Με τον όρο “art punk” είχα πρόβλημα ανέκαθεν, όπως και με την απόδοσή του σε μπάντες όπως οι Wire (και όχι …οι Buzzcocks ή οι Damned ας πούμε).
Αλλά για το ότι οι ρίζες του post-punk βρίσκονται σ’ αυτό το άλμπουμ – ντεμπούτο των φοβερών Λονδρέζων, ούτε συζήτηση.
Ακούμε 3 από τα μικροσκοπικής κυρίως διάρκειας κομμάτια του Pink Flag.

I’ve always had a problem with the term “art punk,” just as I have with its application to bands like Wire (and not, say, the Buzzcocks or the Damned).
But there’s no debate that the roots of post-punk lie in this album—the debut of those brilliant Londoners.
We’re listening to three of Pink Flag’s mostly very short tracks.

00:00 Fragile 01:19 Field Day For The Sundays 1:48 Reuters

Tears fall in slivers, you broke my shades
The light’s too bright, let me bury my heart
Filter emotions of green, cowardice gives blue
A restricted view, let me open my heart
I have a fleeting love, scorching when it lands
Fragile
Needing precious hands
Fragile, fragile
Fragile
You eat my energy, give me more rope
Nail in the wall, let me hang my heart
Hang my heart
I have a fleeting love, scorching when it lands
Fragile
Needing precious hands
Fragile, fragile
Fragile

I wanna be a field day for the Sundays, so they can fuck up my life
Embarrass my wife, and leave a bad taste
Striped toothpaste can’t remove on Monday morning
I wanna be a target for the dailies, so they can show
Pictures of me, with a nude on page three
So lacking in taste
Touched up near the waist, looking as limp as Monday morning
Touched up near the waist, looking as limp as Monday morning

Our own correspondent is sorry to tell
Of an uneasy time, that all is not well
On the borders there’s movement
In the hills there is trouble
Food is short, crime is double
Prices have risen since the government fell
Casualties increase as the enemy shell (shell, shell)
The climate’s unhealthy, flies and rats thrive
And sooner or later the end will arrive
This is your correspondent running out of tape
Gunfire’s increasing
Looting!
Burning!
Rape! (rape)
(Rape)
(Rape)
(Rape)
(Rape)
(Rape)
(Rape)
A rape (a rape)
A rape (rape)
A rape! (rape)
(Rape)
(Rape)
(Rape)
(Rape)
(Rape)
(Rape)
(Rape)
(Rape)
(Rape)