Talk In 79 Lyrics - Singles - Philip Lynott

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 Edmund survived alive on top of a rock pile 

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 buzz cocks 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