WFDU's Top 50 New Wave Songs Of All Time

[ghosty]

Well, in honor of the Thanksgiving weekend we'll be counting down the top 50 New Wave songs of all time as voted by listeners this Saturday night from 9 to 1am. There are a few surprises on the list (There are many more Altered Images fans than Cure fans out there, I suppose).

http://www.wfdu.fm

mmmmmm.....doesn't this spam go so good with stuffing?

[guyinsf]

I don't see the list on that website.

[circemuse]

I'll be listening while decorating the tree. So much better than the usual christmas crap!

[ghosty]

[quote][i]Originally posted by circemuse[/i]
<br>I'll be listening while decorating the tree. So much better than the usual christmas crap!
[/quote]

'cuz we're doing it live tonight. Afterwards I'll post the top 50 here.

[ghosty]

[quote][i]Originally posted by ghosty[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by circemuse[/i]
<br>I'll be listening while decorating the tree. So much better than the usual christmas crap!
[/quote]

'cuz we're doing it live tonight. Afterwards I'll post the top 50 here.
[/quote]

Well...the show is over and the votes have been cast:
1. New Order - Blue Monday
2. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
3. B-52's - Rock Lobster
4. The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
5. Public Image Ltd. - Public Image
6. Ultravox - Vienna
7. Talk Talk - It's My Life
8. XTC - Generals And Majors
9. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Cities In Dust
10.Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
11.A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (I Had A Photograph Of You)
12.Echo And The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
13.Altered Images - Happy Birthday
14.Devo - Whip It
15.Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
16.Erasure - Oh Lamour
17.Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
18.Gang Of Four - To Hell With Poverty
19.Gary Numan - Cars
20.Lene Lovich - Lucky Number
21.O.M.D. - Enola Gay
22.Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
23.Flying Lizards - Money
24.Heaven 17 - We Don't Need This Fascist Groove Thang
25.Romeo Void - Never Say Never
26.Our Daughter's Wedding - Lawnchairs
27.The Cure - A Forest
28.ABC - The Look Of Love
29.Psychedelic Furs - Heaven
30.Blondie - Dreaming
31.A-Ha - Take On Me
32.Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
33.Comateens - The Late Mistake
34.Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
35.Visage - Fade To Gray
36.The Police - Da Do Do Do, Da Da Da Da
37.Tears For Fears - Mad World
38.New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
39.Human League - Don't You Want Me
40.Simple Minds - New Gold Dream
41.Alphaville - Forever Young
42.Wire - Ahead
43.The Go Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed
44.New Order - Temptation
45.Trio - Da Da Da
46.Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
47.Thompson Twins - If You Were There
48.Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
49.Elvis Costello - Watching the Detectives
50.The English Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom

[tenohtwo]

Good to see "Ahead" by Wire on that list. Such a great song.

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights..really?! Aside from this one hardly being new wave, "Running Up That Hill" would seem to be the obvious vote-getter. Hmm, interesting vote by the fans.

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[ghosty]

[quote][i]Originally posted by tenohtwo[/i]
<br>Good to see "Ahead" by Wire on that list. Such a great song.

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights..really?! Aside from this one hardly being new wave, "Running Up That Hill" would seem to be the obvious vote-getter. Hmm, interesting vote by the fans.

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There were quite a few "eye raisers" on the list outside of the ones that truly belonged. Never in a million years would I consider "Don't Dream It's Over" to be New Wave but majority rules.