I would like to add Blondie, the Cars
The late 70's were probably the last time for rock/pop innovation on a wide scale level. Sadly, things only go down from there... Grunge? Emo? NuMetal? Give me an f'n break.
After Kurt Cobain blew his brains out, we got boy bands and underage pop tarts singing (er... lip synching) in their underwear.
Good music is still being made, you just have to wade through a ton of mediocre crap.
Anyway, enough rant, here's my New Wave top 10:
Cars
Devo
Blondie
The dB's
Talking Heads
Television
Squeeze
Joe Jackson
The Knack
Elvis Costello
Now where did I put my skinny tie...
