Date: Dec 1979
This is a neat bit of video that I got linked to a little bit ago. It's a 20/20 news segment from 1979, featuring Hugh Downs, that talks a bit about the history of rock and roll and the lead up to the New Wave movement. It's amusing to listen to them list off the names of "classic" rock musicians, and then try to make a funny comparison to a new band who would dare to compete to become the new classics. And then they bring up a bunch of bands that went on to become classics. Blondie, The Ramones, The Clash, Elvis Costello. Whoever picked these bands to profile did a good job picking bands that turned out to last a long time.
Anyway, it's an interesting and informative trip through the history of rock and roll to that point.
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