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  • FROM THE SHOCK

  • OF THE SEX PISTOLS

  • AND THE FLUKE OF ACTUALLY MANAGING TO SELL THE CLASH

  • TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC,

  • TO REALLY TAKE A STEP BACK AND FIND NIRVANA

  • AND A FEW OTHER BANDS.

  • YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, IS THAT PUNK SAID,

  • "WE'RE FED UP WITH PINK FLOYD, JETHRO TULL, LED ZEPPELIN,

  • "THE SORT OF SKELETON OF THE BEATLES.

  • LET'S HAVE SOME MUSIC FROM THE STREET."

  • AND WHAT'S HAPPENED IN AMERICA IN 1991, '90,

  • IS THAT YOU FINALLY GOT YOUR OWN PUNK.

  • BRING YOUR FRIENDS

  • IT'S FUN TO LE AND TO PRETEND

  • SHE'S OVER BORED SELF-ASSURED

  • ♪ I KNOW, I KNOW A DIRTY WORD

  • HELLO, HELLO, HELLO, HOW LOW? ♪

  • HELLO, HELLO

  • ENTERTAIN US

  • HERE WE ARE NOW, ENTERTAIN US

  • ♪ I FEEL STUPID AND CONTAGIOUS

  • HERE WE ARE NOW, ENTERTAIN US

  • Springsteen: I DIDN'T KNOW H

  • BUT I KNOW THAT THAT TYPE OF SUCCESS

  • IS VERY, VERY STRESSFUL ON YOU.

  • IT'S VERY STRESSFUL.

  • AND BECAUSE YOU FEEL YOURSELF --

  • YOU THINK YOU FEEL YOURSELF SLIPPING AWAY IN SOME FASHION.

  • MAYBE YOU'RE NOT, MAYBE YOU ARE.

  • HELLO, HELLO, HELLO, HOW LOW? ♪

  • HELLO, HELLO, HELLO, HOW LOW? ♪

  • ENTERTAIN US

  • HERE WE ARE NOW, ENTERTAIN US

  • A

  • AN ALBINO

  • A MOSQUITO

  • ♪ M

  • ! ♪

  • Townshend: IT'S LIKE A FIRE.

  • AND...

  • IT BURNS AND IT BURNS ANIT BURNS AND IT BURNS.

  • AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE A SORT OF ROMANTIC FIRE IDEA,

  • UNTIL YOU REALIZE

  • THAT WHAT'S KEEPING THE FIRE ALIVE IS BODIES.

FROM THE SHOCK

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