Punk Rock: Through History Michael Carlton Abalon MMA-1‚ ENG012‚ A52 Prof. Jhona Niem November 24‚ 2010 “Punk is always something that`s going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point”. -Billie Joe Armstrong‚ Green Day Punk Rock: Through History 1 “This could be the day that I’ve died‚ this could be the day that I’ve died...” The lyrics from Don McLean’s song (1971) “American Pie” which was best known for its lyrics about the February 3
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The hippie subculture that was born in San Francisco in the 1960’s came from nowhere. As unlikely as life forming on Earth billions of years ago‚ new political ideals oozed from a seemingly disengaged primordial ooze of activists and idealists. Foner says‚ “the rise of a protest movement among white youth came as a complete surprise” (Give me Liberty!‚ 1103). A new age of free thinkers‚ inspired by a variety of factors found themselves questioning their government‚ challenging the steady diet
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A man driving home through the rundown (shonky) side of town with his children in the backseat sees a heavily tattooed homeless man. The children wince at the sight of the vagrant when he tries to wash the windscreen of the car in the hope of making a few pence. The father tells the children to remember the ’clown punk’ although his reason is unclear. The philosophical tone of the poem would suggest that the speaker wants his children to look past the decay of the clown punk and see his inner
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Sex‚ drugs‚ and rock n’ roll. This phrase has long been used to summarize the rock lifestyle‚ but given the great diversity of rock music many would agree that this concept is most prevalent in the subgenre known as punk. Punk was gritty‚ foul‚ arrogant and snotty‚ nothing it said had meaning outside of what could be said with a mere finger gesture…or was it? In truth punk was as diverse in its nature as rock was as a whole. It is because of this that so many argue about when exactly the punk scene
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TASK #4- PERSONAL ESSAY Why Should all ENG4U students read Born to Rock by Gordon Korman "You know what punk is? A bunch of no-talent guys who really‚ really want to be in a band. Nobody reads music‚ nobody plays the mandolin‚ and you’re too dumb to write songs about mythology or Middle-earth. So what’s your style? Three chords‚ cranked out fast and loud and distorted because your instruments are crap and you can’t play them worth a damn. And you scream your lungs out to cover up the fact
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Chenxu Wang English 102-30 Inst. Monica Goodell March 14‚ 2014 Why P!nk’s “Punk” Style is So Appealing Alecia Beth Moore is an American singer-songwriter and actress‚ most people better known by her stage name “P!nk”‚ her voice is regarded as one of the greatest in pop music‚ she gets 2004 Grammy Award best female rock vocal performance‚ aside from her musical feats‚ she has also become known for her style. What is “Punk” style? Wikipedia write “ Generally unkempt‚ often short hairstyles
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Gaslight Anthem’s Latest CD Bleeds On-The-Sleeve‚ Gusto Emotion Following a brilliant side project‚ The Horrible Crowes‚ singer/songwriter Brian Fallon returns with Gaslight Anthem’s major label debut‚ "Handwritten‚" a big-sounding‚ high-octane revival Brian Fallon‚ now 32 and frontman of The Gaslight Anthem‚ must have sparkled after he‚ as a 13-year-old American kid from Jersey‚ discovered one of the most influential records of the Redcoat punk scene: The Clash’s self-titled debut which chartered
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Punk A power of anti-establishment‚ a behavior of breaking mainstream‚ a style to be ourselves‚ these are all the soul of Punk‚ a great genre of Rock’n Roll to be created in 1970’s. The most iconic band of Punk is Sex Pistols undoubtedly. No matter if they invented the Punk or not‚ they have brought this style to the world. They use the powerful‚ fast-paced‚ straight rhythm and tone to perform the music and vent their emotion unpretentiously. Besides‚ the clothing they wear‚ the lyric they write
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The first thing we had asked each person within the two subcultures to do was to define their subculture‚ and we found a split with the complexity of the answers. Most of the respondents who were a part of the athletic subculture‚ simply gave us a simple definition of an athlete‚ someone who is a member of a sports team here at the University of Tampa‚ and we had others who expanded more on this. Some respondents said an athlete is someone who is a strong competitor and who has athletic talent and
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Michael Benson Final Draft 11/28/11 Birth of a Subculture; Death of the Music Festival In Birth of Tragedy‚ Friedriche Nietzsche characterizes ancient Greek Dionysian festivals to be “centered in extravagant licentiousness…[where] the most savage natural instincts were unleashed” (Nietzsche 39). Music‚ orgies‚ excess drinking‚ and indulgences thrived during these fests. Ancient Greek sects craved these festivals and counted down the days until they could partake in the debauchery (Nietzsche 39)
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