by Dave Anthony, Host Garage to Stadiums Music History podcast Follow GTS on Apple or Spotify podcasts Download our curated playlist of Talking Heads Apple or Spotify OR at the bottom of the article Access this episode's transcript Follow GTS on Instagram, on X and on LinkedIn Introduction: When Pop Music Stopped Behaving Like Rock In the late 1970s, most rock bands were still working within a familiar framework, even when they were trying to break it. Punk stripped things down. Art rock...

by Scott Campbell Program Director, Garage to Stadiums music history podcast Follow GTS on Apple or Spotify podcasts Download our curated playlist of Paul McCartney on Apple or Spotify OR at the bottom of the article Access this episode's transcript Follow GTS on Instagram, on X and on LinkedIn When The Beatles broke up in 1970, it marked the end of one of the most influential songwriting partnerships in modern music history. What followed between Paul McCartney and John Lennon was not a...

by Scott Campbell Program Director, Garage to Stadiums music history podcast Follow GTS on Apple or Spotify podcasts Download our curated playlist of The Cars Apple or Spotify OR at the bottom of the article Access this episode's transcript Follow GTS on Instagram, on X and on LinkedIn When the Cars appeared in the late 1970s, popular music was splitting in different directions. Arena rock focused on familiar guitar styles rooted in blues. Mainstream pop leaned toward smooth and polished...