Sounds of the Seventies S01E09 - The Boy Looked at Johnny

America had its own punk phenomenon. Nobody could say what it was, what it sounded like, or when it started, but it became known as "new wave".
Many of the leading names played on The Old Grey Whistle Test throughout the decade, winding up with a glimpse of "the future of rock and roll" - the Boss himself.
Tonight's performances include Alice Cooper singing Under My Wheels (from 1971), the New York Dolls with Jet Boy (1973), Horses from Patti Smith (1976), Iggy Pop's I'm Bored (1979), the Ramones and Don't Come Close (1978), Blondie singing Presence Dear (1978), Psycho-Killer from Talking Heads (1978), Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with American Girl (1977), and Bruce Springsteen singing Rosalita (1979).