# Most punk song of all time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 14, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021 "2007-12-14T18:49:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021/21 "2007-12-14T19:18:57Z")
[QUOTE=Ol’Gaffer] “Minor Threat” by **Minor Threat** [/QUOTE] I’m so punk I only listen to Minor Threat when wasted 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021/22 "2007-12-14T19:19:30Z")
I am shocked, I say shocked that it took until post #19 for someone to mention Dead Kennedys. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021/23 "2007-12-14T19:19:58Z")
Anarchy in the UK is the first thing I thought of. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021/24 "2007-12-14T19:20:33Z")
Oh, I misread it. Thought it was asking for one song, so I figured it would be something off the Clash’s 1st album. If we are talking whole alboms I’d say The Clash’s - 1st album/Give em Enough Rope Social D - Live at the Roxy/Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell Ramones - 1st album/Rocket to Russia But whatever you choose - **TURN IT UP MOTHERFUCKER!** ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021/25 "2007-12-14T19:21:01Z")
Patti Smith, “Rock n’ Roll Nigger” Sex Pistols, “God Save the Queen” Buzzcocks, “Mad Mad Judy” Violent Femmes, “Add it Up” English Beat, “Mirror in the Bathroom” Lydia Lunch/Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, “The Closet” I could go on. ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021/26 "2007-12-14T19:21:02Z")
I usually reach for _Cacophony_ by **Rudimentary Peni** when someone asks for my favourite punk album. But then, I’m a little odd. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021/27 "2007-12-14T19:21:59Z")
I’ve been flipping through the ol’ virtual music collection and I’m going to have to cast my vote, subject to change in the next 10 seconds, for Suspect Device by the Stiff Little Fingers. ---
**Author:** ![mckall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@mckall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mckall)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021/28 "2007-12-14T19:23:39Z")
I have to go with anything by DK. For ‘newer’ punk, anything off of Punk in Drublic works. ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021/29 "2007-12-14T19:37:17Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] Reaching out to a different punk scene, I’ve always thought that the music and lyrics of “Petroleum Distillation” by Fifteen absolutely epitomize everything punk should be about [/QUOTE] Yay! Someone else loves Fifteen! Fifteen/Crimpshrine are two of the most underrated punk rock bands ever. Of course, having said that, for the OP I’ll go with “Filler” by **Minor Threat**. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021/30 "2007-12-14T19:38:21Z")
Wire - “12XU” or Pere Ubu - “Final Solution” ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021/31 "2007-12-14T19:48:41Z")
I’d say _God Save The Queen_ or _Blitzkrieg Bop_ would be good, instantly recognizable examples. However, although compelling cases can be made for the Ramones and Sex Pistols, I contend that no one person or band started mid-70s punk, and it perhaps wasn’t quite fully realized until a year or two later. The first Clash album would fall into this category. Rock n Roll itself is punk, IMHO. Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, the Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Who, Hendrix and MC5 all were probably as reviled as punks in their day as the Pistols, although only after the advent of the post-Vietnam era was the really cynical “fuck you” attitude as fully realized. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021/32 "2007-12-14T19:49:12Z")
[QUOTE=VCO3] Wire - “12XU” [/QUOTE] Shit, I was just about to amend my _Pink Flag_ recommendation above to specifically mention this song. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021/33 "2007-12-14T19:49:33Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] I’m so punk I only listen to Minor Threat when wasted 😉 [/QUOTE] or gettin’ laid… ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021/34 "2007-12-14T19:59:42Z")
The Replacements, “I Hate Music.” _I hate music/It’s got too many notes…_ ---
**Author:** ![Grossbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@Grossbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grossbottom)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021/35 "2007-12-14T20:00:20Z")
Flag’s “Rise Above” followed by the DK’s “Too Drunk to Fuck”. Sunday morning playlist, meet SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021/36 "2007-12-14T20:01:02Z")
[QUOTE=pulykamell] Shit, I was just about to amend my _Pink Flag_ recommendation above to specifically mention this song. [/QUOTE] Amen! Too bad the philistines in this thread will just be all “TEH SEX PISTALS”, having never heard true punk music like Wire. ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021/37 "2007-12-14T20:10:24Z")
[QUOTE=VCO3] Amen! Too bad the philistines in this thread will just be all “TEH SEX PISTALS”, having never heard true punk music like Wire. [/QUOTE] Ya know, it’s elitist attitudes like this that are the worst part of music. It IS possible to express an opinion without being a total jackass about it. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021/38 "2007-12-14T20:14:09Z")
[QUOTE=VCO3] Amen! Too bad the philistines in this thread will just be all “TEH SEX PISTALS”, having never heard true punk music like Wire. [/QUOTE] Amen! Too bad we couldn’t get through this thread without somebody posting the very annoying I’m-so-much-cooler-than-everybody-else, your-taste-sucks thing. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021/39 "2007-12-14T20:15:48Z")
Two different questions. If somebody asked me to “play some punk rock,” I’d put on some early Stranglers. But they weren’t the “most punk” by any means…they were too old and Doors-influenced to be accepted by the punk fraternity even back in the '70s. Now if you asked me to play the most punk song I can think of, I think I’d go with “Oh Bondage Up Yours” by X-Ray Spex. Makes the Sex Pistols sound like Loggins & Messina, without lapsing into _total_ chaotic noise-blat. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021/40 "2007-12-14T20:16:56Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] Amen! Too bad we couldn’t get through this thread without somebody posting the very annoying I’m-so-much-cooler-than-everybody-else, your-taste-sucks thing. [/QUOTE] You must be under the impression that punk is about putting music back in the hands of the people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-punk-song-of-all-time/430021.md?page=3)