London Punk 1979

As we lived then... Punk was always political... We are your dissidents

(filmed at 51 Huntingdon Street, London N1 and 113 Balls Pond Road, London N1)

*Thank you Ginny*

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[angryhandjob]

It looks really dirty. Can you see todays Hollyoaks watchers living like that? Great footage.

[jellyfishinthebath]

@angryhandjob Well, yeah, it WAS really dirty! In ALL ways... *winks*

[jellyfishinthebath]

@TheMaximumVolumeable

*Proud to be a freak* :)

[jellyfishinthebath]

@TheMaximumVolumeable You know nothing about me. You know nothing about my friends. You have no idea how we lived. You weren't there. What the hell are "rotten beggar hippies" anyway??? Get a life. Get a brain. Get some friends, because I bet you don't have any... What do you know about punk if you don't understand this video? If you really lived in the street, if you really understood that punk is an attitude, you'd get the video. Clearly you don't. Nuff said.

[Leichtverderblich]

Acho que esse vídeo esta merecendo um comentário em português, tendo em vista que o movimento Punk - Ao meu ver - prima por descentralidade político-patrial, e cada um está a falar "o que dá na telha", ei-lo: Mais do que especulações a respeito de qual época, país ou grupo mantém/manteve o 'verdadeiro' sentido do Punk, creio que o melhor é não nos levarmos por concepções únicas sobre preceitos do que realmente é o Punk, pois o máximo que conseguiremos é perceber que o Punk nunca é...

[BloOdKiDxD]

Oh my GOOOOD !!! This is awesome!!!! ^^

[nichotto]

@jellyfishinthebath Your logic escapes me.

[jellyfishinthebath]

@nichotto Ha ha ha! "Reactionary and very, very predictable"?!?! Clearly you were still living at home with your parents if you think that was the case... Maybe you still are????

[nichotto]

@thecruelsword Having lived through 1979 I can state being a 'punk' in 1979 was being reactionary and very very predictable.Ofcourse I realise the cutural impact: whenever a new boyband wants to appear real & relevent they adopt a 'punk' stance never seeing the irony in it. We have been living with it since 1976. Punk (fashion/stance) was created by your 'trendies'..I'm sorry but most movements are.