New Wave Outpost Forum

Hi, I was wondering if you all could post the titles of some of the iciest/coldest/darkest new wave songs that you've heard of. Some obvious examples could include:

The Normal -- Warm Leatherette
Fad Gadget -- Back to Nature
New Order -- Blue Monday
Gina X Performance -- No GDM
Trisomie 21 -- See The Devil In Me

Thanks!

I hate to wheel out Nightmares by A Flock of Seagulls again, but's very fitting. Some others:

Anne Clark - Sleeper in Metropolis
Boys Don't Cry - I Wanna Be a Cowboy
Freur - Doot Doot
Gary Numan - Metal
Human League - Seconds
Joy Division - Wilderness
New Order - Murder
The Normal - TV OD
Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
Stranglers - All Roads Lead to Rome

As i just referenced on another thread. The whole album "pictures" is very much dark and odd. check out these samples http://tangento.net/Pictures-Music.html


<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="blue"/font>[i]Chuck[/i]</FONT>

The Loved One - Sunday Morning Fever
Icehouse - Icehouse


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"As chairman of the Cradle of Filth fanclub I'm the most insensitive man in Britain, but even I can see there's tension there"

Kraftwerk-Hall of Mirrors
Fad Gadget-Ricky's hand
Adam and the Ants-Zerox
Yazoo-Winter Kills
Human League-Circus of Death
Passage-Xoyo
Shrink-The Doll
Be Bop Deluxe-Electrical Language

Throbbing Gristle - "United"
Front 242 - "Operating Tracks" (heck, just about any early 242)
Front Line Assembly - "Prayer" (I know I'm pushing it with 1989, but…)
Cabaret Voltaire - "Do the Mussolini (Headkick)"
Cocteau Twins - "Garlands"

Human League - The Black Hit of Space
OMD - Enola Gay
Duran Duran - The Chauffer, Khanada
Skinny Puppy - Glass Houses, Smothered Hope
Cabaret Voltaire - Warm, El 21st
Smiths - Meat is Murder
Cure - Lullabye
The entire 1st Ministry tape ! Esp. "I Wanted to tell her"
Jah Wobble - Betrayal
depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours, Fly on the Windscreen

most of gary Numan's stuff.

and all of Joy Division's stuff, yes?[;)]

Definitely Cabaret Voltaire, their earlier works...
And of course, "Pornography" by The Cure.

Guaranteed to make even the sunniest soul contemplate suicide

Nu-wave old hand

Anything by Kraftwerk
Der Commissar - the Falco version
Nothing Bad Ever Happens to Me - Oingo Boingo
Still Life in Mobile Homes - Japan
Everyday is Halloween - Ministry
Intruder - Peter Gabriel

DayGloJo

The Fix - "The Fool"

Tones on Tail - "Movement of Fear"

Depeche Mode - "Shake the Disease"

A Flock of Seagulls - "The Fall"

Ministry - "I'm Falling"

Legendary Pink Dots - "Love Puppets"

Laibach - "F.I.A.T"

Tubeway Army - "Something's in the House"

Neon Judgement - "Chineese Black"

Cold-wave is what I consider the perfect music to listen if you were literally driving somewhere to kill somebody [8D] Early Gary Numan fits in this vein . . very detached yet melodic stuff. I love that big, enveloping synth sound . . too bad it's become so associated as "80s" so you never hear it today.

Also, early John Foxx. "Burning Car" is just killer.

[quote][i]Originally posted by jjburnel[/i]
<br>I love that big, enveloping synth sound . . too bad it's become so associated as "80s" so you never hear it today.
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Heh, you didn't see the Goldfrapp concert! The synths were so pulsingly heavy, I thought I was watching it in "Sensurround"! [8D] It was not only enveloping but penetrating, permeating, and pounding! I don't wanna beat the Goldfrapp horse to death like I do the BSP one, but I'll still say you GOTTA check them out if you think this sound isn't around! Just download the track "Koko" off the new Supernature album to get a taste of it.

Icehouse - Don't Believe Anymore
New Order - Elegia
Ultravox - Waiting
The Cure - Apart

...just to name a few

Thanks for everyone's responses. A couple more:

Ronny - To Have and Have Not
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Der Mussolini
Tanit - Eyes Scream

...And I'm guessing there's tons more obscure groups/songs out there that fit this criteria... if any one has any others don't hesitate to list. Thanks!