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
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Monday, 30 April 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ysoohV_zA
PUNK AS FUCK
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 30 April 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
that song rules though
― billstevejim, Monday, 30 April 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
Jam & Lewis produced that Human League album back-to-back with a Crass joint, iirc.
― O Aquaman (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 30 April 2012 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
bsj, a whole bunch of these songs rule and not a single one of them has any business on a compilation called "PUNK"
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 30 April 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
except for "Karma Chameleon" you mean - that's a Discharge cover, I think it's earned its stripes
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 30 April 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
i'm having trouble finding this on discogs.. i wouldn't mind seeing the full tracklisting
― billstevejim, Monday, 30 April 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i think the unlisted tracks deserve consideration
― a single goddamn marshmallow fucked me for LIFE (Hunt3r), Monday, 30 April 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
I'm curious about the release date in relation to when songs like "I Wanna Be Sedated" started getting more popular.
― billstevejim, Monday, 30 April 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
good luck with that xp
― albert rotman (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 30 April 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 April 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
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
― billstevejim, Monday, 30 April 2012 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 30 April 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
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.....
― Lee593 (Lee626), Monday, 30 April 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
someone with some spare time do some archeologic digging for punk/hardcore covers of these songs
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 30 April 2012 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
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!'
― bit.ly sno cone maker (Jon Lewis), Monday, 30 April 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
Based strictly on the tracks themselves I'm leaning Thompson Twins. I don't care if they started as a tribal-industrial collective.
― bit.ly sno cone maker (Jon Lewis), Monday, 30 April 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Lee593 (Lee626), Monday, 30 April 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
can't decide whether to thank or damn you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUOv35nyUVI
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 30 April 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 April 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thpcHuDYwik
everybody's gonna really love this one
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 30 April 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
this one sounds kinda like death rock actually...it's terrible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu2tlWAvPFA
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 30 April 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
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 CoreThe Upsiders- Talking In Your Sleep (The Romantics cover)from the album Cutting The Hand That Holds The BladeSwamp Cabbage Records 2007
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 30 April 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
All of these are bad, but these last two especially.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 April 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
hold that thought Johnny Fever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QTK5u1LGu4
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 30 April 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
I'm so glad these three dudes from the Kay Jewelers in suburban Oklahoma City can live their dreams!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 April 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
GAH incompetent pop-punk covers of amazing pop songs are my PERSONAL POISON.POISON
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
honestly, they had me "Conflicting Plaid"
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
this could be a lot worse tbh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqcULdDQmR0
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
― 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.
― bit.ly sno cone maker (Jon Lewis), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
there's only ten songs left unlisted, we need a speculative list. ILX's 10 missing songs from PUNK
― a single goddamn marshmallow fucked me for LIFE (Hunt3r), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
hang on for that first instrumental break, then murder me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1AntavzFq0
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
speculative #1: Pretenders, "Don't Get Me Wrong"
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 April 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
speculative #2: Billy Squier, "Everybody Wants You"
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 April 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
speculative #3: Bananarama, "I Heard a Rumour"
― a single goddamn marshmallow fucked me for LIFE (Hunt3r), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
actually "Venus" would be better there i thinkg
This acoustic session is recorded live under a water tower in Kättsätter, Norrköping, Sweden.
why oh why was that water tower constructed so well
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
I dug through a lot of shit to really find the essence of what it means to cover "my sharona" and I think it's either this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24lHkXiIkPQ
or this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MSdbo6vr1s
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
― billstevejim, Monday, April 30, 2012 2:02 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
well, the video was shot 9 years after the song's original release on the occasion of the Ramones Mania comp, and it seems like it's kind of attained its current pop culture profile only since then, although it was probably picked to promote the best-of because it was already one of their more popular songs, so that's a chicken and egg thing. i think it kinda became more of an evergreen alt-rock radio song in the mid-90s when they got all the farewell tour publicity, though.
― some dude, Monday, 30 April 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
that first "My Sharona" video
why is the little sister there
also who turned off the bass player's amp
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
can't defend the vocals but musically I feel this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgtoJ06-DgU
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
wait did they just stick 3EB onto the end of "My Sharona"
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
That drummer in Sister Paul is pure energy.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 April 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
okay I think I'm just going to watch The Punks videos for the rest of the day, peace out
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
sister paul thing is crazy <3
― Choc. Clusterman (contenderizer), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
i can't watch that sister paul thing without cracking up
― a single goddamn marshmallow fucked me for LIFE (Hunt3r), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
O_O
so Sister Paul is basically "we're a hardcore band that loves Soft Cell"
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
this edges the Better than Ezra cover of the same song because of the insightful commentary from YouTube user krenZitapynk in the comments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlPQzaFIhmw
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
oh man the vocals on the "Jeopardy" cover are going to be a disappointment, aren't they
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
oh man NOT A DISAPPOINTMENT
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:41 (twelve years ago) link