The Decline of Western Civilization
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- Year:
- 1981
- 100 min
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That stupid punk rock.
I don't, you know...
I just think of it
as rock 'n' roll
'cause that's what it is.
You know?
PENELOPE:
What do you like about it?
Well, I like that it's like...
It's something new
and it's just reviving
like old rock 'n' roll.
And it's like it's raw again.
It's for real.
And it's fun, and you know...
It's like, it's not bullshit.
There's no rock stars now,
you know.
Okay, attention!
Attention!
For the third time, attention!
Hey, wait a minute!
Attention! Shut up!
Attention!
Attention, please be advised...
Please be advised that...
Please be advised that by
your entry upon these premises...
...that by your entry
upon these premises...
...you are consenting
to being photographed.
...you are consenting
to being photographed.
photos of your ugly faces right?
...and you having your likeness
used in motion pictures.
...and having your ugly likeness
used in a filthy motion picture.
...and for other purposes.
...and for other purposes.
...and for other purposes.
...and other purposes.
...and for other purposes,
God knows what!
...and for other purposes.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
And at the bottom,
it says, "Thank you."
And you can tell them
to f*ck off.
[GUITAR STRUMMING]
LEE VING:
So how come they letall you long hairs
in here tonight?
- What's the problem?
- MAN:
It's not a big...This is 1980. Can't you afford
a fucking haircut?
[GUITAR STRUMS]
JOHN:
It's a fucking movierepresenting fucking LA.
Dance!
You want people in Philadelphia
to see a bunch of deadbeats?
MAN:
Yeah!- One, two, three, four!
-[TAPPING STICKS]
[NAUSEA PLAYING]
[SINGING] Today you're
Gonna be sick so sick
You'll prop your forehead
on the sink
Say Oh, Christ!
Oh, Jesus Christ!
My head's gonna crack
Like a bank
Tonight you'll fall asleep
In clothes so late
Like a candy bar
Wrapped up for lunch
That's all you get
To taste poverty
And spit poverty
Nausea
Bloody red eyes
Go to nausea
Bloody red eyes
Go to nausea
Bloody red eyes
Go to nausea
Bloody red eyes
Go to sleep
Today you're gonna
Be sick so sick
You'll prop your forehead
on the sink
Say, Oh, Christ!
Oh, Jesus Christ!
My head's gonna crack
Like a bank
Tonight you'll fall asleep
In clothes so late
Like a candy bar
Wrapped up for lunch
That's all you get
To taste poverty
And spit poverty and spit
Nausea
Bloody red eyes
Go to nausea
Bloody red eyes
Go to nausea
Bloody red eyes
Go to nausea
Bloody red eyes
Go to sleep
You're talking out of harmony
You can't remember what you said
Cut it out
You feel retarded
Take the scissors
Saw the head
You're talking out of harmony
You can't remember what you said
Cut it out
You feel retarded
Take the scissors
Saw the head
Nausea
Bloody red eyes
Go to nausea
Bloody red eyes
Go to nausea
Bloody red eyes
Go to nausea
Bloody red eyes
Go to sleep
- WOMAN:
Yeah!-[CROWD APPLAUDING]
Punk music generally,
that is, hardcore punk
is characterized by its speed.
It has a lot of "fuzz"
as musicians call it,
cranked into the music,
it's high volume, high speed,
usually monotone volumes,
vocals,
uh, characterized
by protest type lyrics.
I think a lot of the time that
it gets out of hand is because
of the speed of the music,
which is way above
You know, if you take
a four-four disco
time signature,
you know, just comfortably,
you can kind of...
...dance easily to the disco
rhythm which is,
I understand,
126 to 132 heartbeats a minute.
[PUNK ROCK PLAYING]
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