Posted on 02/02/2007 8:34:10 AM PST by qam1
Your youth?
I figure if The Jam and Blondie qualify, The Talking Heads do too.
As far as pop culture, it was really in 77 that most people started to hear of Punk, see it on TV, etc. One Top 100 single doesn't really put it in the radar of middle America.
Assuming that your brother purchased NMTB in America, the fact that he had a copy before it was released in the US in 1978 means that he probably owns one of the original 1,000 UK pressings from the first run via import.
I hope it's in good condition and that he still has it.
Shouldn't your tagline include "Plate of shrimp"?
Is you screen name from the Gang of Four song? And I'll have to look at the cd you recommend on Amazon. Thanks.
Heh. I wonder if Carnival's ad company knew or really cared about its real meaning.
Speaking of commercials, there's a Buzzcocks song in an AARP ad now.
Sigh.
Punk started when Iggy and the Stooges put out their first album back in 1968.
Oh yeah,
Don't know if I ever told you, but in college I worked as local crew and sometimes security for both small and large music venues.
I worked the Iggy Pop show in 1991 at the Rialto Theatre in Raleigh. (I I believe it was the Brick by Brick tour)
He was nice to all of us. I remember that because most of the performers we encountered could be quite rude.
And yes, he really IS that skinny! Wow.
Yup, that's the one! I thought it would be pretty funny to co-opt a song by a Marxist band for my FReeper name. Plus, if you sing some of their lyrics straight up, no sarcasm, they actually make sense from a conservative perspective, sometimes. LOL!
"No Thanks!" is a four-disc set of the catchiest damn tunes you will ever hear. I had heard of a lot of the bands on it, but never really been exposed to them before (quite a few of them are mentioned in this article). But since I got it, it's nearly been all I listen to for well over a year! A good representation of Punk from the arty (Wire, Suicide, Pere Ubu) to the rowdy (Black Flag, Fear), to the classics (Clash, Buzzcocks, Ramones). Anyway, it makes me HAPPY!
Hey! I have a "Kill a Commie For Mommy" t-shirt, it just has a different graphic. It is my all-time favorite, of course (especially since I'm about to become a Mommy myself! ;) )
Whenever I see your name, I automatically think "we'll get drunk on cheap wine". I'm gonna look for that CD set. The Buzzcocks are one of my favorite bands of all time (they are SO good in concert) and I must admit I've never heard Wire or Suicide. Thanks for the tip.
Actually, I think she IS 30 this year. Or maybe she'll be 31.
Heh heh, some other noteworthy random ad songs include a current M&M's ad featuring The The, a Starburst commercial that used Tones on Tails' "GO!", and probably the surrealest musical TV moment for me is probably the time someone used the Smiths' "How Soon is Now" during the opening of Monday Night Football!!!!
We still have it, but it's not mint or probably worth anything.
I do my BEST thinkin' on the bus...
I actually saw Gang o' Four about a year or so ago here in Atlanta, and I have to say it was one of the best shows I've seen in my life. They totally ROCKED OUT! Not the slightest hint of ungraceful-ageing, no nostalgia, no annoying leftist preaching to the audience (thank God, I have to deal with that with so many of the bands I love). They just had an amazing sound and terrific stage presence.
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