What song embodies 80s "No Wave" more so than any song?

ghostsofgiants

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Sat Jul-29-06 01:16 AM
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What song embodies 80s "No Wave" more so than any song?

I don't actually know any no wave bands (aside from Sonic Youth, if they count), though I know The Blood Brothers were influenced by the no wave movemnt.

So talk about no wave, because I'm bored.

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CanuckAmok

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Sat Jul-29-06 01:21 AM
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1. "Dish It Out" by the Contortions

FWIW, I don't think Sonic Youth count as No Wave. I think bona-fide "No Wave" bands are a very small clique of acts from the Bowery circa 1978-1980: Teenage Jesus and the Jerks (Lydia Lunch), DNA, Mars, James Chance and the Contortions/James White and the Blacks, maybe Swans (but they're later).

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ghostsofgiants

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Sat Jul-29-06 01:22 AM
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2. Works for me.

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RandomKoolzip

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Sat Jul-29-06 09:06 AM
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7. A nice hefty dose of No Wave history:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laQjL_IDMkI&search=dna

DNA at the Mudd Club, 1980. Check out Iuke Mori on drums - apparently she couldn't speak more than a few words in English, but she was able to flesh out Arto Lindsay's songs just fine and dandy.

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asthmaticeog

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Sat Jul-29-06 02:19 AM
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3. "Orphans" by Teenage Jesus and the Jerks.

Oh yeah:

LITTLE ORPHANS RUNNING THROUGH THE BLOODY SNOW
LITTLE ORPHANS RUNNING THROUGH THE BLOODY SNOW
LITTLE ORPHANS RUNNING THROUGH THE BLOOD THRU THE BLOOD THRU THE BLOOD

NO MORE ANKLES AND NO MORE CLOTHES
LITTLE ORPHANS RUNNING THROUGH THE SNOW
LITTLE ORPHANS IN THE BLOOD IN THE BLOOD IN THE BLOOD

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swag

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Sat Jul-29-06 08:41 AM
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5. First one that popped into my head too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTo1Z0YYvPs&search=teenage%20jesus

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enigmatic

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Sat Jul-29-06 02:47 AM
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4. "We Get Messages"- Monitor

Fantastic (and short-lived) band; their self-titled album uses synths better than anyone in that era outside of Joy Division...

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RandomKoolzip

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Sat Jul-29-06 08:50 AM
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6. "Helen Forsdale" by Mars or "Victimless Crime" by Toy Killers.

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