Lemme tell ya a little story about Wire. What began as an art school final project, became one of the lasting legacies of post-punk and birthed one of the greatest albums of all time, 1977's Pink Flag. Wire came out of the post punk movement in Britain that spawned Joy Division, Gang of Four, The Fall, Siouxie Sioux and others, but Wire was it's own beast. Their fractured songs tore up rock cliches and started anew, embracing a more minimalist sound from the epic jerk off sessions of late 70' classic rock, and did away with all the posture and fashion of punk rock. The result- a sound and style all their own. Sparse, rhythmic and full of fleeting ideas, Wire were radical for their time, but history has smiled on them, and their records sound better now than ever. Pink Flag is the best, but 1978's Chairs Missing and 1979's 154 are champs as well. Seriously some of my favorite music ever and a serious diamond in the rough. Some of my favorite lyrics ever:
"Time is too short,
but never too long,
To reach ahead,
to project the image,
Which will in time,
become a concrete dream.
Another cigarette,
another day,
From A to B,
again avoiding C,D, and E,
'cause E is where you play the blues,
Drowning in the big swell,
rising to the surface,
the smell of you,
that's the lowdown"
(From "Lowdown")
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