Snyder ,'Chosen'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Jim Greer and I have rewritten the songs to fit our purposes for the story.
Um... NO! Is this the same Jim Greer who wrote for Spin back in the day, dated Kim Deal, and was briefly in GbV? I don't think we like him... Have to check with the wife to get deets.
Also, GbV lyrics are awesome!
That's gotta be the same Jim Greer. And yes, GBV lyrics are awesome, but not exactly narratively coherent.
Signed, Mighty Pro-Jet, Baron von Richthofen
Signed, Mighty Pro-Jet, Baron von Richthofen
Oooh, gold star for robot boy!
Hey! So, I have a fun project coming up: making a soundtrack/playlist for a play called Fishing that's set in a new, hot, open-kitchen San Francisco restaurant (think Conduit (warning: music & Flash)). It's going to be heavily New Wave/electronic, since the chef loves NW and is enough of a dick to impose his tastes upon his customers. "Bizarre Love Triangle" is specifically mentioned.
With all of that mentioned (and keeping in mind that I have a lot of this music), are there any songs that I absolutely must have on said soundtrack?
Devo's "Whip It"
Specific must have songs? I'm not sure.
Must have bands include the aforementioned New Order and Devo, plus Gary Numan, Echo and the Bunnymen, Scary Monsters-era Bowie, early Depeche Mode, New Romantic era Duran Duran, The Human League, and early Eurythmics, and Yaz(oo). Each has many tracks to choose from.
This might help, too.
Tom's list is about my list too.
I would proabably throw in The English Beat, The Cure, and Talking Heads.
Oh, Yaz! Yes. Love them.
I have a bunch of Rhino's New Wave comps if you want to peruse or rip.
Sounds like the wants more of the synth pop portion of New Wave so OMD and Depeche Mode and Soft Cell and Human League and Ultravox should be in there.