58 : Riot Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl
Mark E Smith says in his autobiography that teen-age rebellion is a very middle class thing because most working class kiRAB appreciate what their parents did for them.
After coming of age around the time that Riot grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl came around I can only agree with this. I didn't know any normal girls that were into Riot grrrrrrrrr(ok i'm bored of doing this now)rrrrrrrrrrrrl. The only girls I was aware of into this stuff were gobby middle class girls who looked down on anyone who lived in a smaller house than them and had a chip on their shoulder because their parents bought them the wrong car or something.
I'd like to say that this is a big stereotype but it isn't. My best friend's girlfriend used to hang out with one of these morons on a regular basis. she even tried to set me up with her on account of 'you're into punk and so is she , you'll go well together'
Sadly it didn't work out , Sitting around her house on a Saturday night listening to some sh
itty Babes In Toyland album while she played with her underarm hair wearing a t shirt that hadn't seen washing power in 3 months wasn't quite what I would call fun. and I did find it quite funny that while she called herself a feminist and bored everybody to tears about it she'd still end up trying to get a sympathy f
uck out of any guy her best friend bought round , (No I didn't BTW).
As for the music itself , I have nothing against women doing punk. I have Slits albums , Shonen Knife albums , Siouxsie Sioux albums , X Ray Spex albums , Delta 5 albums ..............and so on and so on. I just can't stand this kind of stuff , granted it's not aimed at me , but it's there so I can comment on it.
I hate it
There thats it. So take your Bikini Kill albums , your feminist books , your ugly clothes , your stupid pink/purple/green hair and your thick rimmed glasses, get in the kitchen & make me a f
ucking sandwich.