Frank
1887 posts
Jan 18, 2013
5:44 PM
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You don’t have to be a great musician to do something great in music.
THE SEX PISTOLS
•Rolling Stone has argued that the band, “came to spark and personify one of the few truly critical moments in pop culture—the rise of punk.”
•Leading music critic Dave Marsh called them “unquestionably the most radical new rock band of the Seventies.”
•The releases of “Anarchy in the U.K.”, “God Save the Queen” and Never Mind the Bollocks are counted among the most important events in the history of popular music.
Never Mind the Bollocks is regularly cited in accountings of all-time great albums: In 2006, it was voted #28 in Q magazine’s “100 Greatest Albums Ever”, while Rolling Stone listed it at #2 in its 1987 “Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years”.
It has come to be recognized as among the most influential records in rock history. An Allmusic critique describes it as “one of the greatest, most inspiring rock records of all time”.
Just remember the truth is that you don’t have to be a great musician to do something great in music.
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shanester
554 posts
Jan 18, 2013
5:48 PM
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No you absolutely don't and I agree that the Sex Pistols were one of the greatest rock bands of all time!
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Shane,
"The Possum Whisperer"
Shane's Cloud
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markdc70
125 posts
Jan 18, 2013
7:35 PM
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Along the same lines, I never could quite understand the draw of The Ramones. Although, I was in 4th grade at the height of the punk movement. But I think there is only one word that truely exemplifies the fact that talent is not the most important factor in your success as a rock musician, and that word is KISS.
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Steamrollin Stan
686 posts
Jan 18, 2013
10:13 PM
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So there's still hope for me then.
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rbeetsme
1067 posts
Jan 19, 2013
5:22 AM
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Remember Mrs. Miller, Tiny Tim, John and Yoko, Slim Whitman?
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Gerry
32 posts
Jan 19, 2013
6:24 AM
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You probably had to live in the UK in the 70's to appreciate just how bleak was the music available to young teens.
We had Radio 1, and of course Top of the Pops on a Thurs night and that was it. Both of these controlled by aged and out of touch suits.
"The Old Grey Whistle Test" aiming for the older album buying rock fan, and great as it was Whispering Bob was never going to stick a safety pin in his trousers, let alone his ear.
My point is that Punk was never about about good musicianship, quite the opposite. Punk's whole ethos was "anyone can do it", so you get the good and the bad but always interesting and exciting.
There's been a few documentaries on the BBC over the last few months and whenever they interview members of old Punk bands they all still express that "go for it, make your own noise" attitude. Yet young bands seem always too willing to chase the trends.
I was a teen in '76-85, England was grim and grey for a lot of it but these bands, for a while, made it dayglo.
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