During the last weeks in quarantine I had the plan to finally work on some short stories (next to the new novel). But like probably many I ended up doing nothing or weird stuff like creating … well, a playlist with 250 beloved New Wave Songs from the 1980s*. So no new stories so far, but maybe it helps some people to distract themselves in these times.
Playlist on YouTube.
Playlist on Spotify.
Tracklist below.
Schuld an diesem nerdigen Unterfangen ist übrigens der nächste Roman, der 1985 in Missouri spielt. Ich sitze inzwischen seit vier, fünf Jahren daran und hörte die meiste Zeit wie besessen Eighties, um mich besser in diese Zeit einzufühlen. Manchmal hatte ich dabei das Gefühl, insgeheim an einer Doktorarbeit über diese Musikdekade zu sitzen. Am Ende hatte ich über tausend Titel gesammelt, aus denen ich nun zwei Playlists gemacht habe. Neben der oben erwähnten auch eine mit Pop Hits, die ich irgendwann in den nächsten Monaten posten werde.
Das andere, was ich beim Prokrastinieren der letzten Wochen zumindest versucht habe, war, fast täglich einen Roman zu empfehlen. Die vorerst letzte Empfehlung ist Die 12 Leidensstationen nach Pasing von Stefan Wimmer. Wie bei meinem nächsten Roman ist es eine Coming-of-Age-Geschichte aus dem Sommer 1985. Die Hauptfigur ist ebenfalls ein Teenager, allerdings ist der Schauplatz hier nicht ein Kaff im Mittleren Westen – sondern ein großartig eingefangenes München, das es so nicht mehr gibt. Vor allem aber ist dieses Buch ein so außergewöhnliches Lesevergnügen, dass es in diesen Zeiten einfach nicht untergehen darf. Ganz großer Tipp!
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*Bei der Eingrenzung habe ich versucht, nicht nur dem musikwissenschaftlichen Begriff zu folgen. Denn je mehr New Wave man hört, desto mehr ist dieses Genre auch schlicht Gefühlssache. Mit Blick auf den Artikel über weibliches Schreiben weiter unten könnte man es natürlich auch kurz und böse machen: New Wave = größtenteils ein Haufen unglücklicher Typen mit Gitarren, Drums und Synthies … Aber die Musik und Bands waren gut, und bei der zweiten Playlist mit 80s Pop Hits wird das Verhältnis zumindest etwas anders aussehen.
Das Schwierigste war jedenfalls, sich auf hier nur 150 Songs zu beschränken. Ich habe beim Aussieben versucht, nicht zu viele Titel von einer Band zu nehmen, überhaupt gab es da viele schlaflose Nächte und tragische Fifty/Fifty-Entscheidungen. Aber genau das ist ja auch das Schöne an so bescheuerten Listen.
Viel Spaß beim Durchhören!
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Tracklist:
WHEN IN ROME – The Promise
MODERN ENGLISH – Melt With You
BLANCMANGE – Living On The Ceiling
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS – Space Age Love Song
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – The Killing Moon
THE CURE – Inbetween Days
PAUL HAIG – Something Good
XTC – Making Plans For Nigel
TEARS FOR FEARS – Mad World
INXS – To Look At You
OINGO BOINGO – Stay
METRO – Gemini (feat. Peter Godwin)
NEW ORDER – Age Of Consent
THE BEAT – Save It For Later
TALKING HEADS – This Must Be The Place
BRONSKI BEAT – Smalltown Boy
ROBERT PALMER – Johnny And Mary
THE HOUSE OF LOVE – Christine
THE WILD SWANS – Whirlpool Heart
GRAUZONE – Eisbär
PETER GODWIN – The Art Of Love (Remix by Johnson Somerset)
DEPECHE MODE – But Not Tonight
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK – Of All The Things We’ve Made
JONA LEWIE – You’ll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties
SIMPLE MINDS – New Gold Dream
GALXIE 500 – Tugboat
THE SMITHS – How Soon Is Now?
STYLE COUNCIL – Walls Came Tumbling Down
THE GODFATHERS – Birth, School, Work, Death
THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN – Just Like Honey
THE ESSENCE – The Cat
PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED – Rise
DEVO – Whip It
MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS – Echo Beach
A-HA – Train Of Thought
THE CURE – A Forest
THE REPLACEMENTS – Here Comes A Regular
TEARS FOR FEARS – Everybody Wants To Rule The World
JOY DIVISION – Love Will Tear Us Apart
BIG COUNTRY – In A Big Country
ICEHOUSE – Electric Blue
FRA LIPPO LIPPI – Mother’s Little Soldier
THE FIXX – Red Skies
THE PSYCHADELIC FURS – Love My Way
KAREL FIALKA – The Eyes Have It
THE CARS – Drive
BLANCMANGE – Blind Vision
MICHAEL BEEN AKA THE CALL – I Still Believe
DURAN DURAN – Girls On Film
TUBEWAY ARMY – That’s Too Bad
THE OCEAN BLUE – Ballerina Out Of Control
COREY HART – Sunglasses At Night
KILLING JOKE – Eighties
Q LAZZARUS – Goodbye Horses
ERASURE – A Little Respect
THE POLICE – Invisible Sun
INXS – Just Keep Walking
FLESH FOR LULU – I Go Crazy
MADNESS – It Must Be Love
THE GO-BETWEENS – Bye Bye Pride
WIRE TRAIN – Chamber Of Hellos
THE HUMAN LEAGUE – Don’t You Want Me
THE STRANGLERS – Golden Brown
NEW ORDER – Blue Monday
TALKING HEADS – Life During Wartime
DEPECHE MODE – Never Let Me Down Again
BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE – E=MC2
ORANGE JUICE – I Can’t Help Myself
TALK TALK – It’s My Life
THE ICICLE WORKS – Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)
ROXY MUSIC – More Than This
THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN – Head On
GARY NUMAN – Films
THE CHAMELEONS – Up The Down Escalator
THE STONE ROSES – I Wanna Be Adored
SOFT CELL – Tainted Love
REMNANTS – The Box
VISAGE – Fade To Grey
GLASS TIGER – Diamond Sun
TUESDAY BLUE – Love Me Simple**
THE BLUE NILE – Stay
THE ALARM – Rain In The Summertime
TACO – Puttin’ On The Ritz
DEPECHE MODE – Personal Jesus
ULTRAVOX – Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
THOMPSON TWINS – Doctor! Doctor!
PSYCHE – Unveiling The Secret
PETER GODWIN – Images Of Heaven**
MEN WITHOUT HATS – Safety Dance
THE CURE – Boys Don’t Cry
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES – Cities In Dust
SHRIEKBACK – My Spine Is A Bass Line
SPOONS – Nova Heart
AFTER THE FIRE – Der Kommissar
INXS – Need You Tonight
BLANCMANGE – Why Don’t They Leave Things Alone
RE-FLEX – The Politics Of Dancing
PETE SHELLEY – Homosapien
THE TRIFFIDS – A Trick Of The Light
POP MECHANIX – Jumping Out Of A Window
OINGO BOINGO – No One Lives Forever
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – Lips Like Sugar
THE THE – This Is The Day
THE CHURCH – Under The Milky Way
PHILIP OAKEY & GIORGIO MORODER – Together In Electric Dreams
FRA LIPPO LIPPI – Shouldn’t Have To Be Like That
OUR DAUGHTER’S WEDDING – Lawnchairs
NEW ORDER – Age Of Consent
XTC – Generals And Majors
ICEHOUSE – Uniform
PUKKA ORCHESTRA – Listen To The Radio
PETER SCHILLING – Major Tom
MEDIUM MEDIUM – Hungry, So Angry
FAD GADGET – Collapsing New People
CHINA CRISIS – Working With Fire And Steel
LOVE AND ROCKETS – So Alive
COCTEAU TWINS – Sea, Swallow Me
PRIVATE BLUE – She’s Love**
AZTEC CAMERA – Oblivious
DEVO – Beautiful World
HAIRCUT 100 – Favourite Shirts
NEW ORDER – Temptation
MINISTRY – Effigy
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS – I Ran
BLUE ROSE – Don’t You Know
FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS – Johnny Come Home
E.G. Daily – Mind Over Matter**
54-40 – I Go Blind
THE CLASH – Police On My Back
HEAVEN 17 – Let Me Go
JOY DIVISION – Atmosphere
MALCOLM MCLAREN- Madam Butterfly
THE ESSENCE – Endless Lakes
MISSING PERSONS – Destination Unknown
CARE – Flaming Sword
SPLIT ENTZ – I Got You
THE MONROES – What Do All The People Know
THE SAMPLES – Could It Be Another Change
AU PAIRS – It’s Obvious
THE NAILS – 88 Lines About 44 Women
SQUEEZE – If I Didn’t Love You
COMATEENS – The Late Mistake
THE BOLSHOI – Away
CAMOUFLAGE – The Great Commandment
FALCO – Macho Macho
GANG OF FOUR – I Love A Man In A Uniform
WANG CHUNG – Dance Hall Days
THE PSYCHADELIC FURS – The Ghost In You
SIMPLE MINDS – I Travel
INDUSTRY – State Of The Nation
ANNE CLARK – Sleeper In Metropolis
KITCHEN OF DISTINCTION – The 3rd Time We Opened The Capsule
THE SILENCERS – I Want You
THE BLUE NILE – The Downtown Lights
THE WILD SWANS – Bringing Home The Ashes
TEARS FOR FEARS – Shout
TUBEWAY ARMY – Are ‘Friends’ Electric?***
ULTRAVOX – Reap The Wild Wind
MÜNCHENER FREIHEIT – Every Time
NEW ORDER – Your Silent Face
METRO (FEAT. PETER GODWIN) – The Promise
THE B-52’S – Channel Z
THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN – Happy When It Rains
THE SMITHS – This Charming Man
BRONSKI BEAT – Hit That Perfect Beat
THE MOTELS – Remember The Nights
JOE JACKSON – It’s Different For Girls
THE STONE ROSES – Waterfall
THE WATERBOYS – A Girl Called Johnny
SCOTCH – Take Me Up
NEW MODEL ARMY – 51st State
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS – Heaven
FUN BOY THREE – Our Lips Are Sealed
THE HOUSE OF LOVE – Shine On
GOLDEN EARRING – Twilight Zone
MEN AT WORK – It’s A Mistake
THE DREAM ACADEMY – On The Edge Of Forever
PINK TURNS BLUE – After All (+)
XTC – Dear God
THE FIXX – Secret Seperation
THE TEARDROP EXLPODES – Reward
AZTEC CAMERA – Somewhere In My Heart
THE SMITHS – Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before
THE ROMANTICS – What I Like About You
MAGAZINE – Because You Are Frightened
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. – This Is Not A Love Song
NEW APARTMENT – Catch 22
IT’S IMMATRIAL – Driving Away From Home
NAKED EYES – When The Lights Go Out
DEPECHE MODE – I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead
BOOK OF LOVE – I Touch Roses
DURAN DURAN – Rio
TALKING HEADS – Once In A Lifetime
GANG OF FOUR – At Home He’s A Tourist
HAIRCUT 100 – Love Pluse One
SPANDAU BALLET – To Cut A Long Story Short
DOUBLE – The Captain Of Her Heart
THE STRANGLERS – No Mercy
THE PRODUCERS – What’s He Got
SHRIEKBACK – All Lined Up
RED ROCKERS – China
RE-FLEX – Keep In Touch
OINGO BOINGO – Dead Man’s Party
MORRISSEY – Everyday Is Like Sunday
MODERN ENGLISH – Ink And Paper
MATHEMATIQUES MODERNES – Disco Rough
INTAFERON – Get Out Of London
FLESH FOR LULU – Slide
BIG COUNTRY – Fields Of Fire
SPARKS – I Wish I Looked A Little Bit Better
THE CURE – Pictures Of You
THE CULT – She Sells Sanctuary
THE RAILWAY CHILDREN – Brighter
SIMPLE MINDS – Don’t You (Forget About Me)
THE VAPORS – Turning Japanes
THE CLASH – Train In Vain
BAUHAUS – Lagertija Nick
THE BONGOS – Numbers With Wings
THE JAM – Going Underground
ALPHAVILLE – Big In Japan
ALTERED IMAGES – I Could Be Happy
THE REPLACEMENTS – Androgynous
ULTRAVOX – Hymn
CROWDED HOUSE – Into Temptation
THE ASSOCIATES – The Affectionate Punch
THE STYLE COUNCIL – My Ever Changing Moods
PROPAGANDA – Duel
ORCHESTRAL MANOUEVRES IN THE DARK – Messages
THE WAITRESSES – In Know What Boys Like
ABC – Poison Arrow
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS – Wishing If (I Had A Photograph Of You)
THE SOUND – New Way Of Life
DURAN DURAN – Do You Believe In Shame?
THE CARS – Since You’re Gone
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES – The Passenger
THE FALL – Hit The North Part 1
JAPAN – Quiet Life
RHEINGOLD – Dreiklangdimensionen
THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS – Heartbreak Beat
POLYROCK – Romantic Me
ICEHOUSE – Great Southern Land
ORANGE JUICY – Blue Boy
THE MISSION – Butterfly On A Wheel
JOE JACKSON – Steppin’ Out
ROXY MUSIC – Over You
THE SMITHS – Girlfriend In A Coma
TALKING HEADS – Girlfriend Is Better
TALK TALK – Time It’s Time
**Nicht auf Spotify. Dort stattdessen:
THE ROMANTICS – Talking In Your Sleep
INXS – Don’t Change
CAMOUFLAGE – That Smiling Face
GRAY NUMAN – Cars
***”Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” von Tubeway Army ist von 1979, aber hier schreit alles so sehr nach den 80s, dass ich ihn trotzdem reingetan habe.