Posted on 06/22/2024 4:24:49 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Punk is a raucous, stripped-down genre of rock music that, at its best, is made of “three chords and the truth.” Punk rock is accessible and immediate, featuring artists who may only know a handful of chords, but they’re into it for the music, not the technique. Arranging them into any kind of hierarchy is bound to get punches thrown in a punk bar. Here are the 31 best punk songs of all time.
1. Anarchy In The UK – Sex Pistols Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
The archetypical punk song, this 1977 Cook, Matlock, Jones, and Rotten song was the proverbial foreign object in the punchbowl of the overproduced British rock scene of the late 1970s. Dripping with contempt for the British hierarchical worldview like the rest of Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols, this is one of the classic punk songs for a reason.
2. God Save The Queen – Sex Pistols Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen Revisited
Recorded almost midway through the 70-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II, this ripping indictment of English authority is a classic punk banger. Half-sung and half-shouted by Johnny Rotten, the angry lyrics and simple message of rage toward the system and its abuses, personified by the Queen, make this a song that will long outlive its target.
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Tattooed Love Boys - The Pretenders
‘Dance with Me’ by T.S.O.L belongs on the list as well
Mostly noise compared to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWhkbDMISl8
No Carpenters?
The Offspring - Dividing By Zero/Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing & Rides The Bomb To Hell
The Offspring - Pretty Fly For A White Guy
The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright
They have plenty more beyond these 5 I am presenting
Circle Jerks - Jerks On 45
Great Band
“Crazy Little Thing Called Love” is closer to 50s rock&roll or doowop than punk. It’s something Sha Na Na could cover.
Crazy little thing called love? 99 luftballoons?
Bunch of non punk songs on this list.
My Way - Sid Vicious
LOL! The Carpenters were kinda of like punk, they were the anti-Beatles.
Can “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow” by Fleetwood Mac count because it was sung along with at the podium of the Democrat National Convention with Bill and Hillary Clinton smiling, laughing and moving their hips back and forth, clapping to the music over the sound system.
They are punks.
California Über Alles - The Dead Kennedys
Queen, Nena and Green Day are not punk. Writer of this article needs to get out more.
Safety Dance doesn’t make the list?
Bitchin’ Camaro - The Dead Milkman
Same!
“Crazy Little Thing Called Love” ???????
Get outta here!
No need to go any further. SMH.
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