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From: ab3@stat-l (Rsk the Wombat)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Punk
Message-ID: <19@stat-l>
Date: Wed, 4-Apr-84 09:15:08 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  4 09:15:08 1984
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	I've been following this discussion with interest; I have 
managed to learn a lot about this form of music.

	However, my preliminary conclusion is that punk has nothing to offer
me...note that this is a personal observation, and is not meant in a derogatory
sense towards the music-form in general or those who like it.

	From my point of view, punk is about violence and despair and hate
and rebellion-without-reason and bizarreness-for-bizarreness-sake.  Granted,
various other forms of music (notably some forms of acid rock) fall into the
same categories from time to time, but none so consistently.

	The comparison that springs to mind is with late 60's/early 70's San 
Francisco sounds...but "We Should Be Together" and "Fixin' to Die" and 
"Ohio" and "Carry On" all had a coherent message, with a positive sense
behind the anger...I don't see that in punk.  From what I've listened to
and read about, most punkers have zero social sense, and wouldn't know how
to express love, loss, or grief if it hit them over the head.

	I think I'll go listen to some John Prine...

-- 

"I am not now, nor have I ever been, a DP professional."

Rsk the Wombat
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