October 31, 200816 yr Author Well seeing how the "kids of today" seem to be incapable of rebelling against their elders then maybe Jark is actually correct. Paul Morley recently mused about today's generation of kids "the only way for them to rebel is to conform, because their parents who grew up through the punk, ska, new romantic, new rave, etc movements all rebelled against their elders. So the only for for this generation of kids today to shock their parents is by conforming. They can't take drugs, have under-age sex or make themselves ill on alcohol because their parents have already done it. They can't shock their parents and come out as homosexual or have a mixed race relationship because their parents did it first." In otherwords its the Absolutely Fabulous syndrome. With this generation being a bunch of Saffron's who want nothing more to be famous and appear on Big Brother & X-Factor (demographically the two most watched shows by under 21s in the UK). (Incidentally Radio 5 Live reckoned the age group that were complaining most about the decision to take action against Ross & Brand were the 25-34 demographic and not the younger audience, who seem to happy to believe whatever right-wing Rupert Murdoch's media machine tells them). pretty much spot on. tbh i couldnt care less wether he does adverts or not, 'johnny rotten' died years ago so jark has a point. john lydon is nothing much more now then an old bloke with a history..... but he can be a bloody entertaining 'old bloke' too and i do like listening to him. but ill not be buying countrylife butter....ill stick to my healthier option 'bertolli'... :lol:
November 1, 200816 yr Author NO! :lol: that must be the most concise reply you have EVER given! :lol:
November 8, 200816 yr This says it all...and why should we champion him for flogging a dead horse (again!) with the Pistols on the nostalgia circuit and criticise him for this. If anything criticise the Country Life butter adverts for having a true icon signed up and failing to use him well at all - the scripts and settings are cack. I actually think that these endless, tedious, "reunion" gigs are what we should be slagging him off for a lot more, tbh.... I actually went to see the FIRST Sex Pistols reunion about a decade or so back, and the question he posed "ever get the feeling you've been cheated.." back in the 70s reverberated in my mind.... The answer was emphatially, YES..... The absolute DOG'S abuse the support act, Stabbing Westward, got from certain totally ignorant sections of the crowd was deeply unpleasant (yeah, so much for the "anything goes" Punk ethos.. :rolleyes: ), and frankly, on the night, I thought they were by far the better band, so, what does that say....? :lol: A reunion is only really worth it, if something concrete (like a new album or single) comes out of it, I was bitterly disappointed when the Pixies ended up not recording anything new... The Killing Joke have vastly more credibility in my eyes than Sex Pistols in 2008, as two absolutely superb proper Punk Rock albums have resulted out of their reunion this decade.... Jark actually has a point, if Lydon actually DID have any music in him anymore, he surely would've done something by now.... And, yeah, the ads are kinda cr@ppy.... :lol: They dont really make full use of him or his legend status, he just looks like an overweight, middle-aged bloke in a silly tartan suit... :lol:
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