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2 Dec 2020 Conversations with Tyler Zach Carter on the Life and Legacy of John Maynard Keynes
“I’ve been reading this Bob Mehr biography of the Replacements, which was my favorite band, and you just absolutely wouldn’t have that band without the Sex Pistols.”
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- 2 Dec 2020
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…One album, right? The rest, you can forget. Yes, and it’s really just one note. All the good songs in there are basically the same song rewritten. But look, they changed the face of music. You wouldn’t have the Replacements. I’ve been reading this Bob Mehr biography of the Replacements, which was my favorite band, and you just absolutely wouldn’t have that band without the Sex Pistols. I think that people get that they’re a big deal, though. I think very highly of the Sex Pistols. I would say they’re overrated people. They’re deeply influential but still overrated. That some of these former punk rockers now support Donald Trump — is that a fluke, or is that actual consistency?…
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