why was punk ignored by british musicians? - an interesting thing came to light on another thread when someone took some uk charts at random and broke down tracks into genres. whilst this was not a perfect analysis by any means, one interesting thing it highlighted was how little punk was represented in the charts, especially compared to other genres. obviously some british musicians played punk and didn't ignore it, but it appears that most did. so if punk was as important and influential as some suggest, why wasn't it more popular, and why didn't other established acts choose to play it? whislt it's not necesarily the most commercial and easy listening of genres, the same could be said about (heavy) metal type genres, or hardcore dance music, both of which sell in considerable numbers. so why wasn't punk more popular, particularly in the UK? why didn't established acts jump on the punk bandwagon to make a hit? the biggest selling acts in the uk jumped onto other genres, such as disco, and had huge hits as a result, but what established acts in the uk jumped onto the punk bandwagon?
why was punk ignored by british musicians?
Possibly something to do with the backlash it faces... I seem to recall the BBC doing their damn best years ago to stop the Sex Pistols from being number one.
Why bother with something if the media are not going to embrace it? The image is something people don't like it, I wouldn't say it was totally dismissed though. The Clash still have an incredible legacy. I don't hear people badmouth them much.
And give me a good legacy over huge record sales.
Why bother with something if the media are not going to embrace it? The image is something people don't like it, I wouldn't say it was totally dismissed though. The Clash still have an incredible legacy. I don't hear people badmouth them much.
And give me a good legacy over huge record sales.
pmsl....
gotta get your argument fix havnt you?
you know the answer to this as you have often posted it.
punk itself wasnt commercial, it wasnt even that pleasant as a musical form. the point of punk was to shock the music scene into life...which is what it did.
so punk itself wasnt ever going to be big, which is why new wave came in, staterd by mainly punks, ex punks, people inspired by punk, in the early days it was all but inseperable until it did what punk ethics championed... do it yourself... new wave may have evolved into a seperate (sub) genre, but its roots were firmly grounded in punk, new wave was the acceptable/commercial style of punk.
but as you well know, and posted as such on the other thread, there was alot of punk being created by bands.
and i know exactly what you are doing here....
gotta get your argument fix havnt you?
you know the answer to this as you have often posted it.
punk itself wasnt commercial, it wasnt even that pleasant as a musical form. the point of punk was to shock the music scene into life...which is what it did.
so punk itself wasnt ever going to be big, which is why new wave came in, staterd by mainly punks, ex punks, people inspired by punk, in the early days it was all but inseperable until it did what punk ethics championed... do it yourself... new wave may have evolved into a seperate (sub) genre, but its roots were firmly grounded in punk, new wave was the acceptable/commercial style of punk.
but as you well know, and posted as such on the other thread, there was alot of punk being created by bands.
and i know exactly what you are doing here....
Originally Posted by Mallaha:
“Naughty, naughty, very naughty...
I am listening to The Shamen right now.”
“Naughty, naughty, very naughty...
I am listening to The Shamen right now.”
good choice!
in the 1970s when punk was emerging from a lackadaisical prog rock scene, British musicians hit upon a new raw, angst-driven sound which seemed to speak to the disaffected youth of the time. The music, and the rebellious, cynical culture that came with it, came to be know as knup. Therefore punk got overlooked in the face of the massive knup uprising which unfortunately seemed to disintegrate as quickly as it had formed. HTH
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...United_Kingdom
there.... i did for punk what you didnt for disco.... provide a list of artists.
there.... i did for punk what you didnt for disco.... provide a list of artists.
Originally Posted by mushymanrob:
“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...United_Kingdom
there.... i did for punk what you didnt for disco.... provide a list of artists.”
“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...United_Kingdom
there.... i did for punk what you didnt for disco.... provide a list of artists.”
You'd get more kudos if you'd done more than post a wiki link
