You can find some fun lists of new wave music online:
100 Greatest New Wave Songs at DigitalDreamDoor
New Wave Hits of the '80's at Like Totally 80's
The Most 250 Archetypal New Wave Songs at Nothing But Good Things
I am giving away a copy of This Ain't No Disco: New Wave Album Covers (published 2005, Chronicle Books) by Jennifer McKnight-Trontz. This is a fun book with lots of music memories from the 1980's. It is in good used condition.
This giveaway will run through Thursday, September 18 at midnight. I will draw a winner on Friday, September 19. The winner will need to respond to email within 2 days. This giveaway is U.S. only.
Entry is easy. Just leave a comment below with two things:
(1) Your email - comments without an email address will not be published, and will not be eligible for the drawing.
(2) Your favorite new wave song - you will find lots of choices at the links above.
Thanks for reading and good luck in the giveaway!
CONGRATULATIONS to giveaway winner, Susan S.!
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Soooo hard to choose just one! But I guess I've got to say that Private Idaho or Planet Claire by the B-52s would be at the top of the list. Along with Gary Newman's 'Cars'. And Once in a Lifetime or Life During Wartime by the Talking Heads. Oh...but at the top would probably be The Smiths' "How Soon Is Now"! Aaahhh....so many GREAT songs to choose from!
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Oh ... this is SO my type of music, it's hard to choose just ONE song. If I have to choose one, it would probably be Josie Cotton's "Johnnie Are You Queer?" -- but only because it appeared in the BEST New Wave movie EVER -- Valley Girl!! 2nd Choice is the B-52's "Rock Lobster"!
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Hmmm, probably Down Under by Men At Work!
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i melt with you - modern english. that's my parents song. (:
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Ahhhhhh....it's so hard to choose just one!!! "Wishing (If I had a Photograph of You)" by A Flock of Seagulls is one of them.
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i melt with you is my favorite, i turn it up when it comes on the radio.
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I want to comment even though I know I am not eligible to win because I am in Canada. (Hope I won't mess up your contest.)
ReplyDeleteI hadn't thought of New Wave music in a long time though I, too, was a student in the 1980s. Thanks for the reminder, LOL!
The stand out new wave band for me is Devo though I see they bill themselves as an American rock band so maybe they weren't New Wave at all. Anyway, their album was one of the handful of albums I owned when I went to university...
I'm listening to the song and watching the video, which I do not remember ever having seen before, right now via Youtube.
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My favorite is: Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears.
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THIS TOWN by the Go Gos! Best New Wave song ever!
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Oh man,how do I narrow it down to one?! I love all things new wave/80's.One of my very favorites though is "whisper to a scream" by the icicle works. courtafi2138 at gmail dot com.
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There are so many songs on that list of 100 that I love! For the sake of picking, I am going to go with "People Are People" by Depeche Mode.
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Thanks for the giveaway… favorite song: Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
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