Punk

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

This is a question for people who didn't experience punk firsthand (sorry o wise eldersaurs!)

How did the ideas/legacy/presence of punk affect your listening to and thinking about music?

(I didn't say it was a small question)

And do you still feel it as a presence within pop music and culture? Does it affect current music? Does it affect how you approach the music that came before it?

I'm interested in 'my' generation of listeners (30somethings) but also especially in 20somethings and younger - and in British people especially.

Comments

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

this is the "help me write my p!tchf0rk column" thread, right? ;)

PUNK for me, gave a distrust of PROG (still working through) and also THE MAN (pretty much gotten over now).

interestingly i have 0 recollection of punk-punk at the time (being *just* too young), but everything that came after good or bad (jam, police, adam etcetc) were the foundations of my music love. i guess i didn't rly know about '76 punk til the latelate 80s (can that be right?)...

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Haha yes WELL SPOTTED it is indeed that time of thee month.