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'''New wave''' [[rock music]] was a genre in the late 1970s and early 1980s that drew upon a variety of musical influences. Some of its more creative artists were [[Blondie]], [[Elvis Costello]], [[The Police]], [[Talking Heads]], and [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]]. | '''New wave''' [[rock music]] was a genre in the late 1970s and early 1980s that drew upon a variety of musical influences. Some of its more creative artists were [[Blondie]], [[Elvis Costello]], [[The Police]], [[Talking Heads]], and [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]]. | ||
| − | The most popular and lasting hit of the '''new wave''' genre was "[[Every Breath You Take]]," written by [[Sting]] and performed by the [[Police]]. About that sinister work, Sting said: | + | The most popular and lasting hit of the '''new wave''' genre was "[[Every Breath You Take]]," written by [[Sting]] and performed by the [[Police]]. About that "sinister work", Sting said: |
<blockquote>I woke up in the middle of the night with that line in my head, sat down at the piano and had written it in half an hour. The tune itself is generic, an aggregate of hundreds of others, but the words are interesting.<ref>http://www.sting.com/news/interview.php?uid=1527</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>I woke up in the middle of the night with that line in my head, sat down at the piano and had written it in half an hour. The tune itself is generic, an aggregate of hundreds of others, but the words are interesting.<ref>http://www.sting.com/news/interview.php?uid=1527</ref></blockquote> | ||
Revision as of 22:46, February 27, 2008
New wave rock music was a genre in the late 1970s and early 1980s that drew upon a variety of musical influences. Some of its more creative artists were Blondie, Elvis Costello, The Police, Talking Heads, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
The most popular and lasting hit of the new wave genre was "Every Breath You Take," written by Sting and performed by the Police. About that "sinister work", Sting said:
I woke up in the middle of the night with that line in my head, sat down at the piano and had written it in half an hour. The tune itself is generic, an aggregate of hundreds of others, but the words are interesting.[1]