Re: Greg's Comments on Punk Rock

[Nick Zales]

Greg was right. Had punk artists just did their thing, no one would care. But they went out of their way to attack prog. What did they offer in return? Simplistic, moronic music for angry people. They were mostly musicians with little talent claiming they had more talent than those in the prog genre. Even disco was better than punk. 

To each their own. I found punk a kind of anti-music with a dark message. It was just the opposite of prog.

Nick

[Kevin Farrow]

It's a good thing that Greg all the prog bands didn't just sit on their arses and fought back and released great new music  to prove all those punks wrong! Let me go check my ELP albums from that era…  Damn I can only find Works Volume 2 and Love Beach… still, what a fantastic song "Show me the way to go home" is eh? :-)

If you want a good 8 minute epic song with a great intro, swirling keyboard solo and a great instrumental outro then check out this song from those "punks" The Stranglers first album in 1977

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpr1CNF2NfA&feature=related

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[George Kanakaris]

The Ramones and The Clash made some great records tough

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From: Nick Zales

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Subject: [ELP-channel: 323] Re: Greg's Comments on Punk Rock

Greg was right. Had punk artists just did their thing, no one would care. But they went out of their way to attack prog. What did they offer in return? Simplistic, moronic music for angry people. They were mostly musicians with little talent claiming they had more talent than those in the prog genre. Even disco was better than punk. 

To each their own. I found punk a kind of anti-music with a dark message. It was just the opposite of prog.

Nick

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[HERON ALLAN]

They did indeed. 

 

There were lots of great records from punk bands, and there was lots of dross.   Just as there are lots of great records from prog bands, and there was lots of dross.

 

I'll have London Calling over Love Beach any day of the week, but will also have Tarkus over Sandinista. 

 

It's all just music - who cares what it's called?

 

Regards

 

Allan

[George Kanakaris]

Very true , but Sandinista reduced to EP , would be great , but no Tarkus in any way

[tar...@gate.net]

I listened to your Strangler's song.  Not bad, but is just sorta gets stuck in one place - the band shows talent, though.

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It's a good thing that Greg all the prog bands didn't just sit on their arses and fought back and released great new music  to prove all those punks wrong! Let me go check my ELP albums from that era…  Damn I can only find Works Volume 2 and Love Beach… still, what a fantastic song "Show me the way to go home" is eh? :-)

If you want a good 8 minute epic song with a great intro, swirling keyboard solo and a great instrumental outro then check out this song from those "punks" The Stranglers first album in 1977

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpr1CNF2NfA&feature=related

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Subject: [ELP-channel: 323] Re: Greg's Comments on Punk Rock

Greg was right. Had punk artists just did their thing, no one would care. But they went out of their way to attack prog. What did they offer in return? Simplistic, moronic music for angry people. They were mostly musicians with little talent claiming they had more talent than those in the prog genre. Even disco was better than punk. 

To each their own. I found punk a kind of anti-music with a dark message. It was just the opposite of prog.

Nick

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[Jenny Grover]

On 03/26/2012 06:10 AM, George Kanakaris wrote:
> The Ramones and The Clash made some great records tough
>

And Magazine, Wire, Buzzcocks, and the aforementioned Stranglers.

[Jenny Grover]

On 03/26/2012 07:28 AM, tar...@gate.net wrote:
> I listened to your Strangler's song. Not bad, but is just sorta gets
> stuck in one place - the band shows talent, though.

Fish around and listen to others. They did have some variety to their
sound. A personal fave:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7LS0YQ1DHQ

Jen