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| From | CCDatsMe@aol.com |
| Subject | Re: Cool music epiphany |
| Date | Thu, 26 Jun 2003 22:59:46 EDT |
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For me, it was probably reading about punk rock in the pages of Phonograph
Record Magazine in 1977. I was endlessly intrigued by The Ramones, Blondie, The
Sex Pistols, The Dictators, et al. long before I heard a note of their music.
When I heard the Pistols' "God Save The Queen" on the radio in the summer of
'77 (on an AOR station, WOUR-FM in Utica, NY), it intrigued me further. When
I arrived at college that fall, I pestered the jocks at the campus station to
play as much punk and new wave as possible (alongside other requests I made
for Kinks, Monkees, Dave Clark 5 and Rubinoos); all this clearly set me apart
from the then-reigning Southern rock/Grateful Dead soundtrack at my school, but
I increasingly discovered that I didn't give a damn about what anyone else
thought about my music.
Finally broke down and bought the import 45 of "God Save The Queen,"
as well as another single that I'd read about but hadn't yet heard: "Sheena Is
A Punk Rocker" by The Ramones. THAT single lifted my freakin' head off, and
I was a goner from that point on.
(The whole mess was reinforced in January of '78, when I saw The
Flashcubes for the first time, and when the power pop issue of Bomp! magazine came
out shortly thereafter. And here I am.)
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