D.I.Y.: Anarchy In The UK - UK Punk I (1976-77)

Which track?

― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, September 22, 2022 5:27 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

One Chord Wonders. And I have to say, after going back to both albums, I forgot how much I love the Adverts. New Church, Great British Mistake, Cast of Thousands, I Surrender... amazing.

One Chord Wonders sits between "Johnny Remember Me" and "Party Fears Two"

I never listened to the 2nd Adverts record til last year. Bit less awesome, but still plenty interesting.

"Bondage" is great, but "The Day the World Turned Day-Glo" is my favourite. Same with "One Chord Wonders"--like "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" even more. "Gary doesn't need his eyes to see/Gary and his eyes have parted company" is one of my favourite lines ever.

"Dot Dash" or "Mannequin" over "12XU," "Breakdown" over "Orgasm Addict," "Another Girl, Another Planet" (of course) over "Lovers of Today." A lot of these come up short for me behind other favourites.

I never listened to the 2nd Adverts record til last year. Bit less awesome, but still plenty interesting.

So much of the received wisdom about certain punks albums being crap is just plain wrong, this being a prime example.

Well yes, but. It kind of reaches in a glam direction that was maybe unfashionable at the time. I think where the Damned and Stranglers went was a similar place, but maybe with more memorable highlights.

there are so many albums/periods of bands I ignored because people were like "oh that's when that punk band added synths and got new wavey or proggy or arty" until one day I was like "wait a minute, I LIKE those things!"

Ha, exactly.

Alternative TV's "Vibing Up The Senile Man" and "Strange Kicks" are weird and fabulous and not even close to punk in sound (but in spirit!). Vic Godard put out a swing album that's tons of fun. Siouxsie's early work as The Creatures is full of great Polynesian rhythms. Hugh Cornwell put out an album with Robert Williams. Andy Partridge put out a collection of cool dub experiments. There's a bunch of one-off singles and EPs that are also worth your time from punks maturing as artists.