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09-15-2007, 08:24 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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Classic 70's Punk Thread
As someone previously pointed out, it's been 30 years since Sex Pistols - 'God Save The Queen' was released, here's a thread to discuss classic 70's Punk. The original and still the best.
Sex Pistols Buzzcocks. The Clash. Sham 69. The Skids. The Stranglers. The Dickies. The Damned. The Vibrators. The Slits. X-Ray Spex. Siouxsie & the Banshees. |
09-15-2007, 05:08 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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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! |
09-15-2007, 05:55 PM | #4 (permalink) | |
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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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09-15-2007, 06:14 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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Speaking of Dead Boys, Rocket From The Tombs don't get nearly enough recognition. They're usually classified garage rock/proto-punk, but I mean they played some of the same songs as the Dead Boys so how doesn't that make them punk?
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09-15-2007, 06:33 PM | #9 (permalink) | ||
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Punk was the first real "rage" against the machine. The music was a direct result of the feeling. |
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09-15-2007, 06:39 PM | #10 (permalink) |
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There was rebellious music before '77, it just wasn't as loud or fast. Punk was more or less inevitable, imo.
As to your violin point, listen to Cale's viola playing in Heroin. It's abrasive, violent and atonal but still magnificent. |
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