having come out of the 60s which was its own animal. the 70s had to show a new skin. it had to shed the old one. ooh, yeah i was never very confident of my voice as a singer. i thought rather than just sing, which would probably bore the pants off everybody, i would like to kind of portray the songs. david bowie has always been a game-changer. he has taken the promise of rock that the beatles kicked off and taken it all sorts of interesting places for others to follow. changes, changes changes time to face the change pretty soon now you re going to get older time may change me but i can t trace time i said that time may change me i can t trace time this year i took some time
pioneering albums that indicate that there s a new style of music coming back. it s a garage rock. it s minimalist. it s aggressive. it s loud and it s very often obnoxious. got to kick out the jams yeah kick out the jams got to kick em out punk rock was so f ing scary to us because here we are with our big majestic songs. and here comes punk with their the ramones get started as a reaction to everything else that s going on. people see them and go this is the answer. hey, ho, let s go hey, ho, let s go i had to see how great rock n roll is supposed to be done. how should it be done? no pyrotechnics, no phony showmanship. just pure rock n roll energy, pure guts, pure stamina. they re piling in the backseat
rock, the music that infuriated so many people in the 50s and 60s. the music that so many thought too loud, vulgar and somehow dangerous to our morals. rock has not only refused to go away. it s become an institution. heart was a big deal because in the decade that was dominated by a type of rock n roll that rhymes with rock and begins with a c, but i won t go on further, they were willing to play with those guys and succeed on their terms. the stuff from the 60s, that s way too hippie. now we have to up it a notch.
it s a garage rock. it s minimalist. it s aggressive. it s loud and it s very often obnoxious. got to kick out the jams, yeah, kick out the jams got to kick em out punk rock was so effing scary to us because here we are with our big majestic songs. and here comes punk with their the ramones get started as a reaction of everything else that s going on. people see them and go this is the answer. hey, ho, let s go hey, ho, let s go here to see how great rock n roll is supposed to be done. how should it be done? no pyrotechnics, no phony showmanship. just pure rock n roll. pure guts, pure stamina. they re piling in the backseat
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