Video: Sparks abc Glasgow "In the Future" live 2006

Here's a question that may not have an answer: What should be considered the first New Wave song? First, we have to decide on a concrete definition of "New Wave", which may be impossible...is it choppy, poppy, angular guitar-based post-punk? Is it mostly synth-based? Is it fashion-based? Is it the generic term Sire Records' Seymour Stein applied to all of his late-70s CBGBs signings to make them more palatable to radio programmers? The only possible definition of New Wave I can come up with is "I know it when I hear it," and [...]

• Sparks - In The Future