I've been inspired to visit my New Wave roots by my brother's recent entry on Seona Dancing (hey, we did a cover of "More to Lose" for our prom!) and so I've dug up, sought out, pinged, pushed and "found more sources" for songs pushed so far back in my subconscious that I had to sing them out loud to remember their titles.

What I got with them were flashbacks of high school, our dinky Sharp (not Sony) mono radio cassette player, a pile of cassette tapes and 45 RPM Extended Remixes, and working like a safecracker to manually tune into XB and NU from Los Banos. These favorites, in alphabetical order, may have sometimes lacked sophistication, or have even been a tad bit camp at the time, but they offered me the fondest memories and the most unforgettable hooks of my formative years. After all, I liked them when I was 13. (At least I didn't get into David Benoit and Kenny G).

My definition of New Wave, by the way, were tunes from any bands or acts played in XB or NU during the 80's and early 90's that were seldom played anywhere else. Sorry, no downloadables.

1. "Transfer Affection" A Flock of Seagulls
2. "Deep and Wide" Aztec Camera
3. "Stay" The Blue Nile
4. "She Sells Sanctuary" The Cult
5. "In Between Days" The Cure

6. . "A Little Respect" Erasure
7. "Heaven (Must Be There)" Eurogliders
8. "All Together Now" The Farm
9. "(Feels Like) Heaven" Fiction Factory
10. "Postcards from Paradise" Flesh for Lulu

11. "The Distance Between Us" Fra Lippo Lippi
12. "State of Art" Friends Again
13. "Someday" Glass Tiger
14. "Last Supper" Howard Jones
15. "Head On" The Jesus and Mary Chain

16. "Jennifer She Said" Lloyd Cole
17. "The First Picture of You" The Lotus Eaters
18. "Hands Across The Sea" Modern English
19. "Everyday is Like Sunday" Morrissey
20. "1963" New Order

21. "From Across the Kitchen Table" The Pale Fountains
22. "Gigantic" Pixies
23. "Appetite" Prefab Sprout
24. "The Ghost in You" Psychedlic Furs
25. "She's So Young" The Pursuit of Happiness

26. "Girlfriend in a Coma" The Smiths
27. "Round and Round" Spandau Ballet
28. "Here's Where the Story Ends" The Sundays
29. "Whirlpool Heart" The Wild Swans
30. "The Last Perfect Thing" Wire Train

Oh, and of course, "More to Lose" Seona Dancing.