Re: (TV) Arthur Lee / Blank Generation

["Jeffrey Germaine" <jpg@sirius.com>]

True.
But I fail to see how truly original Hell is compared to many others.
----- Original Message -----
From: Philip P. Obbard <pobbard@yahoo.com>
To: <tv@obbard.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: (TV) Arthur Lee / Blank Generation


> 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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