| Sex Pistols – God Save the Queen Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| I've seen a lot of cynical and judgmental comments by supposedly mature adults about teens having an input by mentioning Avril Lavigne and thinking that what they're saying is edgy and off-beat. As a teen myself, I don't aim to speak for all young people who are fans of Punk but lumping all youths into the "posers" category is unfair. I myself listen to bands like Sex Pistols and The Clash because, firstly, I like the artistry of their music and, secondly, because I love the use of music as a form of rebellion and expression; I agree with what they have to say about breaking taboos and stigmas and not accepting situations for what they are. I'm not trying simply to be "hipstery". To say that I have no right to have an opinion on the music I listen to solely because it was recorded before my birth is fundamentally adverse to what the bands stood for. The bleak, oppressive lives of working-class Brits is still a relevant problem today and if there are no artists singing about the issue today, of course I would listen to music expressing those views. We are not a product of our generation's pop culture. I may be using a phone to type an online comment as many teenagers do but so are adults who listened to Sex Pistols growing up when the internet didn't exist. I may listen to Punk from before I was born but some people still listen to Chopin or Debussy. Who are you or I to judge? Music belongs to whoever listens to it, not the people who listened to it first. If it inspires you and you care about it, who gives a shit when it was recorded? We may have grown in different times but younger and older people faced the same issues growing up - adult apathy, governmental disregard, vapidity and the rest of the crap we're currently (and have always been) swamped in. The world has not changed because the rich will forever cling to their wealth and the powerful will never accept losses and unfortunately rebellious music is rarely written anymore. | |
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