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I wouldn't say that it has nothing to do with Pink Floyd. Surely it has something to do with it, though not everything. The style of one band is the complete opposite of the other. I don't think that's a coincidence. It seems deliberate. Not in the sense that the Pistols could have played at the same level of musicianship, since they objectively couldn't. But they embraced their shittiness and were unapologetic about it.Ok, and that's kind of how I took it. So, it has nothing to do with Pink Floyd artistically and entirely due to Lydon just wanting to be controversial for its own sake. That's what I figured.
I'd argue that punk with quality musicianship isn't strictly punk, it's a crossover with something else. Ska punk would be the prime example. The musicianship there comes from the ska element, not the punk element. Bad Brains is a more intriguing case, but I'd argue that they're not a purely punk rock band. They're partly punk, partly some other genres. And the quality of their musicianship comes from those other genres, not from punk. But I don't mean any of this in an authoritative way. It's just my opinion. I could be wrong.But, that's not how I see punk music. It can be simplistic and shitty, but it can also be (perhaps) primal but with quality musicianship. Fear did that with "NY is Alright if You Like Saxaphones". Bad Brains did it with "Don't Need It" (Dr. Know is kind of a guitar virtuoso). It doesn't have to be polished to have good musicianship. They are playing "dirty" but well. Blink-182, frankly, is simplistic and shitty. The Dead Milkmen are kinda brilliant.
If you're asking seriously instead of being cheeky, then I'd say that there's not much to it. It's rock that parents listen to. It was cool when said parents were young, and now their kids find it corny. Old timer's music. Allow me to quote The Simpsons on this:Ok, but I apparently still don't know what dad rock means. Tell me.
True story. This past week or so, my wife started pressuring me to get back into music. Our oldest is starting to get into music and she wants me to take charge of shaping his musical tastes. I get it, she's not wrong, but I'm not totally on board with the idea. I don't really want to do music unless I'm playing with a band, and if I'm going to get into it, I want to do something different style-wise (even a different instrument). I also am not really inspired to write anything. In any event, I may likely end up being the only middle-aged person who starts a band a) not really of my own free will, and b) not due to any kind of mid-life crisis. After your comment, I've at least come up with a band name: "This is Not a Mid-Life Crisis".
I recently got back into music. I was in a rock band when I was younger, before becoming a parent. Now I've started a solo project just as a hobby. I'm using free software like TuxGuitar, Guitarix, Hydrogen Drum Machine, and Audacity, just to mess around. It's actually a lot of fun. You should definitely give it a try.
I haven't seen that from him in the two videos you've shown. It just seemed like pop culture punditry. But, I haven't really looked into his other material so grain of salt and all that. When it comes to music, I'm more interested in the artistic than the cultural side, though, and basically lose interest when pop culture factors come into play. The inspiration (lyrically and instrumentally) for The Mars Volta's first two albums is riveting to me. "The Rise and Fall of Bowling for Soup", not so much.
Well, in his defense, he has videos about hardcore, death metal, black metal, and slam, among other underground genres, so there's that. Though I find his videos on pop culture more interesting, since it's not something that I usually dwell on.