Playlist, 11/25/07

Remarkably, Christopher the Minister did not play Russian Roulette this week. This was undone by his playing of two songs by Duran Duran from their Rio album. I am not sure if Joe Strummer counts as Dark Wave, and I really just can't stand the song Golden Brown by the Stranglers. I remember being mesmerized by it the first time I heard it, but there is no way it counts as Dark. On the bright end of things, he had a really great run in the first hour where he played Bauhaus, Mission UK, and Sisters of Mercy back to back to back.. I really don't think that songs that are regularly played on First Wave should be heard on this show. Hence, Echo and the Bunnymen's People are Strange received a 2. The ratings are completely arbitrary, by the way. I am trying to cross-reference them, but I haven't figured out a great system for that just yet.

Here's the playlist for November 25, 2007.

Nine Inch Nails	Something I Can Never Have	5
The Cure	Kyoto Song	3.5
Echo & the Bunnymen	People Are Strange	2
Oingo Boingo	Skin	2.5
Depeche Mode	Shake the Disease	2
Bauhaus	God in an Alcove	4.5
The Mission UK	Deliverance	5
The Sisters of Mercy	Lucretia My Reflection	5
Duran Duran	The Chaffeur	2
The Lords of the New Church	Dance with Me	4
Siouxsie & the Banshees	Slowdive	4
Joy Division	She's Lost Control	4
The Cult	Love Trooper	3
Sinead O'Connor	Jerusalem	3
Tubeway Army	Are "Friends" Electric?	2
Specimen	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	2.5
Morrissey	Everyday is like Sunday	3
The B-52s	Deep Sleep	3.5
Killing Joke	Eighties	3
Wire Train	Chamber of Hellos	2
The Cure	Lullaby (extended mix)	3
The Human League	The Lebanon	2
Depeche Mode	Fly on the Windscreen	2.5
Tangerine Dream	Love on a Real Train	2
Love and Rockets	No New Tale to Tell	2.5
The Stranglers	Golden Brown	0.5
Nine Inch Nails	That's What I Get	4
The Damned	Alone Again Or	3.5
Joe Strummer	Love Kills	0.5
Joy Division	Transmission	4.5
Siouxsie & the Banshees	Cities in Dust (Extended Version)	2.5
The Jesus & Mary Chain	Happy When It Rains	3
Ministry	Work for Love	2.5
The Cramps	Fever	2
The Smiths	Rubber Ring	3
Duran Duran	Lonely in Your Nightmare	1
Propaganda	P-Machinery	4.5
Public Image Ltd.	This is Not a Love Song	2.5
Nitzer Ebb	Murderous	4

Average - 2.96

Playlist 11/18/07

I missed a few weeks. My apologies. I am trying to create a "darkness factor" for each show, so I will begin posting the playlist with these numbers. I have worked out in my head that Sisters of Mercy are pretty much a 5 and that New Order songs like 1963 that are on 22 regularly are 1s. There could be songs lower (i.e., B-52s Love Shack). But here are the songs for this week. There were some highlights and lowlights, but RUSSIAN ROULETTE WAS THERE AGAIN!!! Seriously, Christopher, knock it off.

Artist	Song	Dark Rating
The Sisters of Mercy	First and Last and Always	4.5
Echo & The Bunnymen	Bedbugs and Ballyhoo	2
The Smiths	Meat is Murder	3
Peter Murphy	All Night Long	4
Iggy Pop	The Passenger	3.5
The Lords of the New Church	Russian Roulette	1.5
Depeche Mode	Black Celebration	2.5
Siouxsie & The Banshees	Dear Prudence	2.5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	From Her To Eternity	1.5
The Cure	10:15 Saturday Night	2
Ministry	Revenge	2.5
Cocteau Twins	In The Gold Dust Rush	2
New Order	1963	1
Hilary	Kinetic	3
Concrete Blonde	Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)			2.5
Killing Joke	Adorations	3.5
Duran Duran	Friends of Mine	1.5
Bollock Brothers	Horror Movies	2
The The	Love is Stonger Than Death			3
The Sisters of Mercy	Dominion/Mother Russia	5
Peter Murphy	Cuts You Up	5
Japan	Quiet Life	2
Depeche Mode	Behind the Wheel	3
Echo & The Bunnymen	The Killing Moon	2.5
TSOL	Flowers By The Door	3.5
Love and Rockets	Sweet F.A.	2
EMF	Lies	1.5
The Smiths	There is a Light That Never Goes Out			3.5
Iggy Pop	Nightclubbing	2.5
Joy Division	Dead Souls	5
Frankie Goes to Hollywood	The Power of Love	1
The Psychedelic Furs	Dumb Waiter	3
The Cure	Lullaby	3
Siouxsie & The Banshees	Spellbound	4
Duran Duran	Night Boat	1
Clan of Xymox	No Words	3.5
The Mission UK	Wasteland	5
Alphaville	Forever Young	1.5