Tunes Du Jour Celebrates Ask A Stupid Question Day

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Whilst growing up I frequently heard from teachers “There’s no such thing as a stupid question.” These teachers never met Karen from Accounting, who asked Randy if his birthday always coincided with Cinco de Mayo.

I’m thinking of Karen today, as it’s Ask A Stupid Question Day. I took some liberties with the playlist I compiled to celebrate this most important of holidays. All of the song titles ask questions. None of them are stupid questions; rather, they are questions we may not be asking often enough: What’s the frequency, Kenneth? When did you get hot? Who killed Bambi?

Check out thirty important musical questions below.

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Inspired By John Waters

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Today’s playlist is inspired by John Waters – director, screenwriter, author, actor, journalist, hero. As today is his 69th birthday, I compiled this collection of songs that have been in his movies, songs he’s written about, and songs by folks who have been in his movies.

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Top 30 New Wave Songs

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My friend and fellow improviser Josh asked me to compile a playlist consisting of my thirty favorite new wave songs. This proved challenging, for what is new wave? As a genre there is no clear definition of the term. For some it’s any musical act from England that emerged between 1977 and 1985. For some it includes any band that wasn’t punk that played at CBGBs. For some new wave was defined by the way the synths or guitars were played. For others it was a look.

I decided to not get too caught up on a precise definition; otherwise, I’d make myself crazy. For example, initially I was hesitant to include songs by Cheap Trick, Cyndi Lauper, Kid Creole and the Coconuts and even Pet Shop Boys (the latter because the song I chose was a poppy number that hit in 1988), but then I decided a case could be made for each to be considered new wave.

I limited myself to one song per artist. The limitation imposed by using Spotify to create the playlist proved to not be so bad – only one song I would put in my top thirty is not on the service, that being Yoko Ono’s “Kiss Kiss Kiss.” I see some people writing Spotify thank you notes already.

Herewith are my thirty favorite new wave songs. Did I leave out any of your all-time favorites? Tell me in the Comments.

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