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Re: crosspost:who as punk
> The Who were belting out great punish songs way ahead of their time, and
> deserve all the credit for the birth of punk. Songs like, "My Generation,
> ""I Can See For Miles,""Substitute,"and,"I'm a Boy" all contain the tight,
> kick ass drumming, hard playing, youthful, anti-society tunes that we
> consider the ingrediants of a great punk band. But what made them unique
> was that musically they were far superior talent-wise to any of their
> contemporaries, and
> they weren't copying an established idea, they were making it up as they
> went along. The essence of punk.
> -
> Goo-Boy XJFR41B@prodigy.com
"In my imagination, I invented punk rock a thousand times."
--Pete Townshend
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University of Texas at Austin * instrument in the name of rock."
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