Why Punk Mattered
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On our previous show, Paul Burke proposed that punk was unimportant at the time, left no lasting musical legacy and the reason people still bang on about it is because the middle classes act as its gatekeeper in the media that we all read and watch.
In this riposte, while not dismissing all of Paul's points, I'll try to put punk in its cultural context and show how profound its influence has been, not just the music, but in design, a DIY spirit, female inclusivity and racial integration.
And here's a compilation of 25 songs from the first flower of punk in '76 and '77. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/vinyl-maelstrom/id1739501489?i=1000666490941
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Разделы
1. Why Punk Mattered (00:00:00)
2. Introduction (00:00:19)
3. No punk hits, few actual punks, no joy (00:01:47)
4. A nation in disarray (00:03:17)
5. The long musical influence of punk (00:06:43)
6. Punk's influence on design, class, DIY, women and race (00:11:06)
7. Conclusions (00:15:42)
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