70s crap

[Ted Samsel]

RR dice:
> 
> would any of you waxing nostalgic about punk and other 70s ephemera be 
> surprised that some us find it ironic that much of punk was a reaction 
> against, among others, such (hippie or otherwise)  nostalgia?
> what do we crow about now:  "phoney sex pistol mania has bitten the 
> dust?"
> 
> Punk was a welcome reaction to disillusion and rock's self-absorption, 
> etc but songs like "Working for the Clampdown" or "Dancin Barefoot", hell 
> even "Because the Night"  still resonate--not sure Horses does anymore.  
> Punk also had some really horrid consequences for music qua music:  lousy 
> musicians. (please don't say that was the point.)

And allowed for the plethora of dreck that some of our spawn revels
in... alternative muzak. And it amazes me how such a fine group of
musicians as The Squirrel Nut Zippers usw. gets categorized as
this genre... age cohort perhaps?

"it's the same licks through stomp boxes"
        me to my son, proving to him that good taste is timeless..


Ted Samsel....tejas at infi.net