Re: (TV) Arthur Lee / Blank Generation

["Philip P. Obbard" <pobbard@yahoo.com>]

Ok, I know it's off-topic (somewhat), but...

--- Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com> wrote:
> It has a *lot* to do with their music.  How many other songs capture the
> sheer angst and desperation of youth as well as "Blank Generation?"  In
> order to capture that feeling, Hell must have felt it.  If he'd been a happy,
> well-adjusted lad, we'd never have had that song.  

... remember that "Blank Generation" is theoretically a *positive* song... in
Hell's own words (in FROM THE VELVETS TO THE VOIOIDS), "People misread what I
meant by 'Blank Generation'. To me, 'blank' is a line where you can fill in
anything. It's positive. It's the idea that you have the option of making
yourself anything you want, filling in the blank. And that's something that
provides a uniquely powerful sense to this generation. It's saying, 'I entirely
reject your standards for judging my behavior.'"

Perhaps this isn't a tangent?

--Philip "read your Heylin, people" Obbard

np: Kinks, TO THE BONE (UK version)

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