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re: 60's music: Better musicianship?
Posted on 3/28/15 at 10:04 am to Person of interest
Posted on 3/28/15 at 10:04 am to Person of interest
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Punk eventually produced some great musicians and bands like The Police, The Clash and The Pretenders. These guys showed the later generation that you could have that spontaneity and urgent sound and be a good musician.
That's a fair observation except, as a fan of The Police, I'm fairly certain they were influenced just as much by Reggae and Jazz as they were Punk, if not more.
And, of course, you're aware of the pre-punk connection between Hynde and The Clash which bled over into The Pretenders. I always thought of them more as New Wave with maybe a mix of Punk as well as a splattering of 60s invasion stuff ... although most people do not realize that Hynde is not British, she's an Ohioan.
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Posted on 3/28/15 at 11:02 am to scrooster
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The Police, I'm fairly certain they were influenced just as much by Reggae and Jazz as they were Punk, if not more.
Reggae was a big influence on British punk in particular, but eventually made its way over here in the form of Ska.
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. I always thought of them more as New Wave with maybe a mix of Punk as well as a splattering of 60s invasion stuff
I would agree they were new wave but coming out of the Punk tradition. They were better musicians and took the craft more seriously than bands like the Ramones or Sex Pistols.
Saw Crissie Hynde in Tulsa last year, she was amazing still.
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