Buzzcocks people: I understand all of your offerings, really. But you're screwing it up. It's "You Say You Don't Love Me."

It's fast, short, complex but catchy with something delightful around every turn. That little guitar figure after "I don't wanna live in a dream I wanna be real"? That soaring guitar break? The crazy bass fills like McCartney on speed? C'mon now.

cesb wrote:Buzzcocks people: I understand all of your offerings, really. But you're screwing it up. It's "You Say You Don't Love Me."

It's fast, short, complex but catchy with something delightful around every turn. That little guitar figure after "I don't wanna live in a dream I wanna be real"? That soaring guitar break? The crazy bass fills like McCartney on speed? C'mon now.

I agree... another gem. "I Believe" is another one-- a pop-punk song gone epic.

The Rezillos - Top Of The Pops

Buzzcocks people: I understand all of your offerings, really. But you're screwing it up. It's "You Say You Don't Love Me."

nah, "Ever Fallen in Love" is the one. the chorus is as good as a chorus can be, and in a minor key even!

Wendy - Descendents
Salad Days - Minor Threat

Those are the only two that I can remember.

154 wrote:

Buzzcocks people: I understand all of your offerings, really. But you're screwing it up. It's "You Say You Don't Love Me."

nah, "Ever Fallen in Love" is the one. the chorus is as good as a chorus can be, and in a minor key even!

Well, how can you go wrong? A very, very great tune. Spectacular opening - raging dark frenzy right out of the blocks into that great opening lyric...

But there's one little bit that bums me out - that back and forth guitar pattern after the choruses leading into the verses (which gets turned into an ending) - kind of lets down after what's come before it. And he chorus is a little too busy.

But that's nitpicking, innit?

caix wrote:Wendy - Descendents
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Cover of the Beach Boys.

As much as it pains me to say it, I really like dumpweed by Blink 182.

"Non-alignment Pact" by Pere Ubu

...or pretty much anything by the Vandals

.....or "My Baby Does Good Sculptures" by the Rezillos

.........or pretty much anything by the Dickies

............or "Big City" by Operation Ivy

...............or pretty much anything by the Ramones

tommydski wrote:Superchunk 'Water Wings'.

Or pretty much any Superchunk song.

Or maybe Carrothead or Still There's Hope by the Young Fresh Fellows.