Best Punk Song..

[demographic]

I'm gonna raise the bar a little bit here.

And that one was the song at a mates funeral.

[Nidge]

Got to have at least a couple from Anti Nowhere League in any self-respecting punk list. I'd go with Woman and So What

[Supermofo]

Got to have at least a couple from Anti Nowhere League in any self-respecting punk list. I'd go with Woman and So What

There's an ANL documentary on Amazon Prime, watched it the other month was quite good.

[hawker]

If it is by the Stranglers, say, does that automatically make it punk??

In that case...:

GOLDEN BROWN Best song ever not to reach number one!! Thanks to the Jam and a Town called Malice!!

Ho hum!! But GB is just brilliant!!

[Mr Moofo]

Having come through the whole punk thing in 1976-78 ( although the trend setters would say ‘75 was the year) I never saw the Anti Nowhere League, Crass or the Dead Kennedys as punk ...
The Stooges / Iggy certainly deserve a lot of credit ...
But other great tracks
Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones
Another Girl Another Planet - The One Ones
Orgasm Addict - The Buzzcocks
Sweet Gene Vincent - Ian Dury
Red Shoes - Elvis Costello
Peaches - Stranglers
Where’s Captain Kirk ( Spizz Energy) - just because he is a Solihull boy ...
17 seconds - the Cure
Gary Gilmore’s Eyes - the Adverts

[Yorick]

If it is by the Stranglers, say, does that automatically make it punk??

In that case...:

GOLDEN BROWN Best song ever not to reach number one!! Thanks to the Jam and a Town called Malice!!

Ho hum!! But GB is just brilliant!!

I remember that Golden Brown made Radio 2's record of the week.

And I always hated the Jam

[Skub]

[Jody]

WOW, what a question. I suppose "best" is always gonna be subjective, but I think "punk" is too!

Ever Fallen in love - Buzzcocks
Basketcase- Greenday
Good Rats- Dropkick Murphys
Lisa and Louise- NOFX
Good day to die- Wednesday 13
Bad Habit- The OffSpring

[Flux]

Having come through the whole punk thing in 1976-78 ( although the trend setters would say ‘75 was the year) I never saw the Anti Nowhere League, Crass or the Dead Kennedys as punk ...
The Stooges / Iggy certainly deserve a lot of credit ...

Think Crass formed in '77 and feeding of the 5000 was released in '78, but agreed they might not be classed as first wave, I think they're considered as late-comers as they only disbanded in '84 when most of the original had disappeared, but it's irrelevant to me when they formed.
DK another top band.
Agreed about Iggy and the stooges

Thanks to Supermofo for introducing me to something new (Booby Vylan), good stuff.

Oh and my username is taken from the band Flux of pink indians who I was listening to when I registered.

[harum-scarum]

Love a number of these, and despise a few more. My adds to the playlist would be:

Chron Gen - Jet boy jet girl
The Cortinas - Fascist Dictator
The Adverts - No Time to be 21

All great live too!

[mangocrazy]

Can't believe it's not been mentioned yet:

Shot by both sides - Magazine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ul_vTkwgs4

[Potter]

The Crowd - Operation Ivy
Flogging Molly - If I Ever Leave This World Alive
Electro Hippies - Sheep

I could go on all day, but I never liked any of the mainstream "punk".

[Bigjawa]

Exploited - The Mods

[Supermofo]

Thanks to Supermofo for introducing me to something new (Booby Vylan), good stuff.

Bob Vylan is awesome, he is genuinely mixing stuff up. Punk, grime, rap, metal all in a pot. Lots of his stuff on youtube. I watched an interview with him about his 'Church of Vylan' project where he was doing a song a week on the basis it forced him to experiment and create to get better and not worrying about perfection all the time. I also like one of his songs might be full on punk and another full grime and the next something different.

[cheb]

Exploited - The Mods

Or as they were known in Edinburgh by those who saw the graffito, The Explioted.

The MC5 need mentioning. Vague I know, but I don't have a favourite anything, nothing's that clear cut.

[Nidge]

Christ it’s like being 12 all over again that’s not real punk, that’s not real psychobilly, that’s not real new wave.... that’s too commercial.... I liked them before anyone else had heard of them...

[cheb]

Hipster punks. Is a Mohican manbun even possible?

[Nobby]

I liked them before anyone else had heard of them...

Which reminded me of a tale ...
I was in a Band back in the Day.
We were playing at some London venue and were in the pub after a sound check.
A couple of girls who would turn up to see us were having a drink, so I start the conversation about getting in round the back (!!??) when they said they weren’t coming to see us , they were going to another gig.
They mentioned the name.
It meant nothing to me.
I have though thought over the last 40+ years who the fuck are the Cure ?

[DefTrap]

I must have been out of the country when punk was a thing and thus have never quite understood what all the fuss was about.

Take away all the "you had to be there" rose tinted spectacles stuff and there's a really high percentage of rubbish

[Yorick]

I must have been out of the country when punk was a thing and thus have never quite understood what all the fuss was about.

Take away all the "you had to be there" rose tinted spectacles stuff and there's a really high percentage of rubbish

Oh yes. I was sifting through punk compilation albums for ideas, and found some right dross