16-09-2009, 10:57
Well, see yes being punk or dressing punk doesn't make you punk (in the musical sense). I mean, the whole thing about punk and punk rock was that you didn't hav to be good at music to make good music; they used what they had and what they could do... and some of the most iconic American and British punk rock classics are based on three chords - it's a thing of beauty.
Yes, in fact IMO punk definitely started in the 60s or what other punk enthusiasts call punk (not the motion of being rebellious which is essentially punk) with the emergence of The Velvet Underground and their hit - Heroin.
I don't think we need to teach the modern day audience how to learn to like interesting music and write it, but back in the late 70s, like when The Cure was starting out with The Banshees; they still had the same views - Interesting/Experimental Music can never become popular in popular culture. The Cure changed that, but it seems to have gone out the window with the lack of what I call "Lyric People" as opposed th "Music" people, who look at the melodies and catchy tunes of the song rather than the meaning and origin and poetry of the song.
Yes, in fact IMO punk definitely started in the 60s or what other punk enthusiasts call punk (not the motion of being rebellious which is essentially punk) with the emergence of The Velvet Underground and their hit - Heroin.
I don't think we need to teach the modern day audience how to learn to like interesting music and write it, but back in the late 70s, like when The Cure was starting out with The Banshees; they still had the same views - Interesting/Experimental Music can never become popular in popular culture. The Cure changed that, but it seems to have gone out the window with the lack of what I call "Lyric People" as opposed th "Music" people, who look at the melodies and catchy tunes of the song rather than the meaning and origin and poetry of the song.