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by **Temple Of New Wave** » Mon May 30, 2005 11:36 am

Not necessarily your *favorite* song, but the song that most exemplifies the music you like.

If you could boil your musical taste down to one song, what would it be?

I mean the song that you could say to a stranger "I like stuff like this..." and they'd have an accurate representation of your musical taste.

I'll start it off - "Telecommunication" by A Flock Of Seagulls.

-Marc
P.S. Close second - "Dreaming Of Me" by Depeche Mode.

by **Frau_Blucher** » Mon May 30, 2005 12:16 pm

Transmission - heavy, beaty, hooky, crunchy, serious but fun.

by **devildog** » Mon May 30, 2005 12:20 pm

"Ahead"- by Wire. It represents the heavy percussion and great mix of synths and guitars that I really enjoy the best.

by **egg-roger** » Mon May 30, 2005 12:24 pm

good choice, dog.

I'll go with "Up the Down Escalator" by Chameleons.

by **ExRat** » Mon May 30, 2005 8:24 pm

Tricky question. Ummm, I'll pick:

"Nicotine Stains" by Siouxsie and the Bashees. Abrasive but catchy post-punk.

by **edisonoside** » Tue May 31, 2005 12:25 am

"Get the balance right" - Depeche mode.

by **human clone** » Tue May 31, 2005 12:27 am

::All Night Long:: - Peter Murphy, not to be confused with All Night Long by Lionel Ritchie...

by **waukena** » Tue May 31, 2005 12:52 am

Let Them Eat War - Bad Religion

I'd normally use The Clash but I'm really into the new B/R disc at the moment so I'll throw some love their way...I'm also reading Greg Graffin's doctoral thesis right now, so it all sorta flows...

by **oneno** » Tue May 31, 2005 12:56 am

Souvenire-OMD, St.Elmo's Fire-Eno

by **ru480s2** » Tue May 31, 2005 1:00 am

Okay, then I'll go for Radio Clash.

by **Ollie Stench** » Tue May 31, 2005 3:03 am

Fade To Grey by Visage. Not my favorite song by them (or anyone else) but it's got the synth-heavy sound I dig, has no shred of techno/disco (to my ears anyway) and lyrics that could be construed as either really deep and meaningful, or silly and light.

by **react010** » Tue May 31, 2005 3:14 am

"Party Fears Two" or "Club Country" by the Associates.

by **Sean** » Tue May 31, 2005 3:52 am

Here are my 3 perfect songs:

1) Nowhere Girl - B-Movie
2) Midnight Sun - Hubert KaH
3) Lassie Come Home - Alphaville

by **Bitter Almonds** » Tue May 31, 2005 4:35 am

Wow. This one had me thinking last night. I don't think there IS one song that would typify what I like best as I like a lot of things best[8D] First song that came to mind, though, was "More Than This" by Roxy Music. It has that late 70s/early 80s Soft Rock sound mixed in with synths; very nostalgic, very classy and smooth, and still manages to capture a bit of the New Romantic stuff that was prevalent at the time, 1982. Man. 1982. Has anyone found a time machine yet? I'd love to go back then[:)] But as soon as "More Than This" came to mind, so did "Diamond Girl" by Seals & Crofts, "Deacon Blues" by Steely Dan, and "Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me)" by Chris Isaak. If I was to New Wavefy that sound it would be in Freur's "Doot Doot" and The Smiths' "Oscillate Wildly"[:)]

by **fiftypercent** » Tue May 31, 2005 5:39 am

"The Picture" by Hubert Kah. Glittering synths, tight production, androgenous, euro-centric vocals and - hey! - a guitar solo at the bridge.

Honorable mentions:

New Order - Blue Monday (duh!)
Ultravox - We Came To Dance (especially the spoken bit)
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry

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