What are you listening to punk?

**Frownland** · 07-29-2020, 08:10 AM

The Batlord · 07-30-2020, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

thou shalt not sleep on Alan Vega's solo stuff

Alan Vega's solo stuff is nice but it's kinda like if Ted Bundy went on to release Gamergate anti-feminist videos. Entertaining but god damn dude I was expecting so much more on the subject.

The Batlord · 07-30-2020, 08:40 PM

Will give it a try.

Tristan_Geoff · 07-31-2020, 11:32 PM

Thee Dickies

OccultHawk · 08-01-2020, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

The Cars

not so secretly my favorite band

You’re very favorite band of all time?

OccultHawk · 08-01-2020, 11:30 PM

The debut is pretty solid throughout

SGR · 08-02-2020, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I used to kinda sleep on The Sound

I'd say poseur ass **** like eh they're overrated

but I'm a ****ing idiot because "Propaganda" rulez

I'm opening my ledger and chalking up another good grace point for you, elph.

I love the Sound. Particularly their debut album and 'From the Lion's Mouth'. Although, they're definitely a post-punk band. I wish this place was more active so we could have a separate section for post-punk. The Sound wasn't an innovator, but they knew very well how to craft a great tune. It's unfortunate how Adrian Borland met his end though.

I think perhaps their most moving song though is 'Total Recall'.

SGR · 08-02-2020, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I think the distinction between punk and post-punk and even proto-punk is blurry

I mean I'm not gonna get angry if someone calls The Clash "New Wave", but I'm not personally bothering to distinguish

Eh, I don't know. Maybe between proto-punk and punk, I'd agree. They classify The Stooges as proto-punk (and who else? -- the New York Dolls, Television, etc?), but is there reallly that much of a difference, sonically?

But, if I listen to the Pistols and Joy Division, there's a distinct difference there.

The Batlord · 08-02-2020, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks

Eh, I don't know. Maybe between proto-punk and punk, I'd agree. They classify The Stooges as proto-punk (and who else? -- the New York Dolls, Television, etc?), but is there reallly that much of a difference, sonically?

But, if I listen to the Pistols and Joy Division, there's a distinct difference there.

Pere Ubu exist to undermine this argument.

The Batlord · 08-02-2020, 10:02 PM

Yeah never forget that "punk" doesn't exist. It's a media term invented to put a certain group of artists into a box to sell the idea of their being one cohesive thing to an audience. The only real difference with punk is that it was a sort of spark point where, rather than just being a handful of artists connected only through influence, they were part of various scenes that were happening at the same time. "Punk" is just a snapshot of specific bands in a specific time period in the evolution of non-mainstream rock music. It doesn't actually have any inherent meaning except in deliberately drawing conclusions based on perceived similarities and interactions between the artists.

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