Name that tune!

[fishorama]

Thanks, gimme30, I'm too cheap to do pay anything, lol. Ads give us a bathroom break or something to swear at between songs. We liked the 2nd Norwegian punk song better than the more "metalish" 1st. We have some narrow parameters

GaryE, we actually were exposed to punk in the US midwest ~1977. A college friend was a DJ at the uni station. He & another guy were our introduction to new less mainstream music. He used throw "student ghetto" parties & L-7 (fronted by a woman!) played next door 1 time. My 1st up close view of slam dancing, I never participated as a glasses wearer & too wimpy.

I agree US east & west coast punk were different; so was UK. We quit liking the Clash after Rock the Casbah & London's Calling. Way too pop & $$ grubbing tripe. The guitar player tried to disown their early rightwing leanings, too late! Sorry, enough of "almost political" posting, I do try to pay attention to TFF rules.

 

[GaryE]

Interesting. I've never heard the Clash called right wing before - they were always under attack for being lefties, from the get go. I'd love to discuss the first album via PM. I'm very curious. Ah, the debates of 40 years ago....

I'm not big on punk that doesn't have at least some influence from Jamaican reggae and ska, or from American funk. The Scandinavian scene, metal or punk has always been too technical for me, and misses the point. Punk is sloppy music. The Scandinavian bands play too well, and too coldly.

Dancing could get rowdy in the Brit punk clubs, but slam dancing was American to me. It was men throwing their weight around, and it made the dance floor exclusive. It probably became a thing in the UK after I left and came home - I can't say, but I first saw slam dancing with suburban boys slumming. I can recall the first time it really hit a floor here and resulted in a brawl between the suburban boys and the old school punks. The tribes of yesteryear.

 

[fishorama]

Sorry Gary, I think I confused my Brit punk bands. I retract my comments on the Clash, except for not liking their later pop music.

We also like ska/punk like Rancid & Suicide Machines. My husband, a bass & guitar player, thinks the Rancid bass guy is among the best. The 80s pop Oingo Boingo is also fun. The front man, Danny Elfman, did some movie songs (Weird Science) & The Simpsons cartoon opening music. Too bad he, like others, has had severe hearing loss in their later years.

 

[GaryE]

I'm off to check Suicide Machines. I missed them. That scene was when my kids had come along and my wild days were on hold. There was about a 10 year gap where I couldn't afford to take chances on buying new bands, and wasn't hearing new music. I had to loop back.
A lot of old punks were into fish. The metal crew gravitated to reptiles but the punks showed up at fish clubs.

 

[gimme30]

Curious, the younger crowd streams everything. Are you guys still buying physical media?

 

[GaryE]

I "curate". Streaming pulls you to a middle ground. All I need to do is become curious about one seventies artist, and Spotify feeds me tons of that era. They've identified my age group and that's what I'm supposed to like, darn it. I was curious about Twotank's love of Little Feat, a band I didn't know, and it threw my feed into that era until I gave up. The algorithm knows what I like even if I don't like it. It wants to be obeyed.

So streaming annoys me.

But I don't buy vinyl or cds (if they can still be bought). I will sample on youtube, and buy downloads. The artist gets a bit more money, and I get very few total duds.