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I'm heading to the beach in a couple of weeks and I'm loadin' up the Ipod. I'd like to pick your collective New Wave brains on what you consider New Wave songs that are made for the summertime? Not necessarily songs that remind of you past summers. I've got a ton of those that take me back to many great summers in the 80s. Here's a short list off the top of my head of what I'm thinking of:

Belle Stars - Iko Iko
Amazulu - Montego Bay
The Flirts - On the Beach
The Flirts - Surf's Up
Tom Tom Club - Under the Boardwalk
The English Beat (practically anything)
UB40 (practically anything)

These turned up in a search of this site:
Botto - I Wanna Be a Lifeguard
Blondie - The Tide Is High
Simple Minds - Someone, Somewhere (In Summertime)
Bananarama - Cruel Summer
B-52's - Summer Of Love
Stranglers - Always the Sun
General Public - Hot You're Cool

Alot of the ska from back then (Selector, The Specials) but I don't know if you would consider this New Wave.[8D]

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"The First Picture of You" by The Lotus Eaters is a must.

In The Sun- Blondie
I Want Candy- Bow Wow Wow
Suddenly Last Summer- Motels
Rockaway Beach- Ramones
Beneath The Blue Sky- Go Gos
Capture The Light- Go Gos
Charlie Don't Surf- The Clash
Rock Lobster- The B-52's
Belly Of The Whale- Burning Sensations
Blister In The Sun- Violent Femmes








<a href="http://www.djcraig.net/los_angeles_dj">DJ Craig</a>

Summer always reminds me of the WLIR playlists circa summer 1983. Here are some songs which may or may not have been on those playlists:

B-52's - Legal Tender
General Public - Hot You're Cool
Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
The Fixx - Saved by Zero
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
Polecats - Make a Circuit with Me
Ministry - Work for Love
APB - Shoot You Down
Haircut 100 - Love Plus One
Funboy Three - The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Assylum
ABC - Look of Love
The Bongos - Number with Wings
Musical Youth - Pass the Dutchie
A Flock of Seagulls - Wishing
Yello - I Love You
Higsons - Run Me Down
Billy Idol - White Wedding

Rain in the Summertime The Alarm
Summer Love APB
Sound of Summer The Candidates
Summer Blink Cocteau Twins
Summer Spies Fatal Charm
Long Hot Summer Style Council
Summer Rain U2

Not a new wave song but Girls in Their Summer Clothes by Bruce Springsteen is a great summer song. You can visualize every word in that song.

Come Said the Boy - Mondo Rock
Summer of 81 - Mondo Rock

Anything by Australian Crawl..

Sorry I'm actually a bit OT.. spot the Australian who likes 80's Oz-Rock

TM

The Burbs (Suburbs) - every track off of "In Combo"
along with "Music For Boys" and "Love is the law".

Sparks''Over the Summer''
The Crowd''Suzy is s surf rocker''
Yipes''Girls get in trouble''
Toons''Looking at girls''
Last''Every summer day''
Nikki and the Corvettes''Summertime fun''
Cichlids''Lifeguard dan''

These are excellent! [:p] Thanks everyone. I have most of these, just have trouble remembering them in my advancing years and without going through my complete collection.

This is a fun topic. Hope the compilations keep comin'.

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Everything by Plimsouls.

Barracudas - Summer Fun
The Undertones version of Here Comes the Summer
Oxo - My Ride

I can't wait for this thread to explode into a brawl when someone mentions a certain song about traversing rays of light.

Oh, and everything by Laura Branigan.

"Echo Beach" by Martha and the Muffins
"Holiday" by The Other Ones

[quote][i]Originally posted by Blir[/i]
<br>Oh, and everything by Laura Branigan.
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(PMSL) - spat my lunch [;)]

Seven Seas - Echo & The Bunnymen
Pulling Mussels - Squeeze
Right By Your Side - Eurythmics (for the steel drum)
Hands Across The Sea - Modern English
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant