Top 100 New Wave Songs - 2007 edition (RESULTS IN)

[MikeP]

Hey gang, I think it's time to compile a new Top 100 list for 2007! I'd be curious to see how the list changes with the different board demographics. Board vets are welcome to submit their previous lists (by default if need be, like me last time![:I]) but I would highly recommend revisiting them to see if your perspectives have shifted. I know I will.

A couple points to iron out:

1) How to weigh the results? For the previous contests, Blir ('06) and Freewave ('05) both came up with their own point system.

Freewave's:
First 10 get 5 points
Next 20 get 4 points
Next 20 get 3 points
Last 50 get 2 points

Blir's:
7 pts to each top song
6 pts to songs 2-5
5 pts to songs 6-10
4 pts to songs 11-20
3 pts to songs 21-30
2 pts to songs 31-40
1 pt to songs 41-50


2) Who will do the number-crunchin'? I can certainly tally the lists but not being as statistically-savvy as the Blirmeister, I might defer to him for his analytical prowess and cool diagrams![8D]

Please submit your lists either by email to me or -- preferably -- to this thread so everyone can see them, enjoy them and laugh at them[;)].

All songs should be ranked 1-100 to the best of your ability ... not always an easy task when it comes to some of the music we love the most. Submit at least 50 songs but no more than 100.

[b]Get your submissions in by Sunday Dec. 30 10PM PST please![/b]

Ready ... get set ... Go! [by Tones on Tail][:D]

[MARV]

This is great. I've been waiting for this for a while since the last time I didn't follow directions and didn't put my songs in any order. I just put them up [V]

My list should be up tonight. In a [i]New Order[/i] [^]

edit: Here it is. An absolutely impossible job. I'll probably be revising it right up until the deadline.


Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

New Order - Temptation
Joy Division - Disorder
Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro
Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight

Depeche Mode - People Are People
New Order - Subculture
Pet Shop Boys - Tonight Is Forever
The Cure - In Between Days
The Smiths - This Charming Man

Big Audio Dynamite - Beyond The Pale
The Cure - A Night Like This
Xymox - Imagination
Haircut 100 - Love Plus One
China Crisis - Arizona Sky
The Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town
B-Movie - Nowhere Girl
Comsat Angels - Will You Stay Tonight?
The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon
Shona Lang - Glad I'm Not A Kennedy

General Public - Never You Done That
Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
A Flock of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph of You)
Naked Eyes - Promises, Promises
U2 - New Year's Day
Big Country - In A Big Country
Roxy Music - Love Is the Drug
The Cult - Rain
The Alarm - The Stand
Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)

Secession - Michael
Monyaka - Go Deh Yaka
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
The Clash - Lost In The Supermarket
Madness - It Must Be Love
Modern English - I Melt With You
Style Council - Shout to the Top
Missing Persons - Words
Vitamin Z - Burning Flame
Yaz - Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I)

The Stranglers - Always the Sun
Trans X - Living On Video
Lloyd Cole - Perfect Skin
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
Gary Numan and Bill Sharpe - Change Your Mind
Orange Juice - Rip It Up
Public Image Ltd. - Rise
Scritti Politti - Perfect Way
The Jam - A Town Called Malice
Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi

Re-Flex - The Politics Of Dancing
UB40 - If It Happens Again
Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
Gary Numan - Cars
Jean Loves Jezebel - Desire
Yello - I Love You
King - Alone Without You
Patti Smith - Because the Night
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Cities In Dust
The B-52s - Song For A Future Generation

Boys Don't Cry - I Wanna Be A Cowboy
The Monroes - What Do All the People Know
Chris & Cosey - October Love Song
Peter Schilling - The Different Story (World Of Lust & Crime)
Fiction Factory - No Time
APB - Rainy Day
Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
Ministry - Work For Love
Cabaret Voltaire - I Want You

Rheingold - Computerbeat
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Games
Icehouse - Crazy
Jo Boxers - Just Got Lucky
Johnny Q - Crazy 8's
Peter Godwin - Images of Heaven
Red Box - Lean On me (Ah-Li-Ayo)
Anything Box - Living In Oblivion
Talk Talk - It's My Life
Level 42 - Something About You

Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Bronski Beat - Hit That Perfect Beat
Yaz - Don't Go
Peter Godwin - Images of Heaven
Real Life - Catch Me I'm Falling
Talk Talk - It's My Life
When In Rome - The Promise
Erasure - Heavenly Action
OMD - Secret
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Technopolis

Duran Duran - Planet Earth
Kraftwerk - The Model
Howard Jones - New Song
ABC - Be Near Me
Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
The Human League - Don't You Want Me
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
Alphaville - Forever Young
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Celebrate the Nun - Will You Be There

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[cubby]

WHOO HOO!! It's list time again!! Mike, This is great!! I think last time I opted out of it. Though I did compile my top 50 last year.

[glokstadt]

[quote][i]Originally posted by cubby[/i]
<br>WHOO HOO!! It's list time again!! Mike, This is great!! I think last time I opted out of it. Though I did compile my top 50 last year.
[/quote]

Time to crunch the songs... I think I only did a Top 50 as well as cubby and others, as we were newer members, and the Top 100 time had passed. Gotta start thinking... "Oh No, Mr. Bill!!!!"


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[empyrean]

Lets get it on guys...


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[popreactor]

My old list certainly needs some edits!

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[KYYX4ever]

[quote]Originally posted by MikeP
[br]2) Who will do the number-crunchin'?.... the Blirmeister, I might defer to him for his analytical prowess and cool diagrams![8D]
[/quote]

No one kicks statistical a** around here like Blir....I confess right here and now that I submit my List [i]just to see Blir's charts and statistical analyses[/i]. mmm heh heh...

[TheMunDial]

This sounds awesome. I didn't compile a list during the previous tallies, but I might just give it a go this time.

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[waldnorm]

Let us know when the call is officially up--will it be linked to this? I've actually downloaded and collected a number of rarities the past fifteen months or so, so I actually would have a different list--and I may list it honestly rather than trying to go for "popular" tracks. But I won't know until I've figured out my own list.

[WolverineSyr]

Well...Someone's gotta go first. Quite a few revisions - it's been a busy year of hearing & loving awesome stuff, and revisting things I forgot all about. I thought 100 would be easy, but it's just as hard as 50!

Blondie - Hanging On the Telephone
Blondie - Pretty Baby
Blue Nile – Downtown Lights
Patti Smith Group – Horses
Spoons – These Old Emotions
Missing Persons – Dark & Dangerous Guy
Vibrators – Disco in Moscow
Secret Service - Hey Johnny
The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer
Cheap Trick – On Top of the World

Rachel Sweet - Who Does Lisa Like?
Edith Nylon - Edith Nylon C'est Moi
The Reducers - Let's Go
Devo - Gates of Steel
Kim Wilde – Our Town
The Clash – Train in Vain
The Killing Joke - Night Time
The B-52s - Dance This Mess Around
Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
Big Country - Harvest Home

Blondie – Accidents Never Happen
Cheap Trick - I Want You to Want Me
Lou Reed - Sweet Jane
The Neighborhoods - Think It Over
Big Country – Fields of Fire
Plimsouls – How Long Will It Take
Blondie – Dreaming
The Ramones – Sheena is a Punk Rocker
The Pretenders – Talk of the Town
Talking Heads – This Must Be the Place

Blancmange - Blind Vision
Missing Persons - Here and Now
Echo & the Bunnymen – Never Stop
Marshall Crenshaw - Rockin' Around NYC
Rachel Sweet – Tonight
Toni Basil - You Gotta Problem
Big Country - In a Big Country
Carolyne Mas - Sadie Says
X - Los Angeles
Experimental Products - Glowing in the Dark

Josie Cotton - License to Dance
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image
The Ramones - The Return of Jackie and Judy
The Monroes - What Do All the People Know
Crash Course in Science - Flying Turns
Rich Kids – Ghosts of Princes in Towers
Kit Hain – Looking For You
Bonnie Hayes & the Wild Combo - Girls Like Me
The Skids - Into the Valley
The Police – So Lonely

Berlin - Pictures of You
Undertones – Forever Paradise
The Hitmen – Bates Motel
Simple Minds - Speed Your Love
B-Movie - Nowhere Girl
The Call – Let the Day Begin
Tenpole Tudor – Swords of a Thousand Men
The Brains - Asphalt Wonderland
Cristina – Don’t Mutilate My Mink
Godley and Creme – Cry

The Heartbreakers - Born to Lose
The Fools – Night Out
Waitresses – Square Pegs
The English Beat - Save it for Later
A Flock of Seagulls – Telecommunication
Toyah - I Explode
The Misfits - Hollywood Babylon
U2 - I Will Follow
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Pointing Bone
Go-Gos – Vacation

Patti Smith Group – Frederick
B52s – Rock Lobster
4 Out of 5 Doctors - Anna With Antennae
Freur – Doot Doot
Jo Jo Zep - Hit & Run
Split Enz – One Step Ahead
Til Tuesday – Looking Over My Shoulder
The Motels – Cry Baby
Romeo Void – Never Say Never
Karla DeVito – Is This a Cool World or What

Siouxsie & the Banshees – Monitor
Buzzcocks – Everybody’s Happy Now Days
The Clash – Police on My Back
Secession – Touch
Fischer Z – So Long
Flock of Seagulls – It’s Not Me Talking
Hilary – Kinetic
Iam Siam – Talk To Me
Lene Lovich – It’s You Mein Schmerz
Mi-Sex – Computer Games

Paul Young – Some People
Romantics – On a Night Like This
Skids – Sweet Suburbia
Joan Jett – Cherry Bomb
Talking Heads – Life During Wartime
Ministry – I Wanted to Tell Her
Vicious Pink – C-Can’t You See
Cocteau Twins – Carolyne’s Fingers
Elvis Costello – What’s So Funny About Peace, Love…
Go West – We Close Our Eyes

[cubby]

OK. Here goes. A few revisions as well.

Siouxsie and the Banshees-Dazzle
David Bowie-Heroes
Joy Division-Transmission
The Cure-A Hundred Years
Bauhaus-Kick in the Eye
Roxy Music-More Than This
The Clash-Clampdown
Echo and the Bunnymen-Ocean Rain
Human League-Seconds
Flock of Seagulls-Wishing
Fiction Factory-Feels Like Heaven
The Smiths-There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Iggy Pop-Nightclubbing
Shriekback-Nemesis
The Chameleons-Swamp Thing
Killing Joke-Tension
Gary Numman-Down In The Park
The Communards-For A Friend
Gang Of Four-I Found That Essence Rare
New Order-Temptation
Dead Can Dance-The Host of Seraphim
Freur-Doot Doot
U2-The Unforgettable Fire
Morrissey-Everyday Is Like Sunday
Yaz-Only You
Depeche Mode-Blasphemous Rumours
The Boomtown Rats-Rat Trap
Patti Smith Group-Frederick
Kate Bush-This Woman's Work
Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away
The Psychedelic Furs-Forever Now
Cocteau Twins-Pearly Dewdrop Drops
Soft Cell-Say Hello Wave Goodbye
Adam and the Ants-Stand and Deliver
B Movie-Nowhere Girl
The Lotus Eaters-The First Picture Of You
The Pretenders-Precious
Ultravox-Reap the Wild Wind
The Armoury Show-Castles In Spain
Altered Images-See Those Eyes
The Ramones-Blitzkrieg Bop
The Pixies-No. 13
Til Tuesday-Voices Carry
Talk Talk-It's My Life
The Cars-It's All I Can Do
Jesus and Mary Chain-Just Like Honey
Red Rockers-China
The B-52's-Party Out Of Bounds
Sparks-Angst In My Pants
The Jam-Town Called Malice
Blondie-Dreaming
Eurythmics-Love Is A Stranger
Simple Minds-Speed Your Love To Me
The Sugarcubes-Birthday
Klaus Nomi-The Cold Song
Husker Du-Makes No Sense At All
The Undertones-Teenage Kicks
Duran Duran-Save A Prayer
Missing Persons-Destination Unknown
Madness-House Of Fun
The Police-Invisible Sun
Siouxsie and the Banshees-Carcass
Berlin-Dancing In Berlin
PIL-Public Image
Icicle Works-Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)
The Skids-Into the Valley
Sex Pistols-Pretty Vacant
The Bolshoi-A Way
The Style Council-You're the Best Thing
Joy Division-A Means To An End
Talking Heads-Heaven
Heaven 17-Temptation
The Cure-Just One Kiss
Echo and the Bunnymen-The Killing Moon
Easterhouse-Out On Your Own
X-Your Phone's Off the Hook But You're Not
The Replacements-Answering Machine
Iggy Pop-Fun Time
Human League-Open Your Heart
Devo-Girl U Want
XTC-Making Plans For Nigel
Killing Joke-Love Like Blood
The Specials-GhostTown
King Crimson-Sleepless
Frankie Goes To Hollywood-The Power of Love
Bow Wow Wow-Go Wild In the Country
OMD-Talking Loud and Clear
Fun Boy Three-Our Lips Are Sealed
Erasure-Stop
Big Audio Dynamite-E=MC2
Split Enz-I Hope I Never
The Cult-Rain
Bryan Ferry-Slave To Love
Bauhaus-Mask
Depeche Mode-Never Let Me Down Again
Tom Tom Club-Genius of Love
The Pogues-Thousands Are Sailing
Siouxsie and the Banshees-Eve White Eve Black
Roxy Music-True To Life
Lene Lovich-It's You

[waldnorm]

***Numbers Removed, as requested*** Also to improve standardization, I've listed Tubeway Army as Gary Numan and Yazoo as Yaz and dropped (Part One) from Look of Love. . .

Some revisions. More rarities as they're now on my Ipod and I return to some of these. Not even looking at my previous list--so lots of different stuff here. Probably the only one voting for as much as half of these. [:D]

Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
Suburban Lawns - Flavor Crystals
Vicious Pink - I Confess
Tears for Fears - Watch Me Bleed
Electronic - Disappointed
B-Movie - Nowhere Girl
The Fixx - Less Cities, More Moving People
Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dazzle
Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday
The Cure - How Beautiful You Are
The Jam - The Bitterest Pill
Sugarcubes - Motorcrash
Lori and the Chameleons - The Lonely Spy
Lene Lovich - New Toy
Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight
Lords of the New Church - Open Your Eyes
Talk Talk - It's My Life
Pete Shelley - Homosapien
Patti Smith - Barefoot Dancing
Kim Wilde - Cambodia
Ultravox - Hiroshima Mon Amor
Eurythmics - Who's That Girl?
Ministry - Revenge
Moev - Wanting
Stranglers - All Roads Lead to Rome
Hilary - Drop Your Pants
Missing Persons - Destination Unknown
Gary Numan - Me?! I Disconnect From You
Human League - Seconds
Blondie - Hanging on the Telephone
Edelweiss - Bring Me Edelweiss
The Normal - T.V.O.D.
Howard Devoto - Rainy Season
Icicle Works - Love Is A Wonderful Color
R.E.M. - Don't Go Back to Rockville
Yaz - Midnight
INXS - Don't Change
Police - Driven to Tears
Cyndi Lauper - Right Track, Wrong Train
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Kate Bush - Under Ice
Talking Heads - Once In a Lifetime
Gene Loves Jezebel - Motion of Love
Eurythmics - Regrets
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
Ultravox - White China
The Fixx - Red Skies
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust
Thomas Dolby - One of Our Submarines
Jimmy the Hoover - Tantalise
Soft Cell - Cell Out
New Musik - Division
Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion
New Order - Round and Round
New Order - Blue Monday
Kate Bush - Breathing
Hazel O'Connor - D-Days
Oingo Boingo - Just Another Day
A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines on T.V.
ABC - The Look of Love
China Crisis - Wishful Thinking
Barbie and the Kens - I'm Not Your Stepping Stone
Berlin - The Metro
Blancmange - Blind Vision
Blue Zoo - Cry Boy Cry
Boomtown Rats - Skin on Skin
The Farmer Boys - More Than a Dream
Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark - Souvenir
Bowwowwow - Baby, Oh No
Vitamin Z - Burning Flame
The Buggles - Elstree
The Cars - Moving in Stereo
The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket
Crowded House - Into Temptation
Slow Children - Spring in Fialta
The Cure - A Forest
Danielle Dax - Big Hollow Man
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Devo - Mongoloid
Fad Gadget - Collapsing New People
Flock of Seagulls - I Ran
Flying Lizards - T.V.
Heaven 17 - Penthouse and Pavement
Humans - I Live in the City
INXS - Original Sin
Japan - Ghosts
Lene Lovich - Bird Song
Marc Almond - Tears Run Rings
Mary's Danish - Don't Crash The Car Tonight
Midnight Oil - The Dead Heart
Missing Persons - Mental Hopscoth
Pet Shop Boys - Rent
Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey
Red Box - Lean On Me
Romeo Void - Just Too Easy
Rough Trade - High School Confidential
Shona Laing - Soviet Snow
Sinead O'Connor - Mandinka
Split Enz - One Step Ahead

[waldnorm]

Hmm . . . no U2's listed above on my list. I'll mull this over and see if they make it for this year.

[empyrean]

Bible Dreams - Wild swans
German girl - Lotus Eaters
Imagination - xymox
Wishful Thinking - China Crisis
Brighter - Railway Children
catch - The Cure
The Headmaster Ritual - The Smiths
Leave me Alone - New Order
Dreams Never End - New Order
Atmosphere - Joy Division
New Dreams For Old - The Room
Christine - House Of Love
April Skies - The Jesus And Mary Chain
I Kow Her - Red Rockers
Head Gone Astray - The Soup Dragons
Modigliani - Book Of Love
State Of Art - Friends Again
More To Lose - Seona Dancing
Pale Shelter - Tears For Fears
Cuts You Up - Peter Murphy
I Fought the Law - The Clash
If We Could Send Letters - Aztec Camera
Reach - Pale Fountains
Stay - Blue Nile
Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode
Situation - Cetu Jevu
Russian Radio - Red Flag
Damaged Goods - Gang Of Four
Ultra Modern Nursery Rhymes - Colourfield [:D]
Waterfall - Riverside
Bring On The Dancing Horses - Echo And The Bunnymen
Proud To Fall - Ian McCulloch
Someone Like You - Fountainhead
Shelter - Lone Justice
Gentle Tuesday - Primal Scream
Swamp Thing - Chameleons UK
Gone Daddy Gone - Violent Femmes
Generation Of Loneliness - Rupert Everett
Its My Life - Talk Talk
Waves - Le Monde
Living In Oblivion - Anything Box
Lost In The Supermarket - The Clash
When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout
Heaven (Must Be There) - Eurogliders
Union City Blues - Blondie
Suedehead - Morrissey
Batman Theme - The Jam
Whisper To A Scream - Icicle Works
When The Sky Comes Falling Down - The Pursuit Of Happiness
Kiss Them For Me - Siouxie And The Banshees
What - Soft Cell
Tears Run Rings - Marc Almond
World Leader pretend - REM
Heaven - Psychedelic Furs
Wishing - Flock Of Seagulls
God On Our Side - Wire Train
Electricity - OMD
Forever Young - Alphaville
Gary Numan - Cars
Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
Jealous - Gene Loves Jezebel
Naked As The Day You Were Born - The Weather Prophets
Lucretia My Reflection - Sisters Of mercy
Butterfly On A Wheel - The Mission
Dance With me - Lords Of The New Church
No Explanation - The Church
The Metro - Berlin
Dancing Horses - Q Lazarrus
Translator - Come with Me
Rent - Pet Shop Boys
Electronic - Getting Away With It
Tour De France - Kraftwerk
Never Gonna Say Goodbye - The Communards
Ill Always be Grateful - A House
Major Tom - Peter Schilling
Last Supper - Howard jones
Forever Young - Alphaville
Whistle Down The Wind - Nick Heyward
This And That - Michael Penn
Beautiful Girl - INXS
Switch On Switch Off - B - Movie
Pamela - The Wake
Pet Sematary - Ramones
Even Now - The Call
Tunnel Vision - H2O
The Bridge - Cactus World News
Independence Day - The Painted Word
Pure - Lightning Seeds
Diamonds And Emeralds - Care
Dont Dream Its Over - Crowded House
Someones Calling - Modern English
Two Rivers - The Adventures
Dont You Forget About Me - Simple Minds
Postcard From Paradise - Flesh For Lulu
Abandon Ship - April Showers
Love Moves In Strange Ways - Bluezoo
Adoration - Killing Joke
White China - Ultravox
Smiles And jokes - White China
Our Lips Are Sealed - Fun Boy Three

note : all the bands on the list were new wave in our country [:D]



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[Frau_Blucher]

[quote]Originally posted by MikeP
[br]A couple points to iron out:

1) How to weigh the results?

2) Who will do the number-crunchin'?
[/quote]
A couple of comments that might help you Mike. I think Freewave and I figured out that parsing out the lists to tabulate is a BITCH! Standardized formats will help immensely:

1. No Numbers in front your selections - they'll just have to parsed out anyway
2. No Spaces between your selections - ditto above
3. "Name" - "Song" - the order shouldn't change, mega ditto to above
4. You want a common seperator between "Name - Song", preferably a hyphen, not a comma, colon, or whatever else (trust me, this is a biggie)
5. Proper Spelling is an absolute - if you're going to use a pivot table to help sort the data, wrong spelling fucks it all up.

This might all seem pretty anal, but it's an impossible amount of data to manually tabulate.

Oh, and 6, if you want help tabulating, I'd be glad too...but then I get to pick the point system. You can't go about this willy-nilly! [8D]