When I heard about a visibly low-budget cartoon in China becoming a box office smash, it immediately brought me back to my childhood in 1976, watching the Sex Pistols on TV snarling "Pretty Vacant", with the emphasis, shockingly, on the last syllable (in their Cockney accent, it sounded like another word entirely). If you can't see the connection, then let me explain. It does make sense, honestly…
Short history lesson: In the first part of the 1970s, new technology meant rock music had become highly produced, which meant it sounded beautifully clean and pure. Unfortunately, it also started to sound a little boring and formulaic, straying very far from its wild and controversial rock 'n' roll roots.
