[kj] Top 10 and the "throwback" era

[MALCOLM ARGYLE]

I think you could build a case for bands like Crass, Conflict and the whole anarchist punk scene for music changing the world. Obviously not on a major scale, but certainly in terms of politicising people and getting people up of their arses and doing something about the state of the world.
   
  Just a thought
   
  Malc

Brendan Quinn <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:
  Do you guys believe rock or even "popular music" has changed the world in
any real way? I mean, I believe it has changed individual lives, provides a
lot of people with entertainment and inspiration etc, but in the scheme of
things, it's really only been around 50 years or so, compare that to any of
the empires or religions. And how influential is it really? In terms of
trends etc, sure, perhaps it is. But compared to any of the wars,
totalitatian regimes, doctrines of thought, philosophy, religion, science,
politics, economics, laws, etc...I don't think personally it's been very
influential on a global level. 

Just my current opinion...

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Subject: Re: [kj] Top 10 and the "throwback" era

Punk rock is a type of rock n' roll. To a lot of people it was the 
quintessential means of setting rock 'n roll back on its proper, 
rebellious course, and away from the "mistaken" turn it had taken in the 
early 70s and later in the form of arena rock, prog rock, stuff like 
Yes, ELO, Foghat, Journey, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, Genesis, etc.

But ultimately, what started the ship sailing is, yeah, by definition, 
more seminal. Lydia Lunch, in 1979 or so, in the midst of New York's 
no-wave thingy, complained that when she heard punk all she heard was 
sped up Chuck Berry riffs. Well, yeah! Chuck Berry kicked ass! (She 
meant it as an insult to distinguish no wave from punk rock.)

-Oliver


ade wrote:

> We go on about punk being revolutionary - nowhere near as world-changing

> as Rock'n'Roll was.

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