Michael Lydon

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• In fact rock, rather than being an example of how freedom can be achieved within the capitalist structure, is an example of how capitalism can, almost without conscious effort, deceive those whom it oppresses....So effective has the rock industry been in encouraging the spirit of optimistic youth take-over that rock's truly hard political edge, its constant exploration of the varieties of youthful frustration, has been ignored and softened.
  • "Rock for Sale"; quoted in The Sociology of Rock, Simon Frith, 1978, ISBN 0094602204