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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Lydon |
| Date | Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:52:06 -0500 |
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From: <zoogang@cox.net>
To: <audities@smoe.org>; "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: Lydon
> Seriously? Alienation ties punk lyrics closer to Paul Simon?
>
> Stewart, you may have gone off the deep end here, with all due
> respect. If there is a correlation between the lyrics of punk bands
> and Paul Simon, just because they share the theme of alienation,
> then, well, I don't know what to say to that.
Well...why not? Tell me what's wrong with that comparison. All I'm
saying is that you're absolutely wrong in your assertion that punk is
all about aggression, that in fact if there is one overriding theme of
punk, it's alienation, and that alienation was hardly an untouched
subject in pop music before 1977 -- I chose Paul Simon instead of,
say, the Stones (who have more than their share of songs about
alienation as well) because Simon has said on many occasions that he
considers alienation to be his primary subject. Therefore, you can
draw a direct point of comparison between Paul Simon and punk.
I'm sorry, Alan, but I gotta go with Jaimie on this one: you seem to
have a misapprehension of what punk is, both lyrically and musically,
that's going to make it hard to continue this conversation much
further. I'm not saying that you're in any way duty-bound to listen
to or appreciate punk, I'm just saying that your statements on the
topic so far suggest that part of your disdain for the style is based
on a misreading of intent.
S
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