tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post6457009881767078697..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: The Beatles, a punk band? I don't think soKarl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-86728235341115336832015-09-18T21:12:54.912+12:002015-09-18T21:12:54.912+12:00Cos I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman.Cos I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman. blogrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16266745511776012262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-46196597811190872222010-04-09T17:17:34.729+12:002010-04-09T17:17:34.729+12:00Ever seen The U.S. vs John Lennon? Then again, it ...Ever seen The U.S. vs John Lennon? Then again, it probably made Lennon more hippie than punk.DeepRedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373511420145075544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-63149182830622153822010-01-15T11:56:30.238+13:002010-01-15T11:56:30.238+13:00God, forgive me the typos in that last comment.......God, forgive me the typos in that last comment....Rob Hoskinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781851818389502001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-45270217366753907552010-01-15T11:55:51.984+13:002010-01-15T11:55:51.984+13:00Knox actually said when he introduced 'Venus i...Knox actually said when he introduced 'Venus in Furs' that people might recognise a phrase in the lyrics. <br /><br />BEatles, punk? Back in the Hamburg days? Well, who knows? they would hjave been rough as hell but no doubt so were other bands starting out. <br /><br />Gerry and the Pacemakers played in Hamburg as well, maybe they were once punk, too. <br /><br />BTW I'm not as anti punk as you, Karl - at its best, it was a breath of fresh air. The Sex Pistols' 'Pretty Vacant' is a great single, with a great snarling vocal and a fantastic riff they pinched from ABBA (Listen to 'SOS').<br /><br />I don't think punk was 'political' - it just pretneded to be. All that rebel stuff in rock music is jsut marketing. <br /><br />it's a way of getting people to buy the stuff and is about as political as Mrs Marsh and Colgate.Rob Hoskinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781851818389502001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-6059127594618220022010-01-15T08:56:47.264+13:002010-01-15T08:56:47.264+13:00I feel no ill will toward Chris Knox and sincerely...I feel no ill will toward Chris Knox and sincerely hope he enjoys a complete recovery. But I presume that in choosing Venus In Furs as one of his "favourites", he was relaxed about people discovering the origin of that phrase "love not given lightly". So in a sense I was taking my cue from him.Karl du Fresnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-44253865532648203072010-01-14T11:15:14.909+13:002010-01-14T11:15:14.909+13:00I normally love your curmudgeonly musings but on t...I normally love your curmudgeonly musings but on this occasion, with your footnote, I think you stray into the area of gratuitously kicking a man when he is down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-79281056123202607202010-01-11T01:53:46.243+13:002010-01-11T01:53:46.243+13:00If CK survives this caning and rises to say, even ...If CK survives this caning and rises to say, even worse, that the Beatles were a rap band, please take him behind the bike shed and flog him with a rolled up copy of Rolling Stone.Vaughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13105760893956912855noreply@blogger.com