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The Undertones "Here Comes The Summer"

scott wrote:whatever my favorite is, I'd bet it's by Descendents.

When I read the thread title, that's the first thing that came to me.

tmidgett wrote:

Red Square wrote:

whirlindervish wrote:Buzzcocks, Hallway In My Head

interesting choice...

You mean Harmony.

I think anything from the first side of Singles Going Steady for me.

I never think about Buzzcocks as one of my favorite bands, but then I hear any of those 8 songs, and I think it is as good as anything else ever.

Those 8 songs are the pop-punk ideal.

Plus "Why Can't I Touch It?"

good song but it goes on for too long in my opinion...that song would be better at half the length...

"Ignite" - The Damned
"16 Again" - Buzzcocks
"Spanish Bombs" - The Clash
"Shadow" - The Lurkers
"Done Some Brain Cells Last Night" - The Blood

I might not completely understand the question. Would "Walk in Cold" by Naked Raygun be considered "pop-punk"?

The Fastbacks have too many perfect songs to list.

Mark Hansen wrote:The Undertones "Here Comes The Summer"

I was gonna say "Teenage Kicks" or that.

Someone listed a Muffs song earlier. Fuck yeah.

I came to find punk rock through early-90s pop-punk; Lookout records kinda stuff. I've got a soft spot for a lot of that stuff, i.e. The Queers, Screeching Weasel, Mr. T Experience, etc.

Ty Webb wrote:

BadComrade wrote:Does anything Clint has written for Mission of Burma count?

If it does, I'm drinking Dran-O.

I have to admit, on reading this thread title "Academy Fight Song" came to mind immediately. I love this song intensely and I think that it fits as "pop". But in the best possible sense. I think that it is the only song that I have listened to more than twice in succession in my adulthood (six times in a row, I'd guess).

It has a few facets that I would associate more with pop than pure rock: its catchiness in verse, chorus and bridge; the relatively shiny production; a chorus that seems to demands one to sing with it; and polished, perfect brevity.

Of course, it still rocks like a bastard.

Kyle Motor wrote:

Mark Hansen wrote:The Undertones "Here Comes The Summer"

I was gonna say "Teenage Kicks".

Come on - it's "I Don't Wanna Get Over You" case closed. They wrote a few.

Misfits? Stuff like Astrozombies, Hybrid Moments, Where Eagles Dare seems like the ubercatchy goofy stupid stuff we're talking about.

And second on Superchunk - "Package Thief" fits this perfectly without being stupid.

tmidgett wrote:

Red Square wrote:

whirlindervish wrote:Buzzcocks, Hallway In My Head

interesting choice...

You mean Harmony.

I think anything from the first side of Singles Going Steady for me.

I never think about Buzzcocks as one of my favorite bands, but then I hear any of those 8 songs, and I think it is as good as anything else ever.

Those 8 songs are the pop-punk ideal.

Plus "Why Can't I Touch It?"

Correct answer.