This album Singles Going Steady was named by the NME as the "greatest punk record never made". Its a perfect album which shows all theyre amazing tracks in one album. Ever Fallen In Love, Autonamy, Everybodys Happy Nowadays, Harmonys In my Head, Lipstick, Why cant I touch it? Just a few of the amazing stuff on this album. Keep going through it!!
Harmony In My Head rules! Thanks to The Buzzcocks for bringing The Sex Pistols to Manchester's Free Trade Hall in 1976. Peter Hook, Mark E. Smith, Tony Wilson, and Morrissey were in the audience and we all know how The Pistol's influenced those guys.
Amazing record. In high school we would crash a frat party and dance to this until covered with sweat. The first band I was in, a garage band at college, covered "Ever Fallen in Love" at my insistence. Always a fan favorite.
Always loved the Buzzcocks. Try Sham 69 - Hurry Up Harry, The Damned - Smash It Up, Killing Joke - Follow the Leader, The Dickies - Stuck in a Pagoda with Tricia Toyota..... Undertones are brill, the John Peel playing Teenage Kicks was great, pretty sure I was listening at the time. This period of punk was very short. Cheers
This is the kind of punk rock I prefer to listen to, and I like Shelley's vocals. If you like the more pop side of punk you can't go wrong with this compilation album.
You are easily going through one of my favourite records/bands of all time. 👌This LP is considered to be very important by many later bands/artists, not only from punk register. Husker du, Moby , to name a few. For the ones liking the 'Singles..', I recommend you go through 'Live Bites', and 'Another music in a different kitchen'. Both great stuff by a great band.
Buzzcocks are tied in first place for favourite UK/Irish punk band. Stiff Little Fingers share the position. For me, Buzzcocks foreshadowed pop-punk. Catchy, clever, more widely accessible. But that description sort of takes some of the power of their songs away. In some ways, they were their own unique sound.
Stiff Little Fingers would be well worth checking out. The Fingers are more hard edged than the brilliantly clever and melodic Buzzcocks. Anything off their Inflammable Material album would do, but it would definitely be good to see Suspect Device, Wasted Life, Alternative Ulster or Johnny Was get a listen.
@@Richarddraper top five songs ever for me Roots radicals rocker's and reggae off 1981s GO FOR IT I'VE SEEN SLF THREE TIMES THEY SIGNED MY BANNER I MADE ABOUT 15 feet long by three high six can's of black paint to write Roots radicals rocker's and reggae and three can's of red paint to paint the flame's off inflammable material which i hung off the second floor hand railing they signed it and gave me a signed set list thank you Ali and Jake for doing that for me 👍
They are so easily appealing because, in addition to the music (like the Clash, they benefit from better-than-"punk" drumming), Pete is a fantastic writer of pop, love, and SAD songs. His lyrics stand on their own, inside of punk or out.
Short but very very sweet. I hope your visits to the late-70s era of British pop on the forefront of changing the scene keep on coming, JP, cos I'm loving it!
Their first record was one of the first UK punk records, a 4 track ep called Spiral Scratch.The track Boredom has a guitar solo with only 2 notes. The early punk bands were rebelling against 70s rock, especially prog with their endless guitar solos and the belief that you had to be a musical ‘god’ to create music. The 2 note solo was a British two-finger salute to them. V
Hi definitely react to the song TEENAGE KICKS by.... the undertones ....pop punk perfection.or try alternative Ulster by stiff little fingers , two classic punk tracks..
Rocket From The Crypt's 'On A Rope' is my American punk scream song from the era. But Bob Mould's performance of Kid With a Crooked Face was so loud on Letterman that it actually shook dust out of the rafters of The Ed Sullivan Theater...
When I was a teen I walked into a record store and asked for a recommendation. The lady said, “This [Singles Going Steady] is the loudest, fastest record in the store.” I was sold.
Thank you for highlighting Pete. Pete was a great friend of mine in the 60s and 70s. We played in bands together (Kogg) being the most successful. Pete wanted to go down the punk route… I was stuck in rock. I bailed out, but kept Pete as an old mate. I actually have a video about Pete and his death on my @primalengland channel.
Great song, probably my second favourite by them after Pete Shelley's finest hour "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)". Another great song from that era is "Teenage Kicks" by the Undertones. This was the late, great John Peel's favourite song and you'll love it. th-cam.com/video/jVrP6JaPUv0/w-d-xo.html
One of Radio's finest moments for sure. If he just concentrated on John Peel, I think it would be too much for him. Icon. Here is the link for John th-cam.com/video/ZPzyN8Qq5XA/w-d-xo.html
Teenage kicks is like that's entertainment by the jam it's one of those songs that takes me back to a place in time that puts a LUMP IN MY THROAT every time i hear them
Such a seminal band of the seventies punk scene. You're right to keep listening to 'Singles Going Steady'. It was the first thing we heard by them in the US. It collects all of their singles and B-sides, up to that point. I've always wished that Howard Devoto had stayed past 'Spiral Scratch'. Then again, we might not have Magazine if he did, and that would be tragic. I'd love for you to listen to anything off of the first four X albums. Just the vocals by John Doe and Excene Cervenka are enough to keep you interested. L.A. punk at its finest.
I THINK Howard Devoto was the one to write Orgasm Addict’s lyrics, he started the band originally with Pete Shelley then left to form Magazine in 1977-And they are one of the best bands in the entire world so I’d love to see your reaction to them sometime lol
RIP Pete Shelley. I thought we lost him more recently I started thinking about it and realized it was December 2018. One of the weird things the pandemic did was really warp our perception of time. 2018 feels like a decade ago.
Ned and Janet from Spain say Yay for the amazing Pete Shelley, Steve Diggle, Steve Garvey and John Maher aka BUZZCOCKS ! I hope you continue with more tracks by them as we think you'll become a fan. Their original line up included Howard DeVoto who split to start the equally awesome but much darker and more complex Magazine. Magazine's original guitarist John McGeoch ( proniunced Mah Gay Occh ) left after the first 2 albums to join Siouxsie and the Banshees, had a short career, died young but was a big influence on guitarists like John Frusciante of RHCP.
For your next Buzzcocks song, my recommendations: I Don’t Mind, Promises, Ever Fallen In Love, You Say You Don’t Love Me. Super classic punk-pop. They have so many great songs. Probably my favorite punk band. They were the BEST band I’ve ever seen live, hands down. Their energy was amazing! I feel fortunate to have met Pete Shelley before a gig once to express my appreciation. :) Congrats on your weight loss!!
@@Katehowe3010 I like Wire (not especially Pink Flag by the way) but I much prefer Black & White by The Stranglers which is much more diversified musically.
@@Katehowe3010 No possible comparison between the two, I agree! They have a different style. Wire is colder, detached, and can be arty to the extreme whereas The Stranglers' music is boiling, frontal and unaffected. At least that's how I hear it !
Yo so glad you're delving into punk on the channel. One song popped into my head right away when I thought what punk songs I'd hope you might get to and that is "Don't Bother Me" by Bad Brains (the "Black Dots" version, a lot of their earlier stuff had a couple of different recordings out there). I guess it's my favorite Bad Brains song right next to the one of a kind "I Against I". When you get round to some more BB I really hope you can take that one into consideration. Just an absolute ripping track! Btw the 10 pounds lost is quite evident, nice dude!
One of my favorite Punk bands.. in 1978 they released their first 2 albums, the 2nd of which ,titled Love Bites, is excellent .. It features the great tunes, "Real World ", "Ever Fallen In Love", "Nostalgia", "ESP", "Nothing Left", "Operator's Manual", and "Sixteen Again".. for your future reference. Thanks.
I think the Buzzcocks were my favourite punk band back then, I saw them live quite a few times, great times... I look forward to you listening to more.
Incredible Musician/Composer With Credits Like The Soundtrack For "The Last Emperor",, Etc. + Iggy Pop = Ryuichi Sakamoto (Feat. Iggy Pop) "Risky"...TRUST ME On This One.
Buzzcocks were a good pop-punk band but Pete Shelley's more new wave solo albums were also good. Since you seem to like Pete Shelley's vocals, try looking into his three solo albums Homosapien (1981), XL1 (1983) and Heaven & the Sea (1986). There is plenty to discover!
Buzzcocks were brilliant. There's some more recent punk that's also great - check out NOFX for similar great (and sarcastic, ironic, bitter, or just funny) lyrics. Check out "The Separation of Church and Skate", "Linoleum", and maybe the best song about politics in the USA ever written: "The Idiots Are Taking Over". They also did a brilliant punk cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way". Great Buzzcocks reaction! Check out X from back in the day too. And my favorite band from those times, XTC.
Have you ever heard Me First and the Gimme Gimmes? They do punk covers of pop and rock songs in a not entirely serious manner. The band members come from various punk groups with Fat Mike of NOFX as the lead singer. Chris Shiflett of the Foo Fighters was also a member. Anyway, they are a lot of fun and great for a sing along during a car journey. Here's an example of their style, their Punk cover of Lionel Richie's "Hello": th-cam.com/video/gvXKM2-poIw/w-d-xo.html
Great choice JP.....cant go wrong with any Buzzcocks single.....don't miss "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" ..and "Ever Fallen In Love With Someone".....both absolute punk pop perfection
To those who love this stuff, more power to ya. It was just ok for me. Simple solo and sometimes off key vocals, made it just ok. I can dig the intensity though even this early in the morn.
You have completely missed the actual lyrics and that's what the whole song is about. Teenage angst . Maybe you got all the girls in High School. That's why this didn't resonate.
@@jaybird4093 I do like most of the Clash but they’re not super punk either. I guess the more punk something is, the more I’ll probably dislike it. I need a certain threshold of virtuosity, creativity and talent, not just fierce aggression. Cool way to rate.
There are So. Many. GREAT. punk bands out there. Geez where to start... Saints- This Perfect Day Rezillos- My Baby Does Good Sculptures Magazine- Shot At Both Sides Undertones- Get Over You Stiff Little Fingers- Nobody's Heroes Buzzcocks- Real World Wipers- Telepathic Love Wire- Outdoor Miner ........ Pagans- Street Where Nobody Lives Bags- Survive Avengers- Car Crash
Really enjoying your delve into the punk era - here's my short list of must listens: Magazine - Shot by Both Sides Crass - Bloody Revolutions/Big A Little A/Mother-Earth/I ain't thick it's just a trick The Pop Group - We are all Prostitutes 999 - Homicide Ruts - Jah War/Babylon's Burning/Something That I Said/West One Eddie and the Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do Stranglers - Walk On By Au Pairs - It's Obvious Gang of Four - Damaged Goods/At Home He's A Tourist Siouxsie and the Banshees - Switch Subhumans - Who's Gonna Fight The Third World War
Check out Magazine a band formed by Howard de voto after he left the original line up of Buzzcocks. Magazine's debut album Real Life us a classic & worth checking out.
A good link to take from Buzzcocks is Magazine. Howard Devoto was originally the lead singer of Buzzcocks and left to form Magazine. Much more interesting band. Shot by both sides on 1st LP is the connecting song, being a bit punky, but the second LP Secondhand Daylight is the must listen.
Buzzcocks are the first proper pop punk band, influenced so much in the 90s. I think you should check out Pete Shelley solo material. Telephone Operator is a killer single which was overlooked.
I enjoy this album! It's a little spotty for me, but there are some *absolute* gems on it. I went through a short-lived phase where I listened to punk often and these days I listen here and there. Similarly, I don't listen to metal as much anymore. I still very much enjoy bands from "heavier" genres, but I don't find myself going back to them as often for some reason. Having said that, I truly appreciate the DIY attitude of punk. I appreciate them singing about subjects that most weren't in a way that no one else was. I appreciate people picking up a guitar with minimal skills and learning as they played. It opened the door into a world that many probably felt was closed off to them. I mentioned it before, but check out Punk: Attitude. It's a great doc that will give you a good background on punk music.
The Buzzcocks and The Jam were the two best British punk/post punk bands IMHO because of the songwriting. And John Maher, along with Pete Thomas (Elvis Costello) were easily the two best drummers. Classic stuff!!
I know this song from the soundtrack to the movie 'Ghost World'. A much better movie than it seems on the surface. Features a quite young Scarlett Johansson. The ending of the movie is somewhat profound.
It’s becoming more and more obvious that it’s time for the Undertones who will rapidly become your favorite punk band. Teenage Kicks, My Perfect Cousin, Jimmy Jimmy, Get Over You and then the more mature post-punk stuff the Love Parade, It’s Gonna Happen, Julie Ocean - it’s a big wormhole full of ear worms - a veritable can of worms.
Great track and Pete Shelley's voice is so different to others in this genre. I'm no expert on this band so I say, just keep going with the greatest hits, though I like the song "Boredom", if it's on there. Congrats on the weight loss! 👋😺
It's not unfortunately. Maybe because it was on Spiral Scratch which was an EP not a single on their own indy label and / or it was question of publishing rights ??
I've said this before and I'll say it again. When you think Buzzcocks, think The Monkees melodic pop songs done in a punk vernacular. You know... noisy guitars, angst vocals; plus a great drum and bass combo holding the fort. The Damned might be the band I most admire within the punk genre however the Buzzcocks have the pop songs that make me smile and feel joyous for life again.
I was 12 years old when punk hit the UK in the summer of 1977. At such a young age, the poppier bands appealed to me more than the heavier or more political bands. Buzzcocks were my favourite at that time, along with The Stranglers and X Ray Spex. IMHO, Buzzcocks are pure pop punk, as opposed to the more manufactured likes of Blink 182, Good Charlotte, Sum 41 etc, who took an already well established genre and cleaned it up for mass commercial consumption.
I always loved the drumming on Buzzcocks records; they wouldn't be asnything like as good wihout him. He's a good photographer as well. I saw them supported by The Slits once, at Retford Porterhouse. They were very good, even though I still prefer early Slits.
The Fall wouldn't be a bad one to try - something poppy like Leave the Capitol, or something not poppy like Garden or Eat y'self fitter - as you're just done.
This was the first song in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock so I have some nostalgic fondness for this song, even though I'm not really a fan of Buzzcocks otherwise. I like this song, however.
The 'surfer rock' vibe you noted is not coincidental. The Buzzcocks more or less invented the 'buzzsaw' continuous guitar sound of two, slightly distorted guitars playing the same chords in very fast tempos that you hear in a lot of West Coast punk bands. Their influence on pop music especially in the US is criminally unrecognized. I'm not surprised you are drawn to them as they were one of the most musically adept and melodic UK punk bands. Beyond the obvious big hits everyone mentions, their music had progressively more experimental elements which can be heard more on the b-side of Singles Going Steady (The A side is all the hit singles, the B side is those records b-sides, and if you didn't know that you really wouldn't guess, that's how good they were). In the eighties, Pete Shelley their lead singer and chief songwriter even had a few electropop hits which are also worth a spin, including Telephone Operator and Homosapien.
STICKY FILTHs song Happy birthday to us was written in one practice the day before their 21st band birthday gig in front of me my ex wife and best friend Bin Laden (formerly Dean) it's a tribute to them and us their friends and fans that we made it this far We've lost a lot of friends over the years car crashes drug overdoses house fire's suicide and murdered. The opening line goes like this. It's been a long and winding road sometimes i had to switch to four wheel drive. and all around us victory our victory is that we do survive happy birthday happy birthday to us
Punk-pop. You might like Billy Idol’s first band, Generation X. Maybe early Jam and the Rich Kids (good album, bad production) too. I like all the Buzzcock’s singles though “Harmony in my Head” is probably my favorite.
PS You look great!! Well done on the weight loss. I lost about 12 pounds in the last month, but that's because I got gastritis at a pub in Yorkshire (I don't recommend it)! XO
Kia ora hello again from Aotearoa new zealand hay brother 10 pounds is ten pounds of Wight you don't have to carry around with you think about carrying a ten pound bag of anything everywhere now you don't and it's ten pounds your heart doesn't have to pump blood around. And here i come with the pressure northern Irish 70s and still going punk band STIFF LITTLE FINGER'S song Root's Radicals Rockers and Reggae these guys are my second favourite band ever after THE CLASH third place STICKY FILTH and then kind of like this BAD BRAINS MINOR THREAT BLACK FLAG UK SUB'S THE ANTI NOWHERE LEAGUE THE SKATALITES and to infinity and beyond
I love Buzzcocks, simple but well written and performed punk. I hope that after your X-Ray Spex review you had a listen to the studio version of Oh Bondage Up Yours and that you will give the band another try, maybe with The Day the World Turned Dayglo (th-cam.com/video/nfv9VbJqV_s/w-d-xo.html) or Identity (th-cam.com/video/Pst5K6uEPUc/w-d-xo.html). Also, Sham 69 are worth a try with their Hurry Up Harry (th-cam.com/video/kbcONYzM7jQ/w-d-xo.html) and Borstal Breakout (th-cam.com/video/8R4HJGgiEfc/w-d-xo.html) are worth a try.
Buzzcocks are great fun and definitely lighter than many of their peers. Once you get to post punk please jump on Violent Femmes; specifically Kiss Off, Add It Up, and American Music I’ve liked and subbed, will dig into your punk catalog and comment some more on your next punk song reaction
Post punk - Gang of Four. Great bass, creative innovative guitar, political vocals but you don’t need to know what it’s about. Some songs. "At Home He's a Tourist", "Damaged Goods", "I Found That Essence Rare", “Paralysed"
I hope this means you're coming around to a point where you're ready to give Eat it Up Worms Hero another go. If you want to try a *Cardiacs* song that has "a bit of punk in it", but nothing crazy to go with that (just a little side serving with some pop in it, and then afterwards, a hidden track after a while, where it sounds like they managed to get their hands on a church organ somewhere), then you might find that *Will Bleed Amen* has enough of what you like in it to please you. th-cam.com/video/NrJTtDT8T5k/w-d-xo.html
If after all the punk what you really want is something that just has lots of pop in it, then *Spell with a Shell* should pop pretty good for you. th-cam.com/video/KGQDtCyI1yw/w-d-xo.html
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This album Singles Going Steady was named by the NME as the "greatest punk record never made". Its a perfect album which shows all theyre amazing tracks in one album. Ever Fallen In Love, Autonamy, Everybodys Happy Nowadays, Harmonys In my Head, Lipstick, Why cant I touch it? Just a few of the amazing stuff on this album. Keep going through it!!
Agree with this... Great stuff throughout. ""Ever Fallen In Love," and "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" are particularly great.
Harmony In My Head rules! Thanks to The Buzzcocks for bringing The Sex Pistols to Manchester's Free Trade Hall in 1976. Peter Hook, Mark E. Smith, Tony Wilson, and Morrissey were in the audience and we all know how The Pistol's influenced those guys.
Amazing record. In high school we would crash a frat party and dance to this until covered with sweat. The first band I was in, a garage band at college, covered "Ever Fallen in Love" at my insistence. Always a fan favorite.
Absolutely. The other albums never really matched up to the singles.
Buzzcocks songs are like M&Ms. A hard punk shell encases a pure pop chocolate core.
Check out Magazine "Shot by Both Sides" .. a splinter from Buzzcocks
Knew I wouldn’t have to read too far into the comments to find this suggestion.
And play Buzzcocks " Lipstick " right after to catch the shared chorus melody ! Both are amazing bands in their own way.
For Magazine, I'd suggest starting with A Song From Under The Floorboards. The punk quality is muted in favor of a Bowiesque vibe.
It's always thrilling when an artist combines great quality and substance with great accessibility the way Buzzcocks did.
Always loved the Buzzcocks. Try Sham 69 - Hurry Up Harry, The Damned - Smash It Up, Killing Joke - Follow the Leader, The Dickies - Stuck in a Pagoda with Tricia Toyota..... Undertones are brill, the John Peel playing Teenage Kicks was great, pretty sure I was listening at the time. This period of punk was very short. Cheers
The melodies flow... Punk Beatles. Great stuff. "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" would be a great follow up.
This is the kind of punk rock I prefer to listen to, and I like Shelley's vocals.
If you like the more pop side of punk you can't go wrong with this compilation album.
Yes, check out Buzzcock's connected band - Magazine. Loads of great tracks, Back to Nature, Philadelphia, Motorcade, You Never Knew Me.
“Everybody’s happy nowadays “ and “I believe” are my favorites
You are easily going through one of my favourite records/bands of all time. 👌This LP is considered to be very important by many later bands/artists, not only from punk register. Husker du, Moby , to name a few. For the ones liking the 'Singles..', I recommend you go through 'Live Bites', and 'Another music in a different kitchen'. Both great stuff by a great band.
Oh yes! Can't go wrong with some Buzzcocks.
Buzzcocks "Ever Fallen In Love"
Sparks "Angst In My Pants" & "Eaten By The Monster Of Love"...Nuff Said.
Buzzcocks are tied in first place for favourite UK/Irish punk band. Stiff Little Fingers share the position. For me, Buzzcocks foreshadowed pop-punk. Catchy, clever, more widely accessible. But that description sort of takes some of the power of their songs away. In some ways, they were their own unique sound.
Stiff Little Fingers would be well worth checking out. The Fingers are more hard edged than the brilliantly clever and melodic Buzzcocks. Anything off their Inflammable Material album would do, but it would definitely be good to see Suspect Device, Wasted Life, Alternative Ulster or Johnny Was get a listen.
@@Richarddraper top five songs ever for me Roots radicals rocker's and reggae off 1981s GO FOR IT I'VE SEEN SLF THREE TIMES THEY SIGNED MY BANNER I MADE ABOUT 15 feet long by three high six can's of black paint to write Roots radicals rocker's and reggae and three can's of red paint to paint the flame's off inflammable material which i hung off the second floor hand railing they signed it and gave me a signed set list thank you Ali and Jake for doing that for me 👍
They are so easily appealing because, in addition to the music (like the Clash, they benefit from better-than-"punk" drumming), Pete is a fantastic writer of pop, love, and SAD songs. His lyrics stand on their own, inside of punk or out.
Short but very very sweet.
I hope your visits to the late-70s era of British pop on the forefront of changing the scene keep on coming, JP, cos I'm loving it!
Their first record was one of the first UK punk records, a 4 track ep called Spiral Scratch.The track Boredom has a guitar solo with only 2 notes. The early punk bands were rebelling against 70s rock, especially prog with their endless guitar solos and the belief that you had to be a musical ‘god’ to create music. The 2 note solo was a British two-finger salute to them. V
Howard Devoto's more snarly vocals was the sound of the angrier 76/77 punk scene.
Well any idiot can get on a stage and play...badly.
Hi definitely react to the song TEENAGE KICKS by.... the undertones ....pop punk perfection.or try alternative Ulster by stiff little fingers , two classic punk tracks..
Essential indeed. Go for those 2 JP!
Alternative Ulster was I think 'the' punk song of the time. Loud and hard hitting.
Great choices. Also Big Time by Rudi would be good to try.
I love the Buzzcoks. I recommend "Sex Bomb" by flipper for a great taste of early American punk, some of the best sustained screaming ever recorded!
Rocket From The Crypt's 'On A Rope' is my American punk scream song from the era. But Bob Mould's performance of Kid With a Crooked Face was so loud on Letterman that it actually shook dust out of the rafters of The Ed Sullivan Theater...
Thanks guys I will check these bands out, I remember Kurt Cobain writing Flipper on his T Shirt
Saw them live in las Angeles and nyc the ritz watching the members
When I was a teen I walked into a record store and asked for a recommendation. The lady said, “This [Singles Going Steady] is the loudest, fastest record in the store.” I was sold.
Thank you for highlighting Pete.
Pete was a great friend of mine in the 60s and 70s. We played in bands together (Kogg) being the most successful. Pete wanted to go down the punk route… I was stuck in rock.
I bailed out, but kept Pete as an old mate.
I actually have a video about Pete and his death on my @primalengland channel.
Great song, probably my second favourite by them after Pete Shelley's finest hour "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)".
Another great song from that era is "Teenage Kicks" by the Undertones. This was the late, great John Peel's favourite song and you'll love it. th-cam.com/video/jVrP6JaPUv0/w-d-xo.html
One of Radio's finest moments for sure. If he just concentrated on John Peel, I think it would be too much for him. Icon. Here is the link for John th-cam.com/video/ZPzyN8Qq5XA/w-d-xo.html
Teenage kicks is like that's entertainment by the jam it's one of those songs that takes me back to a place in time that puts a LUMP IN MY THROAT every time i hear them
Such a seminal band of the seventies punk scene. You're right to keep listening to 'Singles Going Steady'. It was the first thing we heard by them in the US. It collects all of their singles and B-sides, up to that point.
I've always wished that Howard Devoto had stayed past 'Spiral Scratch'. Then again, we might not have Magazine if he did, and that would be tragic.
I'd love for you to listen to anything off of the first four X albums. Just the vocals by John Doe and Excene Cervenka are enough to keep you interested. L.A. punk at its finest.
I THINK Howard Devoto was the one to write Orgasm Addict’s lyrics, he started the band originally with Pete Shelley then left to form Magazine in 1977-And they are one of the best bands in the entire world so I’d love to see your reaction to them sometime lol
RIP Pete Shelley.
I thought we lost him more recently I started thinking about it and realized it was December 2018. One of the weird things the pandemic did was really warp our perception of time. 2018 feels like a decade ago.
Buzzcocks are quite underrated and that includes Pete Shelley's lyrics. One of the best punk band of that time. Love them!
They were the best and there is a lot of treasures you'll discover if you go through this incredible collection.
You have to imagine listening to this in your bedroom as a young teenager. The buzzcocks are pure energy and a great band.
The Cramps "Goo Goo Muck"...Nuff Said.
Ned and Janet from Spain say Yay for the amazing Pete Shelley, Steve Diggle, Steve Garvey and John Maher aka BUZZCOCKS ! I hope you continue with more tracks by them as we think you'll become a fan. Their original line up included Howard DeVoto who split to start the equally awesome but much darker and more complex Magazine. Magazine's original guitarist John McGeoch ( proniunced Mah Gay Occh ) left after the first 2 albums to join Siouxsie and the Banshees, had a short career, died young but was a big influence on guitarists like John Frusciante of RHCP.
For your next Buzzcocks song, my recommendations: I Don’t Mind, Promises, Ever Fallen In Love, You Say You Don’t Love Me. Super classic punk-pop. They have so many great songs. Probably my favorite punk band. They were the BEST band I’ve ever seen live, hands down. Their energy was amazing! I feel fortunate to have met Pete Shelley before a gig once to express my appreciation. :) Congrats on your weight loss!!
if you like short sharp tracks try the album Pink Flag by Wire
12XU !!
@@Katehowe3010 I like Wire (not especially Pink Flag by the way) but I much prefer Black & White by The Stranglers which is much more diversified musically.
@@Katehowe3010 No possible comparison between the two, I agree! They have a different style. Wire is colder, detached, and can be arty to the extreme whereas The Stranglers' music is boiling, frontal and unaffected. At least that's how I hear it !
@@Katehowe3010 Thank you Christian! 😉
Seconded!!
Love Buzzcocks!! The punk snarl with added harmonies is my favorite flavor of punk, and they do it best. :)
Yo so glad you're delving into punk on the channel. One song popped into my head right away when I thought what punk songs I'd hope you might get to and that is "Don't Bother Me" by Bad Brains (the "Black Dots" version, a lot of their earlier stuff had a couple of different recordings out there). I guess it's my favorite Bad Brains song right next to the one of a kind "I Against I". When you get round to some more BB I really hope you can take that one into consideration. Just an absolute ripping track!
Btw the 10 pounds lost is quite evident, nice dude!
This song brings back memories. I haven't heard it in years.
Yeah man what do I get ? A great reaction ! Thanks JP
One of my favorite Punk bands.. in 1978 they released their first 2 albums, the 2nd of which ,titled Love Bites, is excellent .. It features the great tunes, "Real World ", "Ever Fallen In Love", "Nostalgia", "ESP", "Nothing Left", "Operator's Manual", and "Sixteen Again".. for your future reference. Thanks.
Turned on my phone and this popped up I think this is your second one another good one only like a couple albums worth left love you
Punk is the pinnacle of music.
I think the Buzzcocks were my favourite punk band back then, I saw them live quite a few times, great times... I look forward to you listening to more.
Incredible Musician/Composer With Credits Like The Soundtrack For "The Last Emperor",, Etc. + Iggy Pop = Ryuichi Sakamoto (Feat. Iggy Pop) "Risky"...TRUST ME On This One.
Buzzcocks were a good pop-punk band but Pete Shelley's more new wave solo albums were also good. Since you seem to like Pete Shelley's vocals, try looking into his three solo albums Homosapien (1981), XL1 (1983) and Heaven & the Sea (1986). There is plenty to discover!
that lead break is a masterpiece of tounge in cheek minimalism....less is more.
Buzzcocks were brilliant. There's some more recent punk that's also great - check out NOFX for similar great (and sarcastic, ironic, bitter, or just funny) lyrics. Check out "The Separation of Church and Skate", "Linoleum", and maybe the best song about politics in the USA ever written: "The Idiots Are Taking Over". They also did a brilliant punk cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way". Great Buzzcocks reaction! Check out X from back in the day too. And my favorite band from those times, XTC.
Have you ever heard Me First and the Gimme Gimmes? They do punk covers of pop and rock songs in a not entirely serious manner. The band members come from various punk groups with Fat Mike of NOFX as the lead singer. Chris Shiflett of the Foo Fighters was also a member.
Anyway, they are a lot of fun and great for a sing along during a car journey. Here's an example of their style, their Punk cover of Lionel Richie's "Hello": th-cam.com/video/gvXKM2-poIw/w-d-xo.html
Great choice JP.....cant go wrong with any Buzzcocks single.....don't miss "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" ..and "Ever Fallen In Love With Someone".....both absolute punk pop perfection
You look great!! Well done!
Congrats on the shed!
One of the best descriptions of Buzzcocks I've read is that they're like the Beatles on amphetamines. I think that sums it up nicely.
To those who love this stuff, more power to ya. It was just ok for me. Simple solo and sometimes off key vocals, made it just ok.
I can dig the intensity though even this early in the morn.
You have completely missed the actual lyrics and that's what the whole song is about. Teenage angst . Maybe you got all the girls in High School. That's why this didn't resonate.
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Yeah right, uhhh he he, good one.
Hi, David. Of all the punk reactions JP has done, this is one that I’ve “liked” the most. It’s still only a one paint brush out of five for me. 🖌
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I do like most of the Clash but they’re not super punk either. I guess the more punk something is, the more I’ll probably dislike it. I need a certain threshold of virtuosity, creativity and talent, not just fierce aggression.
Cool way to rate.
There are So. Many. GREAT. punk bands out there.
Geez where to start...
Saints- This Perfect Day
Rezillos- My Baby Does Good Sculptures
Magazine- Shot At Both Sides
Undertones- Get Over You
Stiff Little Fingers- Nobody's Heroes
Buzzcocks- Real World
Wipers- Telepathic Love
Wire- Outdoor Miner
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Pagans- Street Where Nobody Lives
Bags- Survive
Avengers- Car Crash
Really enjoying your delve into the punk era - here's my short list of must listens:
Magazine - Shot by Both Sides
Crass - Bloody Revolutions/Big A Little A/Mother-Earth/I ain't thick it's just a trick
The Pop Group - We are all Prostitutes
999 - Homicide
Ruts - Jah War/Babylon's Burning/Something That I Said/West One
Eddie and the Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do
Stranglers - Walk On By
Au Pairs - It's Obvious
Gang of Four - Damaged Goods/At Home He's A Tourist
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Switch
Subhumans - Who's Gonna Fight The Third World War
One of the greatest bands ever. R.I.P. Pete Shelley.
Check out Magazine a band formed by Howard de voto after he left the original line up of Buzzcocks. Magazine's debut album Real Life us a classic & worth checking out.
A good link to take from Buzzcocks is Magazine. Howard Devoto was originally the lead singer of Buzzcocks and left to form Magazine. Much more interesting band. Shot by both sides on 1st LP is the connecting song, being a bit punky, but the second LP Secondhand Daylight is the must listen.
Love the Buzzcocks, check out co-founder Howard Devotos' music with the great Magazine! Permafrost is a great one. You won't be disappointed!
Buzzcocks are the first proper pop punk band, influenced so much in the 90s. I think you should check out Pete Shelley solo material. Telephone Operator is a killer single which was overlooked.
More pop punk for you Another girl, another planet by The only ones. Gary Gilmore's eyes by The adverts. Of one skin by The Skids. Enjoy
Anything on this album is a winner
I enjoy this album! It's a little spotty for me, but there are some *absolute* gems on it. I went through a short-lived phase where I listened to punk often and these days I listen here and there. Similarly, I don't listen to metal as much anymore. I still very much enjoy bands from "heavier" genres, but I don't find myself going back to them as often for some reason. Having said that, I truly appreciate the DIY attitude of punk. I appreciate them singing about subjects that most weren't in a way that no one else was. I appreciate people picking up a guitar with minimal skills and learning as they played. It opened the door into a world that many probably felt was closed off to them. I mentioned it before, but check out Punk: Attitude. It's a great doc that will give you a good background on punk music.
Hey good for you. Lets go for a chili dog and talk Clash and XTC
A cheeky one finger guitar solo...
The Buzzcocks and The Jam were the two best British punk/post punk bands IMHO because of the songwriting. And John Maher, along with Pete Thomas (Elvis Costello) were easily the two best drummers. Classic stuff!!
I know this song from the soundtrack to the movie 'Ghost World'. A much better movie than it seems on the surface. Features a quite young Scarlett Johansson. The ending of the movie is somewhat profound.
Ghost world is a great film.
From this to Green Day isn't an awfully huge step. I think you would enjoy The Replacements' 'Let it Be'-Album (not related to the Beatles)!!
It’s becoming more and more obvious that it’s time for the Undertones who will rapidly become your favorite punk band. Teenage Kicks, My Perfect Cousin, Jimmy Jimmy, Get Over You and then the more mature post-punk stuff the Love Parade, It’s Gonna Happen, Julie Ocean - it’s a big wormhole full of ear worms - a veritable can of worms.
Congrats on the weight loss man! Kudos, and keep it up. ✌️🤘
Japan, Night Porter , anything by John Martyn but my fav is One World
Great track and Pete Shelley's voice is so different to others in this genre. I'm no expert on this band so I say, just keep going with the greatest hits, though I like the song "Boredom", if it's on there. Congrats on the weight loss! 👋😺
It's not unfortunately. Maybe because it was on Spiral Scratch which was an EP not a single on their own indy label and / or it was question of publishing rights ??
@@brewstergallery Yes, of course. I had that EP back in the day. Thanks for the reminder. 😊
I've said this before and I'll say it again. When you think Buzzcocks, think The Monkees melodic pop songs done in a punk vernacular. You know... noisy guitars, angst vocals; plus a great drum and bass combo holding the fort. The Damned might be the band I most admire within the punk genre however the Buzzcocks have the pop songs that make me smile and feel joyous for life again.
I was 12 years old when punk hit the UK in the summer of 1977. At such a young age, the poppier bands appealed to me more than the heavier or more political bands. Buzzcocks were my favourite at that time, along with The Stranglers and X Ray Spex. IMHO, Buzzcocks are pure pop punk, as opposed to the more manufactured likes of Blink 182, Good Charlotte, Sum 41 etc, who took an already well established genre and cleaned it up for mass commercial consumption.
Moving away from the pulse beat…..live…..by The Buzzcocks
I always loved the drumming on Buzzcocks records; they wouldn't be asnything like as good wihout him. He's a good photographer as well.
I saw them supported by The Slits once, at Retford Porterhouse. They were very good, even though I still prefer early Slits.
The Fall wouldn't be a bad one to try - something poppy like Leave the Capitol, or something not poppy like Garden or Eat y'self fitter - as you're just done.
This was the first song in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock so I have some nostalgic fondness for this song, even though I'm not really a fan of Buzzcocks otherwise. I like this song, however.
Grren Day owes so much to Buzzcocks.
The 'surfer rock' vibe you noted is not coincidental. The Buzzcocks more or less invented the 'buzzsaw' continuous guitar sound of two, slightly distorted guitars playing the same chords in very fast tempos that you hear in a lot of West Coast punk bands. Their influence on pop music especially in the US is criminally unrecognized. I'm not surprised you are drawn to them as they were one of the most musically adept and melodic UK punk bands. Beyond the obvious big hits everyone mentions, their music had progressively more experimental elements which can be heard more on the b-side of Singles Going Steady (The A side is all the hit singles, the B side is those records b-sides, and if you didn't know that you really wouldn't guess, that's how good they were). In the eighties, Pete Shelley their lead singer and chief songwriter even had a few electropop hits which are also worth a spin, including Telephone Operator and Homosapien.
STICKY FILTHs song Happy birthday to us was written in one practice the day before their 21st band birthday gig in front of me my ex wife and best friend Bin Laden (formerly Dean) it's a tribute to them and us their friends and fans that we made it this far We've lost a lot of friends over the years car crashes drug overdoses house fire's suicide and murdered. The opening line goes like this. It's been a long and winding road sometimes i had to switch to four wheel drive. and all around us victory our victory is that we do survive happy birthday happy birthday to us
Punk-pop. You might like Billy Idol’s first band, Generation X. Maybe early Jam and the Rich Kids (good album, bad production) too. I like all the Buzzcock’s singles though “Harmony in my Head” is probably my favorite.
Try buzzcocks track ever fallen in love which is one of the most covered tracks. Many artists have done a cover if this track
Classic 👍
PS You look great!! Well done on the weight loss. I lost about 12 pounds in the last month, but that's because I got gastritis at a pub in Yorkshire (I don't recommend it)! XO
Buzzcocks are the closest to an English version of Ramones. Fast catchy songs with an attitude.
Just saw this video but congrats on the 10 pounds! Huge achievement!!!
Ty Rayyan!
Kia ora hello again from Aotearoa new zealand hay brother 10 pounds is ten pounds of Wight you don't have to carry around with you think about carrying a ten pound bag of anything everywhere now you don't and it's ten pounds your heart doesn't have to pump blood around. And here i come with the pressure northern Irish 70s and still going punk band STIFF LITTLE FINGER'S song Root's Radicals Rockers and Reggae these guys are my second favourite band ever after THE CLASH third place STICKY FILTH and then kind of like this BAD BRAINS MINOR THREAT
BLACK FLAG
UK SUB'S
THE ANTI NOWHERE LEAGUE
THE SKATALITES and to infinity and beyond
Congratulations on the weight loss Bro! 🤜🏻🤛🏻
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Great band excellent album, not a bad song on it
I love Buzzcocks, simple but well written and performed punk.
I hope that after your X-Ray Spex review you had a listen to the studio version of Oh Bondage Up Yours and that you will give the band another try, maybe with The Day the World Turned Dayglo (th-cam.com/video/nfv9VbJqV_s/w-d-xo.html) or Identity (th-cam.com/video/Pst5K6uEPUc/w-d-xo.html).
Also, Sham 69 are worth a try with their Hurry Up Harry (th-cam.com/video/kbcONYzM7jQ/w-d-xo.html) and Borstal Breakout (th-cam.com/video/8R4HJGgiEfc/w-d-xo.html) are worth a try.
Check out harmony in my head.
Buzzcocks are great fun and definitely lighter than many of their peers.
Once you get to post punk please jump on Violent Femmes; specifically Kiss Off, Add It Up, and American Music
I’ve liked and subbed, will dig into your punk catalog and comment some more on your next punk song reaction
Ty Rab :)
The Queers "Burger King Queen" & "Pretty Flamingo"
Cuppa coffee, painkiller, Buzzcocks, I'm awake now!!! Fast. slightly off-key, simple lyrics, like a sorbet between courses- a palate cleanser! Gabbba, gabba, hey. Lets try Peace today.
Listen to X-ray Specs, Generation X, 999, The Jam, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, etc.
Hats off for weight loss! Excellent work, fella
10lb! Well done mate.
Post punk - Gang of Four. Great bass, creative innovative guitar, political vocals but you don’t need to know what it’s about. Some songs. "At Home He's a Tourist", "Damaged Goods", "I Found That Essence Rare",
“Paralysed"
I hope this means you're coming around to a point where you're ready to give Eat it Up Worms Hero another go. If you want to try a *Cardiacs* song that has "a bit of punk in it", but nothing crazy to go with that (just a little side serving with some pop in it, and then afterwards, a hidden track after a while, where it sounds like they managed to get their hands on a church organ somewhere), then you might find that *Will Bleed Amen* has enough of what you like in it to please you. th-cam.com/video/NrJTtDT8T5k/w-d-xo.html
If after all the punk what you really want is something that just has lots of pop in it, then *Spell with a Shell* should pop pretty good for you. th-cam.com/video/KGQDtCyI1yw/w-d-xo.html
Big influence on Kurt Cobain
"What do I get?" Guitar lessons would be a start.
Apart from the A58, the only good thing to come out of Bolton
You may want to go back and do more Sex Pistols. Have you done “Pretty Vacant” or “No Feelings”?