Elvis (not Costello)...
On 11 March 2014 12:00, chris peck <[email protected]> wrote: > >> whoever put Hendrix as a proto punk should on the same basis add Cream > and even the Stones. (At this rate everyone will be in on it...) > > Rick Astley ... post punk rocker... > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 07:45:50 +1300 > > Subject: Re: The way the future was > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > I have 4 pistols tracks in my very large and eclectic MP3 music > collection, along with many others generally called punk. > John Lydon also gave me my all time favourite headline, "Sex pistol > attacks New Zealand butter". > > I even managed to turn it into a crossword clue - > > Enthusiastically attack butter (4) > > ...but anyway, yes, I like the Pistols some of the time, even if they were > McLaren's "boy band" really. > > PS whoever put Hendrix as a proto punk should on the same basis add Cream > and even the Stones. (At this rate everyone will be in on it...) > > > > > On 11 March 2014 02:49, chris peck <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> you are saying that something musically significant happened here > > Something significant happened to pop music for sure. > > In 1977 the charts were dominated by David Soul, Rod Stewart, Brotherhood > of Man, Leo Sayer, Hot Chocolate, Boney M, Shawaddywaddy and Billy Ocean. > Daddy Cool. Rockin' All Over the World and Yes Sir, I can Boogie. > > And then: > > Dragged on a table in factory > Illegitimate place to be > In a packet in a lavatory > Die little baby screaming > Body screaming fucking bloody mess > Not an animal > It's an abortion > > Body! I'm not animal > Mummy! I'm not an abortion > > > It kind of hits you in the face with the reality as experienced by the > dispossessed and disenfranchised, but in a very immediate and visceral way. > Its far more gut wrenching and confrontational than iggy pop, or the clash > or any other punk band I know of. Most people are so offended someone is > singing about abortion that they miss the fact that the song is an argument > between the unborn child and the mother. For a spotty teenager that's > pretty brainy lyrically and very surreal. > > I don't think it was ever matched until the Pixies really. > > I stand by the Pistols. True, Rotten is a twat now. He wasn't then though. > > > > From: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: The way the future was > > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:03:43 +1100 > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10 Mar 2014, at 4:30 am, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > > > I lived through it and was even more the same after it. With all due > respect, you are saying that something musically significant happened here > but I only ever heard "racket and rubbish" from Johnny Rotten. I mean, he > called himself rotten for a reason. He was. He was musically as rotten as > festering shit. What was musically significant about the Sex Pistols? I > mean, concerning the actual elements of music. Things like pitch, rhythm, > harmony, melody - all that core stuff. His music shows no skill whatsoever > at those things. But then he didn't even write his own music because he was > too off his dial most of the time. None of this precludes the distinct > possibility that you, as I myself still do, find vastly entertaining, > listening to the Sex Pistols very occasionally. I often do listen to music > I really hate if only to realise why in ever more glory that I love the > music I really do love... > > > > Feel free to hate this post creatively in some way. McClaren would have. > > > > Kim > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Everything List" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. 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