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Punk professor Vivien Goldman and a cast of punk royalty discover whether London or New York can claim to have really started the movement.

Punk professor Vivien Goldman and a cast of punk royalty discover whether London or New York can claim to have really started the movement.

These days, Vivien Goldman teaches about Punk at New York University and they call her The Punk Professor. But back in the times we're speaking about, from about 1976 to 1982, when she was one of approximately two female punk rock journalists in the UK, the whole idea of teaching Punk in a university would have been laughable. Writing for what was then a thriving weekly throng of music papers, Vivien found herself embedded in the Punk community, sharing a flat with Chrissie Hynde, forming the Flying Lizards, being produced by John Lydon. She is an absolute authority on the musical, social & political impact of punk. She has also written extensively on reggae and its relationship with Punk.

As a popular anti-authoritarian mass youth uprising, Punk, was one of the most significant social movements of the late twentieth century, and now kids round the world, from Bahrain to Indonesia to Russia, still naturally turn to the punk genre almost automatically, to express their rage. The yell of our first sort, sharp punk shock is still echoing and at this rate, will never die.

A Punk Tale of Two Cities answers a question that Punk people love to debate - where did punk begin? London or New York? Other cities try to stake a claim - Paris, for example, or Los Angeles. But everyone knows they're non-starters, really. The tension, the energy of punk, crackled between London and New York.

Along the way there are new insights from those who shaped Punk on both sides of the Atlantic - John Lydon, Talking Heads, Neneh Cherry, The Slits, Don Letts, Chrissie Hynde, Public Enemy, Lenny Kaye, Dennis Bovell and Patti Smith.

1 hour

Last on

Tue 15 Aug 2023 03:00

Music Played

  • Jimi Hendrix

    Star Spangled Banner

    • Polydor.
    • 523384 2.
  • HELL

    BLANK GENERATION

    Music Arranger: N/A. Performer: Richard Hell & the Voidoids.
    • DEBUTANTE.
    • 565-477-2.
  • KING TUBBY MEETS ROCKERS UPTOWN

    • Trojan.
    • TJDCD-251.
  • MARQUEE MOON

    • Elektra.
    • 7559-606162.
  • Down On The Street

    • Elektra.
    • CDBOX-001.
  • NEW ROSE

    • Castle Music.
    • CMFCD-505.
  • James

    NEW ROSE

    Music Arranger: N/A. Performer: The Damned.
    • Castle Music.
    • CMFCD-505.
  • HOLIDAY IN THE SUN

    • VIRGIN.
    • CDV-2086.
  • Sex Pistols

    HOLIDAY IN THE SUN

    Music Arranger: N/A.
    • VIRGIN.
    • CDV-2086.
  • My Way

    • VIRGIN.
    • CDV-2961.
  • Sex Pistols

    My Way

    • VIRGIN.
    • CDV-2961.
  • KEYS TO YOUR HEART

    • SHANACHIE.
    • 57-05.
  • Strummer

    KEYS TO YOUR HEART

    Music Arranger: N/A. Performer: The 101ers.
    • SHANACHIE.
    • 57-05.
  • EDWARDS

    IRE FEELINGS

    Music Arranger: N/A. Performer: Rupie Edwards.
    • TROJAN.
    • CDTAL-900.
  • James

    NEW ROSE

    Music Arranger: N/A. Performer: The Damned.
    • Castle Music.
    • CMFCD-505.
  • Talking Heads

    Psycho Killer

    • DISKY.
    • DISKY-610162.
  • Catsis

    We Are All Prostitutes

    Composer: SAGER. Composer: SMITH. Composer: Rex Stewart. Composer: Waddington. Performer: The Pop Group.
    • Radarscope Records Ltd.
    • SCANCD-31.
  • Rough Kids

    • Columbia.
    • 504-6782.
  • Pay To Cum

  • Lou Reed

    Walk On The Wild Side

    • POLYGRAM TV.
    • 535-2482.
  • I'M SO BORED WITH THE USA

    • COLUMBIA.
    • 495344-2.
  • Chic

    Good Times

    • VIRGIN.
    • VTDCD-355.
  • LOVE - BUILDING ON FIRE

    • Warner.
    • WARNER-8122764892.
  • Little Johnny Jewel Song

    • Warners.
    • 51011-22482.
  • Led Zeppelin

    Custard Pie

    • Swansong.
    • SK-289400.
  • Patti Smith

    P*** Factory

  • GLORIA

    • Arista.
    • 07822-18827 2.
  • BLANK GENERATION

    • DEBUTANTE.
    • 565-477-2.
  • ANARCHY IN THE U.K.

    • Virgin.
    • VTDCD-870.
  • Ramones

    Blitzkrieg Bop

    • SIRE.
    • 7599-25709-2.
  • Rockaway Beach

    • Warner Bros.
    • 8122-735382.
  • Hong Kong Garden

  • CITIES

    • SIRE.
    • K-256707.
  • RIP HER TO SHREDS

    • NA.
    • 000-00.
  • Germ Free Adolescents

    • SONY BMG.
    • 88697-372412.
  • Roxy Music

    Virginia Plain

  • TOMMY GUN

    • CBS.
    • 460244-2.
  • The Velvet Underground

    Heroin

    • POLYDOR.
    • 531-2502.
  • ROCK AND ROLL

    • UNIVERSAL/POLYDOR.
    • 065 625-2.
  • David Bowie

    Andy Warhol

    • EMI.
    • 521899-0.
  • The Velvet Underground

    Venus In Furs

    • VERVE.
    • 823-290-2.
  • SUSPECT DEVICE

    • EMI Records Ltd..
    • 7243-53588625.
  • The Clash

    White Riot

    • COLUMBIA.
    • 495-3442.
  • Baby Won't Ya

  • Wire

    106 Beats That (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 Jan 1978)

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