New Wave 2
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- The Basics
Our first batch of New Wave Essentials brought you the basics, but it was only the tip of the iceberg. The era’s legacy looms so large that we had to offer up a second hit-packed helping to even begin to cover all the bases. The new wave scene had its share of party tunes, like Wang Chung’s roof-raising “Everybody Have Fun Tonight,” which introduced the band’s name into the English language as a verb, but some songs were fueled by a darker energy. Blondie’s “One Way or Another” is an irresistible, riff-crunching ode to obsession, while the earworm sax hook of Men At Work’s “Who Can It Be Now?” made paranoia sound like fun. And Oingo Boingo’s herky-jerky “Dead Man’s Party” proved that you can get your groove on even in the graveyard.
Plug into the electro-pop revolution, in Next Steps.$30.66 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 4:02 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Roxanne The Police 3:11 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 One Way or Another Blondie 3:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Rio (US Edit) Duran Duran 4:45 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Who Can It Be Now? Men At Work 3:20 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 Good Times Roll The Cars 3:47 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 Our Lips Are Sealed The Go-Go's 2:45 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 Karma Chameleon Culture Club 4:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 Shout Tears for Fears 6:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 4:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 Back On the Chain Gang Pretenders 3:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 Turning Japanese The Vapors 3:46 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 Here Comes the Rain Again Eurythmics 4:50 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 (Keep Feeling) Fascination The Human League 3:44 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 Talking In Your Sleep The Romantics 3:53 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 Twilight Zone Golden Earring 7:58 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 Things Can Only Get Better Howard Jones 3:55 $1.29 View In iTunes 18 Everybody Have Fun Tonight Wang Chung 4:47 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding Elvis Costello & The Attractions 3:32 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 I Don't Like Mondays The Boomtown Rats 4:16 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 Promises, Promises Naked Eyes 3:51 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo 6:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Alive and Kicking Simple Minds 5:26 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Stray Cat Strut Stray Cats 3:15 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Next Steps
One of new wave’s biggest breakthroughs was ushering in the sounds of synth-pop, as a new breed of bands proved that you didn’t need guitars to get down. Despite the darker tones they took on later, Depeche Mode started out as breathlessly bubbly electro-pop pin-up boys, with the percolating ecstasy overload of “I Just Can’t Get Enough.” Berlin injected some sex appeal into the style, with femme fatale Terri Nunn’s sultry croon caressing the slinky synth lines of “The Metro.” And anyone who’s ever seen ’80s comedy classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off should instantly recognize the bottomless baritone and Porsche-sleek electro grooves of Yello’s sinfully seductive “Oh Yeah.”
In Deep Cuts, new wave pioneers get in touch with rock ’n’ roll history.$28.17 Next Steps
Name Artist Time Price 1 More Than This Roxy Music 4:18 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 I Know What Boys Like The Waitresses 3:13 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 Suddenly Last Summer The Motels 3:42 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Goodbye to You Patty Smyth 3:46 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Venus Bananarama 3:39 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 One Night In Bangkok (Single Version) Murray Head 3:16 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 The One Thing INXS 3:23 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 Just Can't Get Enough Depeche Mode 3:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 Mexican Radio Wall of Voodoo 4:11 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 Be Near Me ABC 3:37 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 Perfect Way Scritti Politti 4:33 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 The Metro Berlin 4:09 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 Lips Like Sugar Echo & The Bunnymen 4:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Words Missing Persons 4:29 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 Pretty In Pink The Psychedelic Furs 3:58 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 The Politics of Dancing Re-Flex 4:16 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 Doctor! Doctor! Thompson Twins 4:37 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 Someday, Someway Marshall Crenshaw 2:51 $0.99 View In iTunes 19 Kids in America Kim Wilde 3:27 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Oh Yeah Yello 3:05 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 A Million Miles Away The Plimsouls 3:35 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly) [Single Version] The Icicle Works 3:48 $0.99 View In iTunes 23 Wouldn't It Be Good Nik Kershaw 4:50 $0.99 View In iTunes 24 Never Say Never Romeo Void 5:53 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Deep Cuts
Don’t let all the synthesizers and drum machines make you think there was no room for good ol’ guitar-driven rock & roll in the new wave world. The Only Ones fused punky energy and power-pop hooks on the extraterrestrial rocker “Another Girl, Another Planet.” The sing-along “ya-ya-ya” chant of The Call’s “The Walls Came Down” brings an almost ’60s-like all-together-now vibe to the band’s edgy, angular attack. And the JoBoxers showed that classic R&B could be part of the new wave equation too, with the jacked-up Motown moves of their ’83 hit “Just Got Lucky.”
$26.76 Deep Cuts
Name Artist Time Price 1 Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha Trio 3:26 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 My Ever Changing Moods (Single Edit) The Style Council 4:04 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 Local Girls Graham Parker 3:43 $0.99 View In iTunes 4 Rain In the Summertime The Alarm 5:14 $0.99 View In iTunes 5 Cities in Dust Siouxsie and the Banshees 4:03 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 The Walls Came Down (Single) The Call 3:44 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 China Red Rockers 4:01 $0.99 View In iTunes 8 Come Back and Stay Paul Young 4:25 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 I Eat Cannibals, Pt. 1 Total Coelo 3:32 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat 5:03 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 Just Got Lucky JoBoxers 4:43 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 Beat's So Lonely Charlie Sexton 5:16 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 I Touch Roses Book of Love 3:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Aeiou Sometimes Y EBN/OZN 6:31 $0.99 View In iTunes 15 Cool Places Sparks 3:25 $0.99 View In iTunes 16 Close (To the Edit) Art of Noise 5:36 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 88 Lines About 44 Women The Nails 4:56 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 Money The Flying Lizards 5:38 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 Election Day Arcadia 5:29 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Johnny, Are You Queer? Josie Cotton 2:46 $0.99 View In iTunes 21 Hey St. Peter Flash And The Pan 4:21 $0.69 View In iTunes 22 Our Lips Are Sealed Fun Boy Three 2:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Working Girl (Martin Rushant Mix) The Members 4:08 $0.99 View In iTunes 24 Another Girl, Another Planet The Only Ones 3:01 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Complete Set
You need only lend an ear to the bands of today who worship at the ’80s altar to realize that new wave is an ongoing experience, not an artifact of the past. Whether you want to backtrack to discover the influences of everyone from Franz Ferdinand to Arcade Fire or you’re a new wave alumnus looking to bring that feeling back into your bloodstream again, we’ve got you covered. From the four-alarm funk-rocking fire of Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the House” to the Manchester magic of New Order’s electro-dance anthem “Bizarre Love Triangle,” the scrappy power-pop of the late ’70s to the sparkling synth-pop of the ’80s, we’ve wrangled you an invitation to the ultimate all-night new wave dance party.
$85.59 Complete Set
Name Artist Time Price 1 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 4:02 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Roxanne The Police 3:11 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 One Way or Another Blondie 3:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Rio (US Edit) Duran Duran 4:45 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Who Can It Be Now? Men At Work 3:20 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 Good Times Roll The Cars 3:47 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 Our Lips Are Sealed The Go-Go's 2:45 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 Karma Chameleon Culture Club 4:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 Shout Tears for Fears 6:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 4:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 Back On the Chain Gang Pretenders 3:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 Turning Japanese The Vapors 3:46 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 Here Comes the Rain Again Eurythmics 4:50 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 (Keep Feeling) Fascination The Human League 3:44 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 Talking In Your Sleep The Romantics 3:53 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 Twilight Zone Golden Earring 7:58 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 Things Can Only Get Better Howard Jones 3:55 $1.29 View In iTunes 18 Everybody Have Fun Tonight Wang Chung 4:47 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding Elvis Costello & The Attractions 3:32 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 I Don't Like Mondays The Boomtown Rats 4:16 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 Promises, Promises Naked Eyes 3:51 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo 6:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Alive and Kicking Simple Minds 5:26 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Stray Cat Strut Stray Cats 3:15 $1.29 View In iTunes 25 More Than This Roxy Music 4:18 $1.29 View In iTunes 26 I Know What Boys Like The Waitresses 3:13 $1.29 View In iTunes 27 Suddenly Last Summer The Motels 3:42 $1.29 View In iTunes 28 Goodbye to You Patty Smyth 3:46 $1.29 View In iTunes 29 Venus Bananarama 3:39 $1.29 View In iTunes 30 One Night In Bangkok (Single Version) Murray Head 3:16 $1.29 View In iTunes 31 The One Thing INXS 3:23 $1.29 View In iTunes 32 Just Can't Get Enough Depeche Mode 3:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 33 Mexican Radio Wall of Voodoo 4:11 $1.29 View In iTunes 34 Be Near Me ABC 3:37 $1.29 View In iTunes 35 Perfect Way Scritti Politti 4:33 $0.99 View In iTunes 36 The Metro Berlin 4:09 $1.29 View In iTunes 37 Lips Like Sugar Echo & The Bunnymen 4:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 38 Words Missing Persons 4:29 $1.29 View In iTunes 39 Pretty In Pink The Psychedelic Furs 3:58 $1.29 View In iTunes 40 The Politics of Dancing Re-Flex 4:16 $1.29 View In iTunes 41 Doctor! Doctor! Thompson Twins 4:37 $0.99 View In iTunes 42 Someday, Someway Marshall Crenshaw 2:51 $0.99 View In iTunes 43 Kids in America Kim Wilde 3:27 $1.29 View In iTunes 44 Oh Yeah Yello 3:05 $1.29 View In iTunes 45 A Million Miles Away The Plimsouls 3:35 $1.29 View In iTunes 46 Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly) [Single Version] The Icicle Works 3:48 $0.99 View In iTunes 47 Wouldn't It Be Good Nik Kershaw 4:50 $0.99 View In iTunes 48 Never Say Never Romeo Void 5:53 $1.29 View In iTunes 49 Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha Trio 3:26 $1.29 View In iTunes 50 My Ever Changing Moods (Single Edit) The Style Council 4:04 $1.29 View In iTunes 51 Local Girls Graham Parker 3:43 $0.99 View In iTunes 52 Rain In the Summertime The Alarm 5:14 $0.99 View In iTunes 53 Cities in Dust Siouxsie and the Banshees 4:03 $1.29 View In iTunes 54 The Walls Came Down (Single) The Call 3:44 $1.29 View In iTunes 55 China Red Rockers 4:01 $0.99 View In iTunes 56 Come Back and Stay Paul Young 4:25 $0.99 View In iTunes 57 I Eat Cannibals, Pt. 1 Total Coelo 3:32 $1.29 View In iTunes 58 Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat 5:03 $1.29 View In iTunes 59 Just Got Lucky JoBoxers 4:43 $0.99 View In iTunes 60 Beat's So Lonely Charlie Sexton 5:16 $1.29 View In iTunes 61 I Touch Roses Book of Love 3:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 62 Aeiou Sometimes Y EBN/OZN 6:31 $0.99 View In iTunes 63 Cool Places Sparks 3:25 $0.99 View In iTunes 64 Close (To the Edit) Art of Noise 5:36 $0.99 View In iTunes 65 88 Lines About 44 Women The Nails 4:56 $0.99 View In iTunes 66 Money The Flying Lizards 5:38 $1.29 View In iTunes 67 Election Day Arcadia 5:29 $1.29 View In iTunes 68 Johnny, Are You Queer? Josie Cotton 2:46 $0.99 View In iTunes 69 Hey St. Peter Flash And The Pan 4:21 $0.69 View In iTunes 70 Our Lips Are Sealed Fun Boy Three 2:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 71 Working Girl (Martin Rushant Mix) The Members 4:08 $0.99 View In iTunes 72 Another Girl, Another Planet The Only Ones 3:01 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 72 Songs
Customer Reviews
Finally
Much better than the first! Finally The Talking Heads and Elvis Costello!
Solid mix
Anything with Simple Minds and New Order is a must. Nice to see Oingo Boingo included. Solid mix.
