Band The Actual Musical Structure Of Punk example essay topic

Outline for Persuasive Speech Topic: Why everyone should own one Punk CD. 1. a. By a show of hands I would like to see how many of you listen to Punk Rock. Today I'd like to talk to you about this genre of music that was created in reaction to other forms of music, and hopefully influence you to check it out and maybe even buy a CD. i. I've been listening to punk since as early as the 5th grade. "Punk" (make quote sign) is a term applied to a child or teenager who acts in an antisocial way. Punk music is a form of rebellion, and it turned against all other musical forms and influences at its time of creation.

Punk music is as much cultural as it is musical. It is anarchic, against society, and against everything in established order. ii. I'd like to give you a brief history, the philosophy behind the music, and how what you hear today on the radio isn't quite the same. I've included a few of the bands that I like to give you an idea what I'm talking about.

Punk rock is much more than just music as music is just expressions of what people hold dear to them. Transition statement: But since I don't have all day to talk lets go to a brief history. A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY Most of the first wave of British punk were born from art schools. Members from The Clash, Sex pistols, Damned, Wire, Adam and the ants, and Siouxsie and the Banshees had all come from such places in and around London. A large contingent came from in and around the Kings road area of west London, and a lot of the first wave knew of each other first hand- Tony James (Gen X), Mick Jones (Clash). Topper Heaven (Clash) and Keith Levine (Clash, Public Image) had all been in the London SS, a Proto-punk band featuring the aforementioned all-star line-up.

Shortly after The SS split, Tony James went to form Chelsea with future Generation X member and MTV pop star Billy Idol. In addition they recruited future Damned Guitarist and leader Brian James. The Clash's Leader, Joe Strummer had been plying his trade in the pub rock scene, which was instrumental to the rise of punk, with his previous band the 101'ers. As soon as he saw the Pistols, he knew his band was outdated. Strummer was actually an ex public schoolboy, and his dad was a worker in the national treasury of some sort. Other bands, such as the UK subs had also evolved from pub rock- Charlie Harper was in the marauders prior to forming the subs.

Upon punk's arrival, their Violent and sexist attitudes had found a place. Other bands formed simply from watching the larger first wavers play; Stiff little fingers immediately after the Clash played in Belfast. The Buzzcocks were another band from the northwest, and helped forge the Manchester punk scene by helping bands like Warsaw, who later changed their name to Joy Division. The Ramones had a bigger following in the UK than they did in their native country; the US was too embraced in Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles to take any notice of anything else. Malcolm Mclaren was the owner of a shop called 'Sex' in Kings road, which sold Bondage gear and punk items.

Eventually he gathered together a few young Naive boys who were willing to help him revolutionize the world of music. Johnny Rotten, as legend has it, first entered his shop with a Pink Floyd T-shirt sketched with the words 'I hate' above the band's name. As a result of the Bill Grundy show incident, which gave the Pistols and the Banshees no shortage of press coverage, punk became almost impossible to ignore and major labels snapped and signed most of the first wave. At first, a lot of them did refuse to change, but the rate at which some changed their musical style was alarming; The Clash by 1980 had turned into a mess, with Soul, Reggae, Funk, Rap and many other styles being present on the triple Sandinista album. Likewise, Stiff little fingers moved from the fiery political punk of Inflammable material (1979) to the shocking horns and trumpets of Now then (1982) within three years. It seems ironic that the band who kept the punk ethic longest, of all those who had signed to majors, were the Jam.

Paul Weller always claimed the Jam were MOD group, and not a punk group. For the uninitiated, Mod was a style of 60's British rock that had people riding around on scooters and on the seaside; bands such as the Who, Small faces, and Kinks were purveyors of this type of music. Even so, a lot of punk bands had a Mod background anyway, because it was the working class music that proceeded punk the previous decade. 2. BODY / MAIN POINTS a. The origins of the genre, like any other, are hard to pinpoint exactly when and where.

Unlike any other genre, however, it was started as a deliberate reaction to the mass commercialism of music, where trends were sold with music on top for giant record labels to make profit. Roots can be traced back to the Velvet Underground, who while were not commercially successful, were considered to heavily influence the genre. Brian Eno is reported to have said that, 'Only five thousand people ever bought a Velvet Underground album, but every single one of them started a band. ' By the time 1976 came around, bands such as The Ramones and The Clash clearly defined the lines of punk and the DIY attitude. Punk culture can be defined by fashion such as: i.

Severe haircuts, (ex. Mohawk) ii. Body piercings, (often with safety pins) . Taking clothes others would throw away or sell at garage sales. The term "punk chic (pronounced cheque) " (emphasize quotes) has largely been absorbed by the mainstream. b. The Philosophy behind punk is beauty in simplicity.

DIY stands for Do It Yourself and is an attitude and ethic that anyone can form a punk band. The early UK punk fanzine "Sniffing Glue" once famously included drawings of three chord shapes, captioned, 'here's a chord, here's another one, here's another one. Now form a band' (ex Ramones) The actual musical structure of punk itself reflects this attitude with simple power chord structure, usual fast hard beat, and loud angry vocals that usually sound like crap. c. I feel our culture today lacks goals.

Most people want everything without doing the work to get it. Nearly everything that we like and hold dear is usually marketed to us by some large corporation. Ironically over the last 10 years punk itself has for a large part "sold out" with bands claiming to be punk like Good Charlotte, Blink 182 and Green Day who make radio friendly songs in order to sell as many records as possible. Independent labels, however, still publish records that major labels would turn down.

These artists are a new generation of punk that prefer to write music from the heart rather than a catchy bubble gum Britney Spears song that would sell. There is plenty of good music out there if you have an open mind to look for it. MTV is ruining punk. Avril Lavigne is not punk, she's a poser. I have heard these phrases in so many ways said by the very people who claim themselves as "punk". But isn't part of being "punk" not caring about what other people think or say?

Why are the very people who state these morals complaining so god damn much? If you don't like it, turn it off. Part of having a remote control is so that you can change the channel. Why waste your time watching something you don't like?

There is no need to make anti-Avril sites and bitch all day long about how MTV is destroying punk. Express your freedom of choice and just don't listen to it. If you think the song or band is bullshit, then don't buy the CD (or steal or rip or burn or download or how ever you chose to get you music fix). Now you might say that when I say "Express your freedom of choice", that there is also the freedom of speech.

But the more you complain and give these bands and artists your time, the more fuel they get for the fire. If we all stopped watching MTV then think of how low their ratings will go. It's all a simple matter of switching you television station. I don't like MTV at all and I actually do think that the station is bullshit along with the music they play then call "punk". But I don't watch the stupid channel then criticize it.

I just see that as common sense. 3. Conclusion a. With little else to say, punk's legacy lies in its hard work ethic and its introduction of self-employment and activism. b.

It illustrates that anyone can do things themselves without relying on financial abundance or a wide acceptance, just do it from the heart. c. Punk is more than what you wear or what you listen too, it is a philosophy of having an open mind and willing to put forward and work hard for what you have a passion for. Many people think of punk in different ways. Everyone has their own opinion on what it means. Punk to me is more than just music.

Punk is a very broad topic. Punk is doing what you believe in, not what anyone else does. It's and honest form of self-expression. Punk is a lifestyle. Punk is music. Punk, in my mind is the most uniting thing this world has.

True punks come together, and support each other, not tear the punk way of life apart. Such people who tear it apart often use punk as a popularity contest so to speak. To some people its all about who out punk or be more hardcore than the next punk. People who disregard other punks for the type of punk they listen to.

The most disregarded punks are the ones who listen to some commercialized music. This in general to me is ok to a certain degree. If you love the music and it means something to you it is ok with me, but if you are just listening to it because other people do or you are just radio oriented for any band I dislike it. Punks shouldn't deem those who listen to some commercial music and love it posers.

That is wrong to me. Everyone knows that for how many punks there are in an area there are usually just as many posers. The people who I think qualify as posers are radio oriented, do things or listen to a band just because other true punks are and have no love for it, people who just do it for the style, and people with a punk attitude with no beliefs to back it up. You will never see a person listening to rap or techno listening to punk music, but as a punk, we are taught to be more open to different styles of music, because punk is not a contest, it is unity, love for the music, an attitude, a lifestyle, and many other things to be true to..