Guest saintjohn Posted October 6 Report Share Posted October 6 Nouvelle Vague takes on the Cure, Public Image, Joy Division, the Clash, et cetera in an unexpected way:http://www.nouvellesvagues.com/english/music.htmlTheir version of "Too Drunk to Fuck" is worth the price of the entire CD. Quelle surprise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest web_norah Posted October 7 Report Share Posted October 7 some of my all time favorites. thanks for posting.i am just reading No Irish, No Blacks, NoDogs, by John Lydon, if you're into the Sex Pistols / PIL, you should check it out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dirtyhouse777 Posted October 7 Report Share Posted October 7 eh...joy division???... bossa nova??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest saintjohn Posted October 10 Report Share Posted October 10 i am just reading No Irish, No Blacks, NoDogs, by John Lydon, if you're into the Sex Pistols / PIL, you should check it out...Thanks for the suggestion - sounds like required reading.Similar time period, different scene: Please Kill Me, edited by Legs McNeil. Here's what Kirkus Reviews had to say:Punk's chaotic energy and revolutionary spirit come through vividly in this mesmerizing account of American punk. For instance, Kathy Asheton notes, "I remember the day of his [iggy Pop's] wedding because that was the day Iggy and I started our romantic relationship.'' Legions of groupies and other American punk scene denizens are similarly heard from here, as are central figures, including Iggy, Richard Hell, Malcolm McLaren, and members of the Velvet Underground, the Patti Smith Group, et al. During the heyday of hippiedom, the Velvets, the Stooges, and the MC5 distinguished themselves by their refusal to have any part of the peace-and-love agenda. Their unromanticized visions of boredom, violence, drug use, and weird sex had little commercial appeal. But the Velvets' Lou Reed and especially the Stooges' drug-crazed Iggy Pop became icons for a generation of disaffected kids who identified with the impulse to roll around shirtless in broken glass while howling "I Wanna Be Your Dog.'' In the early '70s the New York Dolls continued the tradition, combining goofy glamour and short, fast songs; the overdose death of the Dolls' first drummer cemented narcotics abuse as a central feature of the punk life. Authors McNeil, one of Punk magazine's founders, and McCain, a former promoter of downtown New York poetry readings, definitively assert punk's all-American origins; British impresario Malcolm McLaren tells here how he molded the Sex Pistols after patterns set by the Dolls and Richard Hell. Despite the astonishing prevalence of drug addiction, the New York bands and scene-makers of the mid-'70s, led by the Ramones, had splendid instincts for music and style, and most subsequent pop culture is to some degree indebted to them. An essential accompaniment to the first, still-thrilling punk records, this preposterously entertaining document just reeks with all the brilliance and filth of the Blank Generation.http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140266909/qid=1128902332/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-9758401-3712942?v=glance&s=books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest web_norah Posted October 10 Report Share Posted October 10 i'll have a look at the book you suggestmeanwhile, that No Irish, No Blacks, NoDogs, is entertaining my daily subway ride.................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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