Never Mind The Bollocks...

Holiday In Cambodia
By The Dead Kennedys

Oops.... Kinda forgot to update this blog last week :S. I figure the only way to make up for it is with some punk rock. It's a large logical jump to get to that assumption, but if this blog is about anything, its large logical jumps that don't really go anywhere.

Speaking of not really going anywhere... I don't have that much to say about this song. The Dead Kennedys are a seminal Californian punk band from the 80's. They've stolen everything that was good about 70's British punk (see below), but they do it in such an out of control way its OK.

Ever Fallen in Love
By The Buzzcocks

For things that are good about 70's British punk, check out this song.

Believe it or not, there wasn't really anything dirty going on behind the band name. At the time, in Manchester, the local slang for youngster/teen/delinquent was 'cock' (as in the chicken). So naturally (in another massive leap of logic that goes nowhere) the name originated from the phrase "What's the buzz, cocks?"

Anarchy In The UK
By The Sex Pistols

Generally regarded as the founders of punk (But they aren't! The Saints were doing it in Brisbane like a year before them!) they are also, according to the movie "24 hour party people" the catalyst of the entire British music industry.

There's also a ridiculous amount of mythology to the background of the band. For a start, the bass player Sid Viscous was so supposedly so bad that when they played live they would unplug him and have another guy hidden in the wings play the bass parts.

Furthermore, the manager of the band named them The Sex Pistols as a way to promote his clothing shop... Since this means that at its core, the first punk band was all about commercialism, I think it's safe to make the massive leap in logic that punks not actually dead after all, since it was never really alive to begin with.

Bonus Track:
Too Drunk To Fuck
By The Dead Kennedys

One more, for the road. I think it's pretty self explanatory.

Bittersweet songs for a bittersweet Sunday night.

Forever Lost
By The Magic Numbers

This could also be a post about songs with killer choruses... This one is not quite as killer as the following ones, but it's still got an awesome hook that totally hit me out of the blue. That alone was enough to make me choose it for this week.

The Magic Numbers themselves are a English band that had mild success a couple of years ago but have kind of dropped off the radar a little unfortunately. Unfortunately, they are most known for walking off of 'Top of the Pops' after the host made a comment about their weight :S.

Beat Of Your Drum
By 78 Saab

78 Saab are an Australian band that have been around for ages but still haven't received the kind of recognition they deserve.... If they were a little more prolific in releasing albums I'd consider these guys heading to You Am I levels of unfair obscurity.

This song is off the 2004 album Crossed Lines (which is an excellent album all up) and features an unbelievable build up and catchy chorus.

There She Goes, My Beautiful World
By Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

Nick Cave doesn't get anywhere near enough credit. I mean really... What has John Farnham done lately? What has he done to secure his position as Australia's most know male singer?

Not that I think Nick Cave would like that.. I definitely can't see him doing 'For the last time' style tours. Or performing in Jesus Christ Superstar. Maybe it's like Nick Cave is the Anti John Farnham? Maybe they are two opposite sides of the same coin? Maybe... just maybe, they are twins separated at birth... and Nick Cave is like the evil twin.

Also he dated PJ Harvey. Good on him.