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New wave songs with acoustic guitar

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New wave songs with acoustic guitar

Postby cementkite » Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:56 am

Hi All, I'm looking for new wave songs that featured prominent acoustic guitar.

So far I have:

Love and Rockets - All in my mind
Eurythmics - When tomorrow comes, Thorne in my side
INXS - Shine like it does,
Til Tuesday - Coming up close,
Lone Justice - Shelter
Split Enz - Six months in a leaky boat
The Cure -

Can you help me find others?

Thanks.
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Postby 2Nu » Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:08 am

Here's 3 off the top of my head:

Aztek Camera - Oblivious
Texas - I Don't Want A Lover
The Damned - Alone Again Or


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Postby Frau_Blucher » Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:09 pm

Tears for Fears - Pale Shelter - great use of acoustic throughout the song
Go-Betweens - Streets of Your Town - freaking happiest music there is
The Jam - Liza Radley, That's Entertainment, & English Rose - a trio of wistful pop gems
The Chameleons - Tears (Album Version) - super mellow versus the single version
Dream Academy - Please...Let Me Get What I Want (Instrumental) - a perfect instrumental
The Smiths - Please...Let Me Get What I Want - acoustic bliss
The Smiths - Half a Person
Crowded House - Weather With You - those Aussies have a knack for the acousitc
Mental as Anything - Live It Up - Aussies, heh
Sniff n the Tears - Drivers Seat - great opening chords

Great topic BTW. I didn't realize how much I love this stuff.
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Postby rewind » Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:18 pm

Depeche Mode "Personal Jesus."
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Postby MARV » Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:28 pm

Both Divine & Statin and Frente! acoustically covered New Order's Bizarre Love Triangle.
Morrissey, Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
Morrissey, acoustic cover of the Jam's That's Entertainment
Counting Crows acoustically covered Psych. Furs' Ghost In You
Sinead O'Connor, Black Boys On Mopeds
The Verve, So Sister
U2, Trash, Trampoline & the Party Girl
Erasure, Stay With Me (Guitar Mix)

I also have an acoustic version of Abba's Dancing Queen as covered by U2.

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Postby MARV » Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:33 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by Blir[/i]
<br>Great topic BTW. I didn't realize how much I love this stuff.[/quote]

Yeah, I'm a huge acoustic fan. Really down home, gritty, raw, honest, stripped down and organic. I have an acoustic Marvy Marv compilation series entitled "Acousticially" [:p] Not necessarily all New Wave though, if you're interested Blir.

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Postby Bitter Almonds » Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:42 pm

Damn. Y'all beat me to The Smiths! I'm thinking something slow by Squeeze, but I think theirs are electric... soooo...

How about "It's A Mistake" by Men At Work? That one, I think had some acoustic guitar in it. I also think Marshall Crenshaw did some acoustic stuff, but he's very Rockabilly, more than Stray Cats and probably closer to Chris Isaak in style.
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Postby Randall Roq » Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:04 pm

That's Entertainment by The Jam
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Postby Randall Roq » Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:08 pm

Driver's Seat by Sniff N The Tears
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Postby Bitter Almonds » Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:26 pm

How about songs by The Pretenders? Would bands like Dead Can Dance and Death In June count? Not New Wave[V] but they're good with the acoustics[8D]
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Postby edisonoside » Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:44 pm

The Church - Under the Milkyway tonight

Peter Murphy - A Strange kinda Love

Cocteau Twins - Victorialand album

World Party - Ship of Fools

The Stranglers - Golden Brown

The Lover Speaks - No More 'I Love Yous '

Modern English - Melt with You

Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye
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Postby BigBri » Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:13 pm

[quote]Originally posted by cementkite
[br]Hi All, I'm looking for new wave songs that featured prominent acoustic guitar.

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Why must you torture us so? I feel obligated to help.

Love and Rockets: "No New Tale to Tell" and "Waiting for the Flood"
XTC: "Dear God", "Senses Working Overtime"
Echo and the Bunnymen: "The Killing Moon"
Bourgeois-Tagg: "I Don't Mind at All"
The Church: "Under the Milky Way"
Crowded House: "Something so Strong"
Guadalcanal Diary: "Litany (Life Goes On)"
Michael Penn (maybe not new wave in the classic sense, but he is Mr. Aimee Mann): "This and That", "No Myth"
Dream Academy: "Life in a Northern Town"
Nick Lowe: "Cruel to Be Kind"
Fairground Attraction: "Perfect"
Suzanne Vega: "Luka"
Mental as Anything: "If You Leave Me Can I Come Too?"
Woodentops: "Good Thing"

Um... Violent Femmes?
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Postby Justj0hn » Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:08 pm

There's acoustic guitar in Shelley's "Homosapien" though it's a bit buried.

from the punk angle:
Mirage[Siouxsie And The Banshees]
Delicate Cutters[Throwing Muses]

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Postby Decemberist7 » Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:20 pm

Im not sure any of my suggestions are "new wave" but here goes..
ANything by Billy Bragg
Beat Happening
Duran Duran - Ordinary world
The Alarm - Stand ??? Im not sure if this is an accoustic guitar.
Nick Lowe - Cruel to be kind
Souixe and the Banshees - Christine
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Postby LovePlusOne » Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:40 pm

I'm surprised nobody mentioned "Bigmouth Strikes Again" by the Smiths...Oh wait, I just did [:D]
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