Ultimate New Wave Evolution (& closely related styles part 36

Iview and hear music as a broad spectrum, an evolution of sounds and styles that are rooted in something more rustic and older. What has become New Wave, for instance, did not just sprout like mushrooms in the aftermath of the '70s phase of Punk, which itself was also only an extension of '60s Garage and Pub Rock.

Many journalists simply like to own the next scoop, even to the extent of hijacking something old and then selling it as new. When they began using the term New Wave, around 1977, to refer to the kind of music that had "the raw energy of Punk but the sophistication of Art Pop," they were actually rehashing a 10-year old narrative.

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