[tweetmeme]Over the past week, we’ve had the pleasure of sharing two excerpts from “Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs that Defined the 1980s,” and now we’ve got copies of the book — signed by authors Lori Majewski and Jonathan Bernstein — to give away to two lucky U.S.-based Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.
Published this week, “Mad World” takes a look at 36 classic ’80s songs via new interviews with the artists, a list that includes Depeche Mode, Echo & The Bunnymen, INXS, Tears For Fears, The Smiths, Simple Minds, OMD, Adam and the Ants and many, many more.
If you haven’t already, check out our excerpts on New Order and Simple Minds.
TO ENTER:
Below we’ve listed the 36 New Wave classics spotlighted in “Mad World.” In the comments section, please tell us which of those songs is your favorite, and why.
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info@slicingupeyeballs.comwith the subject line “It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world.”
RULES:
Contest is open only to U.S. residents (sorry, publisher’s rules). We’ll take entries until 5 p.m. EDT Friday, April 25. After that point, we’ll select two winners at random and contact them via their provided e-mail addresses. One entry per person.ETC.:
If you don’t want to mess around with contests, the book can be ordered via Amazon.com.
Songs examined in “Mad World”
Adam and the Ants, “Kings of the Wild Frontier”
Gary Numan, “Cars”
Duran Duran, “Girls on Film”
New Order, “Blue Monday”
ABC, “Poison Arrow”
Devo, “Whip It”
Echo and the Bunnymen, “The Killing Moon”
Spandau Ballet, “True”
The Human League, “Being Boiled”
Heaven 17, “Temptation”
Dexys Midnight Runners, “Come On Eileen”
Bow Wow Wow, “I Want Candy”
The Waitresses, “I Know What Boys Like”
The Normal, “Warm Leatherette”
Kajagoogoo, “Too Shy”
Thomas Dolby, “She Blinded Me With Science”
The Psychedelic Furs, “Love My Way”
Depeche Mode, “New Life”
Yaz, “Only You”
Kim Wilde, “Kids in America”
Howard Jones, “New Song”
Berlin, “The Metro”
A Flock of Seagulls, “I Ran”
Modern English, “I Melt With You”
Soft Cell, “Tainted Love”
a-ha, “Take On Me”
Joy Division, “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
The Smiths, “How Soon is Now?”
Tears for Fears, “Mad World”
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, “If You Leave”
Ultravox, “Vienna”
INXS, “Original Sin”
Thompson Twins, “Hold Me Now”
Simple Minds, “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”
Animotion, “Obsession”
Band Aid, “Do They Know it’s Christmas?”
