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Of these songs with the same title (none of which are covers of each other), which do you prefer?

Desire - U2 vs. Gene Loves Jezebel
Rain - The Cult vs. Dragon
Touch - Secession vs. Berlin
Why? - Bronski Beat vs. Annie Lennox
Peek-a-Boo - Siouxsie vs. Devo
Shout - Tears for Fears vs. Devo
Too Much Information - Duran Duran vs. The Police
Stay - Oingo Boingo vs. Shakespear's Sister
Happy - Public Image Limited vs. Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Dear God - XTC vs. Midge Ure
Halo - The Cure vs. Depeche Mode
Drive - R.E.M. vs. The Cars

My choices: Gene Loves Jezebel, Dragon, Secession, Bronski, Devo, Tears for Fears, Duran Duran, Oingo, PIL, XTC, Depeche, R.E.M.

Can you guys think of any other examples?

1985 - Prince vs. Bowling For Soup (vs. (modern) Pseudo Echo)

It was my opinion that back in the day, the two words that got the most use as a title or part of a title to a song were "Heaven" and "Pressure".

And while I'm at it, the two most overused phrases in songs were along the lines of "I'm on the outside lo

My choices: Gene Loves Jezebel, The Cult, Berlin, Bronski, Siouxsie, Devo, Duran, Shakespeares Sister, PIL, XTC, Depeche, The Cars

A couple of others

Fall-Psychedlic Furs vs. Berlin
Allison-Elvis Costello vs. The Pixies

Cool. I go with Gene, Cult, Secession, Bronski, Siouxsie, TFF, Police, Boingo, PIL, XTC, Cure, Cars. Great topic! Here's some of my favs...

More Than This - Roxy Music vs The Cure
Dancing with Tears in My Eyes - X vs Ultravox
Fascination - Human Leag

[quote][i]Originally posted by skinnytie[/i]
And while I'm at it, the two most overused phrases in songs were along the lines of "I'm on the outside looking in" and "Two Hearts beat as one". To me, hearing those terms in one song was enough.

And don'

"Up All Night"--Boomtown Rats v. The Records

Pictures of You- The Cure vs. Oingo Boingo

HOw interesting--when I was a teen, back in the early 80's, I'd make mixed tapes for friends, often with a certain theme. One of my faves was a tape that contained songs with the word "Heaven" in the title. Skinnytie is right, there WERE a lot of those !

U2, The Cult, Secession, Bronski Beat, Devo, Devo, Duran Duran, Oingo Boingo, PIL, XTC, Depeche Mode, REM

"The Power Of Love"
Airsupply/Celine Dion/Jennifer Rush/Laura Branigan/etc..
vs. Smokie
vs. Luther Vandross
vs. Joe Simon
vs. 10cc
vs. Lee R

iposse, from your list I'll choose: Gene Loves Jezebel, The Cult (only because I've never heard the Dragon song), Berlin, Bronski Beat, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Devo, Police, Shakespeare's Sister, PiL, XTC, Cure, Cars.

skinnytie, you have a really go

lol kimiiii !

Somehow you managed to in incorporate EVERY New Wave lyrics cliche into that song. Well done ! Now, I'm thinking I could use this idea with my students for a lesson plan/ activity. They could work on phrasing, alliteration, assonance, cl

Squeeze had a song called "Bang Bang" as well.

[quote][i]Originally posted by myirwin[/i]
<br>Cool. I go with Gene, Cult, Secession, Bro

Don't leave out the Talking Heads, Squeeze, and Bryan Adams from this list (although he's not's not new wave). XTC also had a song called "Heaven is Paved with Broken Glass". Heaven must be a popular place. [:)]

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thompson twins "in the name of love" vs. "(what)in the name of love" by naked eyes vs. "pride (in the name of love)"---
too bad soft cell didn't do "stop in the name of love" instead of "where did our love go?"
WHAT A SMACKDOWN!