Renzie's 100 Songs: 80's New Wave Trip

by Renzie Baluyut

So here I was tagging some photos for uploading, and I decided to bring me up a nice little 80's New Wave playlist. It was a lot of photos, and therefore, I needed quite a bit of New Wave to get things going.

New Wave music does have a great deal of significance to me. It was that time in high school when I decided to listen to something other than the usual Debbie Gibson, Rick Astley and Fra Lippo Lippi (who?). Pop radio was getting increasingly annoying at the time. So me and a few friends decided to, well, soak up on something else.

Years later, when I joined a radio station, I realized that New Wave as a music genre comes in all kinds of music styles. Then your American New Wave doesn't necessarily translate to what was considered New Wave in Europe, and for some strange reason, here in the Philippines, you have people lumping in overplayed pop songs with the New Wave genre.

The lines get blurry, but now I've differentiated 80's music into 3 sub-genres: 80's pop music (which has your usual FM radio fare), 80's rock music (which has your music from The Outfield, U2, Aerosmith, etc.), and then your 80's alternative, in which New Wave falls in (along with 80's Coffeehouse, but that's another post completely).

So anyway, here's a list of a hundred 80's New Wave songs you might want to cue up in your player as well. Enjoy!

1. 10,000 Maniacs - The Peace Train
2. 3 o'Clock - On Paper
3. The Adventures - Broken Land
4. The Alarm - Rain in the Summertime
5. Marc Almond - Say Hello Wave Goodbye
6. Alphaville - Forever Young
7. Altered Images - Happy Birthday
8. Aztec Camera - How Men Are
9. The B-52's - Legal Tender
10. B-Movie - Switch On, Switch Off
11. Bananarama - He Was Really Sayin' Something
12. Berlin - Like Flames
13. The Bible - Graceland
14. Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2
15. Big Country - In a Big Country
16. Blue Nile - Stay
17. Blue Zoo - Love Moves In Strange Ways
18. The Bolshoi - Please
19. Book of Love - Book of Love
20. Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians - What I Am
21. Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
22. The Care - Whatever Possessed You
23. The Chameleons - Tears
24. China Crisis - Some People I Know To Lead Fantastic Lives
25. The Church - No Explanation
26. The Clash - Rock The Casbah
27. Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Rich
28. The Colourfield - Thinking of You
29. Concrete Blonde - Joey
30. The Cure - Love Song
31. Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight
32. The Dream Academy - Life In a Northern Town
33. Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring on the Dancing Horses
34. Erasure - Chains of Love
35. Fiction Factory - Feels Like Heaven
36. Figures on a Beach - No Stars
37. The Fixx - Red Skies
38. Flesh for Lulu - Postcards from Paradise
39. A Flock of Seagulls - Transfer Affection
40. Friends Again - State of Art
41. Fun Boy Three - Our Lips are Sealed
42. Gang of Four - Damaged Goods
43. General Public - Tenderness
44. H2O - Blue Diamonds
45. Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
46. Howard Jones - Life in One Day
47. The Housemartins - Build
48. Icehouse - No Promises
49. Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)
50. Billy Idol - Catch My Fall
51. Information Society - What's On Your Mind?
52. INXS - I Send a Message
53. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
54. King - Love and Pride
55. The Lotus Eaters - Palm of my Hand
56. Love & Rockets - So Alive
57. Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
58. Midnight Oil - The Dead Heart
59. The Mighty Lemon Drops - Inside Out
60. Missing Persons - Words
61. Modern English - Ink and Paper
62. Nena - 99 Luftballons
63. New Order - The Perfect Kiss
64. Gary Numan - Cars
65. Orchestral Maneouvres in the Dark - Forever Live and Die
66. Oingo Boingo - We Close Our Eyes
67. The Pale Fountains - Thank You
68. Positive Noise - When Lightning Strikes
69. The Primitives - Crash
70. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
71. The Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way
72. The Railway Children - A Gentle Sound
73. REM - It's The End of the world (And I Feel Fine)
74. Real Life - Catch Me I'm Fallin'
75. Red Rockers - China
76. Seona Dancing - More To Lose
77. Shriekback - Nemesis
78. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust
79. Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking
80. The Sisters of Mercy - Walk Away
81. The Smiths - Ask
82. The Sound - Total Recall
83. So - Are You Sure?
84. Soft Cell - Kitchen Sink Drama
85. Strawberry Switchblade - Who Knows What Love Is?
86. The Style Council - My Everchanging Moods
87. The Sundays - Here's Where The Story Ends
88. Tears for Fears - The Way You Are
89. The The - This is the Day
90. The Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
91. Tuesday Blue - Love Me Simple
92. Ultravox - All Stood Still
93. Midge Ure - Dear God
94. Suzanne Vega - Left of Center
95. The Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
96. White China - Smiles & Jokes
97. The Wild Swans - The Worst Year of My Life
98. X'mal Deutschland - Matador
99. XTC - Making Plans for Nigel
100. Vitamin Z - Burning Flame

Pictures on this blog entry courtesy of Wikipedia.

Wanna know what Renzie is listening to right now? Welcome to "Renzie's 100 Songs"- a special feature on "My Thoughts In Stereo" featuring a hundred songs currently playing on Renzie's digital music player- a little over 7 hours worth of great tuneage to set the mood for whatever it is you need to get done.

Share your list by emailing Renzie, or by posting a list of your own via a comment.

Cheers, everyone!

Renzie's 100 Songs: Retro Trip

One fine Tuesday afternoon, I find myself doing some cleaning at home, sorting out through some stuff and trying to figure which stuff I'm taking with me to Los Angeles, and which ones to get rid of.

I felt retro-ish today, so I cued up some oldies on my player. So here are a hundred songs you might actually like as well if you're into a variety of 60's and 70's stuff- though looking at the list now, it seems there are more 70's stuff on this playlist.

Enjoy!

1. 10CC - I'm Not In Love
2. ABBA - Take A Chance On Me
3. America - Sister Golden Hair
   
4. Argent - Hold Your Head Up
5. Bachman Turner Overdrive - Takin' Care of Business
6. The Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
   
7. The Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
8. Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around And Fell In Love
   
9. Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law
10. David Bowie - Fame
11. Blood, Sweat and Tears - Spinning Wheel
12. Blue Magic - Sideshow
13. Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
14. Boston - More Than A Feeling
15. Brownsville Station - Smoking In The Boys' Room
16. Steve Carlisle - WKRP in Cincinatti
17. Chad and Jeremy - Before and After
    
18. Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me
19. Chicago - Saturday In The Park
20. Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get It Right
21. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire
22. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
23. Pablo Cruise - Worlds Away
    
24. Daddy Dewdrop - Chick-a-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It?)
25. The Doobie Brothers - Jesus Is Just Alright With Me
26. The Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To The Streets
27. The Edgar Wynter Group - Free Ride
    
28. Exile - Kiss You All Over
29. Firefall - Always
30. Flash and the Pan - And The Band Played On (Down Among The Dead Men)
    
31. Free - All Right Now
32. Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up, Part 1
33. Dobie Gray - Drift Away
    
34. Al Green - Let's Stay Together
    
35. Nick Gilder - Hot Child In The City
36. Marshall Hain - Dancing In The City
    
37. Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds - Fallin' In Love
    
38. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
39. Heart - Barracuda
    
40. Heatwave - Mind Blowing Decisions
41. The Hollies - Bus Stop
42. Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
43. Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
    
44. The Ides of March - Vehicle
45. The Isley Brothers - Fight The Power
46. Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love
    
47. Jigsaw - Sky High
48. Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breakin' My Heart
49. KC & The Sunshine Band - My Boogie Shoes
    
50. Carole King - You're So Vain
51. Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie
52. Led Zeppelin - The Immigrant Song
    
53. Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
    
54. Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
55. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
    
56. The Mamas and the Papas - California Dreaming
57. Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis
    
58. Malo - Suavecito
59. The Marshall Tucker Band - Last of the Singing Cowboys
60. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
    
61. Paul McCartney and the Wings - Band On The Run
    
62. Paul McCartney and the Wings - Silly Love Songs
63. Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction
64. MFSB ft The Three Degrees - T.S.O.P.
65. Van Morrison King Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight
    
66. David Naughton - Makin' It
    
67. The New Beats - I Like Bread and Butter
68. The New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
69. The Nylons - Duke of Earl
70. Odyssey - Native New Yorker
    
71. Ocean - Put Your Hand In The Hand
    
72. The O'Jays - For The Love of Money
73. The O'Jays - I Love Music
74. Parliament - Give Up The Funk
75. The Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can
76. Gary Puckett and the Union Gap - Young Girl
    
77. Ram Jam - Black Betty
78. Rare Earth - I Just Wanna Celebrate
79. Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find
    
80. Reunion - Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)
81. Rhythm Heritage - The Theme from S.W.A.T.
82. Santana - Evil Ways
83. Sniff N' The Tears - Driver's Seat
84. The Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin'
85. Spiral Starecase - Our Day Will Come
    
86. The Stampeders - Sweet City Woman
87. Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
88. Donna Summer - Hot Stuff
    
89. Sutherland Brothers and Quiver - Arms of Mary
    
90. Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen
91. T-Rex - 20th Century Boy
    
92. Tower of Power - So Very Hard To Go
93. The Turtles - Happy Together
94. Vanity Fair - Hitching A Ride
    
95. The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
96. WAR - Why Can't We Be Friends?
97. Bill Withers - Lovely Day
    
98. Stevie Wonder - As
99. Stevie Wonder - I Wish
100. Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
     

Wanna know what Renzie is listening to right now? Welcome to "Renzie's 100 Songs"- a special feature on "My Thoughts In Stereo" featuring a hundred songs currently playing on Renzie's digital music player- a little over 7 hours worth of great tuneage to set the mood for whatever it is you need to get done.

Share your list by emailing Renzie, or by posting a list of your own via a comment.

Cheers, everyone!