punk rocks

I just spilt a bit of Horlicks onto the edge of my laptop keyboard, now it's all sticky. That's irrelevant though, to the reason for this blog.

The reason for my doing this blog is for one reason. I love Punk music. Simple. But I mean real, dirty, grimey, drug-addled punk from the 1970s. Not your clean, manufactured, neon pink and black pop-punk Claire's Accessories stuff. I don't know why I love Punk so much, but whenever I listen to anything I get so hyped and so enthused, it's like an electric impulse. I guess it's in my blood. You'll see why later.

Here's my 50 favourite Punk songs playlist. I've tried to include a number of different bands but some do appear a few times, like Ramones. I could make an entire Ramones playlist. Maybe next time. Some are obvious Punk cliches, but I hope there's a couple of ones you won't have heard:

1. * Billy Idol - Dancing with Myself
2. * The Stooges - Gimme Danger
3. * Siouxsie and the Banshees - New Skin
4. * Slaughter and the Dogs - Where Have All The Bootboys Gone? (This song was based on my dad. He used to do security for this band [from my hometown] and was a skinhead in his youth. Truth)
5. * Patti Smith Group - Rock and Roll N****r
6. * The Stranglers - Golden Brown
7. * Ramones - Judy is a Punk
8. * The Runaways - Cherry Bomb
9. * The Stooges - Search and Destroy
10. * The Damned - I Think I'm Wonderful
11. * Dead Kennedys - To Drunk to Fuck
12. * Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
13. * Blondie - Maria
14. * The Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?
15. * New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
16. * The Stooges - I Wanna be Your Dog
17. * The Runaways - I Love Playin' With Fire
18. * Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Crimson and Clover
19. * The Vibrators - I Kissed a Girl
20. * The Stooges - T.V. Eye
21. * The Runaways - I Wanna Be Where The Boys Are
22. * Stiff Little Fingers - Nobody's Hero
23. * Ramones - I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
24. * Hüsker Dü - Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely
25. * The Clash - White Riot
26. * The Replacements - Bastards of Young
27. * Stiff Little Fingers - Straw Dogs
28. * The Stranglers - No More Heroes
29. * Ramones - Blitzkreig Bop
30. * Johnny Thunders - Pirate Love
31. * The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
32. * Gang of Four - Natural's Not In It
33. * Generation X - The Valley of The Dolls
34. * MC5 - High School
35. * Ramones - I Wanna be Your Boyfriend
36. * The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
37. * Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World
38. * Ramones - Sheena is a Punk Rocker (This never fails to make me dance)
39. * The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love with Someone
40. * Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
41. * Ramones - Do You Wanna Dance?
42. * New York Dolls - Looking For a Kiss
43. * MC5 - Sister Anne
44. * Misfits - American Psycho
45. * The Runaways - Dead End Justice
46. * Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)
47. * Skids - Into The Valley
48. * Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Wild One)
49. * Blondie - Atomic
50. * Ramones - My Brain is Hanging Upside Down (This was the first Ramones song I ever heard. I fell in love with Punk because of this song)

I could make this list at least twice as long, but I think 50 songs will suffice, nes pas?

Go forth and rock out.

xxx