The older I am the more punk I am...

The older I get the more I begin to loath people who call themselves punk, anarchist, and everything in between. I guess I was never really a punk, and just an anarchist, but I always have been at one with the punk scene, whatever it is. It's just one of those things where as you get older you learn that people are more and more in it just for the fashion/slogans/etc. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love the people who stick to it and are true, but you just see so much that is just in it for what I was just talking about, and it kinda hurts you. Ya know? Maybe I take this shit too seriously. Whatever.

 

I totally agree with you, Senri. I really don't like it when people call themselves punk. Of cause, if you have to catorgarize yourself to try and describe yourself to someone, using the word "punk" may be the way to go, but apart from that...
Anyway - I also agree with you other guys. The older you get, the more you feeel like the younger bands aren't doing what they promise - am i right?
And I think the reason you feel more "punk" these days is probably because of the number of kids who are only hanging around the scene because they like violent pits/the name of the band/getting drunk.

 

the older i get, the less tolerant i am of others who just don't seem to get it.

 

Get what?

Kidding =P

I know what you mean, maybe it is because the older we get, the more grumpy we get? Once we have become wiser on a subject, the more easier it is for us to fall into the trap of thinking the subject is easy to grasp. Then when we see someone struggling with the concept, you go come on, I did it, it isn't that hard. Soon we will all be on our porches with brooms yelling at kids, "GET OFF MA LAWN!, damn kids and their skateboards. Back in my day.." I can't wait for that to be honest, I will be the most badass elderly person in the world. I will even light my broom on fire for that OH SHIT! effect.

 

everyone who posts on this thread should start it with...THE OLDER I AM...

 

The older I am.. the harder it is for me to get an erection?

I will try and answer that. Rock has definitely evolved, a lot of 'punk' today sounds somewhat different to the stuff back in the 70's/80's. Personally I find a lot of 'punk' bands today have a lot more music that sounds like the old stuff only more produced. Not sure if I am getting the right point across, hopefully I do. But it could also be that you are just evolving over time, listening to bands that are coming out now days that are in the same genre will definitely feel like they are just re-doing everything in the past. So it may not feel like they are doing it better. Reading over my post, something doesn't feel right. If someone knows what I am getting at, please help hahaha. I can't think of how to put it down in words.

Edit: I forgot to put The older I am.. at the start of my post as Anxiety suggested.

 

I was just about to start a new thread on this =P

This is fairly intriguing to be honest. With crisis playing at RAR and ANL then the controversy that surrounds Death in June is just weird. The fact that he (who is openly homosexual too) has worked with many Jewish people and has played in Israel in front of a Jewish audience calls doubt to the accusations but he could just be covering his on views up. You would think if he really felt strongly about Nazi views he wouldn't even be in Israel. I am still ignorant on this topic anyways, so I may just research more into this.

 

the older i get the more wiser i get and the less i care about people and things. music is music and no matter what that song that changed you to get into punk music will always be there and that band regardless if theyve changed they still had that sound that you loved so much, that brought you closer to yourself and told you who you are. it doesnt matter if punk is changing for christs sake its 2010 punk had its time through the 70's and 80's of course the music is going to change, but the message will more than likely always be the same.

 

Typical btw that I'm now actually listening to Die Toten Hosen - Nichts Bleibt für die Ewigkeit...
Anyway, the older I am, the more I'm starting to enjoy myself, truly, instead of in some weird fucked-up way. And to be honest I don't really give a shit about bands and their changes or style, I just really enjoy hanging around with friends while someone's creating background music for us

 

how old is 'old' in this discussion?

the older i get the more i am sure the idealism i had as a kid was a good thing and I'm more sure that anarchism is the best answer to the problems in the world.

I also care a hell of a lot less about 'what others might think'

(41 and loving it)

 

Oy, I totally agree. I've noticed that the older I get, and especially the more I read and the more experience I have with the world, the more anarchist I get. You know, I started off being a democrat a few years ago, and I've just hiked my way further and further left on the political spectrum And hell, I'm only 16

 

The older I get I start to realize that the people are ass-holes and that the anarchy wont work if there are so many dickasses ( including me \m/ ). I start to realize that revolution must be violent.

 

yeah that s true the older i get i m becoming more and more less tolerant about some people,situations,current state of affairs and makes me angry but i realize some stuff about anarchy,my mission to tell people about it,about our freedom fight,about things that should be,not it could be.

 

the older i get the more my mind and brain open to the evils and the horrible state of the world in which we live in, the evils and woes of capitilism, facism, authoritarianism, conservative shits, nationalists, police, the government, todays media, mainstream music, poverty, genocide, wars for money, religion, globalisation, the disgusting treatment and disrespect of women, racism, discrimination, malnutrition, no water to drink, celebrities and i could think of do much more, and im quite young, barely 14. lol. Also it the older i get the more of an understanding i begin to have of modern politics and anarchy and why it will work and is the solution.