# The Essential Music Library: Punk/Post-Punk/New Wave **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 31, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-punk-post-punk-new-wave/328673 "2005-10-31T03:35:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-punk-post-punk-new-wave/328673/61 "2005-12-11T06:07:33Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Didn’t even see it until I was back in the car. I was there to get something for my Secret Santa person, but they didn’t have anything I needed and for some reason, that’s what I decided to treat myself to. If I don’t break this habit of getting gifts for myself when I’m also buying gifts for others, I’m going to be very poor at the end of the month. Yeah, I had the same problem Christmas shopping today. 6 gifts for others, 3 for myself. If you want to, you can e-mail me your address and I can send you a mix CD or two of some similar stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-punk-post-punk-new-wave/328673/62 "2005-12-11T06:20:05Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > And, as I feel is my holy musical duty, I should also recommend **Husker Du** ’s 1985 _New Day Rising_ if you enjoy _Surfer Rosa_. When Black Francis put up the ad to start the Pixies, he wrote that he wanted a band that would be a cross between Husker Du and The Mamas and the Papas. Not the Mamas and the Papas … he wanted a cross between Husker Du and Peter Paul & Mary. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-punk-post-punk-new-wave/328673/63 "2005-12-11T06:37:54Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > Not the Mamas and the Papas … he wanted a cross between Husker Du and Peter Paul & Mary. Ah, right. I knew it was some 60s folk-pop combo that had nothing to do with the actual Pixies’ sound. ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-punk-post-punk-new-wave/328673/64 "2005-12-12T05:32:11Z")
**MyNameIsEarl** , **revolver\_4** and **marky33** both mentioned the Jam, though personally I would have named “Sound Affects” over “Setting Sons”. (It’s hard to argue with a compilation like “Snap!”.) ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-punk-post-punk-new-wave/328673/65 "2005-12-12T11:01:37Z")
I attended most of a nostalgic punk gig yesterday at London’s Astoria. It featured many bands from my youth, although some were unrecognisable as such; for example, the Japanese guitarist of the UK Subs cannot have been more than 25 years old so I think he may be a replacement. Other bands: 999, The Saints (who supported The Ramones, with the Talking Heads, at the Roundhouse in London in 1977), The Dickies (always good value live) and, lastly, The Rezillos - who were awesomely magnificent, as usual. To think I first saw them 28 years ago. That’s twenty-eight years. Oh, god I feel old! **Risha** - The Jam were, of course, tremendous. But you can’t beat their first LP, “In The City”. To think, Weller was only 19 at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-punk-post-punk-new-wave/328673/66 "2005-12-14T05:58:36Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > If you want to, you can e-mail me your address and I can send you a mix CD or two of some similar stuff. Check your e-mail. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-punk-post-punk-new-wave/328673.md?page=3)