[kj] Pete Townshend, musical scholar and taxonomist: "The Police are punk rock"

[Jerry Butson]

Townshend was the one who was looking at child porn for "researching a book"
wasn't he?

On 28/03/07, Leigh Newton <angrytomhanks at yahoo.com> wrote:

>

> Oh right, let's not forget Townsend, who has said personally that he

> should "go down in history with Sigmand Freud and Jesus" due to his

> contribution to rock music. Whatever you say, old man.

>

> I've always really liked the song Truth Hits Everybody off of the first

> Police album.

>

> Leigh

>

>

> ----- Original Message ----

> From: ade <ade at the-lab.zetnet.co.uk>

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net

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> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 4:29:38 PM

> Subject: Re: [kj] Pete Townshend, musical scholar and taxonomist: "The

> Police are punk rock"

>

>

> FFS, Townshend has a major 4kin ego. Give me Zeppelin over Who ANY DAY.

>

> I *like* The police. I always saw them as being of the same cannon as

> Blondie, et al.

>

> As for Sting - let's just refer to him as Stink.

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net

> [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of B. Oliver Sheppard

> Sent: 27 March 2007 02:53

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

> Subject: [kj] Pete Townshend, musical scholar and taxonomist: "The

> Police are punk rock"

>

>

> [Maybe there are some very primitive mega-early demos

> where the Police sound vaguely, vaguely punk, but come

> on. I say: HAHAHAHA. Sting being in a punk mvoie or

> two doesn't count. -B.]

>

>

> http://www.nme.com/news/the-police/27287

>

> During an interview on New York radio station WAXQ-FM,

> Townshend said, "They're now calling The Police

> 'classic rock.' I don't think so. The Police are punk.

> They're a punk band. They're not classic rock."

>

> Townshend added: "You know, you've got the (Rolling)

> Stones and The Who. Classic rock - finished. It's all

> over after that...this is just music. It's not classic anything."

>

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