Comments on: The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture is Reinventing Capitalism?

By: Taurean

Taurean — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:54:32 +0000

After reading this article i have no idea what to say to it. I don’t listen to punk music at all and i know nothing about punk’s history. From what i read, i assume that it’s a music genre that focuses on injustice and change which is cool. When I think about punk, I can only think about one thing which is rebellion. I never knew why they rebelled or what for but now i have a deeper understanding of what this music genre is all about. I just can’t really relate to it though because I’m put off by the way it sounds.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:01:09 +0000

Punk arrised for the same reason as any new music does; people want to rebel, they want to push the limits further. Look at society now. Most of our parents frown upon the teens of this generation, and their parents frowned upon them when they were teens, and the cycle continues way back. Everyone wants to stand out in one way or another, whether through music or clothes, they want to make a statement. Funny that everyone wants to be themselves and stand out, yet everyone looks the same, they dress the same, they talk the same. So how is that really standing out? We just go from one trend to another, we all want to belong and fit in, yet stand out in a way; a contradiction within itself.

By: lo ro

lo ro — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:42:24 +0000

Punk was a new wave of music that swept over and through society in the mid 1970′s.
And to my understanding, back then was a point in time where there were a lot of uprisings going on and grounded preachers or speechers spreading and exhibiting their beliefs. It was a movement to break away from the suffocating norms of the lot back then.I used to always see punks as angry, rebellious people who either wanted attention or none at all. This is true in ways, but I never looked hard enough to see what was behind their distinct living style. They were angry for a reason. They rebelled for that reason. But they’re just doing what every other stand-out does, representing…and that deserves recognition and respect.
Yes and now I know why they hate scene kids so much! Because scenesters are living in the frame of “the scene” and that’s exactly what the punks are against…the major trend and flow of everyone else. I love punk. When I was introduced to it for the first time, I automatically felt a sense of …something… like a sense of normality coming from our abnormalities, all in the duration of a song

By: shiza G

shiza G — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:25:47 +0000

i really don’t know very much about punk music no, its not really my thing but i think that the music has change. i mean all music has to change from the start if you look at the hip hop music it has change tremendously. every one tries to follow the past but just cant get it cause the only people that can do it is the originally people. punk has changed alot by the way people think about it and just the way they talka bout it and even the way they dress.

By: Ciku G.

Ciku G. — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:34:01 +0000

Not a punk listener myself, I can hardly even begin to try to compare the punk scene now to that of 30 years ago, but I can identify with the idea of radical ideas in music. Music has been evolving and changing for centuries, evidence being that we still don’t dance to the music they listened in the Middle Ages (slow music with people touching palms, moving in circles and clapping), but many still like to think that their genre was the “first” to question the norm. Now I’m not trying to belittle the impact punk had on a generation (I’m sure it was huge) but I’m saying that change is inevitable and people adverse to that change is even more expected. One example I can think of is hip-hop. Not hip-hop as we know it today but REAL hip-hop.

The revolutionary idea of hip-hop was spoken word to music. There have always been poets with bongos playing behind them but constructing an actual beat to words hadn’t been done. This gave those that had something to say but couldn’t sing per say a medium not afforded to them before. This also opened the world to what the ghetto was like. It had been sung before but most rappers came from these areas, so their music was able to relate to those struggling with them as well as telling everyone else what it was like. Now there are several sub-genres to rap, the most recent one being, what I like to call CRAP! because there is no reason in hell why a teenager named Soulja Boy should have a song, let alone one that’s played on the radio and became number 1 in the nation. GRR… but I digress.

In response to the “Do-It-Yourself” I’ve seen it before and have an idea what that is. I’m imagining plaid, jackets and jeans with holes that are pinned together with safety pins, lots of black and spiked hair. If I don’t have it, I’m sorry but I’m not much of a “do-it-yourselfer” myself. I just buy my clothes and wear them.

By: Brianna Root

Brianna Root — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:00:56 +0000

Punk. Not a big fan, but not against it either, When it comes to music i listen to pretty much everything. Like most people have said already, punk is not the same like it used to be. Like everything else in the world, it changes. Throughout the years people start interpreting it differently and pretty soon it has a totally different meaning. Not everybody like punk music, but then again not everybody like country or pop. I think it depends on the crowd. Punk music can mean different things to different people. I think that it not only changes music, but it also changes the way we dress and the way we talk. It changes our society even if we don’t see it. Punk music is not for everyone. It’s o.k.

By: Nikki Garavito -West yo!

Nikki Garavito -West yo! — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:53:54 +0000

I think the whole do-it-yourself philosophy is at least a little important to every adolescent and/or young adult. Doing things yourself gives you a little more responsibility and gives you this sense of freedom and independence. If people were given the option or choice, I’m sure everyone would want to do things or have things done in their own way.

I mean, ‘punk’ in general has changed a lot from way back when to the way it is now. People that portray themselves as “punks” aren’t really punk. They may think they’re tough, but really they’re just rebels without a cause. They’re “punk” simply because they like the style. It’s just not the same.

By: Silky J.

Silky J. — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:05:30 +0000

Punk was all about shoving a mirror up society’s ass and telling it to fuck off. Punk showed youth that they could do their own things without anyone help and still see results. Nowadays, true punk exists, but it is not as pronounced. And alot of kids who call themselves punk are really just scene kids who have no idea what the term means. But is punk a bad thing? How many kids started playing in a band with just those simple 3 chord progressions, and formed lifelong friendships with bandmates, and some even got signed and got famous.

By: Robert Machado

Robert Machado — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:51:53 +0000

The very foundation of our country is that of freedom. We are blessed with rights such as freedom of speech, religion, press, and so forth. So how can a genre of music called “punk” that preaches freedom be a bad thing? I believe the error lies in our logic that any freedom is a good freedom. People are inaptly imperfect and by to allow them complete freedom is to unleashed chaos. To be productive we must have some freedoms. It has been proven that a country under communist rule (minimal freedom) is less powerful economically than a country that has a greater amount of free choice. However, the freedom that punk preaches is that of a “rebellious nature”. If we as a people follow these ideals of complete freedom, we are bound to deteriorate morally and economically.

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:38:08 +0000

In my opinion, punk music hasn’t really made a good impression on me. I think that the type of music is meant for a different kind of crowd but for me I personally don’t listen to it. I mean I have friends who listen to it and are all into it but I think of it as the type of music that sends out different messages. PUnk music is more rebellious and more against society. It has really been aimed towards the kids who really don’t care and kind of like a menace to society. However, I wouldn’t say that the type of music is bad for the crowd but it is just different and just sends out different messages. All in all the era of punk music has changed the way we listen to music into a more hard rock type of music.