Monday, April 3, 2006

Punk


The 30th anniversary of Punk is currently being celebrated in a month-long exhibition at Selfridges department store in London.
The event will consist of music performances, exhibitions and talks, and for the fashion conscious amongst you, there will be exclusive luxury goods. Also punk luminaries from the past such as Malcolm McLaren will be in attendance.

Talk about the ultimate irony....

I recall back in 1977 when the establishment were so scared of Punk that the Sex Pistols' "God Save The Queen" was robbed of it's UK number 1 spot on the week of Her Maj's Silver Jubilee. The record was officially listed at number two in some UK charts (while "The First Cut Is The Deepest" by Rod Stewart was listed at #1, despite the claim that "God Save the Queen" sold more copies that week). In other charts, the number one spot was simply left blank.
How times change....
Go ahead punk, make our day

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