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British New Wave 1977-80
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on February 13, 2016 (go to class or lectures)
Choose from these words to fill the blanks below:
subcultures, aesthetic, observation, Police, nose, literary, safer, Copland, Aim, substituted, collage, Reggae, recognize, stop, 1977, horn, success, Police, punk, commercial, young, good, Zero, Costello, present, minority, past, Disco, Petty
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British New Wave groups
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had                in the United States
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         didn't happen in the United States in the same way as it happened in the UK
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at least not in a                      way
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although it certainly happened in                       
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Elvis                 
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came out of the punk scene in the UK
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seen as one of the first UK artists to do New Wave, the            version of punk
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most rock fans' exposure to New Wave was in December in          when Elvis Costello appeared on Saturday Night Live
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the show you wanted to get on if you wanted to reach            America
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an edgy show after 11:30 on Saturday nights so they could get away with things you couldn't say and show on prime time
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the Sex Pistols were supposed to be on but had some kind of visa issue
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so Elvis Costello                        for them
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he was supposed to play "Less Than         "
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then told band to         
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then started the song "Radio Radio"
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Lauren Michaels who produced show was very angry and banned him
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1977 My        is True
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Allison
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1978 This Year's Model
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Pump It Up
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Radio Radio
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The             
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the most influential group of the late 70s and early 80s
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if you asked someone in 1984 who will be the band that will be remembered in rock history, the Police or U2, most people would say The             
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U2 has gone on to be the more popular band
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Sting on base and vocals
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intelligent
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lyrics filled with                  references
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Stewart                on drums
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tricky and jazz influence
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Andy Summers on guitar
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atmospheric guitarscapes
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Outlandos d'Amour (1979)
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Roxanne
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             influence
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Can't Stand Losing You
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1980s
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Synchronicity
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New Wave
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one of the first styles that makes strong references to rock's own         
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in order to get the irony of New Wave, you have to know the repertoire they are referring to
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you can't get what New Wave was doing in the the last 1970s if you don't know 60s or late 50s music
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Elvis Costello comes out with         -rimmed glasses
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referencing Buddy Holly
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an ironic               
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wasn't clear if New Wave was meant to embrace the past
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e.g. this hippy rock music is not very         , let's go back to an early form
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in the case of people like Tom           , that is actually what he is thinking
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but he's in a                 
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most New Wave bands were just using the 60s to make a critique on the               
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adding a layer of                        at what is happening in the musical culture
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it was hard to not                    what this music was referring to
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not hippy music
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it took hippy music and rubbed its          in its past
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it was an act of rebellion but an act of                    rebellion, not political rebellion
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it was a life style choice
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New Wave bands and            bands are in the same boat in rejecting music that had dominated rock music up to that point
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