PUNK: THE COMPILATION (Which of these tracks is the most UNpunk?)

Totally '90's - 36 original hits from the '90's

Featuring your favorite hits, like "Umbrella" by Rhianna, A-Ha's "Take On Me", and "We're In The Money" by the inimitable Ginger Rogers.

I've never heard Kirsty MacColl from andy bells list.

Really? You have some fun times ahead.

Sessions Presents: Night Beat (1988)

Wait a sec... I always thought that Quarterflash was trying to copy what The Motels were doing. If I remember correctly, the Motels already had a hit in '79 and had this weird punk connection (existing band moves to another city, is broke, hangs out with punks)

Westwood was(is?) a huge music promoter back in the day, and had their own syndicated shows on radio. Maybe this isn't the same company

That's Westwood One (which <> Westwood Promotions, whoever they were, but the resemblance was probably intentional)

xxp - is it a sessions release? the end of the ad says that it was put out by "westwood promotions". maybe that's the same thing, i dunno.

The Amazon page for this comp seems to suggest that Sessions and Westwood Promotions are cosely connected. Other stuff found on google implies that they were one and the same

Ahemn "closely connected"

I have a dim childhood recollection of Quarterflash being sold as New Wave, and being terribly confused and disappointed when I finally heard them. I can't get my head around people not understanding how punk being an out gay pop star in 80s was. Look up the damn word. Voted for Escape Club. Freedom Rock was an objectively terrific comp, and I think it sold incredibly well.

Quarterflash, without much doubt. I had some remarks to add regarding hairdos and the Beserkely label but the points have already been made by Xhuxk and others.

omg I can't get past the beginning of the commercial without breaking down

I hope those actors were paid in Happy Meals

thats like $45 in 2012 dollars right? thank god rush delivery was available.

if we're talking strictly about the track, not the act, I think "Eyes Without A Face" is the least punk song here by a good distance

"gimme gimme wild west, gimme gimme safe sex"
doesn't get more punk rock than that

The hell it doesn't.

this whole thread is the funniest fucking thing

doesnt billy at least steal a car and go to vegas in that song? dude didnt give a fuck

if we're talking strictly about the track, not the act, I think "Eyes Without A Face" is the least punk song here by a good distance

i'd say "don't dream it's over" and "chains of love" give it a fair run for the money

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ysoohV_zA

PUNK AS FUCK

that song rules though

Jam & Lewis produced that Human League album back-to-back with a Crass joint, iirc.

bsj, a whole bunch of these songs rule and not a single one of them has any business on a compilation called "PUNK"

except for "Karma Chameleon" you mean - that's a Discharge cover, I think it's earned its stripes

i'm having trouble finding this on discogs.. i wouldn't mind seeing the full tracklisting

yeah i think the unlisted tracks deserve consideration

I'm curious about the release date in relation to when songs like "I Wanna Be Sedated" started getting more popular.

good luck with that xp

I looked yesterday and I can't find a bit of info anywhere about this thing other than this commercial on youtube. I want to know what else was on it as much as anyone.

I'm pretty sure "Rock The Casbah" has maintained its popularity pretty consistently ever since its release...

I guess I'm just wondering what songs that constitute actual "punk" could have been reasonably considered for a comp like this.. Probably released around 1990/1991

i dunno how cheap media buys were back then but my bet is each of these compilations would have had to go gold to break even.

If I had more time (and talent) than I do, I'd record and upload the punk cover of "Harden My Heart" that's in my head right now. Just imagine it played at 2x speed, repetitive fast staccato bass notes, lose the swing-y triplets, and add frenzied fuzzy rhythm guitar and frenetic drumming.....

someone with some spare time do some archeologic digging for punk/hardcore covers of these songs

No way 'Eyes w/o a Face' is the least punk of these unpunk tracks. All kinds of punk happens in the horrible give-the-guitarist-some 'rap' section. He's 'readin' murder books, tryin' to stay hip!'

Based strictly on the tracks themselves I'm leaning Thompson Twins. I don't care if they started as a tribal-industrial collective.

Here's a property listing for the building at the address shown in the advert. Can't get much more punk than this place!

Evidently it's vacant.

someone with some spare time do some archeologic digging for punk/hardcore covers of these songs

can't decide whether to thank or damn you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUOv35nyUVI

xp We need someone in Colorado to go get a tour of that property and see if any boxes of tapes or cds are leftover in a dark corner in the back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thpcHuDYwik

everybody's gonna really love this one

this one sounds kinda like death rock actually...it's terrible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu2tlWAvPFA

this one will give General Whiney some bad flashbacks - make sure you make it through the chorus at least once, just so you can call yourself an asshole for ever listening to me about anything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaGAJk79ank

Florida Ska Core
The Upsiders- Talking In Your Sleep (The Romantics cover)
from the album Cutting The Hand That Holds The Blade
Swamp Cabbage Records 2007

All of these are bad, but these last two especially.

hold that thought Johnny Fever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QTK5u1LGu4

I'm so glad these three dudes from the Kay Jewelers in suburban Oklahoma City can live their dreams!

GAH incompetent pop-punk covers of amazing pop songs are my PERSONAL POISON.
POISON

honestly, they had me "Conflicting Plaid"

this could be a lot worse tbh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqcULdDQmR0

GAH incompetent pop-punk covers of amazing pop songs are my PERSONAL POISON.
POISON

― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Monday, April 30, 2012 3:03 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Seriously. This stuff makes me so depressed.

there's only ten songs left unlisted, we need a speculative list. ILX's 10 missing songs from PUNK

hang on for that first instrumental break, then murder me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1AntavzFq0

speculative #1: Pretenders, "Don't Get Me Wrong"