My inspiration for this week is this Buzzfeed list of 36 pop/punk albums I need to hear before I die. Clearly, I have my work cut out for me, because I have exactly none of those albums. In fact, I only have songs by two of the named artists, plus a parody of a song by a third. So here instead are ten punk songs I do have.
1. Today Is Gonna Be A Great Day – Bowling For Soup
2. Pretty Fly For A Rabbi – Weird Al Yankovic
3. American Idiot – Green Day
4. El Dorado – 50 Foot Wave
5. Anarchy In The UK – Sex Pistols
6. Blitzkrieg Bop – The Ramones
7. Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll – Ian Dury & The Blockheads
8. The Modern Dance – Pere Ubu
9. Search And Destroy – The Stooges
10. Human Fly – The Cramps
Bowling For Soup and Green Day are two of the artists on that list; The Offspring is another, and it’s their song, mentioned on the list, that Weird Al is parodying. I’ve never been much of a punk fan, but there are some good tunes here. What are your favorite punk songs?
Not only do I not own any of those albums, I’ve never heard of any of the artists. Woe! Despair! Who cares? 😉