Forums: Music and gigs: Best Punk Songs Ever - the hows and whys

I’ll open with a couple of songs, to try to open out the discussion. First is a bona-fide punk classic, even if the comments on the YouTube page seem more mixed-opinion than you’d expect.

And then this one, which is an altogether more cheesy affair… But, to return to the idea that the conceptual whole can carry a countercultural impetus of its own: this is a hoot.



Just to confirm: that’s Buzzcocks at the top and KLF in this post.

I dont know any punk songs. What’s a punk song?

While not thrash punk, this ultimate band of punk Gods brings up the commercial nature of society….and it is by far my all time favourite Clash tune

hehehe

The best punks songs:

Bikini Kill, ‘Double Dare Ya’, ‘Carnival’ and ‘White Boy’
Doom, ‘Nazi Die’ and ‘Police Bastard’
Team Dresch, anything from ‘Captain, My Captain’

Sex Pistols, The Clash et al do not enter into it. Proto-punk like Patti Smith was far superior to that nonsense.

I wanna be your dog.