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Майкл Кроланд у Новым Віленскім Аглядзе разважае над такой старой зьявай, як “два габрэі, чатыры погляды.” Цікавым зьяўляецца тое, што ў сваім аналізе ён абапіраецца на творчасьць славутых панк-рок музыкаў:
Since its origins in the 1970s, the punk scene has prominently featured many Jews. Many of those Jews and their bands have had a striking fascination with Nazi symbolism. The first well-known punk in France was Serge Gainsbourg (a Jew by the name of Lucien Ginzburg), whose album Rock Around the Bunker featured song titles like “Yellow Star” and “SS in Uruguay” and lyrics such as “We’re gonna dance the Nazi rock.” Similarly, “Master Race Rock” appeared on the debut album of New York’s The Dictators, a mostly Jewish band hailed as pioneers of punk rock. Even New York’s The Ramones and England’s The Sex Pistols were in on the act.
The Ramones exemplify what Australian cultural studies professor Jon Stratton has identified as the “Jew/Nazi dyad in punk bands.” Stratton contends that many glam and punk bands contained a Jewish member and “a member who was fascinated by the Nazi era.” In addition to Jews Joey Ramone (Jeffry Hyman) on vocals and Tommy Ramone (Tamas Erdelyi, who was born in post-WWII Hungary and lost most of his family in the Holocaust) on drums, The Ramones included bassist Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin). The band’s lineup was a recipe for conflict.
How is it that a band conceived of by a Jew (Tommy) and fronted by one (Joey) could be protested by an anti-racist organization for “fascist ideology”?
А я проста хвалююся за нашага гарлівага, каб ён не пераступіў цераз лінію, за якой пачынаеш сьпяваць “the laws of Germany” замест “eat kosher salami.”
Since its origins in the 1970s, the punk scene has prominently featured many Jews. Many of those Jews and their bands have had a striking fascination with Nazi symbolism. The first well-known punk in France was Serge Gainsbourg (a Jew by the name of Lucien Ginzburg), whose album Rock Around the Bunker featured song titles like “Yellow Star” and “SS in Uruguay” and lyrics such as “We’re gonna dance the Nazi rock.” Similarly, “Master Race Rock” appeared on the debut album of New York’s The Dictators, a mostly Jewish band hailed as pioneers of punk rock. Even New York’s The Ramones and England’s The Sex Pistols were in on the act.
The Ramones exemplify what Australian cultural studies professor Jon Stratton has identified as the “Jew/Nazi dyad in punk bands.” Stratton contends that many glam and punk bands contained a Jewish member and “a member who was fascinated by the Nazi era.” In addition to Jews Joey Ramone (Jeffry Hyman) on vocals and Tommy Ramone (Tamas Erdelyi, who was born in post-WWII Hungary and lost most of his family in the Holocaust) on drums, The Ramones included bassist Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin). The band’s lineup was a recipe for conflict.
How is it that a band conceived of by a Jew (Tommy) and fronted by one (Joey) could be protested by an anti-racist organization for “fascist ideology”?
А я проста хвалююся за нашага гарлівага, каб ён не пераступіў цераз лінію, за якой пачынаеш сьпяваць “the laws of Germany” замест “eat kosher salami.”