"Punk" elitism...
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Guys, surely it was "Play To Win."
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Found this quote from Mr. Strummer: “I don’t like saying, ‘You’re a punk and you’re not.’ There was a record out there called Ca Plane pour Moi by Plastic Bertrand, right? And I guarantee you if I had to play it for you right now you’d go, ‘Right! That is rockin!’ Now, if you were to say to any sort of purist punk, ‘This is a good punk record,’ they’d get completely enraged. But Plastic Bertrand, whoever he was, compressed into that three minutes a bloody good record that will get any comatose person toe-tapping, you know what I mean? By purist rules, it’s not allowed to even mention Plastic Bertrand. Yet, this record was probably a lot better than a lot of so-called punk records.”
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As John Wilkes Booth said before being shot, "It always comes back to Plastic Bertrand, doesn't it?"
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I don’t even want to scroll back to know the context; this is the new unofficial tag line to IMCT.
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I laughed.101Walterton wrote: ↑26 Oct 2017, 6:24amWell it can’t be Ivan Meets GI Joe because GI Joe failed to qualify!
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Joe Strummer never shuts up about Plastic Bertrand. - tepistaWestwayKid wrote: ↑26 Oct 2017, 7:48amFound this quote from Mr. Strummer: “I don’t like saying, ‘You’re a punk and you’re not.’ There was a record out there called Ca Plane pour Moi by Plastic Bertrand, right? And I guarantee you if I had to play it for you right now you’d go, ‘Right! That is rockin!’ Now, if you were to say to any sort of purist punk, ‘This is a good punk record,’ they’d get completely enraged. But Plastic Bertrand, whoever he was, compressed into that three minutes a bloody good record that will get any comatose person toe-tapping, you know what I mean? By purist rules, it’s not allowed to even mention Plastic Bertrand. Yet, this record was probably a lot better than a lot of so-called punk records.”
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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For about two minutes in 8th or 9th grade, I considered myself a punk purist. But then I realized that my second favorite band was Depeche Mode and that I love Earth, Wind and Fire, so that notion flew out the window.
And don't get me started on the excruciating conversations my friends and I would have determing if the Violent Femmes were punk or not (I always voted yes).
And don't get me started on the excruciating conversations my friends and I would have determing if the Violent Femmes were punk or not (I always voted yes).
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A+Silent Majority wrote: ↑26 Oct 2017, 6:16amThe world would be a better place if Mick had allowed Russia/FIFA to use Version City in their multimillion dollar promos, like they wanted.
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The only punk band I ever cared for are Wire.
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If I ever end up in Limeyland, I will bonk you on the head when you're not expecting it.
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Hey ho! Let's go!Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Oct 2017, 4:33pmIf I ever end up in Limeyland, I will bonk you on the head when you're not expecting it.
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You always take it down to the wire.
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It"s a gift.
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The furthest down the road of elitism I ever got was in 9th grade when a rival of mine got the exact same Misfits shirt as me, knowing that I had it already. I was livid and called him a poser for years. Then I did a hip-hop album with him seven years later.
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You sound a right pair of Misfits to me.
I could never be elitist. I'm far too special for that.
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