Buzzcocks - "Nostalgia"

Back in 1978. Pete Shelley’s nostalgia “for an age yet to come” (“Nostalgia”, on “Love Bites”) caught rock music in an uncharacteristic forward-looking mode. The Buzzcocks were delivering octane-charged, punk-approved pop into the charts, while all over the country, people were sectioning off their record collections into pre- and post-punk categories. 

Forays into the former bundle became increasingly rare as almost every week brought with it a clutch of records (usually on 7") that demanded constant turntable attention. With that sort of buzz, which was shared in crammed, back-street record shops and unlikely concert venues, it’s impos­sible not to romanticize the era as one when the only possible nostalgia could be for the future.