Crass - Punk Is Dead

Yes that's right punk is dead..... all about the old days.

Punk Is Dead.
Yes that's right, punk is dead,
It's just another cheap product for the consumers head.
Bubblegum rock on plastic transistors,
Schoolboy sedition backed by big time promoters.
CBS promote the Clash,
But it ain't for revolution, it's just for cash.
Punk became a fashion just like hippy used to be
And it ain't got a thing to do with you or me.

Movements are systems and systems kill.
Movements are expressions of the public will.
Punk became a movement cos we all felt lost,
But the leaders sold out and now we all pay the cost.
Punk narcissism was social napalm,
Steve Jones started doing real harm.
Preaching revolution, anarchy and change
As he sucked from the system that had given him his name.

Well I'm tired of staring through shit stained glass,
Tired of staring up a superstars arse,
I've got an arse and crap and a name,
I'm just waiting for my fifteen minutes fame.
Steve Jones you're napalm,
If you're so pretty (vacant) why do you swarm?
Patti Smith you're napalm,
You write with your hand but it's Rimbaud's arm.

And me, yes I, do I want to burn?
Is there something I can learn?
Do I need a business man to promote my angle?
Can I resist the carrots that fame and fortune dangle?
I see the velvet zippies in their bondage gear,
The social elite with safety-pins in their ear,
I watch and understand that it don't mean a thing,
The scorpions might attack, but the systems stole the sting.

PUNK IS DEAD. PUNK IS DEAD. PUNK IS DEAD.
PUNK IS DEAD. PUNK IS DEAD. PUNK IS DEAD.
PUNK IS DEAD. PUNK IS DEAD. PUNK IS DEAD.

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[Yoshikid666]

Chris Brown doesn't know who this band is,

[Andyfrs157]

Still loving crass at 45

[Jeff ory]

Ha! Too much, Jim, too much. Cheers!

[Jeff ory]

Ha ha! Cheers to you! Cool...

[Jeff ory]

Way to go, Gato!

[Jeff ory]

Wasn't "punk" a label the media applied? Anyway, we should all just be ourselves, most of us have something unique and valuable to contribute. Being honest takes courage....sadly it shouldn't. >.<

[Jim Beam]

You miss the point.

In this track Steve Ignorant holds up Patti Smith as a punk because she dared to challenge the status quo

Did she have a mohawk or wear "studded denim jackets riddled with punk band logos. looking like a walking advertisement"?

Did Henry Rollins?

Now congratulate yourself for being able to identify a poser. Good luck trying to identify a real punk if your perception of others is limited to what brands people wear and how they dress.

People like you are why punk still lives.

[Gato Jazz]

jajaja, Are you a true punk? punk is a label of the society! you're punk you're punk..NO!! you're a person! I really like the punk music, and I have got shirts with my favourites bands,and I have got a mohawk,and I am not punk.I'm not classified in any fashion. Punk is a style of clothing, not of thought. Some people jerk and smart people, are punks or not.

PD: (sorry for my English, I'm Spanish)

[kingofpunk1977]

Enjoy the music by all means but punk really IS dead

[neoshinesnh]

NEW SOUND of Macaco 12 Band /watch?v=_JoUaB7oL98, thx

[Eidelmania]

Punk died once people started buying punk shirts and clothes instead of making their own. It was always a fashion, and a lifestyle. Now it's nothing.