nimh wrote:This thread was initially mostly an expression of frustration re: A2K. Where did the punks go? Why am I surrounded by bloody hippies?
1) Because the punks eventually grew up to the point where they became indistinguishable from hippies. 2) Because, at least in terms of music, people got used to the sounds that sounded ultra-hard and way-outta-there in the 70s, so they now sound awfully tame to us. I became painfully aware of this two years ago, when I played one of my old "The Clash" records for my cousin, then 18 years old. My cousin is a nice, well-groomed girl who studies electrical engineering, dyes her hair blue every now and then, and likes a band called "Crazy Town", a crossover between Metal and Hip Hop. When she first heard The Clash's "London Calling", she just gave me a bemused smile and shrugged her shoulders, both palms up, as if to say: "What's the point? What about that hard stuff you promised me?"
I felt very old that moment.
:wink: .
