Off Season OT: New wave Playlist

I got into new wave/alt music in college during the 80’s. I also just finished reading former KROQ DJ and current XM First Wave DJ Richard Blade’s Autobiography and he was at the fore front of discovering and promoting bands like Berlin, Talk Talk, Depeche Mode and INXS.

I’m thinking the best 250-300 songs of that era (1977-1987). Bands can have more then one song on the list. Nominations? Should I do this in poll form?

EDIT: Please limit your suggestions to 4-5 songs at most per post. The goal here is to get as many people as possible to participate in building the Sabrespace New Wave Playlist. Thanks

I’ll start with two songs.
1) B-52s - Roam - GA
2) Psychedelic Furs - Ghost In You - GA
3) The Smith’s - How Soon is Now - Taro
4) The Clash - London Calling - NS
5) The Clash- (White Men) Hammersmith Palais - NS
6) Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun - Brawndo
7) The Ramones - Blitzkreg Bop - NS
8) Blondie - Heart of Glass - NS
9) Haircut 100 - Love Plus One - Sabel79
10) Siouxsie & The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo - Sabel79 (Personally I'm partial to Dear Prudence)
11) Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love - Sabel79
12) The The - This is the Day - Sabel79
13) Talking Heads - Once in a Life Time - Sabel79
14) Re-Flex - The Politics of Dancing (extended version) - GA
15) Payola$ - Eyes of A Stranger - GA
16) INXS - Don't Change - Taro (Taro, this is an excellent selection)
17) When In Rome - The Promise - Brawndo
18) Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go - Brawndo
19) David Bowie - Modern Love - Brawndo
20) A-ha - Take on Me - Brawndo
21) Simple Minds - Don't You - Brawndo
22) Bowie/Queen - Under Pressue - Brawndo
23) Talking Heads - Life During Wartime- Taro
24) Gowan - A Criminal Mind - Taro
25) Talk Talk - Talk Talk - GA
26) The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away - GA
27) The Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Whisper to A Scream) - GA
28) Information Society - What's On your Mind (Pure Energy) - DJ Keith
29) Berlin - No More Words - DJ Keith
30) The Jam - A Town Called Malice - DJ Keith
31) Timbuk3 - The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades - DJ Keith
32) Gary Newman - Cars - DJ Keith
33) Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead - DJ Keith
34) XTC - Mayor of Simpleton - DJ Keith
35) Aztec Camera - Oblivious - DJ Keith
36) They Might Be Giants - Don't Lets Start - DJ Keith
37) General Public - Tenderness - DJ Keith
38) The Specials - Too Much Too Young - NS (I suspect that NS is a huge Punk Rock fan)
39) The Specials - Gangsters - NS
40) The Cure - Hot Hot Hot!!! - Sabre Dance
41) The Stranglers - Golden Brown - Sabre Dance
42) Morrissey - Every Day is Like Sunday - Sabre Dance
43) Siouxsie & the Banshees - Cities in Dust - Sabre Dance
44) Iggy Pop - Lust for Life - GA
45) Kate Bush - Running up That Hill - GA
46) King - Love & Pride - GA (only discovered this song recently)
47) M - Pop Muzik - GA
48) Translator - Everywhere That I'm Not - GA
49) Felony - The Fanatic - GA
50) The Church - Under the Milky Way - Eleven (Great Song)
51) Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon - Eleven (I think this is their best song by a wide margin)
52) Love & Rockets - Waiting for the Flood - Eleven
53) Shriekback - Gunning for the Buddha - Eleven
54) Psychedelic Furs - Heaven - Eleven
55) Madness - One Step Beyond - NS
56) Madness - Night Boat to Cairo - NS
57) Adam Ant: Goody Two Shoes - NEO
58) The Knack: My Sharona - NEO
59) The Knack: Good Girls Don’t - NEO (I'm sure about this NEO)
60) The Clash: Know Your Rights - NEO,
61) The Clash: Ghetto Defendant - NEO
62) The Police: Roxanne - NEO
63) The Police; Message in a Bottle - NEO
64) The Police: Don’t Stand So Close to Me - NEO
65) The Police: Bed’s Too Big Without You - NEO
66) The Police: Walking on the Moon - NEO
67) The Pretenders: Brass in Pocket - NEO
68) The Pretenders: Better Stop Sobbing - NEO
69) The Pretenders :My City Was Gone - NEO
70) Talking Heads: Take me to the River - NEO (Simply awsome version of this standard)
71) Talking Heads: Psycho Killer - NEO
72) The Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (are made of this) - NEO
73) The Eurythmics: Love is a Stranger - NEO
74) Culture Club: Church of the Poison Mind -NEO (I'm sorry but no f-ing way on Do You Really Want to Hurt Me!)
75) Culture Club - Karma Chameleon - NEO
76) Divinyls: When I Think About You - NEO
77) Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Relax - NEO
78) The Bangles: Manic Monday - NEO
79) The Bangels: Walk Like an Egyptian- NEO
80) The Cars: Candy O - NEO
81) The Cars -My Best Friend’s Girl - NEO
82) Ian Dury: Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll - NEO (Was about to add this myself)
83) Fine Young Cannibals: She Drives Me Crazy - NEO
84) Squeeze - Cool For Cats - Taro (Interest choice for the first Squeeze song)
85) Elvis Costello - Pump It Up - Taro
85) Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him? - Taro
86) The Cure - Close To Me (extended version, 'cause the synth horns make the song) - Taro
87) Violent Femmes - Add It Up - NS
88) Elton Motello - Jet Boy Jet Girl - NS (English version of Plastic Betrand's french Ca Plane Pour Moi)
89) Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star -GA
90) Berlin - Masquerade - GA
91) The Call - The Walls Came Down -GA
92) Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen - GA
93)The La's - There She Goes - GA
94) Marshall Crenshaw - Someday, Someway - GA
95) After the Fire - Der Kommisar - DJ Keith
96) Nena - 99 Luft Balloons - DJ Keith
97) Level 42 - Something About You - DJ Keith
98) Duran Duran - Rio - DJ Keith
99) Duran Duran - Girls on Film - DJ Keith
100) Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy - DJ Keith
101) Thomas Dolby- Blinded Me With Science - Taro
102) Thomas Dolby - Airwaves - Taro
103) Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
104) Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
105) Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth
106) New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
107) New Order - Age of Consent
108) The Cure - Lovesong
109) The Cure - Just Like Heaven
110) Tears for Fears - Shout
111) Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
112) Thompson Twins - Lies
113) Thompson Twins - In the Name of Love
114) New Order - Blue Monday - NS
115) Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart - NS
116) Joe Jackson - I'm A Man - NS
117) The Romantics - What I Like About You - NS
118) OMD - Enola Gay - NS
119) Stephen Duffy/ Tin Tin - Kiss Me - NS
120) Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning - NEO
121) Pet Shop Bots - West End Girls - Dr Phil
122) Divine - You Think You're A Man - NS
123) Modern English - I Melt With You - GA
124) ABC - Look of Love - DJ Keith
125) Animotion - Obsession - GA

126) Berlin - Metro - GA
127) Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays - GA
128) Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town - GA
129) English Beat - Save It For Later - GA
130) Squeeze - Tempted - DJ Keith
131) Squeeze - Pulling Mussels From A Shell - DJ Keith
132) Morrisey - Suedehead - DJ Keith
133) Roxy Music - More then This - GA
134) UB40 - Present Arms - NS
135) Men at Work - Down Under - DJ Keith
136) Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribe (really underrated song) - Ho-Chi
137) XTC - Making Plans for Nigel - Ho-Chi
138) Bananarma - Cruel Summer - Ho-Chi
139) Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Right Round - Ho-Chi
140) Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus - Ho-Chi
141) Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio - Ho-Chi
142) Talking Heads - Slippery People - GA
143) REM - Losing My Religion - GA
144) Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself - GA
145) Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill - GA
146) Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey - GA
147) Situation - Yaz/Yazoo - DJ Keith
148) Safety Dance - Men Without Hats - GA
149) Devo - Whip It - DJ Keith
150 Echo & the Bunnymen - Lips lIke Sugar - DJ Keith
151) The Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination - GA
152) A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away) - GA
153) Lene Lovich - Lucky Number - NS
154) B-52's Planet Claire - NS
155) B-52's Rock Lobster - GA
156) Romeo Void - Never Say Never - GA
157) Red Rockers - China - GA
158) Q-Feel - Dancing In Heaven - GA
159)The Nails - 88 lines About 44 Women - GA
160) Jo Boxer - Just Got Lucky - DJ Keith
161) The Bongos - Numbers With Wings - GA
162) The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another - DJ Keith
163) Crowed House - Don't Dream It's Over - DJ Keith
164) Byran Ferrry - Slave To Love - GA
165) Madness - Our House - DJ Keith
166) Oingo Boingo - Dean Man's Party - DJ Keith
167) Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days - DJ Keith
168) Echo and the Bunnymen - Bring on the Dancing Horses NS/DJ Keith
169) Simple Minds - Alive & Kicking - DJ Keith
170) Big Country - In the Big Country - DJ Keith
171) Blancmange - Living on the Ceiling - PromoTheRobot
172) Blancmange - Blind Vision - NS

173) Ultravox - Reap the Wild Wind - GA
174) Yello - Oh Yeah - GA
175) The Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like - GA

176) The Ramones - Sheana is a Punk Rocker - NS 

177) New Order - True Faith -  DJ Keith

178) New Order - Regret -  DJ Keith

179) Oingo Boingo - Weird Science -  DJ Keith

180) Public Image Ltd - Disappointed -  DJ Keith

181) The Alarm - Sixty Eight Guns -  DJ Keith

182) Spandau Ballet - True -  DJ Keith

183) ABC - Poison Arrow -  DJ Keith

184) The Human League - Don't You Want Me - DJ Keith

185) OMD - If You leave -  DJ Keith

186) Talk Talk - Its My Life -  DJ Keith

187) The English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom - DJ Keith

188) Yazoo/Yaz - Don't Go -  DJ Keith

189) Men At Work - Overkill - DJ Keith

190) Elvis Costello - Veronica - DJ Keith

191) Elvis Costello - Everyday I write the Book - DJ Keith

192) Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better -  DJ Keith

193) The Cure - A Letter to Elise - GA

194) David Bowie - Heroes - GA

195) David Bowie - China Girl - GA

196) Gary Myrick & The Figuers - She Talks in Stereo - GA

197) Go-Gos - Can't Stop the World - GA

198) Go-Gos - Our Lips are Sealed - GA

199) INXS - The One Thing - GA

200) Josie Cotton - He Could Be the One - GA

201) Katrina & The Waves - Walking on Sunshine - GA

202) Kim Wlide - Kids In America - GA

203) The Members - Working Girl - GA

204) Missing Persons - Words - GA

205) Missing Persons - Walking In LA - GA

206) The Motels - Only the Lonely - GA

207) Peter Schilling - Major Tom - GA

208) Pete Shelley - Homosapien - GA

209) REM - Stand - GA

210) The Psychedelic Furs -  Love My Way - GA

211) Scandal - Goodbye to You - GA

212) The Smithereens - Only a Memory - GA

213) Tears for Fears - Sowing the Seeds of Love - GA

214) Til Tuesday - Voices Carry - GA

215) The Smiths- Please Please Please Let me - GA

216) U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love) - GA

217) ???????