Posted on 05/19/2006 11:14:57 AM PDT by weegee
Iggy went disco went he went "solo" with Bowie.
Scott Ashton remained punk (Destroy All Monsters).
The Ramones were legit as were/are the Dictators.
Lydon makes "profound" statements but sometimes for shock more than any firm stance. He now says he isn't against the royals and liked disco in the 1970s.
"Punk" was a backlash against politically correct hippies. And then it got co-opted by the left and made politically correct. Same drummer, different costume. Hard to say which movement has uglier chicks.
That's what I like about Rotten, he knew it was all just a big joke, and he just sat back and laughed at everybody that took him seriously.....now that's punk.
Here's another vote for the lyrics removed karaoke version of RATM w/Morello's guitar. Hell of a musician.
We all seen the diva minstrels, warbling on about this and that political cause, with consternation in their gaze and emotion in their voice, but you can only hear it so many times. Popular culture artists are not the historians of their generation, the whole idea of a soundtrack to rebellion is from some other age decades ago.
He's also a millionaire real estate investor.
While it may "be" punk to be poor, it isn't cool to CHOOSE to remain poor. And Johnny is wise enough to point out in his autobiography that peers WILL pull down a friend if he becomes too successful (even a smart student with dumb friends).
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