Full Description
Students of pop music and pop culture as well as fans who have loved the music since it came into being will gain valuable insight into this genre of the 1970s and 1980s.
Listen to New Wave Rock!: Exploring a Musical Genre contains background on new wave music in general, with an overview and history of new wave rock in particular.
While the bulk of the book is devoted to analysis of 50 must-hear musical examples, which include artists, songs, and albums, the book also explores how this genre of the late 1970s and 1980s came into being, musical influences on the genre, and how the genre influenced later generations of artists. Additional chapters analyze the impact of new wave rock on American popular culture and the legacy of new wave music, including how the music is still used today in film and television soundtracks and in television commercials.
The combination of detailed examination of specific artists, songs, and albums and discussion of background, legacy, and impact distinguish this book from others on the subject and make it a vital reference and interesting read for both students and music aficionados.
Contents
Series Foreword
Preface
1 Background
2 Must-Hear Music
The B-52's: "Rock Lobster"
The Bangles: "Manic Monday"
Blondie: "Heart of Glass"
Blondie: "One Way or Another"
The Buggles: "Video Killed the Radio Star"
The Cars: "Just What I Needed"
The Cars: "My Best Friend's Girl"
The Cars: "Shake It Up"
The Clash: "London Calling"
Elvis Costello: "Pump It Up"
Elvis Costello: "(What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding"
Culture Club: "Karma Chameleon"
Depeche Mode: "Just Can't Get Enough"
Devo: "Whip It!"
Dire Straits: "Sultans of Swing"
Thomas Dolby: "She Blinded Me with Science"
Duran Duran: "Hungry Like the Wolf"
Eurythmics: "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
A Flock of Seagulls: "I Ran (So Far Away)"
The Go-Go's: Beauty and the Beat
Haircut One Hundred: "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)"
The Human League: "Don't You Want Me"
Joe Jackson: "Is She Really Going Out with Him?"
The Jam: "In the City"
Katrina and the Waves: "Walking on Sunshine"
The Knack: "My Sharona"
Cyndi Lauper: She's So Unusual
Nick Lowe: "I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll)"
Men at Work: "Down Under"
Men at Work: "Who Can It Be Now?"
Naked Eyes: "Always Something There to Remind Me"
New Order: "Blue Monday"
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: "Messages"
The Police: "Don't Stand So Close to Me"
The Police: "Every Breath You Take"
The Pretenders: "Brass in Pocket (I'm Special)"
Prince: "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
Psychedelic Furs: "Love My Way"
The Ramones
Spandau Ballet: "True"
The Specials: "A Message to You, Rudy"
Split Enz: "I Got You"
Squeeze: "Cool for Cats"
The Stranglers: "No More Heroes"
The Stray Cats: "Rock This Town"
Talking Heads: "Burning Down the House"
Talking Heads: "Life during Wartime"
Talking Heads: "Once in a Lifetime"
Tears for Fears: "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Television: Marquee Moon
3 Impact on Popular Culture
4 Legacy
Bibliography
Index
