2. Quotations to consider
Ideology, Hebdige:
“Ideology, by definition thrives beneath
consciousness. It is here at the natural level of
‘normal common sense’ that ideological
frames of reference are most firmly
cemented and most effective, because it is
here that their ideological nature is most
effectively concealed.” (page 11)
3. Quotations to consider...
Sacred Clowning Van Ham
“unusual fashions, the blurring of boundaries
between art and everyday life, juxtapositions
of seemingly disparate objects and behaviors,
intentional provocation of the audience, use
of untrained artists or transcendence of
technical expertise, and drastic reorganization
(or disorganization) of accepted performative
styles and procedures.” (322)
4. From the album: Cut
Released in 1979
Time (3:17)
Slow Tempo with Dub and Reggae influences
The production value is clean and clear
Lyrics deal with the perils of consumerism
5. Lyrics
I am trapped in a flood, but it isn't raining
I have a tendency to get bored too (chorus)
quickly I've got a new improved remedy
Recently my dull life seems to have no Two of my lonely fantasies
meaning When I supply myself with something
I am stuck with someone we're not new…
communicating Going home, into bed when I've treated
myself
(chorus) I've been quite hard, after a hard days
work
I want to buy I have found a hundred ways to get rid of
Have you been affected? all my
I need consoling worries
You could be addicted He's not pillaging, stopping me,
commenting the crime
I need something new
Something trivial would do (chorus)
I want to satisfy this empty feeling
I've got a new improved remedy
Walking down the street looking in the Two of my lonely fantasies
windows I've got a new improved remedy
The t.v., the lights, flickering in other Two of my lonely fantasies
peoples
windows
Imagine myself moving in the kitchens
Somehow I don't know it just looks so
tempting
7. So wait, are the Slits punk if
this song sounds like
reggae?
Yes. I would
consider The Slits a
punk band because
of the lyrical content
and the bands
interpretation of the
punk ideal.
8. From the album: The Man Machine
Released in 1978
Time: (3:38)
The tempo is slow, harmonies are prominent, use of synthesizers
Also sounds ahead of time by about 5 years
Production is also very clear, very well mixed
Lyrical content is about high culture and how women are treated in
society
9. Lyrics
She's a model and she's looking good
I'd like to take her home that's understood
She plays hard to get, she smiles from time to time
It only takes a camera to change her mind
She's going out tonight but drinking just champagne
And she has been checking nearly all the men
She's playing her game and you can hear them say
She is looking good, for beauty we will pay
She's posing for consumer products now and then
For every camera she gives the best she can
I saw her on the cover of a magazine
Now she's a big success, I want to meet her again
11. Some things to consider
about Kraftwerk
I do not think that this
song is stylistically
punk. However...
Kraftwerk was making
“post punk” or new
wave music before
anyone else
Unusually upbeat for
Kraftwerk
Used almost
exclusively electronic
instruments
12. Le Tigre - Decepticon
(DFA Remix)
From the album Remix EP
(2003)
Original album title Le Tigre
(1999)
Time: (6:24)
Original song faster and
echoes punk aesthetics
Remix, slower, but still has
the spirit of the original.
Production is studio quality,
standard for a remix.
Lyrics deal with Feminisim
14. Lyrics
Who took the bomp?
How are you?
Every day and night
Fine, Thank you
Every day and night
How are you?
I can see your disco disco dick is sucking my heart out of my
Fine, Thank you.
mind
I'm outta time
You bought a new van
I'm outta fucking time
The first year of your band
I'm a gasoline gut with a vaseline mind but
You're cool and
want to disco?
I hardly want to say
want to see me disco?
"No" because I'm so bored
Let me hear you depoliticize my rhyme
One, two, three, four
That'd I'd be entertained even by a stupid fuckin
You got what you been asking for
Linoleum floor, linoleum floor,
You're so policy free
Your lyrics are dumb like a linoleum floor
And your fantasy wheels
I'll walk on it
And everything you think
I'll walk all over you
And everything you feel is
Walk on it, walk on it
Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright
walking one, two
Who?
I take you home now I watch me get you hot
Who?
You're just a parrot
Who?
When you're screaming and you're shouting
Who?
"More crackers please! More crackers please!"
You want what you want
Who took the Bomp from the Bompalompalomp?
But you don't want to be on your knees
Who took the Ram from the Ramalamading dong?
Who does your, who does your hair?
Who took the Bomp from the Bompalompalomp?
Who took the Ram from the Ramalamading dong?
Who took the Bomp from the Bompalompalomp?
Who took the Ram from the Ramalamading-dong?
See you later
Who took the Bomp from the Bompalompalomp?
Who took the Ram from the Ramalamading-dong
15. Lyric analysis
On the surface,
this song does
not make sense,
but after further
analysis,
Decepticon is a
song about
feminism, and a
response to
NOFX’s Kill Rock
Stars.
16. Comparison
Section of Decepticon
You bought a new van
The first year of your band
NOFX - Kill Rock Stars "Kill the rockstars"
You're cool and
how ironic, Kathleen
I hardly want to say
You've been crowned the newest queen
"Not" because I'm so bored
Kinda like the punk rock Gloria Steinham
That'd I'd be entertained even by a stupid fuckin
You can't change the world by blaming men
Linoleum floor, linoleum floor,
Can't change the world by hating men
Your lyrics are dumb like a linoleum floor
I'll walk on it
Just cause I don't know the reason you're so pissed
I'll walk all over you
Don't dare tag me misogynist
Walk on it, walk on it
I thought the goal here was mutual respect
walking one, two
Not constructing a separate sect
Who?
I wish I could have seen Courtney
Who?
Demonstrate some real misogyny
Who?
Can't change the world by hating men
Who?
Who took the Bomp from the Bompalompalomp?
17. More Lyric Analysis
Kathleen Hanna
(vocalist) could
have written a song
just about feminism
or dancing, but the
effect is still the
same, the lyrics will
always make an
impact, remix or
not.
18. Summary
None of these bands sound like the traditional
“punk” that we defined earlier in the year
Despite that, all of these songs have played
an important role in shaping past and present
punk movements.
Because these songs are not loud, have poor
production quality, or are angry, they are not
traditional “punk”
