New Wave Musical Timeline
(The task was to identify 15 new wave albums one would not part with. Here's my version with a prelude and a postlude - picking up on persistent riffs.)
Preparation: (Under the influence of WBUR and WTBS of MIT)
1965, Bob Dylan, Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine),
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEwix-Zi0zw
1967, Jefferson Airplaine, Somebody to Love (Surealistic Pillow)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIkoSPqjaU4
1967, Velvet Underground, Waiting for My Man (The Velvet Underground and Nico)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hugY9CwhfzE
1970, Gil Scott-Heron, The Revolution will not be Televised (Small Talk at 125th and Lenox)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGaRtqrlGy8
The New Wave (Under the influence of WRUV)
1975, Patti Smith, Gloria (Horses)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBN5aaApg9Q
1977, Talking Heads, Uh Oh Love Comes To Town
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBiRthbmiAE
1977, B-52s, Rock Lobster (The B-52's)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnU3WoQZHJE,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPMm1Noh-ow
1977, Jackson Browne, Running on Empty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJYRtOPUonA
1977, Jonathan Richmond, RoadRunner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHv8Rok9UfA
1978, Elvis Costello, Pump it up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpprOGsLWUo
1978, Blondie, Heart of Glass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU
1979, English Beat, Mirror in a Bathroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTNpaaPHENE
1979, Lene Lovich, Lucky Number (Stateless)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnIJOO__jVo
1979, The Knack, My Sharon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVdnqEyToqg
1980, Devo, Whip It (Freedom of Choice)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbt30UnzRWw
1981, Gil Scott Heron, B Movie,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80JoQY3Oelk
1981, Men at Work, Down Under,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqWOlTqn6YU
1981, Blondie, Rapture,
http://www.mtv.com/videos/blondie/18111/rapture.jhtml#id=1535994
1981, Tom Tom Club, Wordy Rappinghood (Tom Tom Club)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2arqg_tom-tom-club-wordy-rappinghood_music
1983, Talking Heads, I Get Wild/Wild Gravity (Speaking in Tongues)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcX3aWNOxQM
1984, The Pretenders, My CIty Was Gone (Learning to Crawl)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA56J8zlAdo
1984, Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ5LmQmQZqg
Soon there after
1984, The Flying Lizards, And then he kissed me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4qvoAbe_TM
1984, The Flying Lizards, Get Up (Sex Machine - 6 Machine),
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vh3cnWLHaI
1984, The Flying Lizards, Money
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-P2qL3qkzk
1985, Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVwFeQpy_Us
1989, B-52s, Love Shack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leohcvmf8kM
1997, Aqua, Barbie Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyhrYis509A
And more recently (Under the influence of Radio Canada, CBF, and Youtube)
2003, Boogie Pimps, Somebody To Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4yraqRiZ6s
2005, Vitalic, My Friend Dario (OK Cowboy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOtmWxqN1fY
2005, lcd soundsystem, daft punk is playing at my house -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbaOFkC8tQE
2006, lcd soundsystem, movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6MIChyCBAU
2007, LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON1eRJtoOrg
2008, Amadou & Mariam, Senegal Fast Food, Dimanche à Bamako
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J43T8rEOg-I
2009, Martin Léon, Tu comprends rien (Moon Grill)
http://www.myspace.com/video/martin-leon/tu-comprends-rien-de-martin-l-on/59175038
2010, LCD Soundsystem, Drunk Girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdRaf3-OEh4
NOTES :
R.E.M/, Imitation Of Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2AGvj2cdlY
2006. The Sultan's Elephant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQbTMEupTpk
1959, Barrett Strong, Money (That's What I Want)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6xkT7FMyTc
1963, The Beatles, Money (that's what I want)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k5ooaufrLM
1970, James Brown, Get Up I feel Like A Sex Machine,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3adatc-W0M4
