Three Tune Tuesday Tunes & Talk 🎙️🎸 Tunes From 1978! New Wave Beginnings!
On this Three Tune Tuesday! For a theme I’m picking all my tunes from the year 1978! Focusing on the so called New Wave scene in rock & roll at the time! Covering my fav 1978 tunes from The Police, Devo & The Cars! Also bringing ya two bonus tunes from same year too! (Elvis Costello & Gen X aka early Billy Idol) let’s discuss in the vlog below!
Three Tune Tuesday Vlog 8/19/25 🎙️🎸 Songs from 1978 New Wave Rock!
https://youtu.be/wSOnDkrU9t8
- 1978 Tunes (New Wave)
- First Pick (The Police)
- Second Pick (Devo)
- Third Pick (The Cars)
- New Wave Late 70’s Talk
Part 2 ⬇️ (recording cut off so I did a part 2 to discuss the Bonus Tunes!
https://youtu.be/E2k2WuFp4Gc
- Bonus Pick (Elvis Costello)
- Bonus Tune (Generation X aka Billy Idol)
Let’s Go!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX6MvV8cbh8&pp=ygUUdGhlIHBvbGljZSBzbyBsb25lbHk%3D
Band - The Police Song - So Lonely Album - Outlandos D'Amour (1978)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtK6pdUKmio&pp=ygULZGV2byBtb25nb2w%3D
Band - Devo Song - Mongoloid Album - Are We Not Men (1978)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB4gJ7shVD0&pp=ygUbdGhlIGNhcnMganVzdCB3aGF0IGkgbmVlZGVk0gcJCa0JAYcqIYzv
Band - The Cars Song - Just What I Needed Album - The Cars (1978)
That’s my three main picks! But this week I got two bonus tunes for ya from the same year (1978) Enjoy! 🎸
First bonus tune up is Pump It Up by Elvis Costello!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y71iDvCYXA&pp=ygUZcHVtcCBpdCB1cCBlbHZpcyBjb3N0ZWxsbw%3D%3D
Band - Elvis Costello Song - Punp It Up Album - This Years Model (1978)
Second bonus tune is a very young Billy Idol on his first release ever! 1978! He was the frontman for the band Generation X! A punk style band before his solo career!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dkbnjzHrWE&pp=ygUcZ2VuZXJhdGlvbiB4IHJlYWR5IHN0ZWFkeSBnbw%3D%3D
Band - Generation X (Early Billy Idol) Song - Ready Steady Go Album - Generation X (1978)
If it was Nineties Friday I’d of used this version here! ⬇️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPEDb-LXi5Q&pp=ygUWUmVhZHkgU3RlYWR5IEdvIE1pZWNlcw%3D%3D
It’s a cover of the original above that was on the Empire Records soundtrack. Preformed by a little known band called The Mieces!
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