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Slapstick Modernism: Chaplin to Kerouac to Iggy Pop

William Solomon

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Slapstick comedy landed like a pie in the face of twentieth-century culture. Pratfalls and...

Marc Riley recommended Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols by The Sex Pistols in Music (curated)

"I have an argument with people who say that the punk scene changed their lives. Nearly everyone I speak to says that the Clash were the most exciting and the most important group of the era. But without the Sex Pistols there wouldn't have been any Clash: end of story. And people claim that Chris Spedding played on the album [as uncredited session musician], but really it was Steve Jones, and he is one of the great rock & roll guitarists. And Lydon was streets ahead of everyone else. The Clash made great pop records and the Sex Pistols were a great punk group. And for me this is year zero, you can go back to the Stooges if you like but if you were a kid waiting for someone to kick against bands that I have listed like Genesis, then the Sex Pistols were it. They lit the touch paper. It's a cliché but it's true."

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