The Clash were headed for a head on collision

Crash for complete control

The Pistols left behind a swindle and a scandal

That nobody wished to handle

Sham 69 were left in a shambles

Generation X was next



Elvis and Nick Lowe

They had a go

With the help of the Attractions

And Joe Jackson said it wasn't his style

Dave Edmunds survived alive

On top of a Rockpile

Devo didn't know if they were men

Because they couldn't get no satisfaction

The Rats were caught in their own trap

Steve Strange began to change

Ultravox had a system

Kraftwerk nearly beat them

And the Yellow Magic Orchestra missed them

Eno rose for Lowe



The Slits became rasta

And the Buzzcocks played faster and faster with adrenalin

John Cooper Clarke he was smart

The Public Image became Limited

The Police were re-released and came out as a three-piece



The Rocky Horror Show became the history of tomorrow

Nina Hagen, she was a German maiden

And the music press revealed their anger

When threatened by the Stranglers



This broadcast was brought to you in 1979

I'm just talking to you over these waves

Not just about another time and another place

And before we knew it

The old wave was gone and controlled