Wow, I can't believe that commercial is real! What were they thinking?? The wigs, the phony banter, the sexism (the woman basically just says 'Yeah!' to whatever the guy says), and nary an actual punk song on the album.
Voted 'I Need a New Drug' only because Huey Lewis and the News strike me as the least 'punk' of all the artists. He even had a song called 'Hip to be Square', whose message is almost the antithesis of punk. But really any song on this album would qualify.
― agnosy, Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
well you could argue that from its title inversion to the music that "Hip to Be Square" is purest Guy Debord.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol
― agnosy, Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
You can draw a pretty short line from UK post-punk to "Karma Chameleon"
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
can we just agree all these songs are awesome but Huey Lewis
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was gonna say the same thing, except I like Huey Lewis too.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Huey Lewis was my first concert, on the sports tour, went with my mom. I thought I was cool.
― JacobSanders, Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
Little did you know you were punking it up out there.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think i was wearing a blue mesh sleeveless shirt
― JacobSanders, Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
disco being the opposite of punk obvs
I thought prog was the opposite of punk.....
Nick Lowe and Billy Idol about the only ones here that have even some connection with punk rock.
I'll vote for Toni Basil, though Huey Lewis (which also has a sax hook) is a close 2nd.
And yes, for me at least, Rumours is more subversive than Never Mind the Bollocks, though i only *wish* it was as influential...
― Lee593 (Lee626), Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
Billy Idol is probably most A-to-B punk tied artist here, but Love and Rockets and Madness at least came from something adjacent to the scene. idg the Nick Lowe thing.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Patti Smith and the Pretenders took the major labels money, but Quaterflash probably listened to the major labels advice on how to make records?
Pat Benatar the obvious missing link in this equation (though she applies way more to Q-flash's followup hit "Find Another Fool" than to the one above.)
― xhuxk, Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
Nick Lowe and Billy Idol about the only ones here that have even some connection with punk rock.Billy Idol is probably most A-to-B punk tied artist here, but Love and Rockets and Madness at least came from something adjacent
Again -- Why not Devo? (Not arguing; just curious if some people really think they had no link to punk.)
― xhuxk, Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
wonder if Robert Palmer deserves a mention
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Devo, true. Those pre-first album recordings that were compiled at some point in the 90s were pretty punky, but would anyone outside of Ohio locals have heard them at the time they were made?
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Robert Palmer has roots ore in prog jazz rock than punk, coming from the Alan Bown.
― JacobSanders, Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
not that he's punk exactly -- he's a fellow traveler. "Johnny and Mary" or "Looking For Clues" woulda made sense on this comp though
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Nick Lowe's punk credentials mainly from producing Elvis Costello and The Damned
― Lee593 (Lee626), Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've been hunting to the full tracklist to see what's missing from the list, but to no avail.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
to
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Haha same here. I keep getting this thread.
xxpost
Also from being the main force behind the proto-punk, pub rock Brinsley Schwarz.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh cmon Devo is totally punk
― albert rotman (loves laboured breathing), Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Nick Lowe and Billy Idol about the only ones here that have even some connection with punk rock.I'll vote for Toni Basil
I'll vote for Toni Basil
toni basil had a connection to punk (or post-punk): devo played on/produced "mickey" and the album it was on.
― Sgt. Dee Dee The Brass Cupcake McCall (get bent), Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd forgotten about Lowe's Damned production turn, but the EC and Brinsley Schwarz things don't really cut him into punk imo.
Toni Basil did a bunch of Devo covers at some point, too.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Sgt. Dee Dee The Brass Cupcake McCall (get bent), Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh lol I guess it was that very album. I've only ever heard them as standalones, so I had no idea they were on the Word of Mouth album.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
"So it Goes" was ~~kind of~~ linked to the punk scene, no?
― GoT SPOILER ALERT (Gukbe), Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
and "mickey" came from a power-pop song called "kitty":
― Sgt. Dee Dee The Brass Cupcake McCall (get bent), Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wow. I don't think I ever knew about that.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Early Elvis Costello (i.e. "Pump It Up") sounds plenty punk to me, but ymmv
― Lee593 (Lee626), Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
"kitty" was co-written by mike chapman, blondie's producer.
― Sgt. Dee Dee The Brass Cupcake McCall (get bent), Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Toni Basil, the unacknowledged punk pioneer
― Lee593 (Lee626), Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
She's in the Monkees film "Head",,
― Mark G, Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
And Easy Rider...
― emil.y, Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
And Five Easy Pieces. And helped choreograph The T.A.M.I. Show.
― clemenza, Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
get bent, that's amazing.
― skip, Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think this compilation was put together by a punk scholar who just wanted to fuck with everyone.
― Sgt. Dee Dee The Brass Cupcake McCall (get bent), Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
voted Karma Chameleon. just come on.
― skip, Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
(xpost) that said, i think quarterflash probably has the most degrees of separation from actual punk culture. i voted for escape club but in retrospect i'd change my vote.
― Sgt. Dee Dee The Brass Cupcake McCall (get bent), Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
xxp - Wiki sez Toni Basil changed "Kitty" to "Mickey" in honour of Mickey Dolenz (and to make the song about a man).
There's some serious gender-bending going on in that cover though given all the lyrics she didn't gender-flip, like "i'll take it like a man". Kinda have new respect for Toni Basil....
― Lee593 (Lee626), Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
quarterflash were from portland; did they ever play at satyricon? did rindy ross ever have a beer with the wipers?
― Sgt. Dee Dee The Brass Cupcake McCall (get bent), Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've never even heard of Quarterflash.
― emil.y, Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
"harden my heart" and "find another fool" were fairly big hits, but somehow they weren't swept up with the current wave of '80s nostalgia.
― Sgt. Dee Dee The Brass Cupcake McCall (get bent), Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
quarterflash were from portland...did rindy ross ever have a beer with the wipers?
Probably not, but maybe with Nu Shooz. (Led by another husband-and-wife team -- maybe they double-dated!)
― xhuxk, Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
i recall liking 'harden my heart' a lot as a wee lad
― mookieproof, Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
"harden my heart" would be a good song for someone like carrie underwood to cover.
― Sgt. Dee Dee The Brass Cupcake McCall (get bent), Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Voted for "She's A Beauty" just on principle. I will take any opportunity to cast a vote against that ghastly song.
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Monday, 30 April 2012 00:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
I really loved this ad though! If there were a DVD of compilation ads I would totally buy it. They are the perfect kind of ad.
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Monday, 30 April 2012 00:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Abbbottt super-otm, unsurprisingly
― albert rotman (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 30 April 2012 00:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
and alfred otm
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 3 May 2012 01:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
tbh i probably know the weird al version of "jeopardy" better than the original, it was just kind of a kneejerk vote
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 01:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
I didn't vote in this--love the commercial--but, as a couple of people suggested, the answer is so obviously Quarterflash to me. Not that I hate "Harden My Heart"--there's a song on their first LP, "Love Should Be So Kind," I like a lot--but some of these are attached to punk by a thread one millimeter thick, either via the song or the artist's family tree or the way they were marketed, and some are attached by a thread three millimeters thick, but Quarterflash has no connection whatsoever that I can see. I guess the idea of hardening your heart is a punk sentiment, but I'm not sure it's worth a distant finish behind bands with clear new wave affiliations.
― clemenza, Thursday, 3 May 2012 01:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
mr. narrator, quarterflash is pat benatar to me, so sort of weirdly punk by association
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 3 May 2012 01:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
^ to the tune of "history lesson part ii"
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 3 May 2012 01:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 01:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
I noticed the resemblance to Pat Benatar too when I looked at the video. Mind you, Justin Bieber sometimes looks like Darby Crash to me.
― clemenza, Thursday, 3 May 2012 01:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
I could see that actually.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 3 May 2012 01:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
bieber/crash
― billstevejim, Thursday, 3 May 2012 01:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
bieby pyn
― Sgt. Dee Dee The Brass Cupcake McCall (get bent), Thursday, 3 May 2012 01:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
Franz Biebercrash: the punishment begins.
― clemenza, Thursday, 3 May 2012 01:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm thinking that westwood promotions put this out via warner/time-life or warner special products, but discogs' warner special products entry doesn't mention it.
― get wolves (get bent), Friday, 4 May 2012 05:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, you can see the Warner "W" logo on the cds in the commercial. It's become my mission to find a real world copy of this fucker.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 May 2012 05:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
^ saw that, but then decided it was maybe just a warner-like westwood logo, dunno
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 4 May 2012 06:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
it would probably belong somewhere on this page:
http://www.bsnpubs.com/warner/wsp/wsp4500.html
― get wolves (get bent), Friday, 4 May 2012 06:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Everlasting Love
"Do you recognize this dance? It's called The Shag"
Senior Prom
― tokyo rosemary, Friday, 4 May 2012 12:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
the Totally '90s comp contendo referred to upthread is actually comparably peculiar.
Tracklisting:
1. Unbelievable - EMF 2. The Only Living Boy In New Cross - Carter 3. Real Real Real - Jesus Jones 4. Sleeping Satellite - Tasmin Archer 5. Mr. Wendall - Arrested Development 6. Trouble - Shampoo 7. Well Did You Evah - Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop 8. Rubberband Girl - Kate Bush 9. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Robert Palmer & UB40 10. It Should Have Been Me - Adeva 11. Live Your Life Be Free - Belinda Carlisle 12. Outstanding - Kenny Thomas 13. I Like To Move It - Reel II Real 14. Independence - Lulu 15. Careful - Horse 16. Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
― the endless white snow has never felt more textile (loves laboured breathing), Friday, 4 May 2012 14:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't know, that is way more 90s than PUNK is punk
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 4 May 2012 14:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah but it's like three or four no-brainers buffering a whole lot of pretty counterintuitive picks
― some dude, Friday, 4 May 2012 14:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's three or four more than the PUNK compilation has!
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 4 May 2012 14:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
I guess the idea of hardening your heart is a punk sentiment, but I'm not sure it's worth a distant finish behind bands with clear new wave affiliations.
at a guess, Quarterflash may have lost votes by being the only one on this list to be completely unknown in Europe?
that 90s comp looks like it came free with 10 purchases of a soft drink in early 1994, so I guess it is pretty 90s
― instant coffee happening between us (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 4 May 2012 14:40 (1 year ago) Permalink