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

[edgeofwhatever.livejournal.com]

I'm 24 and to answer your question: it hasn't. Punk is a style of clothing, as far as I'm concerned (you dress punk when you're feeling rebellious and noisy).

I tune out when the conversation turns to punk, because it means we're about two minutes from someone getting all, "In the good old days..." or bringing up Avril Lavigne.