♪ will you visit me, please ♪ ♪ if i open my door in cars? ♪ majewski: britain was ahead of the curve. they had a ton of videos in their inventory. and that was what paved the way for this accidental second british invasion. jejennings: ifif you look k at f the grououps on popular charts in america today, you can't help asking, where on earth did they come from? well, the answer is the same today as it was two decades ago. they come from britain. the music isn't anything like the famous group that came from there, the beatles. you got to understand they were 20 years ago. we're a new generation, a new wave. ♪ you were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar ♪ ♪ when i met you ♪ connelly: by the early 1980s, new wave is used to describe sleek, dressy cool bands that are coming out of englaland. ♪ don't y you want meme, baby♪ ♪ don't you want me, oh ♪ graham: british artists all understood how to use visuals in a way that american artists