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Guess what decade NBC went to comercial on during the music tribute? (Original Post) trumad Jul 2012 OP
I complained about this elsewhere flamingdem Jul 2012 #1
sid vicious was a real no-talent BOG PERSON Jul 2012 #2
Better? trumad Jul 2012 #3
much better BOG PERSON Jul 2012 #10
So true. I like your "name" also. glinda Jul 2012 #14
Well, that's why he doesn't play on the record. Tom Ripley Jul 2012 #22
I'd say it was the 60's gopiscrap Jul 2012 #4
Yeah, I noticed that, too derby378 Jul 2012 #5
Yeah I'm watching it...digging it... trumad Jul 2012 #6
That's when I went back to watching the Angels xxqqqzme Jul 2012 #9
Are we *really* still in a place where anyone thinks "The Man" is trying to silence the Sex Pistols alcibiades_mystery Jul 2012 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author BOG PERSON Jul 2012 #11
The did play a snippet of God Save the Queen during the intro of the ceremony... Avalux Jul 2012 #13
I'm pretty sure "Fall on Me" is on heavy rotation at the local Jewel-Osco alcibiades_mystery Jul 2012 #16
I agree with what you've said, and it's really screwed up. Avalux Jul 2012 #19
What was the worst... HuckleB Jul 2012 #7
They played a few bars of "London Calling" during the initial film sequence alcibiades_mystery Jul 2012 #17
Give me a break; Saint Strummer Inc. was the far bigger PR stunt Tom Ripley Jul 2012 #21
The Cut Out The DISCO! Oh The Humanity. Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #12
It's not hard to draw the line from Joy Division -- New Order -- Techno-Rave alcibiades_mystery Jul 2012 #18
Supporting evidence.... Avalux Jul 2012 #20
One of my faves flamingdem Jul 2012 #29
Love Joy Division! xmas74 Jul 2012 #23
So do I. Criminally underappreciated band. hifiguy Jul 2012 #25
My child has grown up hearing JD and NO regularly xmas74 Jul 2012 #26
Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Bansheees and Magazine hifiguy Jul 2012 #24
One of my old dance songs flamingdem Jul 2012 #28
ABC did a much better job when they did the Olympics. pwb Jul 2012 #15
With the ceremonies Peepsite Jul 2012 #27

derby378

(30,252 posts)
5. Yeah, I noticed that, too
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 05:21 PM
Jul 2012

And not just any musical act - one of the most blatantly anti-authoritarian acts of the 70s.

 

trumad

(41,692 posts)
6. Yeah I'm watching it...digging it...
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 05:25 PM
Jul 2012

and then bam---commercial break.

They come back and they're in the eighties.

xxqqqzme

(14,887 posts)
9. That's when I went back to watching the Angels
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 05:36 PM
Jul 2012

and the Rays. I suspected our viewing access was being edited - time zones & all, but that was bullsh**!

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
8. Are we *really* still in a place where anyone thinks "The Man" is trying to silence the Sex Pistols
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 05:36 PM
Jul 2012

or The Clash?

I mean, they play The Clash in the goddamn supermarket for goodness sake.

Response to alcibiades_mystery (Reply #8)

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
13. The did play a snippet of God Save the Queen during the intro of the ceremony...
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 06:08 PM
Jul 2012

I got freaked out the other day when I heard old REM in the drug store.

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
16. I'm pretty sure "Fall on Me" is on heavy rotation at the local Jewel-Osco
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 06:14 PM
Jul 2012


This stuff has long since stopped being "anti-authoritarian," and has become the soundtrack of consumer capitalism. And 60's classic rock even more so. But that's also because "anti-authoritarianism" is the preferred stance of consumer capitalism - you stick it to The Man by buying The Man's "edgy" products and eating more butter in your diet (take THAT, health Nazis!). It's why the old 60's version of rebellion is no longer interesting or effective. It just turned into marketing.

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
19. I agree with what you've said, and it's really screwed up.
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 06:22 PM
Jul 2012

Although I haven't heard White Riot anywhere.

BTW, a grocery store (can't remember which) has set up a 'man aisle' with just about every unhealthy, calorie-laden product you can imagine.

HuckleB

(35,773 posts)
7. What was the worst...
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 05:33 PM
Jul 2012

... was that there was no Clash song, at least as far as I could hear. The Pistols were nothing but a classic PR stunt. The Clash were among the greats.

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
17. They played a few bars of "London Calling" during the initial film sequence
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 06:16 PM
Jul 2012

No lyrics, just the opening bars.


 

Tom Ripley

(4,945 posts)
21. Give me a break; Saint Strummer Inc. was the far bigger PR stunt
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 07:26 PM
Jul 2012

The Clash were no different than any band that came before them or any band that came after them. The same can not be said for the Pistols. They refused to genuflect to any "hallowed rockandroll tradition"

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
18. It's not hard to draw the line from Joy Division -- New Order -- Techno-Rave
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 06:19 PM
Jul 2012

Punk reacted to disco. Then disco ate punk.



OK, fine. Somebody's going to say that Joy Division wasn't punk. Here:



xmas74

(29,658 posts)
23. Love Joy Division!
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 07:29 PM
Jul 2012

Wish we'd heard that last night, though I did think I'd heard some New Order. (Or maybe I imagined it.)

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
25. So do I. Criminally underappreciated band.
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 07:54 PM
Jul 2012

New Order is also an amazing group - as well it should have been with the instrumental 3/4 of JD as its core. Ian Curtis actually was what Jim Morrison would have given his eyeteeth to be.

xmas74

(29,658 posts)
26. My child has grown up hearing JD and NO regularly
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 08:13 PM
Jul 2012

played around her. She's learned an early appreciation of that whole segment of music.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
24. Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Bansheees and Magazine
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 07:51 PM
Jul 2012

were the first post-punk bands. Ian Dury and the Blockheads came quickly on their heels. Classic British art-school music, all of them, except for Dury, who was pub-rock/music hall with a vaguely punky edge and a strong R&B influence.

Tha vast majority of the first-wave punk bands were absolutely forgettable noise except for the Glen Matlock-era Pistols and the Clash

 

Peepsite

(113 posts)
27. With the ceremonies
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 08:29 PM
Jul 2012

On 5-6 hour tape delay anyhow, why is it we had to miss 5 minutes of the performance every time there was a commercial? It's not like they were broadcasting live.

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