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| From | Kevin Mathews <kevin@powerofpop.com> |
| Subject | Re: Punk Rock....good riddance not RIP !!! |
| Date | Mon, 14 Jul 2003 22:19:39 -0400 |
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Short of quoting from that much-maligned Billy Joel song
(y'know the one)on this issue, I couldn't agree more with
CC...
---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 22:02:47 EDT
>From: CCDatsMe@aol.com
>Subject: Re: Punk Rock....good riddance not RIP !!!
>To: audities@smoe.org
>
>In a message dated 7/13/03 12:29:28 AM Eastern Daylight
Time,
>segarini@sympatico.ca writes:
>
>
>> Give me Owner Of A Lonely Heart, Dust In The Wind and the
like over Anarchy
>> In The UK and Should I stay Or Should I Go anytime...
>>
>>
>
>Ewww--perhaps we should just agree to disagree at this
point..ah, but what
>the heck. It may be simply a generational divide, but punk
was like a
>revelation to me in the '70s, a vital music that rocked with
the passion and energy of
>the '60s music I already loved (Beatles, Kinks, DC5,
Raiders, Monkees, et
>al.). The Ramones (still my favorite, second only to The
Beatles in my pop
>cosmology), The Sex Pistols, The Buzzcocks, The Jam,
Generation X, Eddie & the Hot
>Rods--they all made records that thrilled my soul, and my
affection for them
>remains unchanged.
> For me, punk, new wave and power pop all merged
with '60s rock 'n'
>roll as a compelling mass of rockin' pop music. Hell, I
viewed Segarini's "Gotta
>Have Pop" as part of that--sorry to learn that the song's
author didn't
>agree...!
>CC!
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Grace and peace
KEVIN
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