Classic 70's Punk Thread (rock, genre, sex pistols, Queen, quote)

dubjectivist · 09-15-2007, 04:08 PM

This is a personal pov, mind, but I think punk (the music) was ****e, in the main. It was simply loud, proud and played, largely, by the hugely untalented. Anyone could pick up a guitar or some drumsticks, circa 1977, and make aggressive noise. Punk the lifestyle was different - it stood for something and was a symbolic way of life... it made the music make sense.
There are two things that make punk, as a genre of music, stand out in the 21st century. The first is that the lifestyle came before the music (unlike any genre before or since it). The second is that without it, post-punk (take most punk music and add an IQ) would never have existed... and god forbid!

right-track · 09-15-2007, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by dubjectivist

Anyone could pick up a guitar or some drumsticks, circa 1977, and make aggressive noise.

That was the beauty of punk in the 70's.
And you're spot on with the post punk point.

Warsaw-Joy Division-New Order

From a bunch of ordinary lads picking up a guitar and drumsticks and making shite music, to the perfect post punk outfit, to a band that took music in another direction.

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dubjectivist Groupie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 31	This is a personal pov, mind, but I think punk (the music) was ***e, in the main. It was simply loud, proud and played, largely, by the hugely untalented. Anyone could pick up a guitar or some drumsticks, circa 1977, and make aggressive noise. Punk the lifestyle was different - it stood for something and was a symbolic way of life... it made the music make sense. There are two things that make punk, as a genre of music, stand out in the 21st century. The first is that the lifestyle came before* the music (unlike any genre before or since it). The second is that without it, post-punk (take most punk music and add an IQ) would never have existed... and god forbid!