What are the top 20 Punk Rock Songs of all time?

glen

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Would you consider the Who's My Generation punk?
What about Talking Heads - Psycho Killer?
Elvis Costello - Veronica?

 

notfred

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Just by being on a top 20 list, they're sellouts, and therefore not punk

Debate as you wish ;)

Good punk rock songs:
Bad Religion - voice of god is government
Pennywise - bro hymn
Operation Ivy - Sound System
AFI - Cult Status
Minor Threat - I din't wanna hear it

I could list more.
 

DaveSimmons

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Originally posted by: glen
Would you consider the Who's My Generation punk?
What about Talking Heads - Psycho Killer?
Elvis Costello - Veronica?
not the Elvis I'd pick -- "Radio Radio" or "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding" are more like it. After Imperial Bedroom I don't consider his music punk, though I do love Spike, Rose, and even The Juliet Letters.

Oingoo Boingo - "Only A Lad"
X - "Hungry Wolf" (though my favorite of theirs is actually "Blue Spark")
Joe Jackson - "Look Sharp" or even "Is She Really Going Out With Him"
Faith No More - "We Care A Lot" and "Epic" (even though it's rap-metal-punk)

I'm a geezer so I'm not up on the neo-punk bands.
 

deftron

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I'm bored, so I'll try to come up with a list.
The ordering may not be exact



1. Operation Ivy - Knowledge
2. Iggy Pop & the Stooges - Search and Destroy
3. MC5 - Kick Out the Jams
4. The Clash - London Calling
5. Cringer - Rain
5. Green Day - Welcome to Paradise
6. Rites of Spring - For Want of
7. Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
8. NOFX - Please play this song on the radio
9. Dead Kennedys - Holidays in Cambodia
10. Minor Threat - Filler
11. sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
12. Sid Viscious - My Way
13. Jawbreaker - Chesterfield King
14. Nation of Ulysses - N-Sub Ulysses -
15. Filth - Today' Lesson
16. Misfits - Teenagers from Mars
17. Eyehategod - My Name is God (I Hate You)
18. Born Against - Eulogy
19. Screeching Weasel - I Was a High School Psychopath
20. Crass - Punk is Dead

 

Anubis

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In no particular order
1. Crass - Punk is Dead
2. Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
3. AFI - Total Imortal
4. Bad Religion - Infected
5. Bouncing Souls - True Beleivers
6. Dropkick Murphies - bar room hero
7. H20 - One Life One Chance
8. Less Than Jake - Gainsvelle rock City
9. Millencolin - lozin Must
10. NOFX - Linoleum
11. Operation Ivy - Knowledge
12. Pennywise - Perfect People
13. Rancid - Roots Radical
14. Anti Flag - Seattle was a riot
15. The Ataris - San Demis High School Football Ruls
16. Unwritten Law - California Sky
17. Agnostic Front - Gotta go
18. Guns & wankers - Skin Deep
19. Propagandhi - Nation States
20. Diesel Boy - Titty Twister


 

MacGaven

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Good question.

1. sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
2. Sid Viscious - My Way
3. Jawbreaker - Chesterfield King
4. Nation of Ulysses - N-Sub Ulysses -
5. Filth - Today' Lesson
 

Platypus

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Originally posted by: MacGaven
Good question.

1. sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
2. Sid Viscious - My Way
3. Jawbreaker - Chesterfield King
4. Nation of Ulysses - N-Sub Ulysses -
5. Filth - Today' Lesson

Why would you put the sex pistols on there?
 

conjur

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Here's a start:

Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
The Clash - Clampdown
The Clash - London Calling
The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
The Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
The Ramones - Teenage Lobotomy
The Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
The Ramones - We're A Happy Family
The Ramones - Suzy Is A Headbanger
The New York Dolls - Looking For A Kiss
The New York Dolls - Babylon
 

tweakmm

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Being that the only punk that I like is the first British stuff and now Irish Punk...you've got the Clash and Ramones so I've got to add
Dropkick Murphies - The Rocky Road to Dublin.