The End of the Shag Era? Officially un-cool? Afraid so. - General Tiki

H Hanalei_Pirate Member Joined: May 15, 2003 Posts: 136	H Hanalei_Pirate Posted posted on Wed, Jun 11, 2003 11:44 AM On 2003-06-09 15:42, aquarj wrote: Declaring that Shag stuff is "officially un-cool" based on a hangup about mainstream accessibility is pretty hard to take seriously. But amazingly this seems to be a serious comment, as if "cool" is literally defined by whether or not showing something off elicits approval from some select group of hipsters, and elicits dumbfounded stares from everyone else. I've heard that there are people who think like this, just never seen one in action! -Randy I think aquarj said it best in his post so I won't repeat all that here, but having been a part of the original 1977 punk rock movement which was high-jacked long ago by mainstreamers, I can’t see the benefit of running around to 12 years olds in Ramones T-shirts and saying, "yes, but I did it all first." Today’s music and hair styles were totally ripped off from us punkers who took alot of duff from the mainstreamers in the beginning. (Of course NOW if you don't have spikey hair you aren't cool!) On another note, I never interviewed a punk band that didn’t want to make money doing what they loved – playing music. Let him make the money while he can. He has to make a living and his success only increases my painting’s value. And don't yell at me if this quote didn't turn out right, its my first time quoting someone, ok?

On 2003-06-09 15:42, aquarj wrote:
Declaring that Shag stuff is "officially un-cool" based on a hangup about mainstream accessibility is pretty hard to take seriously. But amazingly this seems to be a serious comment, as if "cool" is literally defined by whether or not showing something off elicits approval from some select group of hipsters, and elicits dumbfounded stares from everyone else. I've heard that there are people who think like this, just never seen one in action!
-Randy

I think aquarj said it best in his post so I won't repeat all that here, but having been a part of the original 1977 punk rock movement which was high-jacked long ago by mainstreamers, I can’t see the benefit of running around to 12 years olds in Ramones T-shirts and saying, "yes, but I did it all first." Today’s music and hair styles were totally ripped off from us punkers who took alot of duff from the mainstreamers in the beginning. (Of course NOW if you don't have spikey hair you aren't cool!) On another note, I never interviewed a punk band that didn’t want to make money doing what they loved – playing music. Let him make the money while he can. He has to make a living and his success only increases my painting’s value.

And don't yell at me if this quote didn't turn out right, its my first time quoting someone, ok?

Post #38546 by Hanalei_Pirate on Wed, Jun 11, 2003 11:44 AM