Swedish punk band The Baboon Show releases music video shot at Sad Hill Cemetery

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What a crap song!

I feel a little pissed off they were allowed to make their video in this iconic location.

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Well, it’s not as bad as Swedish punk can get (Ever heard RƤserbajs? or PF Commando? Or Trindeman Lindeman?.) and I don’t think people should be banned from shooting a musical video where they please. One could cut fifty music videos of really good songs there as compensation.

I didn’t say that … I just said it pissed me off that they were there … maybe they’re fans of the film, not that I care. In the spirit of ā€˜punk’ I feel like telling them to fuck off :wink:

I’m not aware of the other groups you mentioned, but the first thing that struck me about ā€˜The Baboon Show’, was how un-punk it sounds … it’s more like bad middle of the road American soft rock.

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And I can’t recommend them either. The last one was a joke - He’s actually a fictional character (who plays ā€œPunk Accordionā€) from one of the 500+ improvisational Lindeman sketches by Hans Alfredson, which contains the immortal quote;

-ā€œFuck off!
-That’s your way to say ā€œwelcomeā€, right?ā€

Although if i charged you with false accusations, I apologize of course.

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The Sex Pistols and The Ramones they ain’t. :rofl:

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The whole notion of ā€˜Punk’ as a music style or form of political protest, is really a big nonsense - It was a carefully conceived ploy to sell units, the same as any other bands.

Pretending to be anarchists and anti-establishment figures was utter crap … even if some members of the bands believed that they were those things … but people like Malcolm McLaren (Sex Pistols, Manager) and Johnny Rotten/Lydon provoked the press and general media to cause a stir, designed to offend the conservative majority and attract bored adolescents … another case of how do we get the kiddies to spend their pocket money … same as it is now, just different tunes or attitudes.

Privately I would be much ruder about a group like ā€˜The Baboon Show’ … so what the hell, eh! They all look old enough to know better … someone in the band might want to look up the word ā€˜Punk’, in both it’s original and ā€˜musical’ definition. The singer’s attempt at looking sexy is laughable and at the same time repulsive … she looks like she could do with a good wash and a shot of antibiotics … and punk bands don’t do frigging guitar solos!!! :wink:

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