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| From | <zoogang@cox.net> |
| Subject | Re: Lydon |
| Date | Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:28:38 -0500 |
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The only thing I agree with in Rob's post is that Bollocks is a tremendously important record for punk. Oh, I do agree with one more thing: This statement: "You may not like JL's voice, but rock and roll/punk/whatever isn't about
technique, range, etc. as much as it is about delivery and attitude."
I view punk as an expression of attitude. Most of it does absolutely nothing for me. I know there's a faction of people who swear by punk, but to my view, for the most part, we're not talking about songs here. And let's not forget the lack of fashion sense. :-)
Just my two cents.
Alan
---- mkropp@comcast.net wrote:
> << Enough has been said/written about Bollocks. We can all admit that it's a tremendously important (and great) record.>>
> << And for the fact that he told that carb-head Wenner to fuck off means we should respect him (dare I say 'love'?) even more.>>
>
> double amen.
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@verizon.net>
>
> > Amen, my brother.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From:
> > To:
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 9:36 AM
> > Subject: Lydon
> >
> >
> > > Got to call bullshit on the Lydon bashing, saying that he 'didn't have any
> > > songs'. Simply not true. Enough has been said/written about Bollocks. We
> > > can all admit that it's a tremendously important (and great) record.
> > >
> > > After the Pistols broke up, everyone was expecting JL to remain Johnny
> > > Rotten and put out Bolllocks, Pt. 2. Instead, he formed Public Image, Ltd
> > > and released music that was not only radically different than the Pistols,
> > > but also extremely influential to the post punk world (somewhere in Dublin
> > > the Edge was listening to Keith Levine).
> > >
> > > No songs? Death Disco, Rise, Disappointed and others are, in a word,
> > > fantastic.
> > >
> > > You may not like JL's voice, but rock and roll/punk/whatever isn't about
> > > technique, range, etc. as much as it is about delivery and attitude.
> > >
> > > And for the fact that he told that carb-head Wenner to fuck off means we
> > > should respect him (dare I say 'love'?) even more.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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