Greg Lake says punk rock wasn't a musical movement

[Rockwriter]

Interesting new comments from Greg Lake http://www.examiner.com/classic-hard-ro ... l-movement

Thanks, I hope everyone is well.


Sterling

[Rip Rokken]

Agreed! Also love his slight to the RRHoF!

[Peartree12249]

Greg Lake, I have to agree with him about punk those guys had 0 musical talent IMO.

Lately, I've been rediscovering my prog roots and have been listening to quite a bit of ELP. Greg had such a beautiful voice. Too bad it's completely shot. I'd love to see him live, but it hurts me to hear him sing now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9wydSG4 ... re=related

[Andrew]

Nor was grunge!

[whocares]

Punk and specifically Johnny Rotten and P.I.L. are the reason my hearing is shot. Sadly it really made it hard to truly hear INXS play right after them, that night. And that was in 1988, when Punk should have been long dead.

[verslibre]

I was never into punk, but as much as the ELP & prog rock fan in me is loathe to admit it, the punks were not completely devoid of talent. The Alley Cats were a great band, and The Clash and The Damned have some good songs, too.

[verslibre]

Greg Lake, I have to agree with him about punk those guys had 0 musical talent IMO.

Lately, I've been rediscovering my prog roots and have been listening to quite a bit of ELP. Greg had such a beautiful voice. Too bad it's completely shot. I'd love to see him live, but it hurts me to hear him sing now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9wydSG4 ... re=related

Yeah, Greg's more or less sounded shitty for the last 20 years. When I saw ELP at their killer show at the Wiltern in '93, he did sound pretty good, but he hadn't been on the road for a few, either. But ELP's really about the music and over-the-top displays of chops: apart from "C'est La Vie" and "From The Beginning" (etc.), it's all about Keith and Carl.

[Arkansas]

'Grunge' was the industry's misstep at trying to relive 'punk'. What they missed was that punk was never about music at all. It was just a statement at the time. Yes, there are icons...and quite genius, but never musical. And so they tried to make music out of 'grunge', although another worthless statement. And so, they missed it all again. No wonder it died so quickly...just as before.

What will always live is real music.
Making statements, come and go.
Punk or grunge, who's to show.

Sing, not growl.
Shoot the vein and howl.
Cry for yourself...
But make real music for everyone else.

Real music lives...
Not the alternatives.
Sing for tomorrow, and play.
Melodic rock lives today!


later~

[TRAGChick]

'Grunge' was the industry's misstep at trying to relive 'punk'. What they missed was that punk was never about music at all. It was just a statement at the time. Yes, there are icons...and quite genius, but never musical. And so they tried to make music out of 'grunge', although another worthless statement. And so, they missed it all again. No wonder it died so quickly...just as before.

What will always live is real music.
Making statements, come and go.
Punk or grunge, who's to show.

Sing, not growl.
Shoot the vein and howl.
Cry for yourself...
But make real music for everyone else.

Real music lives...
Not the alternatives.
Sing for tomorrow, and play.
Melodic rock lives today!


later~

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