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

Re: very late but for what it's worth...

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

oh yes, and in terms of current listening, i could be somewhat more explicit if you're trying to pin me down: i guess there are two sides - as a genre, where my attitude is a bit like the above: if you definte yourself as punk then, yawn; however in terms of attitude, i can see it as a certain rebelliousness (vs. a "rock" attitude, which is more about power than rebellion).