Sounds of the 70s - New Wave

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Sounds of the 70s: New Wave

Mark Cooper

Stephanie McWhinnie

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New Wave - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

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Episode 10: New Wave - Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick

New Wave - Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick

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Featuring Elvis Costello, the Police, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop and other New Wave notables.

Performances from Elvis Costello, the Police, Squeeze, Blondie and other acts from the New Wave genre that followed punk in the late 1970s.

By the end of the 70s the world had changed and so had music. In America, it was all about memorable melodies, great guitar rhythms, a little bit of post-punk angst and looking really cool. In the UK it was about Brit style cheekiness, social commentary, a melody and a hook, a lot of attitude - and looking really cool. This episode goes beyond punk and looks into the dawning of a new decade and the phenomenon of New Wave, including performances from Elvis Costello, the Police, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Squeeze, Blondie, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the Cars, Patti Smith and Iggy Pop.

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