's - Rock Lobster
Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love
Yaz - Situation

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Postby I Crave New Wave » Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:13 pm

Not in any particular order, but:

Blue Monday/New Order (but the cover by Orgy is pretty damn good!)
I Parade Myself/Gang of Four
Something To Do/Depeche Mode
Numbers/Kraftwerk
7th Time/Xymox
Pleasure and Pain/Divinyls
One Thing Leads To Another/The Fixx
Our Lips Are Sealed/Fun Boy Three
She's Lost Control/Joy Division-Substance
The One Thing/INXS

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Postby oldpunk83 » Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:28 pm

cripes I forgot
Lawnchairs-My daughter's wedding
Two Tribes-Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Time Zone-Johnny Lydon & Afrikaa Bombaataa
P.I.L.-This is not a love song
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Postby djcraig » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:03 am

Buffalo Gals- Malcom McClaren

Sanctuary- The Cult

Bizarre Love Triangle/Perfect Kiss- New Order

Don't Go/Situation- Yaz

Dancing In Heaven- Q Feel

Poison Arrow/The Look Of Love- ABC

Just Like Heaven- Cure

Just Can't Get Enough- Depeche Mode

I Melt With You (original)- Modern English

Town Called Malice- The Jam

I Got You- Split Enz

Rock This Town- Stray Cats

Train In Vain- The Clash
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Postby popreactor » Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:18 am

Here my favs:

Lips. Inc- Funky Town
Depeche Mode- I Just Can't Get Enough
Adam & The Ants- Antmusic
Romeo Void- Never Say Never
Vicious Pink- Cccan't You See
2 belgen-Lena
Animotion- I Engineer
Joe Jackson- Steppin' Out
Blondie-Atomic
Style Council- Shout To The Top

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Postby oldpunk83 » Fri Apr 28, 2006 6:51 pm

also forgot:To cut a long story short & chant #1 by Spandau Ballet
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Postby rotator » Mon May 08, 2006 3:38 am

This list is based on what OldPunk83's ORIGINAL question was: "what 10 songs got you out on the floor 20 years ago?" so this is to the best of my recollection....This is based on approx 83/84/85 only at the clubs I was going to.

10.Warm Leatherette-Grace Jones
9.Christian Says-Tones On Tail
8. Visage-Fade To Grey
7.My Heart Goes Bang-Dead Or Alive
6.Yazoo-Situation
5.Egypt, Egypt-Egyptian Lover
4.Vanity Kills (Remix) -ABC
3.You Spin Me Round (Murder Mix)-Dead Or Alive
2.Tour De France-Kraftwerk
1.Perfect Kiss-New Order
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Postby 2Nu » Mon May 08, 2006 8:17 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by rotator[/i]
<br>This list is based on what OldPunk83's ORIGINAL question was: "what 10 songs got you out on the floor 20 years ago?" so this is to the best of my recollection....This is based on approx 83/84/85 only at the clubs I was going to.

10.Warm Leatherette-Grace Jones
9.Christian Says-Tones On Tail
8. Visage-Fade To Grey
7.My Heart Goes Bang-Dead Or Alive
6.Yazoo-Situation
5.Egypt, Egypt-Egyptian Lover
4.Vanity Kills (Remix) -ABC
3.You Spin Me Round (Murder Mix)-Dead Or Alive
2.Tour De France-Kraftwerk
1.Perfect Kiss-New Order
[/quote] To further expand on that list, feel free to <a href="http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=121" target="blank">check out this thread</a>[;)]



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Postby fuclosure » Thu May 11, 2006 12:14 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by 2Nu[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by rotator[/i]
<br>This list is based on what OldPunk83's ORIGINAL question was: "what 10 songs got you out on the floor 20 years ago?" so this is to the best of my recollection....This is based on approx 83/84/85 only at the clubs I was going to.

10.Warm Leatherette-Grace Jones
9.Christian Says-Tones On Tail
8. Visage-Fade To Grey
7.My Heart Goes Bang-Dead Or Alive
6.Yazoo-Situation
5.Egypt, Egypt-Egyptian Lover
4.Vanity Kills (Remix) -ABC
3.You Spin Me Round (Murder Mix)-Dead Or Alive
2.Tour De France-Kraftwerk
1.Perfect Kiss-New Order
[/quote] To further expand on that list, feel free to <a href="http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=121" target="blank">check out this thread</a>[;)]



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there is no way possible for me to limit it to ten so i will post on the other thread to bring it back up.

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Postby iGroove » Sun May 21, 2006 3:31 pm

10 songs...i'll jack the way back machine from mr. peabody and sherman, and transport back to club xcess in houston, circa 1988.

rain...the cult
rigor mortis...a split second
everyday is halloween...ministry
route 66/behind the wheel...depeche mode
situation...yaz(oo)
twilight zone...moses p.
away...the bolshoi
desire (come and get it)...gene loves jezebel
orient express...c.c.c.p.
looking from a hilltop...section 25
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