Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Punk
Punk has no single definition. You can't kill something that can't be defined. I took that away from class today. It's a cool thought because no matter what punk will never die out. The punk sub culture is very intriguing because it is full of rebellion. I figured from listening to how simple a lot of punk songs are that the band members probably were not expert musicians, but I didn't know until lecture today that some bands like the Sex Pistols basically just picked random people to be in the band even when they didn't know how to play. Some people may think for this reason that punk bands are untalented and not worth listening to, but it doesn't really matter what those people think because punk bands are known for not searching for fame. Part of punk is that they don't care if they become famous, they just say what's on their minds and play what they want to play whether people like it or not, and they have tons of followers that respect them for that. Fame isn't a punks priority.
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Chris-great post. I'm glad to see you took something out of the guest lecture. It is very difficult to define punk-or any other kind of musical genre that emerges into a culture/subculture (rock n' roll, jazz, etc). You raise a good point about the musicianship of punks, and their talent-and how this not often the basis as to why musicians were selected for bands. It seems as though that contributed to the anarchist/chaotic nature of the punk way. Any thoughts?
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