somercet1 (October 11, 2008 at 7:16 am)

Has anyone heard the Theme Time Radio Hour where Bob Dylan blurbs this song in and out? It's a scream. And a great song.

28pies (October 6, 2008 at 1:29 am)

Jonathan Richman, fucking RULEZzzz!!!!!!!!!!!

kangaroocomedy (September 29, 2008 at 10:33 pm)

Thanks for the good luck wishes, will keep ya posted sister...p

kangaroocomedy (September 27, 2008 at 2:50 pm)

I had to draw a line at Generation X who sold out after a v promising start. Theres still a lot of confusion with classifications. Bands like The Lurkers and the Buzzcocks had a lot of integrity, but loads others jumped on the band wagon. Take your pick, theres a list as long as you arm who enjoyed brief commercial success, eg The Jags, etc. But where you classify a band like the excellent Eddie and the Hot Rods? Is there a website listing all 70s UK punk/new wave bands?

TunnelHappy (September 27, 2008 at 3:01 am)

I'll drink to that. "DIY or DIE" Cheers to the most important movement to happen to music in the last fifty years.

imadinnerlady (September 26, 2008 at 11:40 am)

Yes it is all punk. And at the start people said it ws just a fad, yet thirty years later its stronger than ever. It just proves that the DIY ethic makes it the people music...the folk music of today I suppose. Good luck Pete PS. Saw the X Ray Spex reunion a few weeks ago. Amazing

TunnelHappy (September 25, 2008 at 3:56 pm)

You're right. It probably was just the lack of common direction among each band. I'm from the states so to me the political sentiments of all of the first wave UK bands seemed less cohesive than some of the bands that came out in, say '79. But I'm not trying to badmouth anything. I love the Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Jam, Gen X, etc. But I suppose as someone who followed the punk movement musically from its conception, I just got a stronger message from bands like RP and Crass. But its all punk

imadinnerlady (September 24, 2008 at 10:55 am)

I don't think the it lacked substance but maybe direction. McLaren wasn't just a goldigger and the Pistols weren't just a boy band. When God Save The Queen got to number one, the government contacted the BBC and told them there was no number one that week. How amazing is that. But I do think the main bands Pistols, Clash, Jam etc...all had different political ideas and it wasn't as focused as later on. But isn't the idead of punk that you make your own rules?

TunnelHappy (September 24, 2008 at 3:53 am)

You're definately right about the UK scene popularizing punk and giving it its first physical stereotype, and it was hugely influencial in subsequent progressions of the movement. But while I do agree that UK punk bands address politics with the most collective wit and passion, I feel that the political sentiments that the first wave (Sex Pistols, early Clash, etc.)expressed lacked some of the substance that later bands like Crass and the Subhumans portrayed.

kangaroocomedy (September 23, 2008 at 3:44 pm)

Hey! Whats for dinner!