Black Velvet Flag - General Tiki

TV Traitor Vic Tiki Socialite Greenville, SC Joined: Jan 02, 2003 Posts: 441	TV Traitor Vic Posted posted on Tue, Jan 7, 2003 11:46 PM Yep! "Yes L.A." was a great record, too. Hell. They BOTH were. All this got me to thinkin', though... Ya know PUNK was (at least NY and Brit Punk, were) almost Retro in some ways. Bands just PLAYED and didn't wave their guitars around like Enormous Phallic Symbols! Hair was SHORT. The Farfisa Organ was COOL again. It was a step forward and, at the same time, back to a more comforting time and place. Even the West Coast HardCore bands seemed more Human than, say, Foreigner or Toto. Maybe the bunch of us just like to lean back on the past a bit because we know it's there and gives us a firm foundation. That doesn't mean we're stuck in it, just that we have a deep appreciation for real things.

Yep! "Yes L.A." was a great record, too. Hell. They BOTH were.
All this got me to thinkin', though... Ya know PUNK was (at least NY and Brit Punk, were) almost Retro in some ways. Bands just PLAYED and didn't wave their guitars around like Enormous Phallic Symbols! Hair was SHORT. The Farfisa Organ was COOL again. It was a step forward and, at the same time, back to a more comforting time and place. Even the West Coast HardCore bands seemed more Human than, say, Foreigner or Toto.
Maybe the bunch of us just like to lean back on the past a bit because we know it's there and gives us a firm foundation. That doesn't mean we're stuck in it, just that we have a deep appreciation for real things.

Post #18614 by Traitor Vic on Tue, Jan 7, 2003 11:46 PM