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Creepiest New Wave Songs?

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Creepiest New Wave Songs?

Postby newwavr176209 » Thu Jun 24, 2004 11:23 pm

Not sure if a topic has been done about this already, but here goes. I was just listening to Goose Step Two Step by Hilary and got to thinking about creepy-sounding new wave songs. Can anyone think of any? Goose Step Two Step is definitely one of them (anyone who's heard the song knows what I'm talking about) with this chorus:

Don't look now, it comes creeping
Up behind you while you're sleeping
Blood and gore, Teutonic horror
Does the goose step two step.

Cheery, no?

So can anyone think of any scary sounding or creeping new wave songs?
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Postby bowiestation » Fri Jun 25, 2004 12:35 am

Country Death Song by Violent Femmes
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Postby EchoBeachBunnyBoy » Fri Jun 25, 2004 12:39 am

Altered Images "Dead Pop Stars" evokes the creepy tone you have indicated, newwavr176209:

"dead pop stars rotting in the studio
pretty bodies make the little girls scream
dead pop stars hear them on the radio
pretty bodies every little girls drea
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Postby devildog » Fri Jun 25, 2004 1:35 am

Two creepy songs that come to mind are:

"Mother Is" by KiDeMe
"Skeletons" by Stinky & The Spuds

Two obscure 45' singles from the early 80's.
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Postby ExRat » Fri Jun 25, 2004 2:11 am

A few that I can think of just off the top of my head:

"Nightmares" - A Flock of Seagulls
"Ministry of Love" - Eurythmics
"Greetings From A Dead Man" - Eurythmics
"Voodoo Dolly" - Siouxsie and the Banshees
"Into the Light" - Siouxsie and the Banshe
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Postby MikeP » Fri Jun 25, 2004 2:40 am

Creepy-sounding and/or creepy subject matter:
"Incubus Succubus" - X-Mal Deutschland
"Screaming for Emmalene" - Gene Loves Jezebel
"The Game" - Love and Rockets
"Wax and Wane" - Cocteau Twins
"Feed Me" - Wire
"The Thin Wall" - Ultravox
"We Believe"
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Postby Cheetos » Fri Jun 25, 2004 3:12 am

Lets not forget The Cramps - TV set, or was that too obvious?

Brian Eno - Baby's on fire (ditto)
Bauhaus - Bella Lugosi's Dead (double ditto)
Nash the Slash - Swing Shift/Psychotic Reaction
Virgin Prunes - Pagan Lovesong (Vibeakimbo mix)

It's a p
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Postby mare_idol » Fri Jun 25, 2004 4:03 am

"Monitor" by Siouxie & Banshees always creeped me out (listen to the words) yet it's my favorite Siouxie song.
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Postby oneno » Fri Jun 25, 2004 5:27 am

Fad Gadgets - Love parasite..well fad gadget in general,. David Bowie-Low, The whole self titeled album by "Pictures".
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Postby Jimbo » Fri Jun 25, 2004 5:37 am

I can't believe we got this far without mentioning "Nemesis" by Shriekback

"In a jungle of the senses
Tinkerbell and Jack the ripper
Love has no meaning, not where they come from
But we know pleasure is not that simple
Very little fruit is forbidde
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Postby Grayson » Fri Jun 25, 2004 7:20 am

These songs by The Cure: Three, Lullaby, Charlotte Sometimes, Subway Song and One Hundred Years.

This Mortal Coil's version of "Sixteen Days - Gathering Dust".
The Sisters of Mercy "Lucretia".
Siouxsie and the Banshees "Melt!"
Joy Division "Somethi
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Postby Dave » Fri Jun 25, 2004 8:03 am

Gotta agree with Cheetos mention of the Cramps... I'll submit an entry for Jackyard Backoff.

Another entry, Klaus Nomi - "Total Eclipse". Just plain creepy. [:0]
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Postby Grunch » Fri Jun 25, 2004 8:06 am

Lots of good choices, but still, the topper for the list as I have read so far, clearly, is Devildog's entry of KiDeMe - Mother Is........if you haven't heard this twisted little 45 gem, find your way to it. Twisted, truly 80s timepiece. Goes for big buck
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Postby KYYX4ever » Fri Jun 25, 2004 9:06 am

"Horrow Movies" -Bollock Brothers (obvious, I know--but it was my first creepy Modern Rock tune)
"Black Planet" - Sisters of Mercy
"First and Last and Always" - Sis of Mercy
"Doot Doot" - Freur (one of my faces, but creepy ! )
"Halloween" - Ministry
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Postby phillyidol » Fri Jun 25, 2004 9:33 am

[quote]Originally posted by newwavr176209
[br]Not sure if a topic has been done about this already, but here goes. I was just listen
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