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| From | <zoogang@cox.net> |
| Subject | Re: Lydon |
| Date | Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:43:30 -0500 |
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I'll allow that what constitutes a "song" will differ from person to person, but to me the whole point of punk is to voice aggression. For me, that blinds whatever songcraft might be there.
I guess it depends on the band. I'm not a huge Ramones fan, for example, but I love a lot of their songs. But Lydon and crew? I've tried many times over the years, but punk just generally sounds like a lot of noise to me. Chord progressions and lyrics, yes, but songs? Not to my mind.
Alan
---- Stewart Mason <craigtorso@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <zoogang@cox.net>
> > 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.
>
> If you're gonna say this, we're going to have to define "songs."
> Particularly in the first wave New York and UK scenes, there was
> plenty of songcraft in punk: the songs were faster, shorter and
> simpler, but they were still songs, and huge numbers of them were
> incredibly catchy. At what point is something no longer a 'song"?
>
> S
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