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Originally Posted by boo boo
But I feel punk did more harm then good in the long run, yes it lead to new wave and it lead to Pixies, Sonic Youth and Nirvana, blah blah. But to me aside from Joy Division, Wire and some Gang of Four songs, I never cared for post punk at all. It's like diet punk, punk without the fun, in other words it's something a 3 year old could do AND it's boring.
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And I think this is where you do yourself a huge disservice. You're missing out on a whole range of different stuff just because of one prejudice.
The reason why I enjoy post punk is because there is no boundaries with it. I think you're looking at it with a far too narrow viewpoint. The whole 'punk' thing in post punk is just one narrow aspect of it which you seemed to have grasped onto as being the most important.
Some of the stuff I have heard under the post punk banner, the actual links to punk itself are tenuous at best. I've heard Jazz albums , Prog albums , Electronica albums , Guitar rock albums , Psychedelia albums, Pop albums , Noise albums and all other sorts of stuff. And just because there may be a tiny punk influence or because they were released in the late 70s / early 80s they get the post punk label. Seriously , go listen to something like the Cardiacs 'A Little Man And a House' album or 'Iron Path' by Last Exit or Born Sandy Devotional by The Triffids & then tell me these are boring albums. Three albums under the same 'Post Punk' banner which sound nothing alike. and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
If you think it's all about angular guitars & shouty monotone vocal delivery that inspired a couple of 90s indie bands you are missing out on a hell of a lot of stuff.