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The New Wave genre (and all the genres it encompasses) is mostly known for quirck lyrics, quick tempos, fast beating drum machines, pounding synths, and racing guitar/bass beats, etc.

I was just thinking about what "slow" songs -- like the ones at the jounior/high school dances that you might have hated [B)] or loved [:p] to dance to -- that you like. New Wave slow jams...

I find these songs comforting, kick-back listening, and less "up-tempo" than the frantic New Wave songs they normally produced:

[b]The Cure - Pictures Of You
Camouflage - Love Is A Shield
Depeche Mode - Somebody/Sometimes/See You/Shake The Disease
David Bowie And Queen - Under Pressure
OMD - Souvenir, Stanlow (and so many others!)
The Ocean Blue - Drifting, Falling (and many more...)
The Damned - Alone Again Or?
The Jam - The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)/English Rose
Julian Cope - Charlotte Anne
New Order - Sunrise
Roxy Music - Too many to mention...[/b]

There are many more... What are your faves? What other bands? {I didn't want to list everything; so looking for your gem or two![:)] ]



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No question about my podium:

1.- SOFT CELL "Say hello, wave goodbye"
2.- OMD "Joan of arc / Maid of Orleans"
3.- ABC "All of my heart" tied with SIMPLE MINDS "Someone somewhere in sumertime"

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First title that popped to mind when I saw this thread was the Atlantic Mix of 'Ocean Blue' by ABC (I think it's the Atlantic mix --- the one that's heavily instrumental)...

To me, the slow part isn't the most important thing about a ballad. They also tend to be reflective or sentimental narratives, slow or a bit faster tempo. I'll go with a lot of the same tracks from this previous thread on ballads:

http://nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8663


What If We Are - Echo & the Bunnymen
Oldest Story in the World - The Plimsouls
Samson & Delilah - Bad Manners
What's Gone Wrong - The Untouchables
Tears - The Chameleons
Letter to Elise - The Cure
The Bitterest Pill - The Jam
Carnation - The Jam
Love Vigilantes - New Order
Run Wild - New Order
Regret - New Order
Split Enz - Message to My Girl
Weather With You - Crowded House

My all time best: Trojan Blue by Icehouse. Then, in no particular order and only to name one or two per artist:

Atmosphere + Decades by Joy Division
The Things You Said by Depeche Mode
Visions in Blue + Vienna + Lament by Ultravox
In a Manner Of Speaking by Tuxedomoon / Martin Gore
I'll Fly For You by Spandau Ballet
Tragic Comedy by Immaculate Fools
Forevermore by The Mission (pretty sexual this one!!)
Let There be Love + East at Easter by Simple Minds
Ship of Fools by Erasure
Man Made by A Flock of Seagulls
To Turn You On + Avalon by Roxy Music
Souvenir by OMD
Song To The Siren by This Mortal Coil
All Cats Are Grey by The Cure

Well, let's stop. They're rushing into my head by the dozen!

Very strange. My top 3 are all Canadian.

Strange Advance - World's Away
Boys Brigade - Melody
Benjamin Russell - Miracle

Some of the rest alphabetically. The list could go on and on...

Abecedarians - Smiling Monarchs
Blancmange - Waves
Blue Peter -Take Me To War
Boys Next Door - Shivers
The Cure - This Twilight Garden
Depeche Mode - Somebody
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Joy Division - Atmosphere
The Mission - Tower Of Strength
The Psychedelic Furs - Sister Europe
Wir(e) - So And Slow It Grows
The Woodentops - Give It Time

Icehouse - Man Of Colours
Joy Division - Atmosphere
Depeche Mode - Somebody
OMD - Souvenir
Bryan Ferry - Windswept
The Plimsouls - Oldest Story In The world
The Cure - The Same Deep Water As You
The Fixx - Wish, I Will
Hubert KaH - Midnight Sun
Peter Murphy - A Strange Kind Of Love, Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Poem
Simple Minds - Big Sleep (Live In The City Of Light)
Xymox - Tonight
Tears For Fears - Memories Fade
U2 - Love Comes Tumbling

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Am I the only one who still likes "True"?

Some of my favorties, many already mentioned:

Roxy Music - the whole Avalon album
Brian Ferry - the whole Boys and Girls Album
Icehouse - No Promises
Spandau Ballet - I'll Fly For You
Yaz - Nobody's Diary
The Cure - Catch

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My favorite topic as this is what I mostly listen to:

Midnight Sun – Hubert Kah
Hunting High & Low – A-ha
Lassie Come Home – Alphaville
Violence (Hacienda Mix) – Pet Shop Boys (there’s so many PSB tracks to list so I’m only listing my favorite)
Don’t Dream Its Over (Extended Version) – Crowded House
Woman In Chains – Tears For Fears
Everything – When In Rome
Lifelines – A-ha
The Worst Year Of My Life – The Wild Swans
Souvenir - OMD
I’ll Be There – The Escape Club
Suzanne – Hubert Kah
You’ve Got Me Thinking – The Beloved
Deliver Me – The Beloved
Living A Boy’s Adventure Tale – A-ha
Only If – When In Rome
Wishful Thinking – China Crisis
Just An Echo – B-Movie
I’ll Always Love You – Minor Detail
Waterloo – The Dream Academy
The Crying Game – Boy George
A Small Mercy – Fra Lippo Lippi
Broken Land – The Adventures
In Your Ivory Tower – Camouflage
Ordinary World – Duran Duran
Charlotte Sometimes – The Cure
Smells Like Heaven – Xymox
Just A Sound In The Night – Rational Youth
Distance – Celebrate The Nun
Christian – China Crisis
Love To Stay – Altered Images
Eyes Without A Face – Billy Idol
Forever – Boytronic
Tears – Boytronic
Victims – Culture Club
Things You Said – DM
Transfer Affection – A Flock of Seagulls
Fading Fast – The Go-Go’s
Under My Skin – Hubert Kah
Icehouse – Ice House
Stanlow – OMD
Statues – OMD
Hang On Now – Kaja Goo Goo
Forever Young – Alphaville
Carol Masters – Alphaville
One Blind Love – Real Life
Rain – Red Flag
Too Blind To See – Secret Society
Gently – Spandau Ballet
We Run – Strange Advance
Such A Shame – Talk Talk
Renee – Talk Talk
Lament – Ultravox

I can go on forever but I’ll stop here. [8D]

Due to the participation of one Thomas Dolby, I must include...

"Waiting For A Girl Like You" by Foreigner. So there.

If I was—midge ure
When the wind blows—midge ure
That Certain Smile—midge ure
No Regrets—Midge Ure
Ghost in You – psychedelic furs
Heaven—psychedelic furs
Revolution – the cult
Hideaway – berlin
Rumor of love – berlin
Hands across the sea – modern English
Forever Live and Die – OMD
Crazy – Icehouse
That Smiling Face—Camouflage
It’s So Serious—Talk Talk
Nobody’s Diary—Yazoo
Mirror Man—Human League
Waves—Blancmange
I Will Be You—Pseudo Echo
Current Stand--Kids in the Kitchen
Wishing – A Flock of Seagulls
Whole Lot of Loving—A Flock of Seagulls
Be Near Me—ABC
Johnny & Mary—Robert Palmer
Doot Doot –Freur
Don’t Break My Heart—UB40
Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime—The Korgis
Lullaby--Book of Love

to name a few:

big sleep - simple minds
some kind of stranger - sisters of mercy
iceberg - shoc corridor
atmosphere - joy division
strange little girl - stranglers
i'm always touched by your pressence dear - blondie
danny says - ramones
golden brown - stranglers
don't ever change - jesus and mary chain

and many many more

I LOVE the video for ABC's "All of My Heart."

"Fortes Fortuna Juvat"

4 mentions of Atmosphere?? If Atmosphere is a ballad, I'll eat my Love Will Tear Us Apart 12".

These 2 top my list:

Memories Of Reason - Thomas Leer
The Waiting Game - Scary Thieves