A Wire Primer (Part 1) - Ahead: 20 Essential Wire Songs from the 20th Century

Telling the story of Wire, the original UK post-punk art-rock group, via twenty of their greatest pre-millennial songs. The first of a two-part series highlighting the music of Wire, one of the most influential bands to emerge from the punk scene of '76-'77. The band are still putting out albums that rank amongst the very best of their career, and part two (coming soon) will shine a spotlight on their amazing body of work post-2000. WIRE_1 (1977-1999): A Spotify Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6gW... 00:00 Intro 00:53 Pink Flag, Chairs Missing and 154 15:16 Drill and The Ideal Copy 18:00 A Bell Is A Cup and IBTABA 20:55 Wire becomes Wir 22:33 Notable omissions plus a deep cut 24:35 Outro