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you little non-punks, get off my lawn
Feb. 9th, 2018 05:28 pmThe hopepunk panel at ConFusion was mostly not about the -punk part at all, but Nisi Shawl's punk past weighed in for a moment, when she talked about doing it all with three chords if that many, not with complex technique, just jumping in and bashing out a song on feeling and momentum.
And I thought...wait...but...
That's not cyberpunk at all.
In a lot of ways the cyberpunk movement and the subsequent -punk movements have meandered around how much they are or aren't living up to punk's rebelliousness, sticking it to the man, going against the establishment, corporatism, whatever else they have identified as punk roots.
But musically. Let's be honest. Three-chords-if-that? Is not an accurate parallel to what cyberpunk was doing. Or any of its heirs.
Do you think they'll get offended if I call them cyberprog? Steamprog?
Can I write some solarprog? Like solarpunk but with lots of obscure chord structure and orchestration?
Should I go back to twitter now? Okay.
And I thought...wait...but...
That's not cyberpunk at all.
In a lot of ways the cyberpunk movement and the subsequent -punk movements have meandered around how much they are or aren't living up to punk's rebelliousness, sticking it to the man, going against the establishment, corporatism, whatever else they have identified as punk roots.
But musically. Let's be honest. Three-chords-if-that? Is not an accurate parallel to what cyberpunk was doing. Or any of its heirs.
Do you think they'll get offended if I call them cyberprog? Steamprog?
Can I write some solarprog? Like solarpunk but with lots of obscure chord structure and orchestration?
Should I go back to twitter now? Okay.
