Hit Parade: Angry Young Men Edition Part 2

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🗓️ 3 December 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Punk was meant to be angry. But the so-called Angry Young Men of the late ’70s U.K. scene were secret sophisticates in punk clothing. They delivered withering lyrics and snarling attitude over melodies a pop fan could love. In so doing, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson and Graham Parker helped transform a slew of back-to-basic styles—pub-rock, power-pop, post-punk—into the catchall category New Wave. It would take over the charts at the turn of the ’80s. But the launch of the MTV era forced these sardonic troubadours to adjust their songwriting for a New Romantic age. Join Chris Molanphy as he chronicles the history of three men who wrote the book on alternative rock before it had a name. Podcast production by Kevin Bendis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:30.2	Welcome back to hip-haired a podcast of pop chart history from slate magazine about the hits from coast to coast
1:37.9	I'm Chris Melanthe charred analyst pop critic and writer of slates
1:42.5	Why is this song number one series on our last episode?
1:46.7	We talked about the rise of three British singer songwriters
1:51.6	Elvis Costello Joe Jackson and Graham Parker who came up through pub rock and power pop
1:58.5	Adopted punk attitude helped shape new wave and were tagged with the moniker angry young men
2:05.9	We're now in the early 80s when all three of these men would evolve their sound in directions far removed from punk
2:21.5	I
2:24.3	Elvis Costello had been on a roll with his friend and producer Nick Lowe over five straight albums
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