Thursday, December 4, 2025

(Finished December 5th, 2025) Part 7 of The Best of New Wave Alphabetically

Hello,

It's again about time to relive that great time of the early to mid 80s of New Wave music. New Wave is a genre that has quirky people, quairly lyrics and quirky music. It doesn't work all the time, but when it work at it's best the songs are great.

What exactly is/ was New Wave music. Well two things New Wave typically is energetic and fun. New Wave never took itself too seriously. The lyrics weren't serious. New Wave is basically just fun upbeat music to dance to. Who were some of the best New Wave musicians? The Thompson Twins, Depeche Mode, The Cure, New Order, Howard Jones and many others have to be considered the best New Wave bands.

You may see this and wonder why I didn't include U2 and The Police- both of who many lumped in with the New Wave movement. However both bands, especially The Police, feel like old fashioned rock bands to me. Other bands that were lumped in with New Wave, that I don't really consider New Wave, include The Talking Heads, Men At Work, Elvis Costello, The Go-Go's, The Eurythmics  and David Bowie. Duran Duran was lumped in with the New Wave crowd and I'm not sure they are truly a New Wave band.

103) The Cure "Lovesong":

104) Joy Division "Love Will Tear Us Apart":

105) Fun Boy Three "Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum":

106) Tears For Fears "Mad World":

107) Peter Schilling "Major Tom (Coming Home)":


108) Depeche Mode "Master and Servant":

109) Berlin "The Metro":

110) Wall of Voodoo "Mexican Radio":

111) The Plimsouls "A Million Miles Away":


112) The English Beat "Mirror In The Bathroom":


113) The Human League "Mirror Man":


114) Dollar "Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour)":


115) The Flying Lizards "Money (That's What I Want):


116) Roxy Music "More Than This":


117) The Smiths "Mr. Bigmouth Strikes Again":


118) INXS "Need You Tonight":


119) INXS "New Sensation":


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