New Wave Outpost Forum

Don't ask me why, but I like listening to long, moody New Wave songs when I'm driving alone in the dark.

Here are some of the songs from the playlist:

"How Soon Is Now" by The Smiths
"The Killing Moon" by Echo and the Bunnymen
Duran Duran's "The Chauffeur"
Sometimes I play "Blue Monday" by New Order if I feel like bumping from one end of my car to the other
a-ha's "Locust" is another somber piece

My question is: do you know of any other songs that fit this category? I can only listen to "How Soon Is Now" so many times. (I even made a blog entry about a particular experience when that song was playing. It's available at:

www.myspace.com/alfredeus

On the right, click on the entry titled "The Killing Time -- Unwillingly Mine".)

Anyway...

Anyone know any good songs along those lines?

Pretty much anything by The Sisters of Mercy or Wayne Hussey's solo stuff...

How about "Tower of Strength" by The Mission.

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What about John Foxx "No One Driving"[|)]

oh yeah, sorry...I shoulda said The Mission(UK) was Wayne Hussey's band after he split with The Sisters...and a lot of Clan of Xymox stuff falls in here nicely too...

I love New Orders- Everythings gone green

Help me, somebody help me
I wonder where I am
I see my future before me
I'll hurt you when I can
It seems like I've been here before

Confusion sprung up from devotion
A halo that covers my eyes
It sprung from this first estrangement
No one have I ever despised
Is this the way that you wanted to pay
Won't you show me, please show me the way
Is this the way that you wanted to pay
Won't you show me, please show me the way

Folks,

Lessee here...howzabout these:

- Atmosphere - Joy Division
- Never Let Me Down Again - Depeche Mode (especially the 9-minute extended version)
- Pretty much any of the Sisters Of Mercy/Jim Steinman gothfests. (Jim Steinman?! I always thought that was funny...)
- One Hundred Years - The Cure

And a couple of newer ones:

- Lonely Soul - U.N.K.L.E. featuring Richard Ashcroft
- Pearl's Girl - Underworld

-Sean
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Playing When Posted: The Cure, "Love Song"

Duran Duran's - Lonely In Your Nightmare
A Flock of Seagulls - Man Made
Alanis Morissette - Uninvited
Shakespear's Sister - Stay

Seems like the type of songs you are talking about have a preponderance (exceeding in heaviness; having
greater weight;) towards the Minor keys tones -- just an observation. I like all the songs mentioned so far.

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How about "I Hope I Never" by Split Enz?

I could say a bunch of Joy Division stuff but I won't bore you with that and leave it at "Atrocity Exhibition". But how about:

Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus...of course!
The Killing Moon - Echo...but I vote for the "all night version" found on Crystal Days
Pale Shelter - TFF...the long version on The Ultimate Collection is very cool
Nowhere Girl - B-Movie...the full extended version is kinda dark I guess
The Missing Boy - Durutti Column
Ann Frank Story - Human Sexual Response

Killing Joke - Love Like Blood

Japan "Nightporter"
Duran Duran "Waiting for the Night Boat"
Depeche Mode "Black Celebration
Depeche Mode "Fly On the Windscreen"
Depeche Mode "A Question of Lust"
Depeche Mode "Stripped"
Morrissey "Every Day is Like Sunday" (not really new wave, I know)
Xymox "Tonight"
Xymox "Clementina"
Xymox "Blind Hearts"
Xymox "Obsession"
Psychedelic Furs "The Ghost in You"
The Church "Under the Milky Way"
The Church "Shadow Cabinet"
Cocteau Twins "Pink Orange Red"
Cocteau Twins "Lazy Calm"
a-ha "Living a Boy's Adventure Tale"
Arcadia "Calling"
Arcadia "Lady Ice"
Arcadia "Rose Arcana"
Arcadia "Keep Me in the Dark"
Duran Duran "The Seventh Stranger"
OMD "Of All the Things We've Made"

Swamp Thing (Live)--The Chameleons. This version clocks in at over six minutes
Faded Flowers--Shriekback, not long, but dark
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (extended)--Soft Cell
Pornography--The Cure--The band at its most depressing and amelodic
God Only Knows--Gary Numan--Metallic and dark
The Fool--The Fixx
Lost Weekend--Wall of Voodoo. My vote for Stan Ridgeway's best song
Dirty Epic--Underworld. "I get my kicks on Channel Six"
Dust Bowl Days--10,000 Maniacs. Just Natalie Merchant and an acoustic guitar. I should put this on Blir's Evocative lyrics post

Long+ Dark+ New Wave= Sisters of Mercy [}:)]

And then there's Ministry's later stuff = long + dark + noisy + loud

DayGloJo

Gotta love the Clan of Xymox mentions (esp. their "Twist of Shadows"--great album!), but I'm surprised "Doot-Doot" and "Seconds" by Human League haven't been mentioned. Very haunting, synth drenched tracks.