We played with Buzzcocks back in 2013 at a fest in London. He was a fantastic bloke, who will now never know that it was us who raided their dressing room and made off with the wine.
There are few experiences as wonderful as hearing a Buzzcocks song for the first time and you have many such experiences to come, you lucky, lucky man! You hit the nail on the head for me with your Smiths comparison for this and several other Buzzcocks songs. I was slightly too young to really understand this song when it first came out but the "Singles - Going Steady" compilation meant it came freshly into my consciousness in the middle of the Smiths time and it felt like it could have been written for me in the same way many of their songs did. I never managed to see the Smiths play, always planned to and was devastated when they split. I thought Buzzcocks were on the same list but I did see them about a decade ago. I don't know if they were as good then as they'd been their first time around but they were magnificent all the same. A night I won't forget. Don't leave it so long to listen to them again, you deserve a treat for these entertaining videos and more Buzzcocks is just the thing. There are too many great ones to suggest but one that often gets overlooked is "Why Can't I Touch It?". Give it a listen either on or off screen, you won't regret it.
It is good for you to study and appreciate the foundation and early roots of this genre. Thank you. The Buzzcocks (according to legend) opened for the Sex Pistols at one if their first gigs.
Buzzcocks are amazing. Right at the forefront of the punk / pop revolution... Other great tunes to check out: "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" and "Orgasm Addict" (as you mentioned... DEFINITELY worth checking out!) ...and I'll keep banging this drum: GUIDED BY VOICES! GBV is a brilliant amazing vehicle for pop genius ROBERT POLLARD... who has written over 3000 songs... and over 100 albums... it's quite a daunting catalog... GUIDED BY VOICES are a TOTAL DIY band... with Pollard writing about 95% of the songs... he does most of the album covers... and they're on their own label... for DECADES... and STILL going strong. I'd start with one of these songs: "My Valuable Hunting Knife" "Lizard On The Red Brick Wall" "Game Of Pricks" "Space Gun" "Enemy" and / or "Best Of Jill Hives"... They often sound like an American version of THE WHO... but are so much more. Do check them out... LOVE your reactions and thoughtful comments... Cheers, Nick!
Around this same era in the UK was a band called The Vapors. They are like a mix of Buzzcocks and The Jam with a little Elvis Costello thrown in. They had a massive video hit in the MTV heyday with their track “Turning Japanese”. I’ll let you discover the meaning of the song. A few other lovely new wave pop tunes “News at Ten” and “Jimmie Jones”,, but to see your face as you read into the meaning of Turning Japanese as you listen to it will be priceless!!!
One of my favorite Buzzocks songs. An early 80's band that reminds me greatly of the Buzzocks is Department S, which had several big New wave dance floor hits. (Is Vic There, I Want, and Going Left Right) Check them out when you get the chance. You won't be disappointed. I started going to New wave/punk dance clubs in March 1980 and got to experience this music revolution first hand almost from the beginning. What a glorious time it was musically and culturally as a whole. Never anything like it before or after(though the 60's were a pretty close 2nd). Love your channel Nick.
I was a pre-teen when Buzzcocks were in the charts and they were my favourite first wave punk band at that time. I recommend "Sixteen again" if you want to react to another one of their songs.
They were definitely punk rock, but they did write a lot of songs that would be typically labeled as “pop.” Regardless of the genre, they’re for sure the best band out there
Have you heard any of the 4 tracks from their first EP from ‘77…. i.e. Spiral Scratch EP…. With the original singer and founding member Howard Devoto…it’s a must listen…. In particular track 3…’Boredom’ which has to have one of the best one chord guitar solos ever!! And by best I mean in an incompetent/ DIY/ Punk sort of way!😅…brilliant. You should also check out Magazine…. The band Howard Devoto formed when he left the Buzzcocks. Magazine are Post punk legends!
YAYY!! You did What Do I Get! You're right - it IS sad on a Smiths level, despite the pop-happiness. I hear it as Pete expressing sadness and frustration about not being able to be out (yet) and be himself. The punk community was *more* welcoming than mainstream society, but back then it was still very hetero-biased. I really love your reactions to Buzzcocks and Pete Shelley in particular! Thanks Nick.
The Smiths and The Buzzcocks are both from Manchester. I think the lyrics reflect the humour and the people from that region. It's interesting that you made the connection. Listen to more Buzzcocks, they have loads of great songs.
Well hello again Buzzcocks 🥰 “It seemed so real” what a spot on true statement… this is reality music and comparing to the Smiths is something that has never clicked but yes you’re right.
There are bands that just seem to vomit pop, power pop, or punk pop brilliance….the Buzzcocks, The Undertones, XTC, and Squeeze…. Just one brilliant nugget after another
As you enjoyed this, I think you'd like Stiff Little Fingers another great punk band from this era. Song like Alternative Ulster, Suspect Device, At the Edge, Gotta Gettaway, Barbed Wire Love etc so .any great songs from the band from Northern Ireland l.
You have so many songs to listen to great music this way sale so many albums a year and still doing live songs more groups like uk subs and wire black flag
Big band back in the day - made a lot of publicity with the attention grabbing "Orgasm Addict" and the cover for that single. At the time most us were coming to terms with orgasms - being an addict seemed next level
Try these guys: The Nosebleeds are a punk band formed in Wythenshawe, Manchester, England in 1976. The band is well known in modern rock history for the later successes of its individual members, notably Morrissey (the Smiths), Billy Duffy (the Cult), and Vini Reilly (the Durutti Column). Their single "Ain't Bin To No Music School is a banger
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I have loved them since I was a late teen in the day. The Buzzcocks. They helped shape my young life, and I am so very greatful. Thank you for this!
We played with Buzzcocks back in 2013 at a fest in London. He was a fantastic bloke, who will now never know that it was us who raided their dressing room and made off with the wine.
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This is my favourite Buzzcocks song. They were really good live as well.
There are few experiences as wonderful as hearing a Buzzcocks song for the first time and you have many such experiences to come, you lucky, lucky man!
You hit the nail on the head for me with your Smiths comparison for this and several other Buzzcocks songs. I was slightly too young to really understand this song when it first came out but the "Singles - Going Steady" compilation meant it came freshly into my consciousness in the middle of the Smiths time and it felt like it could have been written for me in the same way many of their songs did.
I never managed to see the Smiths play, always planned to and was devastated when they split. I thought Buzzcocks were on the same list but I did see them about a decade ago. I don't know if they were as good then as they'd been their first time around but they were magnificent all the same. A night I won't forget.
Don't leave it so long to listen to them again, you deserve a treat for these entertaining videos and more Buzzcocks is just the thing. There are too many great ones to suggest but one that often gets overlooked is "Why Can't I Touch It?". Give it a listen either on or off screen, you won't regret it.
I do feel lucky that I get to hear so many of their songs for the first time! Thanks for the kind words!
It is good for you to study and appreciate the foundation and early roots of this genre. Thank you. The Buzzcocks (according to legend) opened for the Sex Pistols at one if their first gigs.
Buzzcocks are amazing. Right at the forefront of the punk / pop revolution... Other great tunes to check out: "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" and "Orgasm Addict" (as you mentioned... DEFINITELY worth checking out!)
...and I'll keep banging this drum: GUIDED BY VOICES! GBV is a brilliant amazing vehicle for pop genius ROBERT POLLARD... who has written over 3000 songs... and over 100 albums... it's quite a daunting catalog... GUIDED BY VOICES are a TOTAL DIY band... with Pollard writing about 95% of the songs... he does most of the album covers... and they're on their own label... for DECADES... and STILL going strong. I'd start with one of these songs: "My Valuable Hunting Knife" "Lizard On The Red Brick Wall" "Game Of Pricks" "Space Gun" "Enemy" and / or "Best Of Jill Hives"... They often sound like an American version of THE WHO... but are so much more. Do check them out... LOVE your reactions and thoughtful comments... Cheers, Nick!
Classic Buzzcocks. So many more to recommend, Autonomy is possibly my favourite with Diggle, Shelley shared vocals, Fiction Romance, Lipstick.
That intro on Autonomy is mind blowing with the guitars roaring.
@@Westerdd oh yeah i never tire of hearing it.
Around this same era in the UK was a band called The Vapors. They are like a mix of Buzzcocks and The Jam with a little Elvis Costello thrown in. They had a massive video hit in the MTV heyday with their track “Turning Japanese”. I’ll let you discover the meaning of the song. A few other lovely new wave pop tunes “News at Ten” and “Jimmie Jones”,, but to see your face as you read into the meaning of Turning Japanese as you listen to it will be priceless!!!
One of my favorite Buzzocks songs. An early 80's band that reminds me greatly of the Buzzocks is Department S, which had several big New wave dance floor hits. (Is Vic There, I Want, and Going Left Right) Check them out when you get the chance. You won't be disappointed. I started going to New wave/punk dance clubs in March 1980 and got to experience this music revolution first hand almost from the beginning. What a glorious time it was musically and culturally as a whole. Never anything like it before or after(though the 60's were a pretty close 2nd). Love your channel Nick.
I was a pre-teen when Buzzcocks were in the charts and they were my favourite first wave punk band at that time. I recommend "Sixteen again" if you want to react to another one of their songs.
Best pop punk band
They were definitely punk rock, but they did write a lot of songs that would be typically labeled as “pop.” Regardless of the genre, they’re for sure the best band out there
Have you heard any of the 4 tracks from their first EP from ‘77…. i.e. Spiral Scratch EP…. With the original singer and founding member Howard Devoto…it’s a must listen…. In particular track 3…’Boredom’ which has to have one of the best one chord guitar solos ever!! And by best I mean in an incompetent/ DIY/ Punk sort of way!😅…brilliant. You should also check out Magazine…. The band Howard Devoto formed when he left the Buzzcocks. Magazine are Post punk legends!
YAYY!! You did What Do I Get! You're right - it IS sad on a Smiths level, despite the pop-happiness. I hear it as Pete expressing sadness and frustration about not being able to be out (yet) and be himself. The punk community was *more* welcoming than mainstream society, but back then it was still very hetero-biased. I really love your reactions to Buzzcocks and Pete Shelley in particular! Thanks Nick.
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Why can’t I touch it! Pure genius.
The Smiths and The Buzzcocks are both from Manchester. I think the lyrics reflect the humour and the people from that region. It's interesting that you made the connection.
Listen to more Buzzcocks, they have loads of great songs.
Well hello again Buzzcocks 🥰
“It seemed so real” what a spot on true statement… this is reality music and comparing to the Smiths is something that has never clicked but yes you’re right.
Well, thank ya very much!
Steve Diggle. My personal God.
"Fiction Romance". Real banger. Do a reaction to that. Catchy tune 👍
Shelley was the late 70s version of Sir Ray Davies.
Orange Juice used the one note guitar solo on their song RIP it Up.
There are bands that just seem to vomit pop, power pop, or punk pop brilliance….the Buzzcocks, The Undertones, XTC, and Squeeze…. Just one brilliant nugget after another
As you enjoyed this, I think you'd like Stiff Little Fingers another great punk band from this era. Song like Alternative Ulster, Suspect Device, At the Edge, Gotta Gettaway, Barbed Wire Love etc so .any great songs from the band from Northern Ireland l.
Yep -I’d second orgasm addict (no pun intended!) also ‘boredom’ and ‘oh shit’
You have so many songs to listen to great music this way sale so many albums a year and still doing live songs more groups like uk subs and wire black flag
RIP Pete Shelley. Steve Diggle's still going with a version isn't he?
👍The Specials - Rat Race
Pretty to the point
This song could be about me.
It could be about me too tbh
Big band back in the day - made a lot of publicity with the attention grabbing "Orgasm Addict" and the cover for that single. At the time most us were coming to terms with orgasms - being an addict seemed next level
Amazed you haven’t reacted to Everybody’s happy nowadays.. yet
Try these guys: The Nosebleeds are a punk band formed in Wythenshawe, Manchester, England in 1976. The band is well known in modern rock history for the later successes of its individual members, notably Morrissey (the Smiths), Billy Duffy (the Cult), and Vini Reilly (the Durutti Column). Their single "Ain't Bin To No Music School is a banger