Yes, there were quite a few punk-style bands in the 60s, although memory fails me apart from the obvious, the Velvet Underground and associated spinoffs (John Cale in particular). One song in particular - I just remember this line about an ice cream cone, but the rest escapes me.
On 10 March 2014 08:27, Chris de Morsella <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *[email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, March 09, 2014 10:31 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: The way the future was > > > > > On Saturday, March 8, 2014 9:09:32 PM UTC, Liz R wrote: > > On 9 March 2014 00:18, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > this is what the Clash predicted > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkyCrx4DyMk > > > > I stumbled on it....considering it's meant to be Punk, I was surprised how > good it is. Good vocals > > > > What on earth do you mean? Of course punk is good (I think of the Clash as > one of the less good examples myself, London Calling is definitely so-so > imho). Siouxsie and the Banshees (listen to "Once upon a time" for the best > tracks), the Pretenders (especially their first album), Ian Dury and the > Blockheads, the Stranglers, the Go-gos, X-ray spex ... to name but a few > ... all good musicians liberated by the "new wave" ... or going back > earlier we have the Velvet Underground, arguably the proto-punks (or maybe > proto-Goths...or indeed > proto-almost-everything-that-the-Beatles-weren't-proto), not to mention the > wonderful Iggy Pop and I guess Blondie and Sonic Youth, to take two ends of > the spectrum. And the Flaming Lips. And then you can look at all the bands > and individuals influenced by punk, from Grunge to House to Grindcore to > Black Metal to whatever the kids are listening to now (Lorde, mainly, it > seems, who went to the same school as my son :) > > > > Don't forget the original punk song - IMO - Pushing too Hard by the Seeds > - first released as a single way back in 1965. Definitely a precursor to > Grunge and Punk. I would also mention the Thirteenth Floor Elevators (Rocky > Erickson's first band - before they locked him up in an insane asylum in > Texas for having some Marijuana seeds in his car) and tortured him with > electro shock therapy. The Stooges (Iggy Pops original band) and the MC5 > another hard core Detroit band form the same era - also are influential > deep roots of Punk & Grunge and Metal as well. Jimi Hendrix bears > mentioning too - he took the guitar to a new place (it is a tragedy that he > died so soon) > > Chris > > > > This is looking at the first ever copy of I.D. magazine tee hee. That > might not be a comprehensible point to make.....it's just that I remember > seeing what must have been an earlier issue at the time...looked like a > load of paper stapled together. Each page was made up of a rack of > snapshots of people photographed on the street just for catching the eye > for being different. The quality of everything from the paper, the print, > the picture quality, staples, even the people In the shots most dimensions > wasn't necessarily better than dirt. But it was about one dimension of the > person in the picture, only. Authenticity. To a peer...another young > person. Doesn't mean anything in the scheme of things..not meant to ei > itther. But it was very important at the time....who was authentic. Looks > have always mattered a lot, because in the end everything was always about > getting laid. But being a looker and a scuzzbucket wouldn't get you in for > long. Being authentic and scuzzbucket would. Being authentic and ugly as > shit would get you in. Obviously being authenatic and drop dead gorgeous > was to be the best. That was me and you. > > > > Although I have very little good to say about Malcolm McLaren he did > arguably launch a whole new musical experience with the Sex Pistols, a type > of music which had until then only been underground (Rezillos? B52s ?) but > bubbled to the surface when Rotten et al appeared on prime time TV swearing > away. The world was never the same. > > > > Yeah what a tosser. But it's definitely a case of not knowing what would > have been the same/different had he not walked the earth. > > > > Happy days! > > > > Happy memories. > > > > Being different, dressing different, making your own music, writing your > own lyrics. It's something kids marv el ad,t when a band does it today. It > was the norm back in the day. A lucky time that way. Black music was > something to marvel at, so diverse, so experimental, so leading the way. It > just vanished , I hope it comes back one day. Simon Cowell says the average > quality is higher than ever, but a sausage factory does that > > > > Yes indeed. But I see that spark in Lorde and even dear Lady Gaga. To > quote Lorde, not verbatim, She had to do a photoshoot (being famous now and > all that) and the photographer kept saying 'Smile!' and after a while she > said, 'I got here because I did my own thing, and I'm not smiling because > you tell me to!' - and she didn't, and we have photos to prove it. > > > > > PS And she's on the cover of "Rolling Stone" wearing a "Cramps" > T-shirt!!!!! That girl is definitely my hero now, even if I didn't like her > music - I thought the Cramps were only for weirdos like me. (In a couple of > years she WILL be playing Morticia Addams, either on film or in real life.) > > > > I don't know much of her music but I saw her on a talk show I never > normally watch, and liked her a lot. There's a lot of great performers, > easily as good as the best back then. Christine aguil-wtf her name is was > brilliant. Many more. But here the middle is matters a lot IMHO, and what > the middle is about. For the young I mean. Beca use that's how most of them > get to be young in the world. It's not about the stars, it's about them. 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