Flying Island

Punk Rock—A Love Song by George Fish raw a raging torrent angry defiant dissonant a highfalutin word—cacophonous a rampaging storm of music in three-chord rock format basic, crude, beastly an out-of-control wildfire showing society as nothing but a dumpster fire! angry and dispossessed myself, no wonder I love it! moved as I am by punk bands I’ve heard and seen live Sex Pistols, raging protest, defiance of a corrupt society they sing, “God save the Queen, the fascist regime, we have no future” and they are right in this, the gig economy with no secure jobs, only debt and despair Joan Jett delicious birthday retort to a shitty boyfriend, “ You need a trick, baby, buy it!” and in-your-face, “I don’t give a damn about my bad reputation” Ramones, of course magnificent variety over the course of years Detroit-to-Indy Ricky Rat Pack surprising harmony and lyricism also Indy, Hispanic punkers Fastid...

                                         Sex Pistols—We Are All Punks!      by George Fish No, God won’t save the Queen    Though David Cameron might try to    before he gets his proper comeuppance from an outraged public that finally wakes up to the fact that it got hoodwinked    even of its own willful blindness and volition    But Johnny Rotten sang it well and properly, “We’re your future!”    whether you like it or not    In the ‘60s we shouted, “We are all Vietnamese!”    In the ‘80s and ‘90s we were all punks    In 2015 we are outcasts, low-wage robots who work our asses off and can’t make a living Yes, we are Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Arthur Wilson and Tamir Rice    and also Bernie Sanders, John Brown...