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<center><h3> Punk rock fails to make impact </h3></center> | <center><h3> Punk rock fails to make impact </h3></center> | ||
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<center> John Rockwell </center> | <center> John Rockwell / New York Times </center> | ||
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NEW YORK — Punk or "new wave" rock still hasn't made any significant commercial impact on the vast American pop-music market. But there are interesting behind-the-scenes pressures building within the music business that may soon lead to a breakthrough. | NEW YORK — Punk or "new wave" rock still hasn't made any significant commercial impact on the vast American pop-music market. But there are interesting behind-the-scenes pressures building within the music business that may soon lead to a breakthrough. | ||
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The most obvious index is the proliferating signings of punk groups by record companies. Most of the even semi-important New York bands have record contracts now, as do many of the London groups. | The most obvious index is the proliferating signings of punk groups by record companies. Most of the even semi-important New York bands have record contracts now, as do many of the London groups. | ||
And even bands in towns like Boston are being snapped up now, too — as with the eminently worthy Willie (Loco) Alexander and his Boom- Boom Band. The next step is for American record companies to arrange distribution deals with smaller American organizations (as Warner Brothers has just done with Sire) or with foreign companies (as CBS may do with the British Stiff label). The next link in the chain is to get the music out to the public. | And even bands in towns like Boston are being snapped up now, too — as with the eminently worthy Willie (Loco) Alexander and his Boom-Boom Band. The next step is for American record companies to arrange distribution deals with smaller American organizations (as Warner Brothers has just done with Sire) or with foreign companies (as CBS may do with the British Stiff label). The next link in the chain is to get the music out to the public. | ||
The press, at least in the big coastal cities and the national music magazines, is no problem: Many critics have been among the principal champions of this music. But the radio stations are another matter. It's not hard to understand, really. The 1970s have been a genuine reaction against the more extreme forms of 60s rock. | The press, at least in the big coastal cities and the national music magazines, is no problem: Many critics have been among the principal champions of this music. But the radio stations are another matter. It's not hard to understand, really. The 1970s have been a genuine reaction against the more extreme forms of 60s rock. | ||
This is the time of "mellow rock," "beautiful rock" and such-like. Radio stations, for all their obeisances to hipness and to accurate reflections of teen-age tastes, are still run by middle-aged men, whose own preferences may well be for Johnny Mathis. Thus when some particularly aggressive, obnoxious punk comes along blasting three-chord rock into a radio executive's eardrums, he may rationalize his own conservative prejudices by appealing to the presumed taste of the country as a whole. But as with any trend, | This is the time of "mellow rock," "beautiful rock" and such-like. Radio stations, for all their obeisances to hipness and to accurate reflections of teen-age tastes, are still run by middle-aged men, whose own preferences may well be for Johnny Mathis. Thus when some particularly aggressive, obnoxious punk comes along blasting three-chord rock into a radio executive's eardrums, he may rationalize his own conservative prejudices by appealing to the presumed taste of the country as a whole. But as with any trend, progress is made by committed individuals. | ||
FM stations in cities like New York and San Francisco have begun to champion the music, and advocates in trade magazines like ''Record World'' have begun to write regularly about it. | FM stations in cities like New York and San Francisco have begun to champion the music, and advocates in trade magazines like ''Record World'' have begun to write regularly about it. | ||
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[[John Rockwell]] writes about | [[John Rockwell]] writes about Elvis Costello and ''[[My Aim Is True]]'' and the impact of punk and new wave. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.journalstandard.com/ JournalStandard.com] | *[http://www.journalstandard.com/ JournalStandard.com] | ||
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