The 1960s UK Singles That Pioneered Punk Rock

[@andymoody8363]

Another great video, Jim. Love all the details of the lower reaches of the British music scene, really enjoy this stuff.

[@JimDriver]

Thank you: that's very kind of you to say so. I genuinely do try to do my best. I hope you'll stick along for the ride: lots more videos to come (I hope!!)… Cheers!

[@raimywinter2309]

I love this stuff .here to learn and share..thank you man

[@JimDriver]

My pleasure! Great to have you along: please keep watching and commenting! Cheers!

[@westhavengwr4613]

Great video. I love the Attack. So much great music in the 1960s. It wasn’t all Beatles and Stones.

[@JimDriver]

Exactly right! That's one of the things I want to help change. The Beatles and the Stones were great but, as you say, they weren't alone in making fantastic music. Cheers!

[@infoscholar5221]

Rock on, brother, so good to hear from someone who was there.

[@JimDriver]

Thanks! I really appreciate the comment: please stick around for more videos. Cheers!

[@cozmoluna4294]

Thanks for another great video Jim. Lots of cool stuff to explore! Here in the states I’d have to add The Sonics for mere energy and chaos… I’ve also found it interesting to hear what songs punk bands covered. Always a peak into what they liked from the past!

[@JimDriver]

Thanks for that: I appreciate it very much! When I was researching this, a lot of the great singles I found were by American artists, like the Sonics, which was very frustrating! I do intend to do a video about them one day but at the back of my mind is the thought that most my "value" is being able to share the experiences I had of various artists. Please keep watching and thanks again!

[@richardb22]

@@JimDriver Agree. USA "Frat/Punk Rock " is a fun thing but this is aboutfirst hand experience

[@richardb22]

The great thing is that as I watched and listened I punched in the names in my music app of choice, and these records are there

[@JimDriver]

Excellent! Somebody seems to have done a good job copywriting obscure old 1960s music and making sure that no one gets to use any of it without permission I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not… Thanks for coming, please keep watching!

[@eaglebauersrecordcollection]

This was a great video. I devour rock history information and it was really a treat hearing your offerings here. So much better than videos that just list titles with no back story. Many thanks for a well done piece and I look forward to more! 🎵🎵😎

[@JimDriver]

Thank you very much indeed: I really do appreciate the positive comment. I'm trying to shine light on an area of Music history that's very neglected and hopefully, occasionally I succeed. Cheers!

[@thomasandersen6719]

great video...and great music that I had never heard before👍

[@JimDriver]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the very positive comment: please keep watching and commenting!

[@iankr]

Great video, many thanks. Interesting to hear The Attack here, as I wasn't familiar with their stuff. I'm related to Richard Shirman, and occasionally 'did the jug' for Hershey & The Twelve Bars at The Cricketers on Sunday lunchtimes in the 80s. Tragic death, RIP.

[@JimDriver]

Yes, poor Richard. Thanks for sharing your memories of him and for the kind words. Cheers!

[@andy8862]

Your a top turn Jim. Fascinating and informative 👍👍👍

[@JimDriver]

Thanks very much! I'm really glad you enjoyed it and your comment makes it all worthwhile. Please stick around and watch more! Cheers!

[@JimDriver]

I've made a playlist of the titles featured in this video: kzbin.info/aero/PLeEUmIKakqXMSCd5Ev09hB-7TlSJsrm16&si=FJQ8PdfosauEUQQj

[@GaryMartin-do3og]

Hi Jim, Great video, just an update on The Buzz single I am 100% sure the vocalist on this superb hard to find single was Edinburgh's Tam White of the Boston Dexters.

[@JimDriver]

Thanks very much for the kind words and for the extra info! Cheers!

[@geej12]

You've outdone yourself this time, Jim- TWO bands I've never heard of! (The Buzz and Riot Squad) Keep 'em coming! (Hope the eye's better.)

[@JimDriver]

Thanks for those kind words. Much appreciated! The seems to be improving, thank you! I see this as a journey I have embarked on to Read discover the best of the Music of those days and I'm glad so many people are joining me. Cheers!

[@geej12]

@@JimDriver I'm a total music obsessive, but you often manage to dig up some gem that I've never heard of, and two today! Still waiting for the Pretty Things video though...

[@MartinCellarDJ]

This is excellent!

[@JimDriver]

Thank you very much for watching and for saying so! Hope you'll be able to catch more of my videos and enjoy them just as much. Cheers!

[@garyrigby21]

We used to help the groups get their gear down the steps of the cavern and sometimes get in free i was a kid in the sixties still love the music

[@JimDriver]

It must've been great at the Cavern back in the day, though I do realise it probably wasn't the Beatles every day. Thanks for sharing that and please keep watching. Cheers!

[@Michel-r6m]

Always nice to check the facts. For me personally it started with MC5 and The Stooges and The Kinks...

[@JimDriver]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I agree that all those bands had some input into punk but for me, it really started with Bo Diddley! Cheers!

[@Michel-r6m]

​@@JimDriver 🤠👍 Jim what do you think of Dead Kennedys?

[@bobgreen8142]

The depth and breadth of music in the 60s was quite amazing. As has been said it wasn't all Beatles and Stones, or even Kinks, Who, Move and hundreds more.

[@JimDriver]

Indeed! There's been a breathtaking amount of talent in Britain since the late 1950s. It seemed to end about the time Oasis made it really big. Not that I am saying they are connected in anyway... 😀 Cheers!

[@marSLaZZ66]

The first time i heard about the Birds it was in a Lemmy's interview. They covered the song "Leaving Here", just as The Who and Motörhead.

[@JimDriver]

The birds were great band and sadly underrated. Thanks for joining in and please keep watching!

[@Compliment_Thief]

Another great vid Jim! Reckon you could have included Link Wrays Rumble and the kingsmen’s Louis Louis

[@JimDriver]

Thank you for the kind words! Much appreciated. If and when I do a video about the 1960s US singles that pioneered punk rock, I'm sure I might well include those tracks! Thanks again.

[@Compliment_Thief]

@@JimDriver Duh, sorry Jim, I missed it was specifically UK in the title! 😅

[@christonks6968]

Haha I picked Waterloo sunset and Lola too! Good show dude from the never heard ofs! Interwesting!

[@JimDriver]

Thanks for the kind words! Please keep watching and enjoying the great music - even if it doesn't always get to number one! Cheers!

[@richardbennett8522]

Honorary mention for the Deviants as I still have "Ptoof"

[@JimDriver]

Oddly, enough, the Deviants were on my long list of singles to include in this video. As you may or may not know I had a long history with Mick Farren from being somebody he used to laugh at when I submitted articles for international times back in the 1970s to several of his books when I founded the do-not press in the 1990s. Sadly, I also promoted the show at the Borderline at which he passed away on stage. So, it was pretty much a full circle! Thanks for commenting. Please keep watching!

[@richardbennett8522]

@@JimDriver I will keep watching and cheers for your comment

[@PIERRECLARY]

@@richardbennett8522 i started this early in the week and dammit i'm hooked... If the supply were to dry out it will be rehab the AA for life, without the show of a doubt.

[@christown2827]

Birds vocalist Ali McKenzie has appeared at the Ealing Blues Festival on several occasions in the 2010's.

[@JimDriver]

Wow! Thanks for that information. There's still a lot of great music out there (just!). Cheers!

[@johnrunion5357]

i know you don't like the who, but i think the early pre-tommy who also played a part in influencing punk years later. 'glad the kinks made it. i am surprised the troggs didn't make it. ' always enjoy your videos. 'always enjoy learning about bands that i am not familiar with from the past. thank you.

[@peterchecksfield9958]

I love the early The Who... and can't stand their 70s Rock stuff! They were incredible from '65 to '67, before Townshend got over-pretentious.

[@JimDriver]

It's not that I don't like The Who, it's because I'm not sure they did anything desperately new after the very early days. I've heard so many stories about them getting advanced copies of things and stealing ideas it makes the mind boggle. And my only encounters with the members of the band (apart from John Entwhistle ) were negative. But I do acknowledge there were a big part of the 60s music scene. Thanks for putting forward your comments, which were very valid and I hope I'm not being overly critical because of my prejudices! Cheers!

[@johnrunion5357]

​@@peterchecksfield9958 YES! the early who, their first 3 albums + their compilation meaty, beaty, big and bouncy + i will admit quadrophenia are all i listen to by them. @JimDriver : thanks for the reply and the more detailed explanation. i pretty much feel the same! no worries, my man. it is YOUR channel and it is YOUR opinions (and of course your first hand eye witness accounts) that i 'tune in' for. cheers!

[@okwobenemeka]

You are becoming addictive, Jim !!!

[@JimDriver]

Ha ha! That's very kind of you to say so. Please keep watching!

[@Spagmanix]

"Save my soul" by Wimple Winch: great "proto punk" ;-).

[@JimDriver]

I'm going to check that out tonight. Cheers!

[@anothersettlementneedsyour9628]

Surprised you haven’t mentioned Crawdaddy Simone by The Syndicats, also produced by Joe Meek, wchich is a very good song, with a very intense middle section that is like nothing I’d ever heard of from this era.

[@JimDriver]

Thanks for the heads up! When I do these videos, it's always good to have tracks for a follow up, if that's what I wanted to do. I'll certainly take your recommendation on board if I do do one. Cheers!

[@stephensnelling3664]

Great video Jim The word Punk Rock first came to My attention in a NME 1974 year book it describes Bands Like The Fugs Seeds Electric prunes as punk I did a lot of work for Davy o List 20 years ago a bit of Roadioing and some articles which one can Read on his website no longer hear from him nowadays?.

[@JimDriver]

Thanks for the kind words! Much appreciated. I last heard from Davey about eight years ago. I was Agent for Beefheart's Magic band. And running the Shoreditch music agency, and he wanted to know if I could book him out for a tour. I think I said yes but I don't think I heard anything after that. I might be wrong about the details, because it was all very fleeting. Cheers!

[@stephensnelling3664]

@@JimDriver l drove The Davy o List Band up to Crew in the middlands UK got to know him quite well through Davy l got to know The Late Peter Banks Syn Yes and Flash Davy burnt me off some early Roxy music rough sessions and All sorts of gems which were My wages back then his first hand stories when he stood in for Syd Barrett Pink Floyd were priceless Davy was a Nice guy (Parton the pan).

[@thehum1000]

Great vid, it was tough growing up in the 70s early 80s in the uk for the working class, which saw the rise of the National Front and skinheads, punk and its music

[@JimDriver]

Yes, indeed. That was the dark backdrop to the glorious music. I think I should definitely emphasise more but it's hard to convey ubless you were there. Thanks for the kind words and please keep watching. Cheers!

[@ferocel]

The Standells’ ‘Try it’ was banned in the US. Sounds like a great version by The Attack. Amazing to hear a snippet of their Hi-ho …. I’d no idea it existed. Thanks for the info. Subbed!

[@JimDriver]

Thanks for taking the part to watch and to comment. I really appreciate it. If you want to watch a video with the entire Ho Silva lining track on it, there's a playlist I compiled which you can access from the description. I'm just in the process of adding that now.

[@ferocel]

@@JimDriver I look forward to it. Cheers, Jim!

[@ricardolorrio8228]

@7:47 Paul Weller circa 1996... or is it Ocean Colour Scene?

[@JimDriver]

No, it's library music because the big labels don't like you using no music you haven't paid for, hence the very short video exerts. In this case, the music you like is 'shitty train' by Of Men and Wolves featuring Las Lupas....

[@raymondbonington9355]

The action producer Mike hurst ,same one who was in the springfeilds and produced showaddywaddys million hits 😀

[@JimDriver]

Thanks for the additional information and thanks for watching and commenting. Cheers!

[@johnspaulding1681]

lots of mythology about You Really Got Me...between the band and producer Shel Talmy...they all agree it was Dave Davies...as to the distortion, well an American musician by the name of Link Wray did it several years before.. along with playng what would be called power chords...but as always i love your videos Jim...they jog my foggy memory. .cheers!

[@peterchecksfield9958]

Yep! Link Wray - as well as Bo Diddley - were the true pioneers of this sound.

[@JimDriver]

Thank you very much for the kind words! I almost put Link Wray on once, but unfortunately he died before he could come over. That old excuse, eh? Cheers! Please keep watching and commenting…

[@stevemitchell9176]

Great play list. I know not UK singles in any way, but I'd add The Sonics and the Velvets obvs for 60's punk influence.Tx

[@JimDriver]

Cool, thanks but thanks to you too for watching and for joining in the conversation. Great calls, too: taken on board! Please stick around: plenty more where this lot came from! Cheers!

[@PIERRECLARY]

Such a highly pleasureable issue from your concise and knowledgeable videos brain making nodes/// Being for very long obssesed by the US 's garage bands of one single bands compilations sold in the mid 80's (as the "garage revival burst open (favourite band "the cannibals") , the fuzzier the better, .........this was like a packet of hot chips on winter night with a good dousing in worcester sauce (i just started a "drying out the old depraved carcass" operation, so,,,) but i HAD TO talk to you about..... " meanwhile in france the whole scene (1966) was reluged by hideous US bubble-pop songs "covers with french lyrics grafted on... that is if you have not heard a certain Jacques Dutronc... his sound was the closest aproximation of the "US '60's garage punk and the lyric (written by J; Lanzmann ; an "existentialist" and J'P Sartre's close frien-in need to let loose from sterile philosophy at the bar terrasse wrote insanely vitriolic but also irresistible by their excellent social observations that were to ignite the may '68 "events"/// trty "the most trashy fuzz riff one "les gens sont fous" (people are mad" , then "le responsable" (responsible man" but all the best are in the lyrics "cactus" "l;opportunist" (the profeessional turn coat" -i turned my coat so many times the seams are cracking all over, so came the next revolution i'll turn my pantaloons(last line) , his "et moi et moi et moi" was covered by the Snivelling Shits! ,,, wwell listen to these titles and "on nous cache tout..." all's hidden fron us, we're told nothing" and the classic "mini mini mini" (all's mini in our lives, mini moke mini skirt, miniature who do you hope to con? etc etc up to the best line "mini mini mini, mini mini mini mini! whist Minster, terminus , mini, mini it lacks of air....it is mini dr.switser!!!!. to the 2I prefer maxis ////" every cheap mini word play on mini has Mini swapped by Maxi...." The other songs lyrics are too co;plicated and not epetitive to translate... except if you use a google app or even GPT ... try it on "le responsable"... xxor try this V .... Jools Holland stole his look from J' Dutronc)"

[@PIERRECLARY]

le responsable lyrics, tranlated just for you -mind' it is sarcastic as all his rok songs///- I've got worries, I' got troubles I have worries, I have torments I'm so depressed, I have no money I got no lucky, I got no friends Never a good break, I have taxes My liver hurts, my teeth ache But I don't want to change of condition Because I love problem, the shittier ones I am a responsible man I don't hide my head in the sand I don't want to sing like grandfather "In life, don't worry be happy" Because if I worry today It's because yesterday he was always laughing And tomorrow if I have little ones I want them to be happy in life The more bile I have, the more I like it I savour it like custard ,like beaten whey What I like the most is get so stressed my blood just goes bad like milk, then i feast on it all the time But I also like disasters Who put all life on quotation marks When things are going well I'm unhappy When things go bad I'm very happy I am a responsible man I don't hide my head in the sand I don't want to sing like grandfather " don't worry be happy" And I want to sing on the contrary "this life's purpose is to stress and fear! to always be united with those like me see clearly!" I am a responsible man I am a responsible man I am a responsible man I am a responsible man" now try the google transator of the song "les cactus" (the Cacti,,, ow ow ow Ouch! woohhh!)

[@JimDriver]

Wow, your passion for garage bands and the intricate details of '60s French music is truly inspiring! It's fascinating how music can connect so many cultural threads. Thanks for sharing that and for the kind words!

[@raymondbonington9355]

Drummer Bobby Graham , kinks and Dave Clark 5 , session bloke ?

[@peterchecksfield9958]

Great selection! But you've got to also include The Rolling Stones (don't ignore them just because they're big)... if 'She Said Yeah' isn't Puk Rock before its time, then I don't know what is. Did you ever work with Downliners Sect? Another pioneering R&B band with a proto-Punk sound.

[@JimDriver]

Thanks for those great comments. It's not like me to miss a chance to mention a band everyone would've heard of (if only occasionally). As regards the downline sect , it's a funny thing but they were both before and after my time chronologically and when I was doing stuff at the 100 club, they already had somebody they worked with there. Thanks for adding to the conversation and I hope to see you on the next one!

[@jimpayne404]

Great stuff Jim. I lived in Edinburgh for 20 odd years and never heard of the Buzz - hrard the other bands you name I know but not the one I should have! I remember in 77 the Downliners Sect lps were reissued as 'punk from the vaults' but although it sounded quite good it seemed nearer to the Stones than the stuff I was listening to that summer. Do you know them? Anyway keep it coming!

[@JimDriver]

Thank you so very much for the kind words: I really do appreciate the positive comments. The downlines sect were both before my time and after my time, which is hard to explain but I seem to miss them when they were active. It's a very complicated journey and I'm glad you're around to share it. Cheers!

[@BrendanTripp]

You know, it would be AWESOME if you could (rights acquisitions depending) put out a series of compilation CDs with these cuts (and others like them), and your commentary on the liner notes! Those would certainly be items I'd like to add to my collection, and I doubt I'm alone in that.

[@JimDriver]

That's a great idea! Maybe I might have to start with something like a Spotify playlist and see how it goes. Thanks for watching and for commenting. Cheers!

[@BrendanTripp]

@@JimDriver I'm too much of a boomer to deal with those non-physical formats ... I still like the feeling of permanence of having my music on CDs.

[@LuckyBastardProd]

Try Nuggets vol 2. It’s out of print but it has ton of 60s tracks from the UK like The Eyes, Fluer de Lys, The Smoke, The Action, The Creation etc.

[@AquariusGate]

The Cricketers in Southampton or somewhere else? Great little buzz video ta!

[@JimDriver]

Thank you very much for the kind words! No, it was the cricketers in Kenningyon Oval just next to the Oval cricket ground in Southeast London. Please keep watching!

[@AquariusGate]

@JimDriver I will! Yes I know the one. I used to work at the Fairbridge charity in Kennington, just across the road. Our staff team was in there when England beat the Aussies. It was a mess as every drink went up on the air!

[@2011littlejohn1]

I remember seeing the Riot Squad around 1967 in some London club and later they appeared on the Hughey Green talent show. Have you ever heard of the Junco Partners a popular North East band?

[@JimDriver]

Junko partners?! Yes indeed! as I remember, the manager was Chas Chandler and I had many happy evenings at the cricketeers with him and the Junko Partners. A fantastic band I'd totally forgotten about them: thanks for reminding me!

[@2011littlejohn1]

@@JimDriver I once jammed with Hylton Valentine in a pub in South Shields when he was playing casually in a blue band - after the Animals and coincidentally I also jammed with another guy George who also played guitar with the later Animals. (I only remember his first name but he was the double of Keith Richards and was in a Stones tribute band.). I also know Olga and various guys who played with the Toy Dolls. We all knew Pete who was the subject of The Toy Dolls song Pete's Practice Place. At one time Pete was in a band with me. The Toy Dolls' drummer Dicka did some recording with me. Oh and a guy called Freddy Robertson or Johnson who was going to be bass for the Toy Dolls stole a guitar from me and a bass guitar from the Toy Dolls. He was a sad character but very talented. I once interviewed Olga for an audio cassette which we distributed at Sunderland University; it was like an advertising idea where services or products sponsored the recording which was distributed free. I played support for Jack Bruce in Carlisle the gig was organized by some newspaper guys who ran a small club called The Front Page - you may know of them; they were genuine enthusiasts with a love of music. I now live in Prague and play in rock bands still - sometimes on vocals and guitar and sometimes on bass. There are some great bands around here and I've guested with one called Krumpace (the name means the tool ''pick''. I hope my little ride down memory lane hasn't been too self indulgent.

[@JimDriver]

@@2011littlejohn1 Thanks for those great stories from Prague! I know quite a few of the people you mention, or, at least, I have encountered them at one time or another. The Toy Dolls were fairly regular booking for me, though Olga always thought he should play at the 100 Club (for less money) because it was higher profile! There's also a promoter in Newcastle called Chris Murtagh, who I've known since the 1980s and who I'm still in touch with today. Happy days…

[@AyliCarper]

Acid Bean by Killing Floor. Drums and lyrics pure punk. 1970

[@JimDriver]

Thanks for that! I'm going to check it out right now. Cheers!

[@caeserromero3013]

Probably makes sense that Page didn't play on YRGM as the session was independently funded, which means they probably wouldn't have sprung for the extra cost of session musicians, and just played it themselves....

[@JimDriver]

You must be the Mr. Spock of Music history! I never thought of the logic.! Thanks for taking part and for watching: please keep doing so! Cheers!

[@highdownmartin]

City kids. pink Fairies 1973

[@JimDriver]

Great call! There were several tracks I could've included in this video and that was definitely one of them. We obviously think along the same lines: thanks for commenting and please keep watching!

[@lazlokovacs2263]

The Simple Winch did "Save My Soul", it's a surprisingly aggressive track. The Sorrows were guys in black with a skilled drummer and raw as hell; the track "Let me in" is excellent and completely punk live. Joe Meek is well remembered, a very inventive guy. Personally, I think Pretty Things are the punks that never were.

[@JimDriver]

Haha! I think you're right, though Phil May was a complex character and he seemed to shy away from the whole Punk movement back in the day. He lived in Portobello Road at the time so was right in the middle of the Punk/squatting movement. I think it gave him something to think about. Happy days… But in their attitude, the Pretty Things were as Punk as it comes, and that's probably why they never got to be as big as the Rolling Stones, Who or Zeppelin, all of whom sucked inspiration from the Pretties. As regards, the other tracks you mention, I am aware of them but whenI was compiling this, I noticed that another video maker had used those examples in a similar video and ( don't want to be thought of as a copyist… Cheers!

[@jimmywotton5547]

Wimple winch, 😂 bloody typos eh!

[@bobgreen8142]

I love the Pretty Things in all their guises, including Electric Banana. I saw them only once, very early in 1972 at a small club in Potters Bar, supported by a relatively unknown band called Roxy Music. I sometimes wonder what happened to Roxy Music...

[@shed6624]

Great vid Jim I’m thinking MC5

[@JimDriver]

You should! Thanks for the positive comment and please come back when you're done with MC5. After all, they're not a barely known British band… :)

[@shed6624]

@@JimDriver Hi Jim Motor city 5 American band check out “Kick out the Jams” surely the start of Punk? Later 60s I think it was the first single with a swear word at the beginning??? Keep up the good work I watch and appreciate all you videos cheers

[@johngilmore697]

The Rick Stein of underrated music

[@JimDriver]

That's very kind of you to say so! ( I think!) 😀

[@fkat1666]

2 words garage rock!!

[@JimDriver]

Very possibly in some cases but David (Screaming Lord) Sutch once told me he didn't have a garage and hated the term. Thanks for contributing and joing in the conversation. Cheers!

[@fkat1666]

@JimDriver and now we are friends, I did a presentation in college about Queer Rock, and many UK bands on there Buzzcocks had Shelly, Tom Robinson, and if the rumors are true Jonsey.

[@matata66]

Just by the old “pebbles” LP’s, way better!

[@JimDriver]

I love it that no two people are the same. Thanks for taking part. Please keep watching and commenting!

[@slimpixie2404]

The Riot Squad? I had contact through my store with a drummer from Venezuela who came to the UK in the 60's and I swear he said if was in a band called Riot Squad at some point. Chap called Fernando.

[@JimDriver]

Thanks for sharing that great story. This is the only KZbin channel that could possibly feature stuff like this! Please keep watching and please keep commenting. Cheers!

[@Allgo61]

Immence respect to you for being around the music of 76-79, but, anyone of that era knows what the music labelled by the red tops, as PUNK was the scene as actualy about

[@JimDriver]

Thanks for the kind words (I think!) And I'm aware that the word punk has several connotations and meanings. I go for the musical sense mixing with a bit of the cultural bit but at the end of the day, I'm just making videos that I hope entertaining and informative. Thanks for adding your views and I hope you'll keep watching. Cheers!

[@garymallett5962]

She said yeah by the Rolling Stones was pretty punky

[@JimDriver]

Yes, some of the Stones' early stuff is very punky. Sadly, as they grew out of it, I grew out of them. Thanks for taking part and please keep watching. Cheers!

[@StephenOconnor-c4t]

Jim what you think of steve harley got some great tunes

[@JimDriver]

Yes, Steve Harley and Cockney rebel played a fairly big in my life from when I was at the Seagull at Southall and they shot a video in the back room. This must've been very early 1970s. in fact, the last gig I put on was at Margate Winter Gardens and Steve was the Sunday night headliner. I think you're right, I should feature him in a future video. Cheers!

[@StephenOconnor-c4t]

👍👍​@@JimDriver

[@archie6945]

No "Real Wild Child" from the 50s?

[@JimDriver]

I would have considered 'Wild One' by Australian Johnny O'Keefe, but this video is about British roots. I get your point though and I must do a more general video one day. Thanks for the prompt. Cheers!

[@jkp123ism]

You need to write a book Jim all knowledge if buy it .

[@JimDriver]

I decided against writing a book in favour of making these videos. Thanks for the comment and I appreciate your support! Cheers!

[@garyrigby21]

Listen to It's a Crime by The Kirkby's

[@JimDriver]

Yes indeed! Kinks were one of my favourite 1960s bands from the very start. It soon became clear why! Thanks for taking part. Cheers.

[@garyrigby21]

@@JimDriver The Kirkby's

[@EdVanMeyer]

Eddie Cochran's Something Else was likely the first punk single c. 1957! - Even the Sex Pistols covered it!

[@JimDriver]

Yes, I agree. That's a whole new video, which I intend to make one day soon! There are also quite a few 1950s Blues tracks that were prototype Punk! Thanks for watching and for taking part. Please stick around!

[@peterchecksfield9958]

Chck out Eddie's 'Nervous Breakdown' too, very raw!

[@thomasandersen6719]

It was NOT the Sex Pistols who covered it. Rotten was not on it but that clown Sid was

[@eymerichinquisitore9022]

We're not here to destroy We are here to employ We have come to make you function So we can eat you at our functions We are the meninblack

[@JimDriver]

Very true. That's a philosophy I have always adhere to, even before it was written into the screenplay. Thanks for taking part. Cheers!

[@pmoran7971]

In my opinion you played the best track of the Punk era, apart from the Pistols, which was 'New Rose' but they were a Rock band, You really got me' was more Rock than Punk, but I will forgive you, I bet you were a Beatles fan, I was not, and thought they were overrated, but you are a good listen, take care

[@JimDriver]

Thank you very much for the kind words and for the constructive criticism. I was indeed a fan of the Beatles for my sins! You make several good points there thanks for doing so and please keep watching and commenting. Cheers!

[@caeserromero3013]

"We were called the Originals, but there was another band called the originals, so we changed to the New Originals, then we became the regulars, then the originals broke up and we though about reverting to the Originals again but then thought: why go back?"

[@JimDriver]

Ha ha! Yes indeed: it all makes sense! Cheers!

[@postiepaul]

‘You Really Got Me’. Punk or heavy metal?

[@JimDriver]

Definitely not heavy metal. The Davies brothers had way more taste than that! 😀 I hope you go to keep watching and commenting (even when I say something you might not like)! Cheers!

[@Simonh65ish]

The bird is the word? The Trashmen circ '66?..very pre punk. .

[@JimDriver]

Thank you for that great call. I hadn't heard of them, but I'll definitely check them out. Please keep watching and commenting!

[@Graham-o7z]

Vegetable Man by Pink Floyd could easily have been covered by The Damned

[@JimDriver]

Yes, that's very true. Maybe i'll be able to include Vegetable Man on a future video. Thanks!

[@spmoran4703]

I am not keen on Punk . But this is interesting. And anything by Jeff Beck is obviously going to be superiour. You really got me going by the Kinks is just a heavy British blues and influenced early Heavy rock and metal. No different to any thing by Led Zep or Deep Purple. Jimmy Page atually played on Waterloo Sunset. I met Chris Farlow nice guy . But tough as old leather if he says change your bands name , you do that.

[@JimDriver]

Haha! Yes, indeed. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. We may have slightly different ideas but that's what this is all about. Please stick around and we'll debate again. Cheers!

[@spmoran4703]

@@JimDriver Will do. I found the documentary to be of great interest . I look forward to seeing more

[@bernmahan1162]

This is all just rhythm n blues! I don't think there was much proto punk in the UK in the 60's, it was all happening in the States with their garage bands. An honourable mention for the Deviants though, surely. "Garbage" is slow but in attitude and lyrics totally punk. The Who should have got a look in too. I'd like to see you getting to the early 70's then we have some truly British protopunk eg Hawkwind ("Motorhead"), the Pink Fairies ("The Snake"), even Gong ("You can't kill me") etc etc. Stackwaddy had a totally punk attitude but were really very heavy blues.

[@JimDriver]

Thanks for that very interesting comment. I agree with a lot of what you say but I think it's more nuanced than you suggest. Anyway, it's an interesting voyage of discovery for us all. Please keep watching (and stay on the ship)! Cheers!

[@bernmahan1162]

@@JimDriver I always enjoy watching you Jim, even if I don't always agree with your rankings!

[@ndogg20]

Some 60s band just stumbled on the 70s punk sound when playing fast and aggressive. But for me the real 60s punk band were born from the British Invasion led by the Beatles. Before that invasion you may have had a young band or two in every neighborhood or small town. After the invasion you had thousands of kids trying to be the Beatles or Stones but lacked everything: musicianship, talent, songwriting abilities, experience, but no matter they had the look IE long hair and mod clothes and the most importantly the drive. And they were awful. In short time they gave up trying to sound like the Beatles and started competing with other amateur bands with a sound of their own that they created. So if you come across a barely listenable record from that time you will have the real 'proto-punks' .

[@JimDriver]

Thank you very much for that. Great comment! Please keep watching and commenting. Cheers!

[@shaunw9270]

Great video again. I love The Attack , "I Feel Like Flying" is my favourite of theirs...in the States , The Standells recorded a much better version of "Try It", with more 'attitude'.

[@JimDriver]

I greatly appreciate the positive comment: thank you very much! I also appreciate what you say about the music and I think you could well be right, but it suited the agenda of the video to use 'Try It'. Please keep watching and commenting!

[@alexleigh7195]

Alan pounds get rich -searching in the wilderness & the eyes -your too much, there's loads of it, known as freakbeat these days although that's a modern term

[@JimDriver]

Thanks for commenting and for taking part please keep watching! Cheers!

[@bobikdylan]

Definitely not a Who fan, then!

[@JimDriver]

Who?! 🤓 Haha, you could say that! Thanks for joining in! As you probably have noticed, I never really got into the Who, who I always thought weren't really "proper". I can't put my finger on why…

[@stephenfoster2945]

Get those nose hairs.

[@JimDriver]

Unfortunately, I cut them out after seeing that! Hair today, gone tomorrow…

[@Neil-Aspinall]

Dear Lord, nose hair.

[@JimDriver]

Indeed! It wasn't noticeable until I posted it. I have since taken steps you'll be pleased to hear. please keep watching even if there is no featured nose hair in future videos! Cheers!