www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeBMHnJqAvM

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMl3QhOyNZM

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_XtAqDqVs0

I like to think of The Fall as the link between Punk (e.g. Sex Pistols) and much of the rest of Post-Punk (e.g. Franz Ferdinand comes to mind). …with perhaps a touch of the Noise Rock.

Rather than post a new one from their latest 2010 album (The Fall just released their 28th studio album, if I counted correctly), I thought I'd go back to their first single in 1978! (I think I might like it best too!)

Song Recommendations

If you like this song, I also suggest:

• Franz Ferdinand
• Sonic Youth
• Sex Pistols

I also suggest the music genre:

• Post-Punk

Click here for more info on The Fall – "It's the New Thing!".

The MP3 may be purchased here…

The Fall - It's the New Thing!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWEfmCvu8R8

I love "Roam" every time I hear it! A classic favorite for sure! In fact I am surprise I went for almost 2 years without posting it!

Song Recommendations

If you like this song, I also suggest:

• The Bangles
• The Go-Gos
• R.E.M.

I also suggest the music genre:

• Post-Punk

Click here for more info on The B-52s – Cosmic Thing – "Roam".

The MP3 may be purchased here…

The B-52s - Cosmic Thing

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBWrLhgiX74

A classic in my book.

Song Recommendations

If you like this song, I also suggest:

• Dead Or Alive
• Billy Idol
• Scissor Sisters

I also suggest the music genre:

• New Wave

Click here for more info on Soft Cell – Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret – "Soft Cell".

The MP3 may be purchased here…

Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA_DB4DG278

If I said I'd lost my way
Would you sympathise
Could you sympathise?
I'm jumbled up
Maybe I'm losing my touch
I'm jumbled up
Maybe I'm losing my touch
But you know I didn't have it anyway

Song Recommendations

If you like this song, I also suggest:

• Joy Division
• Talking Heads
• Tears For Fears

I also suggest the music genre:

• Post-Punk

Click here for more info on Echo & the Bunnymen – Crocodiles – "Rescue".

The MP3 may be purchased here…

Echo & the Bunnymen - Crocodiles

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cuPKGbDtZc

"Waltzinblack" is not typical of The Stranglers' work, and is more of an quirky intro to the album. I totally dig it as a creepy waltz, and whoever created the video slideshow above is right to think of clowns and carnivals as the setting for this dark dance. I watched Stephen King's "IT" when I was a bit young for it. Clowns are creepy!

Song Recommendations

If you like this song, I also suggest:

• The Birthday Massacre
• Sir FiNiX
• Them Crooked Vultures

I also suggest the music genre:

• Halloween

Click here for more info on The Stranglers – (The Gospel According To) The Meninblack – "Waltzinblack".

The MP3 may be purchased here…

The Stranglers - (The Gospel According To) The Meninblack

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ibrtEQEAKs

This song goes out to a certain someone, and I think you know who you are!

Song Recommendations

If you like this song, I also suggest:

• The Bird and The Bee
• The Go-Go's
• Orchards & Vines

I also suggest the music genre:

• New Wave

Click here for more info on Altered Images – Happy Birthday – "Happy Birthday".

The MP3 may be purchased here…

Altered Images - Happy Birthday

www.youtube.com/watch?v=poBPu8quCkk

listen up the weekend is here
doesn't matter whether you dance
or sit back and open a beer
good times for you given the chance

…oh and those aren't song lyrics, just a little poem I wrote to celebrate the long weekend! The bass in this song rocks, doesn't it?

Song Recommendations

If you like this song, I also suggest:

• Florence + The Machine
• La Roux
• Scissor Sisters

I also suggest the music genre:

• Dance-Punk

Click here for more info on Gossip – Standing in the Way of Control – "Listen Up".

The MP3 may be purchased here…

Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p17KYGhweps

I LOVE this song. It is an epic ballad of love and devotion. I hadn't heard it in years and years, and then it was on the radio randomly and it almost brought a tear to my eye.

Well if the birds
can reach the sky
to this land
I'll be with you
till the sun bursts from your side
with my hands
I'll reach to you
when you think your chance is passing by
when you blow your moon away
I'll bleed like the reed
fall with your knife
it's here I'll be with you

Song Recommendations

If you like this song, I also suggest:

• The Cure
• Joy Division
• Massive Attack

I also suggest the music genre:

• Gothic Rock

Click here for more info on Peter Murphy – Cascade – "I'll Fall with Your Knife".

The MP3 may be purchased here…

Peter Murphy - Cascade

www.youtube.com/watch?v=og1HAkjOuL0

A favorite from New Order…

I feel so extraordinary
Something's got a hold on me
I get this feeling I'm in motion
A sudden sense of liberty

I used to think that the day would never come
I'd see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear

Song Recommendations

If you like this song, I also suggest:

• Erasure
• Joy Division
• The Smiths

I also suggest the music genre:

• New Wave

Click here for more info on New Order – Substance – "True Faith".

The MP3 may be purchased here…

New Order - Substance

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VNx78SAq8M

It has been a good week. My mind just feels like dancing, and it is Friday to boot!

PS: Although originally released in 1981 by the band Billy Idol was a part of before going solo, Generation X, Billy Idol's solo and slightly more pop version/cover made this song a hit.

Song Recommendations

If you like this song, I also suggest:

• David Bowie
• Cyndi Lauper
• Ramones

I also suggest the music genre:

• Post-Punk

Click here for more info on Billy Idol – Billy Idol – "Dancing With Myself".

The MP3 may be purchased here…

Billy Idol - Billy Idol

I hear this song everywhere. It comes up a lot. I'm sure the drama of singer Ian Curtis's suicide shortly after the release propelled it some. I'd like to think that it also fueled the fire for the rest of them to carry on as New Order. A classic in my book and yet I discovered The Illustrious G was really not familiar with it. Shocking!

As a fan of the mashup, I must also provide you a link to Dsico's "Love Will Freak Us", a combination of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" with Missy Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On". Mashups are all the more fun when you know both songs of course, so here is a link to "Get Ur Freak On".

Song Recommendations

If you like this song, I also suggest:

• The Cure
• New Order
• The xx

I also suggest the music genre:

• Post-Punk

Click here for more info on Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart".

The MP3 may be purchased here…

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

The Cure's "Disintegration" is the all purpose album for those in the dumps. Regardless of your source of solace or depression, whether it be loss of love, self-esteem, hope, or worse, you will find a companion in "Disintegration". It is better to embrace the gloom to work through it and to put your focus on a movie or an album, than your own life sometimes. If not now, it will happen in the future. When it does, you can pull this one off the shelf and let The Cure heal your wounded soul as a sympathetic presence.

Here are my 5 favorites from the album, with "Lovesong" being my favorite.

Track 1: Plainsong

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZoYzne9Tpg

Track 2: Pictures of You

Track 4: Lovesong

Track 6: Lullaby

Track 10: Disintegration
http://www.viddler.com/explore/cere_ale/videos/2/

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Click here for more info on The Cure – "Disintegration".

The MP3 album may be purchased here:

The Cure - Disintegration