This was the side-bar quote when I logged onto this page.
My son is 12 and in Jr High and he was telling me about the Straight Edge punks that he plays La Crosse with.
I told him that the Punks I hung out with were like that, but we did not have a name for it back in 1980.
This is my Sr high school photo taken in 1982 and kids at school used to ask me if I got hassled at shows because I did not “look” the part. No one EVERY bothered me. I was never called a poser. For me Punk was my attitude. My life was hard enough without making myself standout in a negative way. I dated McPunk for 5 1/2 years (off & on) and I know all through high school people thought we were sleeping together but we were not. We were together for more than 2 years before we lost our Virginity.( I was 18 he was 19, now looking back still a bit young)
I would go to shows and parties and see these kids wasted. If I saw a girl about ready to be taken advantage of, I would step in. ( Skinny girls are lightweight drinkers )I would have a wine cooler now and then. The Born Again Christian kids were the worst ,wasted on the week-ends, prayer groups at lunch.Sheesh :(
I try to show my kids that it is possible to have fun and be outrageous. I dropped them off this morning with MCR blasting from the car, singing out loud, playing my drum steering wheel. This other Mom gave me this look but said, “Rock On!” LOL!!
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
“Welcome To The Black Parade”
When I was a young boy,
My father took me into the city
To see a marching band.
He said, “Son when you grow up,
would you be the savior of the broken,
the beaten and the damned?”
He said “Will you defeat them,
your demons, and all the non-believers,
the plans that they have made?”
“Because one day I’ll leave you,
A phantom to lead you in the summer,
To join The Black Parade.”
When I was a young boy,
My father took me into the city
To see a marching band.
He said, “Son when you grow up,
would you be the savior of the broken,
the beaten and the damned?”
Sometimes I get the feeling she’s watching over me.
And other times I feel like I should go.
And through it all, the rise and fall, the bodies in the streets.
And when you’re gone we want you all to know.
We’ll carry on,
We’ll carry on
And though you’re dead and gone believe me
Your memory will carry on
We’ll carry on
And in my heart I can’t contain it
The anthem won’t explain it.
A world that sends you reeling from decimated dreams
Your misery and hate will kill us all.
So paint it black and take it back
Let’s shout it loud and clear
Defiant to the end we hear the call
To carry on
We’ll carry on
And though you’re dead and gone believe me
Your memory will carry on
We’ll carry on
And though you’re broken and defeated
Your weary widow marches
On and on we carry through the fears
Ooh oh ohhhh
Disappointed faces of your peers
Ooh oh ohhhh
Take a look at me cause I could not care at all
Do or die, you’ll never make me
Because the world will never take my heart
Go and try, you’ll never break me
We want it all, we wanna play this part
I won’t explain or say I’m sorry
I’m unashamed, I’m gonna show my scar
Give a cheer for all the broken
Listen here, because it’s who we are
I’m just a man, I’m not a hero
Just a boy, who had to sing this song
I’m just a man, I’m not a hero
I! don’t! care!
We’ll carry on
We’ll carry on
And though you’re dead and gone believe me
Your memory will carry on
We’ll carry on
And though you’re broken and defeated
Your weary widow marches on
Do or die, you’ll never make me
Because the world will never take my heart
Go and try, you’ll never break me
We want it all, we wanna play this part (We’ll carry on)
Do or die, you’ll never make me (We’ll carry on)
Because the world will never take my heart (We’ll carry on)
Go and try, you’ll never break me (We’ll carry)
We want it all, we wanna play this part (We’ll carry on)
My kids were SO embarrassed ;)
