Boil the "punk" thing down to...rebellion, or even generational booger-flinging, and you'll have to recognize The Who as solidly in that tradition.
If you evaluate "punk" by a dress code or a particular drumbeat, likely, you're talking about something else entirely...something Malcom McClaren also recognized and exploited.
King Crimson wrote:anytime you have a smoke tunnel and it's not Judas Priest in the mid 80's....watch out.
What about the Standells? They rocked the Munster's house.
And Iggy has to be on the list somewhere.
I always hated the Fukking Who, especially "Teenage Apeman"
(Caveman...Wasteland...whatever) with Townsend getting
things rokken with the hour-long solo on his Casio keyboard.
Need a recliner and good pillow to get through that one.
Let me guess...Blink182 is one of your favorite "punk" bands, too.
Btw- Missing Persons was considered fairly innovative in their day. And of course, the innovator-in-charge was...you guessed'er...a U&Ler. Not just any U&Ler, mind you, but from Dins' high school/hood. So was his brother(who was a friend of my sister's actually), who was the guy who resurrected Dolly Parton's career in the mid-80's.
So there. Yet another Dinsdalian brush-with-greatness...because you guys live for this shit.
As for punk bands...there's the Pistols, the NY Dolls, the Misfits, and the Ramones...all the rest were just following their lead.
Dinsdale wrote:Btw- Missing Persons was considered fairly innovative in their day. And of course, the innovator-in-charge was...you guessed'er...a U&Ler. Not just any U&Ler, mind you, but from Dins' high school/hood. So was his brother(who was a friend of my sister's actually), who was the guy who resurrected Dolly Parton's career in the mid-80's.
Dins = Zy?
War Wagon wrote:The first time I click on one of your youtube links will be the first time.
Townsend getting
things rokken with the hour-long solo on his Casio keyboard.
Actually, that synthesizer part is pretty interesting. They jerry-rigged something that took in a person's "life data" and it spat out a succession of notes. For this song, they entered the data of their guru, Meher Baba.
So as I've explained to my son (who loves the song), they're not playing that keyboard part, but programming the synthesizer and just letting it rumble.
King Crimson wrote:anytime you have a smoke tunnel and it's not Judas Priest in the mid 80's....watch out.
Btw- Missing Persons was considered fairly innovative in their day. And of course, the innovator-in-charge was...you guessed'er...a U&Ler.
The only really innovative thing about missing persons was Dale Bozzio's inability to stay clothed...
...the facts we hate youll never hear us i hear the radio its finally gonna play new music you know the british invasion but what about the minutemen fleasheaters doa big boys and the black flag were the last american bands to get played on the radio please bring the flag? please bring the flag! glitter-disco-synthesizer night school all the noble savage drum drum drum astronauts go back in time to hang out with the cave people its about time its about space its about some people in the strangest places woody guthrie sang about b-e-e-t-s not b-e-a-t-s...
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