Thursday 27 July 2023

"I think overtly political songs like that are a fast road to nowhere."


"I think overtly political songs like that* are a fast road to nowhere. I think it’s decidedly grim when kids listen to – and are swayed by – kids not much older than themselves. Rock stars being what they are, they stick loads of gear up their noses. So there they are preaching about their political persuasions and how an ideal world should be arranged, when all along they’re deeply fucked up themselves. It’s just intrinsically wrong."
~ Glen Matlock, from his book I Was A Teenage Sex Pistol
* "When Gene October and Chelsea came up with that song, 'Right To Work,' we couldn’t believe it. It was a complete joke. Gene October had never done a day’s work in his life and had no desire to – not even so much as a stroke."

1 comment:

MarkT said...

And on top of that, good art is not didactic - even if the politics being preached are good.