Just for not liking punk. And I might just help him.
I'm thinking that you may not have been exposed to enough punk. Shut up, don't argue with me in your brain until you've read what I have to type. I mean it. Shut up. Okay? Okay.
I understand, to a certain degree, why you might think you don't like punk. Yes, there are bands out there that play one chord and sing like crap. But there are many bands that don't. Punk is generally a stripped down sound, but that doesn't mean it's any less musical. And before you think, as you usually do, that I don't have a clue what I'm talking about I would take this moment to remind you that I was a music major in college. I know music. I would suggest that you listen to more of the West Coast punk... NOFX, Nerfherder, and, oh, here's one you might know... Green Day. And I don't give a frak what the snarky old farts say, Green Day IS punk. I live with a NYC punk who spent his formative years in CBGB's... and even he admits Green Day is punk. It's more pop than a lot of the mid-80's stuff, but it's still punk. It's also my preferred punk. I LOVE Nerfherder. And if you want to expand your horizons a bit more, I might even suggest a couple of *gasp* ska bands. I don't like ska, not my thing, but I like Goldfinger and Dance Hall Crashers. Especially Dance Hall Crashers... it's a female ska band. They lost the horns and became the Soviettes... which is a sort of punk band. They majorly influenced one of my new favorite girl bands... Go Betty Go. I like West Coast punk, pop punk, and Oi... and I think you might too if you give it a chance and if you try to listen to it without prejudice.
But you still can't come to my house. Maligning the Ramones is a killing offense in this household.
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Date: 2006-04-07 10:25 pm (UTC)I'm thinking that you may not have been exposed to enough punk. Shut up, don't argue with me in your brain until you've read what I have to type. I mean it. Shut up. Okay? Okay.
I understand, to a certain degree, why you might think you don't like punk. Yes, there are bands out there that play one chord and sing like crap. But there are many bands that don't. Punk is generally a stripped down sound, but that doesn't mean it's any less musical. And before you think, as you usually do, that I don't have a clue what I'm talking about I would take this moment to remind you that I was a music major in college. I know music. I would suggest that you listen to more of the West Coast punk... NOFX, Nerfherder, and, oh, here's one you might know... Green Day. And I don't give a frak what the snarky old farts say, Green Day IS punk. I live with a NYC punk who spent his formative years in CBGB's... and even he admits Green Day is punk. It's more pop than a lot of the mid-80's stuff, but it's still punk. It's also my preferred punk. I LOVE Nerfherder. And if you want to expand your horizons a bit more, I might even suggest a couple of *gasp* ska bands. I don't like ska, not my thing, but I like Goldfinger and Dance Hall Crashers. Especially Dance Hall Crashers... it's a female ska band. They lost the horns and became the Soviettes... which is a sort of punk band. They majorly influenced one of my new favorite girl bands... Go Betty Go. I like West Coast punk, pop punk, and Oi... and I think you might too if you give it a chance and if you try to listen to it without prejudice.
But you still can't come to my house. Maligning the Ramones is a killing offense in this household.