This document provides an overview of punk and new wave music movements that originated in the 1970s. It discusses how punk music stripped rock styles "to their bones" as a reaction against dominant styles. Early punk artists mentioned include the Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, and the New York Dolls. Key punk bands that emerged in the mid-1970s included Television, the Ramones, and the Sex Pistols. New wave developed in the late 1970s as a more polished version of punk, incorporating pop influences, as demonstrated by artists like Elvis Costello, the Cars, and Blondie. The rise of music videos to promote these new styles is also summarized.
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Punk and New Wave
1. MUSC 1800: Popular Music
Punk and New Wave
Dr. Matthew C. Saunders
Lakeland Community College
C-1078
2. Punk and New Wave
• International movements
• “Back to basics” rock
• Nihilistic approach
• What is New Wave?
• What is punk?
3. Big Idea
• When a dominant style enters its “decadent”
phase, a possible reaction is to strip it to its
bones in search of meaning.
4. Protopunk
• Musical, philosophical
and fashion models for
later groups
• The Velvet
Underground
– “I’m Waiting for the
Man,” 1966
• Iggy Pop & The Stooges
– “Search and Destroy,”
1973
• The New York Dolls
– “Jet Boy,” 1973
5. Punk
• CBGB: Center of early
punk scene in New
York
• Television
– “Double Exposure,”
(live, 1974)
• The Ramones
– “I Wanna Be Sedated,”
(1978)
• The Sex Pistols
– “Anarchy in the UK,”
1976
6. New Wave
• More polished version of punk, developed ca.
1976 in both US and UK
7. New Wave Musicians
• Elvis Costello (b. 1954)
– “Radio, Radio,” BBC,
1978
• Other bands tended
toward a pop sound
– The Cars: “Just What I
Needed,” 1978 (live
1979)
– Blondie: “Call Me,”
1980
8. The Music Video
• Song-length film with
images tied to the
music
• “soundies,” 1940s
• “promotional clips,”
late-1960s and 1970s
• New Wave bands were
early adopters in the
mid-1970s
• MTV (Music Television)
9. Watching a Music Video: The Talking
Heads
• Things to consider:
– Diegetic vs. non-diegetic
– Representational vs. non-representational
– Visual techniques and composition
– Symbolism
– Performance, narrative, or conceptual?
– Postmodernism
• “Once in a Lifetime” (1981)
– Music and Lyrics by David Byrne and Brian Eno
– Played on MTV during its first day of programming
Hinweis der Redaktion
Two movements coming out of the New York scene in the mid-1970s
Parallel international movements
First example of a “back to basics” movement in rock
Both styles a reaction to glam rock of the 1970s
Nihilistic approach to culture and music
New Wave—emphasis on electronic synthesis
Punk—loud, deliberately unprofessional music; DIY approach to performance
Musical, philosophical and fashion models for later groups
The Velvet Underground
Associations with visual artist Andy Warhol
Lou Reed
John Cale
“I’m Waiting for the Man,” 1966
The Stooges
Lead singer, Iggy Pop
“Search and Destroy,” 1973
The New York Dolls
“Jet Boy,” 1973
CBGB: Center of early punk scene in New York
Later important centers were Minneapolis, Seattle, Boston, Australia, UK
College students central to early appeal
Television
Important to scene at CBGBs
“Double Exposure,” (live, 1974)
The Ramones
Often regarded as the first punk band
“I Wanna Be Sedated,” (1978)
The Sex Pistols
Foremost example of UK punk
“Anarchy in the UK,” 1976
More polished version of punk, developed ca. 1976 in both US and UK
Wide array of stylistic characteristics, with punk’s essential ethos
Critical to music of the early 1980s due to exposure on MTV
Term created by the press and record company, Sire Records
Much greater commercial success than punk
Influence on pop artists during the early 80s
Song-length film with images tied to the music
Antecedents as early as the “soundies” of the 1940s
Interest in “promotional clips” during the late-1960s and 1970s
Short films created so that musicians could appear on television without having to be “live”
Driven by The Beatles
Increasingly common on television
New Wave bands were early adopters in the mid-1970s
MTV (Music Television) debuts all-music video format, August 1981