1 post tagged “the velvet underground”

I was up at the crack of dawn (thank you mobile for hissing at me) so I dragged my pathetic sorry arse out of bed and got ready for my day ahead.  I really hate working Saturdays but today ended up being a rather good day. 

I was eager to get home as it has not stopped raining and is bloody freezing cold in Melbourne and really rather miserable looking but I love it this way.  Anyway, enough about the weather as I’m sure you really don’t want to hear about it.  So I digress, I was eager to get home, throw the PJ's on, grab onto Elvis and use him like a hot water bottle and sit down to watch the muchly anticipated music doco “Punk Attitude”.

I have attempted to watch this doco on at least 3 occasions but have always been interrupted by someone or something.  Today though I got myself organized.  I unhooked the landline, switched my mobile off, put my laptop away (to help prevent any distractions) locked and double locked the front door and had a glass of V8 juice to my left.  PJ’s on, heater on, blanket covering my shoulders and let the doco begin. 

Punk Attitude is a music doco, which explores the history, generation and genre of the punk rock music scene beginning from the early 70's in the USA and UK.  The doco was written and directed by Don Letts who is a British DJ and musician who is credited as bringing together punk & reggae music.  He has spent a good chunk of his life documenting the punk explosion that hit the late UK 70’s.

It was an amazing doco that showed the cultural impact punk had on the music world.  There were amazing interviews with Henry Rollins (sorry Cat, I had to mention The Man once again!) Chrisse Hynde from The Pretenders, Jello Biafra from The Dead Kennedys (another truly amazing and inspirational man), filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth and many others.

It was awesome seeing bands like The Ramones, Iggy Pop/The Stooges, MC5, Sex Pistols, The Velvet Underground, The Clash, New York Dolls and on and on.

It was awesome seeing the scene from someone who basically was responsible for creating the scene and seeing it go through from the 70’s to the 80’s to the present day.

I was buzzed to have finally seen the entire doco from start to finish with no interruptions!  Now, that I have seen it I need to own it and I wont rest until I get my own copy in my hot little hands.

All I have to say is get your hands on a copy and prepare to be blown away!

Reney