Below is a solid list from Robert Smith of the songs that he most admires from the 1980s (excluding his own, of course). New Order's “Everything’s Gone Green” is my favorite along with “Persephone” and “Gigantic.” All three are unrelenting driving forces of the New Wave genre and not to be missed.
ABC, “Look of Love”
The Associates, “Tell Me It’s Easter on Friday”
David Bowie, “Let’s Dance”
Kate Bush, “Cloudbursting”
Cocteau Twins, “Persephone”
Christina, “Things Fall Apart”
D.A.F., “Sex Unter Wasser”
Depeche Mode, “Personal Jesus”
Dinosaur Jr, “Freak Scene”
Echo and the Bunnymen, “Killing Moon”
The Fun Boy Three with Bananarama, “It Ain’t What You Do…”
Peter Gabriel, “Red Rain”
Human League, “Human”
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Some Candy Talking”
Joy Division, “The Eternal”
Chaka Khan, “I Feel For You”
Madness, “Return of the Lost Palmas Seven”
My Bloody Valentine, “Lose My Breath”
Mel & Kim, “Respectable”
New Order, “Everything’s Gone Green”
Yoko Ono, “Walking On Thin Ice”
Pixies, “Gigantic”
The Pretenders, “Don’t Get Me Wrong”
Prince, “Starfish & Coffee”
Psychedelic Furs, “Heaven”
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Dear Prudence”
Soft Cell, “Tainted Love”
The Sugarcubes, “Birthday”
Suzanne Vega, “Small Blue Thing”
Tom Waits, “In the Neighborhood”
What, no Smiths or Morrissey on the list? :-)
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"What, no Smiths or Morrissey on the list?"
ReplyDeleteI recently listened to an interview on YouTube with Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst from 1984, where the interviewer tells Robert that Morrissey said he became somewhat more effeminate after meeting him (Robert). Robert, never one to mince words, replies, "He's never met me. If I met him he'd be dead. I fucking hate him. He's a talentless half-wit." So that may answer your question as to why no Morrissey or Smiths. But then again I've heard him say some pretty nasty things about some of the artists that are on the list.
Here's a link to the interview. The Morrissey bit is right at 11:00.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VQNYCWsxpU
Thanks for the interview link Monkedelic! Asking why no Morrissey songs was a bit sarcastic on my part, but I love a juicy Robert Smith interview.
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