Julien Temple's
(Filth and the Fury) wartime documentary parody 'Punk Can Take
It' (1979) - a theatrically released promo for the UK Subs, complete with
narration by BBC voice-over veteran John Snagge - paints a glorious picture of
England in a punk rock 'identity crisis'. Punk morale was higher than
ever before. Punks were fused together not by fear, but by a surging spirit of
revenge, immortality, and the courage never to submit or yield. This proved that
punk won't go away and that punks themselves are becoming younger and nastier
everyday. They have no time for the precarious thrills of nostalgia nor for its
trivial rules.
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