Never Mind The Bolllocks: Best punk track?

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 6:57 pm

Just listening to the original LP and despite my reservations about the Sex Pistols, it’s a good record with some clever tunes and lyrics. Not the best punk stuff ever - but a great start!

What was the best punk track ever?
Me,
1. Complete Control - The Clash

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 6:58 pm

2. Teenage Kicks - Undertones

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:00 pm

My way....Sid vicious

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:01 pm

Pretty Vacant

Longsidebovril · Post by **Longsidebovril** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:02 pm

I listened to the Vapours for the first time recently having only ever heard Turning Japanese before . They had some really nice stuff I wasn’t aware of, almost Elvis Costello like I thought.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:07 pm

Shot By Both Sides.... Magazine

Wexford_Claret · Post by **Wexford_Claret** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:18 pm

Complete Control for me

Vintage Claret · Post by **Vintage Claret** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:24 pm

Anarchy in the UK

A.Claret.Fan · Post by **A.Claret.Fan** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:27 pm

Shot By Both Sides.... Magazine

Neat, Neat, Neat...The Damned

KLClaret · Post by **KLClaret** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:30 pm

White Man in Hammersmith Palais.The song that changed everything for me.

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:35 pm

KLClaret wrote:White Man in Hammersmith Palais.The song that changed everything for me.

A very close 2nd! Influenced years of reggae and dub to date.

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:45 pm

Ruts, something that I said.

Saxoman · Post by **Saxoman** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:47 pm

Bill Grundy.

Saxoman · Post by **Saxoman** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:49 pm

ZizkovClaret wrote:2. Teenage Kicks - Undertones

Feargal Sharkey lost his credibility by going pop.

Guich · Post by **Guich** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:52 pm

Ever fallen in love - Buzzcocks
Pretty Vacant - Pistols
Peaches - Stranglers

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:52 pm

Saxoman wrote:Feargal Sharkey lost his credibility by going pop.

Gareth Southgate wouldn't agree. He's discovering now that a good Hart these days is hard to find...

Saxoman · Post by **Saxoman** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:55 pm

ZizkovClaret wrote:Gareth Southgate wouldn't agree. He's discovering now that a good Hart these days is hard to find...

He wrote his other song about your Johnnie Walters..

Downhamclaret · Post by **Downhamclaret** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:56 pm

Stranglehold the UK subs

hampsteadclaret · Post by **hampsteadclaret** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:03 pm

Public Image Limited - Public Image...play loud...Johnny Rotten's other band - a better song than anything the Sex Pistols did [although I was a fan of them..]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIAZ8unRm2c" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:05 pm

Bloody hell wexford... two in a week?

Complete control is quite superb.

Suspect device by SLF will take some beating.

Sheena by Ramones is quality.

Hampstead. Great shout.

This question is as hard to answer as “who’s your favourite player?”

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:06 pm

Those first two PIL LP’s were absolutely outstanding. Still buying Jah Wobble’s stuff when it comes out... regularly.

hampsteadclaret · Post by **hampsteadclaret** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:18 pm

'Sheena is a punk rocker' - The Ramones...this one is up there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCW7Aw8ugOI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

- nice one bobinho - 3 minutes of punk magic.

John Johnson 1605 · Post by **John Johnson 1605** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:21 pm

Feeding of the 5000 and Stations of the CRASS are absolutely superb.

Stalbansclaret · Post by **Stalbansclaret** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:21 pm

Brilliant suggestion by Wile E Coyote i.e. Something That I Said by the Ruts. Not heard that for a while but a brilliantly angry sounding track with a great riff.
Suspect Device a great punk track too.
Overall I think I'd have to pick Anarchy in the UK with White Riot by the Clash a close second.

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:26 pm

Banned from The Roxy - OK!

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:29 pm

Downhamclaret wrote:Stranglehold the UK subs

Hiya pal. Thought you Downham boys were all Clash fans!

Remember Subs at Railway Workers Club!

Dazzler · Post by **Dazzler** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:34 pm

SLF - Alternative Ulster

https://youtu.be/4C5e346QvRQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

RMutt · Post by **RMutt** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:38 pm

I am a Poseur X-Ray Spex is still a favourite of mine. Great bit of sax.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8w72-hyrM88" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Stalbansclaret · Post by **Stalbansclaret** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:41 pm

Gary Gilmour's Eyes by The Adverts deserves a shout too.

Downhamclaret · Post by **Downhamclaret** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:43 pm

Bop wrote:Hiya pal. Thought you Downham boys were all Clash fans!

Remember Subs at Railway Workers Club!

They made some good stuff but at the time it was not my kind of punk band, but wished i gone to see them at KGH the clash

BFCmaj · Post by **BFCmaj** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:50 pm

Bad Brains - Sailin' On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SIkoGIQuww" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

scouseclaret · Post by **scouseclaret** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:50 pm

This perfect day - the saints.

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:57 pm

Should I stay or should I go. The Clash.

Caernarfon_Claret · Post by **Caernarfon_Claret** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:59 pm

Tempted to go for proto punk from the 1960s.

MC5 or The Monks

Kick out the Jams

Conroy92 · Post by **Conroy92** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:01 pm

The boomtown rats-someone's looking at you
the members- sound of the suburbs
the only ones- another girl another planet
the sex pistols- friggin in the riggin

Cornwallclaret · Post by **Cornwallclaret** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:05 pm

Guich wrote:Ever fallen in love - Buzzcocks
Pretty Vacant - Pistols
Peaches - Stranglers

Excellent choice there..the intro to pretty vacant is also my favourite ever

Caernarfon_Claret · Post by **Caernarfon_Claret** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:09 pm

Os Mutantes - A Minha Menina

Saxoman · Post by **Saxoman** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:19 pm

Green Day - Basket case

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:24 pm

Saxoman wrote:Bill Grundy.

Classic TV..

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:25 pm

Generation X ,one hundred punks and Billy Idol.dancing with myself ..

TurfyMoore · Post by **TurfyMoore** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:26 pm

Fngland Belongs to Me Cocksparrer

Archie Claret · Post by **Archie Claret** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:40 pm

The Jam......In The City
Sex Pistols.....No Freedom
The Clash.....Janie Jones
Eddie and the Hot Rods......Do Anything You Wanna Do

I could go on, what an era!

TractorFace · Post by **TractorFace** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:12 pm

BFCmaj wrote:Bad Brains - Sailin' On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SIkoGIQuww" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Right Brigade is my favourite Bad Brains track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9DVZf_JA30

AlwaysClaret · Post by **AlwaysClaret** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:14 pm

Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia

Intro still gives me goosebumps.

Vice Squad - Last Rockers

Ahh the things I could have done to Beki Bondage.

The Exploited - Army Life

Remember jumping around to this at Sycamore youth club...

UTC

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:17 pm

"Do Anything You Wanna Do!" Still brilliant.

cricketfield73 · Post by **cricketfield73** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:21 pm

I'm rebelling and having 3.......

X-ray Spex - 'Oh Bondage Up Yours'

Great bit of live footage at the link from the Don Letts 'Punk in London' movie.
https://youtu.be/ogypBUCb7DA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Eater - 'Outside View'
https://youtu.be/jZO8xuXzLmo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Buzzcocks - 'Breakdown'
https://youtu.be/YmFRNR1RA74" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Billyblah · Post by **Billyblah** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:33 pm

Sham 69 - Borstal Breakout
Spizz Oil - 6000 Crazy
The Boys -Brickfield Nights

Archie Claret · Post by **Archie Claret** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:33 pm

The Skids...Into the Valley.

expoultryboy · Post by **expoultryboy** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:44 pm

Ramones - beat on the brat

Acting Claret · Post by **Acting Claret** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:48 pm

The Damned, “Love Song”