The Sex Pistols somewhat predated my interest in playing music; they had crashed and burned by the late '70s. They had little, if any radio play in Canada -- I probably hadn't heard anything off their one and only album until I bought a copy in the early '80s.
I had no use for the fashions or the politics of the punk rock scene, but I found the music interesting. More to the point, it sounded like something we were capable of. And it inspired my move to bass: I figured that if a moron like Sid Vicious could play it, than so could I.
So without further ado, here I am on guitar with Johnny and the crew. Somebody's just a touch off tune, but I'm betting it was the Pistols. Tuning's just so bourgeois, y'know? Besides, volume masks multitudinous sins.
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I was eleven when their first album came out.
I heard about them on the news.
I saw the images.
But I never heard them until I was seventeen.
I never heard a lot of British music until then.
Well that's wrong.
I heard a lot of British music on the radio at that time.
But it was all driven by the music machine.
And most of it was old.
The closest we got was things they couldn't ignore.
Like London Calling.
And Making Plans for Nigel.
It took years and years of sifting through it after being on the outside looking in to understand it all.
The true importance of punk back then was exactly what you said.
If a moron like Sid Vicious can pretend to do it then so can we.
You didn't have to be good.
You just had to play.
And out of that came many good things.
Posted by dance...dance to the radio | July 18, 2010 11:38 PM
Posted on July 18, 2010 23:38
Ah, yes, XTC. I haven't thought of them for a while. Very intelligent, very melodic and well-played pop.
Posted by gnotalex | July 19, 2010 8:18 PM
Posted on July 19, 2010 20:18