Undertones- Teenage Kicks (REACTION & REVIEW)

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[@toniyoung5131]

This was the favourite song of the great John Peel, the best dj Britain ever had. JP introduced me to more new music than any other.

[@Reani71]

The best DJ the world ever had. He was so influential on the whole music scene and especially on everything alternative between the 70s and the 90s. He was a protege to many bands and the first to constantly play them on his show. Teenage kicks was played on his funeral. My youth wouldn't have been what it was without numerous vinyls of his famous Peel Sessions.

[@sunkenindeaf]

Bottom line of John Peel's epitaph reads: _"Teenage dreams so hard to beat."_

[@heathcornbeef]

J.P also gave one of the greatest bands ever in my opinion a break STIFF LITTLE FINGER'S

[@heathcornbeef]

JP please check out STIFF LITTLE FINGER'S song ROOT'S RADICALS ROCKER'S AND REGGAE this is in my top five songs ever

[@heathcornbeef]

@@Katehowe3010 you know it!!!

[@billwatt1370]

Some background for you. They were an Irish band formed at the height of the violent troubles in Northern Ireland. They made a conscious decision not to mention The Troubles and wrote songs about teenage life (their second album was called More Songs About Chocolate And Girls). They had a string of hit singles and albums in the late seventies. Singer Fergal Sharkey, an ex choir boy, went on to have solo hits after the band split, including a number one. Teenage Kicks was originally entitled Teenage Sex.

[@bjhellstream]

Such an epic punk classic. Punk was really a throwback to the simpler pop of the sixties. Just played faster, harder and with more raw lyrics in general.

[@paulc745]

Feargal Sharkey is a keen angler and now a campaigner against pollution of the UK waterways. He was on BBC News this morning, talking about the scandal of our water companies dumping raw sewage into rivers and coastal waters!

[@sphericalharmony1603]

A classic of the genre. Looking back to early rock-'n'-roll was very much part of the back-to-basics ethos of punk: you get your guitars and your 3 chords (or 4 in this case) say what you want to say and say it quickly. The raw energy of this song still shines through today.

[@gaiaeternal5131]

Hi JP. DP from UK. Songs like these are All I Need. One of the best punk/new wave hit singles: good catchy song, great singer (unusually for punk!). Feargel Sharkey went solo and had a UK number 1 with A Good Heart. He's now an environmentalist, campaigning against pollution in Britain's rivers, especially our pure chalk streams in Wiltshire and Hampshire (the water rises in the chalkhills - remember the XTC song). P.S. my song ref All I Need is by Jacob Collier.

[@bjhellstream]

And Feargal made that song with Vince Clarke after he left Depeche Mode.

[@ythomitnellum]

He’s also CEO of the industry body UK Music, campaigning for the preservation of small music venues, proper compensation for musicians and songwriters, and a EU-wide performance licence to combat the at least 30% in costs facing musicians wishing to tour Europe (or EU musicians wishing to tour the UK) as a result of the national act of moronicity called Brexit.

[@cosmiccat6708]

"Babylon's Burning" by The Ruts. Just saying!😺

[@pentagrammaton6793]

🔥🔥🔥

[@hotblackdesiato3022]

Agreed

[@doiminiclynch5208]

John peel’s favourite band were also ‘The Fall’, great english band from the 70s-10s. Be nice to see you react to them

[@ste.6026]

I really liked The Undertones around '79-'81, 'Teenage Kicks' is one of my all timers it's a little reminiscent of tracks like Eddie Cochran's 'Summertime Blues', together with tracks like 'Girls Don't Like It', 'Jimmy Jimmy', 'My Perfect Cousin', 'Here Comes Summer', 'When Saturday Comes', 'You've Got My Number' & 'Get Over You' all are slices of punk pop/new wave perfection... A nice choice... Feargal has some decent solo stuff, I love his voice, the man could sing and you always knew who was singing... Oh! it's pronounced Fer-gal...

[@diogenesagogo]

Always associate this track with The Buzzcocks 'Ever Fallen In Love With Someone (You Shouldn't've Fallen In Love With)'. Love them both equally. Perhaps The Damned for something perhaps more hardcore (but funny!). kzbin.info/www/bejne/iobbd4Rrhqecj80

[@bobcarr2649]

Wednesday week was my fave, they sounded so San Francisco psych. Met Mr Sharkey once when he was scouting for bands, nice chap.

[@ste.6026]

@@diogenesagogo Wednesday Week and Julie Ocean are both beautiful tracks, let's not forget 'Never Never' by Assembly, Vince Clarks short lived project with guest vocalists.... There is great footage with Feargal & Erasure performing it live on You Tube...

[@altair8598]

As so often JP you have picked up on something I'd taken for granted - the 50s swing.

[@vladtheinhaler6647]

John Peel's favourite track of all time.

[@markspooner1224]

This was on the 'Good Vibrations' label which is from the Belfast record shop of Terri Hooley. This store opened during the troubles in Northern Island and Terri bravely championed the local music scene in difficult circumstances, a very good film called 'Good Vibrations' was made about this in 2013 and is highly recommended. Feargal (pronounced Fergal) Sharkey was on BBC tv this morning speaking on enviromental issues (water and rivers).

[@michaelcapewell4811]

Loads more like this…Jimmy Jimmy, My Perfect Cousin, Get Over You, You Got My Number etc Then they got a little more sophisticated for great songs like It’s Gonna Happen, Wednesday Week & Judy Ocean. Great band. Peel loved it so much that when he played it for the first time on his show he raved about it and played it again immediately.

[@Malfie657]

Excellent choice, and required radio listening in my early teens - was it punk or new wave or something else, I didn't know then or now! Others of theirs that are well worth a listen are "Jimmy, Jimmy" and "My Perfect Cousin" as well as Feargal Sharkey's solo hit "You Little Thief" (with the original Music Vid!!).

[@Richarddraper]

Such an amazing song. The Undertones are well worth diving into a bit deeper. My favourite song of theirs is Get Over You off the first album. Stiff Little Fingers and Rudi were also great Northern Irish punk bands. I'd highly recommend checking them out as well. Alternative Ulster by Stiff Little Fingers and Big Time by Rudi are both good places to start.

[@Ursulauu]

Stranglers - Undertones - Buzzcocks - 3 great punk bands right there. Feargal, unfortunately doesn't sing with them anymore...Try 'My Perfect Cousin' next - great lyrics!

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

The singers name is Feargal Sharkey, what a great name, Ive had that bit of info in my head for 45 years and never got to use it until now.

[@barriehull7076]

John Peel was a legend. His favourite single is widely known to have been "Teenage Kicks" by The Undertones; in an interview in 2001, he stated "There's nothing you could add to it or subtract from it that would improve it."[42] In the same 2001 interview, he also listed "No More Ghettos in America" by Stanley Winston, "There Must Be Thousands" by The Quads and "Lonely Saturday Night" by Don French as being among his all-time favourites. He also described Lianne Hall as one of the great English voices. In 1997 The Guardian asked Peel to list his top 20 albums. He listed Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica as his number 1, having previously described it as "a work of art". The top 20 also included LPs by The Velvet Underground, The Ramones, Pulp, Misty in Roots, Nirvana, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, The Four Brothers, Dave Clarke, Richard and Linda Thompson and The Rolling Stones.[52] A longer list of his favourite singles was revealed in 2005 when the contents of a wooden box in which he stored the records that meant the most to him were made public.[53] The box was the subject of a television documentary, John Peel's Record Box. Out of 130 vinyl singles in the box, 11 of them were by The White Stripes, more than any other band in the box.[54] In 1999 Peel presented a nightly segment on his programme titled the Peelennium, in which he played four recordings from each year of the 20th century. Wikipedia.

[@jamespaivapaiva4460]

Punk my butt!!! Quick, simple, garage band rock with production values. C'mon be a Stooge, dog. Peace & Love.

[@barriehull7076]

Seán Feargal Sharkey OBE (born 13 August 1958) is a singer from Northern Ireland most widely known as the lead vocalist of punk band The Undertones in the 1970s and 1980s, and for solo works in the 1980s and 1990s. His 1985 solo single "A Good Heart" was an international success. After becoming less musically active in the early 1990s, he has performed various roles supporting the UK's commercial music industry, winning several awards and honours for his work in that area. Wikipedia.

[@saturninebear]

It's a slight song, but it's got a great catchy riff. It does indeed have a Rock'n'Roll 50s vibe. Overall a great track from my childhood.

[@Andy_Ross1962]

The chord progression gives it the 'rock and roll swing'

[@arthurkettle3010]

Another terrific choice JP.....the Undertones were much loved and championed by the late great John Peel...one of the most important figures in British music history and someone who was absolutely pivotal to the UK punk scene - to the extent that without him and his BBC Radio show the punk/post punk-scene probably wouldn't have taken off and then developed the way it did...- a 100% genuine influencer before the term was even thought of

[@mirbogatyr]

Thanks for featuring Undertones. I Love reactions about music that kids actually cared about during this time. For example,Toy Dolls, Bauhaus, Cramps, Dickies, Buzzcocks, Vibrators and more! Thanks for not extolling the virtues of Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac or Eagles simply because wine and cheese Boomer types extoll it's virtues.

[@btj-oo8xc]

Try their label mates The Rezillos from Edinburgh. 'Good Sculptures' is a good one to start with

[@carterlink]

Classic! I was never much of a fan of real punk, but this is more my kind of thing. Has more craft about it. Any chance of getting back to that most underrated of bands, XTC?! Just came to mind then, as they also mashed up that punk vibe with a more melodic and inventive approach. How about reacting to ‘The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead’? I find that track so powerful.

[@MartinLindnerDigital]

an artrock-aficionado who also has a knack for simple & great garage pop-punk: a good thing.

[@brxee]

Nicely accompanied by The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet and The Members - Sounds Of The Suburbs.

[@Andy_Ross1962]

Probably the first thing I learned to play on the guitar when I was a teenager!

[@maartenlemmens8628]

The whole first album is a punk pop classic.

[@linusfotograf]

Be aware Justin that this and Buzzcocks are on the very melodic and poppy end of the punk spectrum. You should do some Dead Kennedys, Black Flag or Minor Threat

[@sphericalharmony1603]

I believe that one track by the Dead Kennedys has already been reviewed on the channel.

[@kevinhodgson2990]

Hardcore punk is raw, in your face, and tends to make a political/social statement. For specific songs try "In My Eye" and "Minor Threat" by Minor Threat, "Rise Above" and "Damaged" by Black Flag featuring front man Henry Rollins, and "California Ubet Alles", "Kill The Poor" by Dead Kennedys (Holiday In Cambodia was already done). Some more notable bands: MDC (Born To Die), Crass (Do They Owe Us A Living?), Suicidal Tendencies (Institutionalized).

[@linusfotograf]

The bands I mentioned are the more legendary and popular I guess but there are so many great hardcore punk bands; Slapshot and Poison Idea!

[@jackal59]

@@kevinhodgson2990 Much of Crass is borderline unlistenable. I'd suggest picking something off the album _Penis Envy_ because the lyrics are great and Eve Libertine's delivery is fantastic. She's like a punk Lotte Lenya (whereas Steve Ignorant just makes we want to grumble, "Shut your gob you twat").

[@kevinhodgson2990]

@@jackal59 I don't think any of my friends had any issues with Steves vocals or delivery back in the day but our tastes may be very different from your. Stations of the Crass and Penis Envy were often played in my circle of punk musicians. If you don't like Steve's version of Owe Us a Living, there is a cover by Croy and the Boys that turns it country. It's an interesting contrast.

[@lubilou64]

As John Peel once said "the perfect pop song" 😊

[@seanoroideain3994]

Fergal ( it's an Irish name....pronounced Fur-gull).....Sharkey..... had a beautiful vibrato to his voice which made him unique as a punk singer.....My favourite Irish rock band ever!John Peel (RIP).....told the undertones in a documentary that he wanted "A teenage dream's so hard to beat"......on his tombstone and his family honoured his wishes...which I think is lovely brilliant band seen them live a couple times and my Dad Harry Reddin (RIP)..... didn't like punk rock but was a Derry man like the band and was very proud of them....check out "My Perfect Cousin"...the Undertones still gig...still brilliant!

[@jtenaz]

Love The Undertones, the four albums.

[@jeremyb5640]

On the poppier side of punk, but one of *the* classic singles of the late seventies. Good spot with the rock and roll roots. Feargal Sharkey went on to have a pop career in the eighties and a number one single with 'A Good Heart', produced by Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics.

[@SebGeddy]

Pure pop punk perfection, great riff, great energy . If you haven't yet, you should try "Hanging on the Telephone" by the Nerves, "Ever Fallen in Love (with Someone You Shouldn't Have) by Buzzcocks...

[@kirkgibson4502]

The original lyrics where " I wanna hold it wanna hold it tight" get teenage kicks right through the night. But when they recorded the song the lyrics where changed to hold her tight. I actually liked Julie Ocean.

[@cutthr0atjake]

"FUR-GULL SHAR-KEY"

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

A classic. Probably the closest UK/Irish punk got the the US punk sound of bands like The Ramones. As you said, it perfectly blends the punk aesthetic with 60s garage rock. The lead singer's name is pronounced "FUR-gle" - it's an Irish name. Another band that mixed punk and 60s styling that you'd probably like is new-wave(-ish) band The Jesus & Mary Chain.

[@heathcornbeef]

Another awesome song my bro this song gives me goosebumps everytime i hear it

[@phillipjohngreenslade1333]

Simple and unpretentious. Perfect for it's time.

[@tonybarruk2]

The lyrics actually make more sense as the originally intended "I want to hold IT, want to hold IT tight, get Teenage Kicks all through the night"... one of the great sub-3-minute singles!

[@triffidkiller1234]

You have the same initials as the great John Peel that championed this song, he was the first to play many many songs on the radio throughout his career from the 60's to the end of the century.

[@normandavidtidiman9918]

Loved this particular track at the time,and they were a great singles band. 'Jimmy Jimmy' & 'You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It?)' are my particular favourites. Not punk for me though,just a superior New Wave Pop Band.

[@delorangeade]

There were some connections between punk/ pub rock and early rock and roll. The Sex Pistols covering Eddie Cochrane songs helped reignite interest in artists of that era and there was a revival of rockabilly music in the UK charts that paralleled punk and new wave.

[@normandavidtidiman9918]

The Sex Pistols didn't cover any Eddie Cochran songs. Sid Vicious sang two of his songs with Cook & Jones backing on 'The Great Rock n Roll Swindle' under the Pistols name.

[@delorangeade]

@@normandavidtidiman9918 It's a bit pedantic. but I take your point.

[@Escapee5931]

Aside from The Undertones' other hits ( My Perfect Cousin etc.), Sharkey also had a solo hit with "A Good Heart" - worth checking out if you like his voice.

[@annesmith2259]

Don’t forget The Assembly.. Never Never 👍🏻

[@parissimons6385]

Hi Justin, thanks for your comments, where you spot the connection to earlier pop sounds. And yes, this was John Peel's favourite song. Which is significant because John Peel was significant in the development of British popular music for decades. There are various releases by various bands of "Peel Sessions", where they would go to the studio and play live, without an audience, for his show. Anyhow, like you, I enjoyed the Undertones, and the rough and ready catchy tunes and fun lyrics of their first album. And was also really taken by how they developed, still with a fondness for the more wide-ranging styles of pop on their third album, Positive Touch. Keep in mind that these guys came from Northern Ireland, so a somewhat different social background from other British bands at the time. (Similarly, for example the Buzzcocks hailed from Manchester rather than London, so a different regional sense informing them from those developing in the capital of the UK, like Sex Pistols, the Clash, etc.)

[@summertime_blooz]

I had forgotten all about this fun band, so thanks for jarring my memory with this video, Justin. They made lots of fine pop-rock (this is not punk) highlighted by the unique voice of Feargal Sharkey. You know it's the Undertones the second he starts singing. I'll watch if you decide to do more. Hope you visit the bands Magazine and Psychedelic Furs from this same era.

[@richardhowlett9424]

The Undertones were one of my favourite bands back in the day . Another great track is “My Perfect Cousin” .

[@bryanforis1839]

One best groups seen live great mugrea sic great live I saw buzzcocks

[@piershollott339]

Check out Undertones cover of "Under the Boardwalk"... and all the other songs people have mentioned, and Feargal Sharkey's solo "A Good Heart". He has incredible vibrato, and apparently was born with it. Fantastic band. One of John Peel's favourite bands, and they did some good Peel Sessions. Perfect 3 minute pop songs.

[@Databhoy]

Thanks for playing this - you have no idea how much it made my day. BTW it’s pronounced Fer Gal. It’s an Irish name - the Undertones were from Northern Ireland. If you are going to dive into the Undertones wormhole, make sure to listen to them chronologically as they changed radically over the years - and still stayed great.

[@maruad7577]

You could change the lyrics and play it on Happy Days. Punk was a getting back to basics musically iirc. edited to add that I have no memory of hearing this band before so although it has a familiar sound, it is new to me.

[@drea4195]

As much as I like Teenage Kicks, IMO, The Undertones were at their best with "My Perfect Cousin" and "There Goes Norman". It's punk with a dash of humor, which is when punk is at its finest. ETA: to "get" the full dose of humor, watch those official videos.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

They were a breath of fresh air when they burst on the scene but like all things that burn with the brightest flame they burnt out all too quickly … Wednesday Week is a different tone for them and all the finer for it 😆 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@plawrence8083]

Arguably the best live band I saw.

[@richardlawrence6619]

Saw the Undertones in June with Paul McLoone fronting. Such a great set, full of energy. "My perfect cousin" next?

[@Reani71]

Some other punk suggestions from that same era: Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster, The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet, Eddie and the Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do, The Damned - New Rose, Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer, The Jam - In the City, Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World, Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank Generation

[@ste.6026]

Would love a Only Ones reaction, a truly underrated band...

[@delorangeade]

Good suggestions.

[@terrysutton8452]

In my opinion the best pop song every made. We’re they punk? Well in this case it doesn’t matter. They just made loads of short catchy songs that will last forever.

[@dougoneill7266]

Hardly Punk but certainly one of the greatest singles ever.

[@davepb5798]

Jimmy Jimmy, is another great tune, love the Undertones!!

[@ijustneedmyself]

Good ol' pop punk! It's fun stuff.

[@HippoYnYGlaw]

JP, when you’re packing your boxes u need to listen to Jordan: the Comeback. It‘ll have you in tears. No need to review it. Just use it as a Balm to help you deal with uprooting. This? Along with Skids’ Into the Valley, it loses it’s grip on one in a context of cold musical evaluation. Your comments were as warm and peceptive as ever though. I wonder whether “I’m in love with a German Film Star” by The Passions -a top 5 single of all time -will maintain it’s emotional impact while under the JustJP scrutiny? I hope so! Why not try it -unless of course you’ve heard it before ? On a film soundtrack possibly?

[@vladtheinhaler6647]

Feargal Sharkey had a pretty successful career solo too, although pop rather than punk, but decent pop.

[@chickedee1085]

Yeee

[@stuartauld2149]

Marvellous!

[@bryanforis1839]

Great band when came out you would run out get album when I first got the I was at radio station they said take as many want

[@iainweller452]

Great song, for some “proper punk” check out Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster or The Ruts - Babylon’s Burning

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

His name is pronounced 'Fur-gal', this song is borderline Punk, I find that a lot of music from that time gets mis-labelled, I was 16 in 1976 in the UK at the height of Punk, and I was both a Punk Rocker and a DJ at the time.

[@SmartCookie2022]

Connoisseurs of punk were always arguing over what was real punk and what was just amateur rock. If a punk band sounded too polished, many punk rockers simply rejected them out of hand.

[@ioiniipiailiaitinii559]

The Jags / Back On My Hand

[@garethgriffiths1674]

John Peel liked the song so much that it was played at his funeral.

[@AriadneJC]

It's always difficult to write something about a track that has, like in this case, become a bit of a mythically legendary thing amongst the listeners of a certain era, demographic, region, or whatever grouping is appropriate. If you attempt to write something and it's in favour of the piece, praising it, you could easily be accused of simply jumping on the hype-wagon (either of the time or of the legendary status it later acquires). If it's negative, however, it could come across as some kind of reactionary "Oh, ***I*** never thought it was all that good, actually" piece of nose-in-the-air snobbery in an attempt to come off all hipster and musically aloof, floating above the hoi-polloi. So I won't bother writing anything and just enjoy these few minutes of simple but catchy pop.

[@marcharley6465]

For all of the "Year Zero" rhetoric, the first wave of UK punk was actually pretty traditional, musically speaking. In the main, it wasn't until punk evolved into hardcore, new wave and post-punk that musical boundaries were deliberately challenged and gleefully broken.

[@arrow5599]

should do 'my perfect cousin' next

[@pflynn581]

Wednesday Week is great by them.

[@ronaldmilner8932]

I love music reactors that don't react to all the "popular" songs. Here is a band that you should consider JP - The Libertines. Start with "Don't look back into the Sun".

[@cutthr0atjake]

I can't hear this without thinking of John Peel. :-(

[@larryriley8802]

The Undertones and Stiff Little Fingers (SLF) were pretty much the two biggest punk band in Northern Ireland in the late 1970’s a time when the Troubles were going full bore. Bombs going off, paramilitary gangs, barbed wire everywhere, sectarian hatred and the British Army all over the place. SLF were a mixed band of both Protestant and Catholics and at least to start out with were very political and the all Catholic Undertones were pointedly not. I get both sides of that.

[@CWargh63]

That was the basic concept that Macolm McLaren put forth as his rationale for the Sex Pistols, especially on the track "The Geatest Rock N Roll Swindle" - punk was basically just old time rock and roll, faster, more intense, with attitude. Any non-original songs on the Pistols' albums were just that, remakes of 50s and 60s rock and roll hits. I don't agree with him, but he seemed to feel he was pulling a fast one on the gullible youth - at least this was his stated opinion by some accounts.

[@edwardsighamony]

Great song. Though I feel weird whenever I sing along to it in my car now that I'm in my late 40s.

[@-davidolivares]

I got from it a slightly punk feel, not much. Yes, very sock hop. Come on let’s Stroll. Vocals, if Geddy and Perry had a singing baby. Thought it a decent rock pop song, hadn’t heard it. Pretty good.

[@spruce381]

It’s so basic and brilliant - typical of teens all over who realised anyone could form a band - this is a classic.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

It’s talking about being a teenager with raging hormones etc … it’s FERG-AL 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@aesotope1592]

Who's that band that did 'Gordon is a Moron' ? Anyone?

[@HippoYnYGlaw]

Jilted John aka Alan Shuttleworth aka doh! actor...? Sparkes

[@LifelikeFiction]

Try „The Ruts“

[@masterofparsnips5327]

Great tune .. but needs more Clash 😉

[@Kianmur]

Fer-gal sharkey

[@maraboo72]

They were rather unknown in Germany when they appeared in the 9th Rocknacht opening for the night. I think they were just ok and for opening the show their music was appropriate. But they paled so much compared to the bands that followed. Mink de Ville was also rather unknown but their performance was unbelievable, followed by Black Uhuru with great Reggae sounds and at last Roger Chapman, "The King of The Shouters". It may not be fair to compare The Undertones to the other three bands because they were on a complately different level. But the first impression is just the first impression and so I still think they were a good band I would not turn the radio off but also far away from special.

[@frugalseverin2282]

This is my 1st time hearing them, it was okay, kind of repetitive. The only punk band I like is The Ramones. I do like a lot of post-punk bands that made the transition to new wave. There are loads of great '80s bands. I don't see any reaction to The Ramones on your channel. Grab "Ramones Mania" which compiles 30 of their best tracks, 3 chord wonders mostly without guitar solos. They had a sense of humor, loads of songs about lobotomy, sedation, shock treatment and psycho therapy. My favorite? 'The KKK Took My Baby Away'

[@sphericalharmony1603]

I think you're right about the Ramones: I don't recall them being reviewed on the channel. Very influential on the formation of punk and definitely need to be checked out.

[@ijustneedmyself]

Speaking as someone who also enjoys the Ramones, I'm kinda tickled that you found this song repetitive 😆

[@vurogj]

Dave Grohl has (inadvertently) ruined this song for me. Anyone else see his chat with Pharell Williams in "From Cradle to Stage" where he explains how basic a drummer he is? Listen @1:39 and compare to the disco beats that were around at the same time.

[@andrewgibson395]

First album was very promising but they kind of lost direction a bit, Wednesday Week was really a pop single and badly damaged their credibility with their punk/new wave fans.

[@arrow5599]

furr gul

[@jfergs.3302]

Another tune called 'punk' simply cos is came out at the end of the 70's. Punk, my bottom. A bog standard pop tune that included some slightly fuzzy guitar. Also, it's simple as fud, repetitive, and with a solo a beginner could play. It somehow seems to have achieved almost mythic status (in the UK anyway) just cos J. Peel said it was his fave. It's ok, but far from anything special. * Now re real punk, we need more CRASS. Where's Bloody Revolutions, Banned From The Roxy, or You've Got Big Hands...

[@jfergs.3302]

@@Katehowe3010 I guess it's just something only an early talk talk fan could think in 'special' 😂

[@jfergs.3302]

@@Katehowe3010 I class the 3rd one as early too.

[@pentagrammaton6793]

@@Katehowe3010 ok, both of you take ten paces, then turn and, swing those handbags!

[@pentagrammaton6793]

@@Katehowe3010 hahahaha

[@jaybird4093]

@@pentagrammaton6793 🤣🤣🤣

[@halcyon289]

Punk ?? No !

[@jaybird4093]

The title of the song made me cringe. The playing made me cringe. The songwriting made me cringe. The bleating (singing) made me really cringe. A one-word summary for me is Cringy.

[@pentagrammaton6793]

I kinda like this song, even though it's cheesy as hell and you're spot on. I hate myself for it hahaha

[@jaybird4093]

@@pentagrammaton6793 I admit, there are similar kinds of songs that I like as well. I’m sure it has to do with upbringing and exposure. I live in the states so The Undertones weren’t on my radar. This is a first listen for me! 😁

[@a.k.1740]

I never liked Feargal Sharkey's tone of voice, neither with The Undertones, nor with The Assembly, nor solo so for me it's unlistenable.

[@sicko_the_ew]

Hmm ... I think I'd still prefer *The Finest Joke is Upon Us* for the day's rock ration (we swill down bucketfuls of rocks on this planet). kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqbEkp54g8iDmM0 (By *GBV* ) It goes nice and wonky in the middle. Slides off the edge of itself. (Don't parse it. Just a bit of gobbledegook. They're partial to gobbledegook on this planet, too.)

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For something rockier, try *Stone - by Alice in Chains* . Not bucketfuls of rocks on that planet, but a nice big one, suitable for Sisyphus. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3zQinmPatSCrK8 If you've somehow managed to be into metal, and yet miss out on AIC, you'll be a happy fellow when you get round to fixing that.

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