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Post subject: Punk and Pearl Jam: A definitions thread
Posted: Fri July 12, 2013 7:40 pm
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For people like myself who are probably using the term punk to broadly, i would like examples of different types of punk, and the kinds of pearl jam songs that manifest them. Harmless, punk offshoots are fine.
Post subject: Re: Punk and Pearl Jam: A definitions thread
Posted: Fri July 12, 2013 7:47 pm
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OK, let's start with Backspacer and the New Wave (offshoot) premise:
Gonna See My Friend -- I hear surf guitars, surf music, and a Beach Boys influence.
Got Some -- I hear The Police and a ska influence.
Supersonic -- I hear The Ramones and possibly some bands I couldn't name, and I also hear the influence of taking part of the fast song and making it half-tempo (in this case the solo). That technique is taken from hardcore as far as I can tell, and it's been repeated on MYM's introduction. I wish there was more of it on MYM as it's more hardcore as a whole than Supersonic was.
Speed Of Sound -- You might be surprised to see it in this list, but I think that although the lasers are weird, a band like The Cure (a goth / New Wave band) wouldn't have found the inclusion of lasers weird at all.
Johnny Guitar -- The Police again, possibly. And I don't know, Jorge, do you hear any Elvis Costello in this?
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Post subject: Re: Punk and Pearl Jam: A definitions thread
Posted: Fri July 12, 2013 8:40 pm
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stip wrote:
So what is the difference between garage and punk?
They have a lot in common! The original wave of punk was very much a return to the garage-rock stuff of the 50s, with added influences of what came later. Think of it as a melting poet. I wrote this thing a while ago (in response to an RM song tournament!) about why I love punk music, especially that initial wave of bands. I repeated some of those points in my conversation with BadMusic earlier today, so some of it may sound familiar if you read that exchange .
Post subject: Re: Punk and Pearl Jam: A definitions thread
Posted: Fri July 12, 2013 8:45 pm
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McParadigm wrote:
theplatypus wrote:
Think of it as a melting poet.
BADASS
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Post subject: Re: Punk and Pearl Jam: A definitions thread
Posted: Fri July 12, 2013 9:01 pm
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Whitey McTeeth wrote:
Punk isn't about what you're playing, but the attitude behind it.
Yeah, I get this but I don't like it as a philosophy. If it doesn't matter what you're playing why play at all?
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Post subject: Re: Punk and Pearl Jam: A definitions thread
Posted: Fri July 12, 2013 9:03 pm
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I don't think that means that 'it doesn't matter' what you're playing, only that it may be more useful to see punk as an approach to or mood in the music you're making rather than a specific genre with bands that sound very similar.
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Post subject: Re: Punk and Pearl Jam: A definitions thread
Posted: Fri July 12, 2013 9:09 pm
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Whitey McTeeth wrote:
harmless wrote:
Whitey McTeeth wrote:
Punk isn't about what you're playing, but the attitude behind it.
Yeah, I get this but I don't like it as a philosophy. If it doesn't matter what you're playing why play at all?
That's what other styles are for.
Which is why I listen to other styles. Rocket science? Not really.
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