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

he is what we in bizness "feeling it"

er, what we in the bizness CALL "feeling it"

this performance has killed my ability to type coherently

I want to play this over and over and over

shit's inspiring

Sister Paul is seriously my new favorite band, you guys.

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guys I've pretty much drawn blanks on the rest & it's five a.m. & I got something to do at 8 so I better try and catch 2 hours

carry on you punx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vjc-lMpPns

sister paul goes in on bay city rollers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBVJNFw7sls&list=UUNyvZOVaUZ4NbyXc_J9L1iw&index=3&feature=plcp

otm:

Sister Paul comprise a male bassist singing in soprano and a female drummer in alto. They sing all songs together playing the each instrument in the heavy groove. The words written by Susumu have a queer and unstable feeling. In spite of the sound they make is full of decadance, violence and insanity, some audiences laugh, others shed tears surrounding all happy atomosphere in the end.

^ ^ ^ 2:10 --> 2:19 is beyond awesome!

love how the drummer is never not going ALL IN

sister paul discography and mail order

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lol, i figured that i want a new drug would take it, for whatever reason, but maybe that one doesn't mean much to UK folks. it's certainly more "hard edged" than don't dream it's over, an honorable victor.

of the runners-up, i'm sort of surprised that jeopardy came in above the likes of of human and chains of love, but it's only by one vote, so fair play.

i voted for Kihn but in retrospect i would've voted for Escape Club because those guys seem the least likely to have even heard a punk band

We didn't discuss "Don't Dream It's Over" enough -- one of my unfuckwithable jams. Love everything about it.

i always figured that jeopardy was about as punk as some girls, which is to say kinda

and alfred otm

tbh i probably know the weird al version of "jeopardy" better than the original, it was just kind of a kneejerk vote

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.

mr. narrator, quarterflash is pat benatar to me, so sort of weirdly punk by association

^ to the tune of "history lesson part ii"

lol

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.

I could see that actually.

bieber/crash

bieby pyn

Franz Biebercrash: the punishment begins.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MuhwxTZs8M8/SZW8pE3mdZI/AAAAAAAAAMA/jI8iU7rYw3Y/s400/displayimage.jpg

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.

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.

^ saw that, but then decided it was maybe just a warner-like westwood logo, dunno

it would probably belong somewhere on this page:

http://www.bsnpubs.com/warner/wsp/wsp4500.html

Everlasting Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZfxyhG12y8

"Do you recognize this dance? It's called The Shag"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lSFDVhcD1g

Senior Prom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVsrcl55fmU

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

I don't know, that is way more 90s than PUNK is punk

yeah but it's like three or four no-brainers buffering a whole lot of pretty counterintuitive picks

that's three or four more than the PUNK compilation has!

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

Sorry for bumping such an old post, but, I have been searching for this for at least 5-6 years. I think I finally solved the mystery last night. Rather than bore you with all the details, I'll just refer you to the Reddit post where I explain the full story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/3o3ens/minor_mystery_solved_90s_punk_cd_commercial/

The bolded titles are the songs not in the commercial (10), the other 26 match up with the known track listing featured in the commercial.

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80's Retro (Warner Special Products OPCD-3536) (discog info here: https://musicbrainz.org/release/43b18d5a-f488-4880-bac1-b8335c64a43c)

CD 1
1 - Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar
2 - Who Can It Be Now? - Men At Work
3 - Voices Carry - Til Tuesday
4 - Our House - Madness
5 - One Thing Leads To Another - The Fixx
6 - Rock Lobster - The B-52s
7 - What You Need - INXS
8 - And We Danced - The Hooters
9 - She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
10 - I Want A New Drug - Huey Lewis & The News
11 - Whip It - DEVO
12 - Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics
13 - Be Near Me - ABC
14 - She's A Beauty - The Tubes
15 - Human - The Human League
16 - Send Me An Angel - Real Life
17 - Harden My Heart - Quarterflash
18 - Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol

CD 2
1 - Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
2 - Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats
3 - So Alive - Love and Rockets
4 - Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles
5 - Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe
6 - Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
7 - Someday, Someway - Marshall Crenshaw
8 - Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band
9 - Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
10 - My Sharona - The Knack
11 - 867-5309 (Jenny) - Tommy Tutone
12 - Chains of Love - Erasure
13 - I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock of Seagulls
14 - Wild Wild West - The Escape Club
15 - Mickey - Toni Basil
16 - Precious To Me - Phil Seymour
17 - You Might Think - The Cars
18 - Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics