POLL - 1977 Punk Singles Choose Your Favourites

Not a big punk fan, hence my vote for Elvis Costello.

 

Mongoloid was initially released in 1976

 

TRB, Wreckless and the Adverts

 

I went with 'The Jam' and Costello; great singles!

 

Sounds like a French Beach Boys, OH WEE OH WOO

 

Nope.

Mongoloid" is the first single released by American new wave band Devo in 1977, on the Booji Boy Records label. It was backed with the song "Jocko Homo".

 

Those selections would make a great playlist

 

Chinese Rocks
Neat Neat Neat
God Save The Queen
Don't Dictate


I love the Ramones, but Sheena is not a favorite at all.

 

many great songs on the list. Glad to see Slaughter & the Dogs included, but to me their single "Cranked Up Really High" b/w "Bitch" was the pinnacle!

 

God Save the Queen
Neat Neat Neat
Your Generation
White Riot
In the City
Rip Her to Shreds
Chinese Rocks
Whole Wide World
Orgasm Addict
Sheena is a Punk Rocker
Watching the Detectives

 

My favorite is a one-off from a group called PVC2, which was Midge Ure and a couple of the boys from Slik turned punk.

 

Around half of those made the UK Top 40. None made the equivalent US chart.

 

I like some of these, actively dislike others, and there are yet others which I don't even know.

So - here are the ones I LOVE:

Oh Bondage Up Yours - X-Ray Spex
Neat Neat Neat - Damned
No More Heroes - Stranglers

 

Voted for every track but four - four tracks I've either never heard or can't remember!

 

That’s The One.

 

The best ones on the list:
God Save The Queen - Sex Pistols
Your Generation - Generation X
Ask The Angels - Patti Smith
White Riot - The Clash
White Riot - Clash
In The City - Jam
Prove It - Television
Oh Bondage Up Yours - X-Ray Spex
Chinese Rocks - Heartbreakers
Orgasm Addict - Buzzcocks
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - Ramones

 

I'll chose 5 from the list, but it could easily have been 15-20, this really is reliving my youth.

Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
The Jam - In The City
Television - Prove It (florescent green 12" vinyl)
Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives

Mix of UK / US and Punk / New Wave, happy days!!

 

No Get Your Woofing Dog Off Me by The Jerks, '77 - check, less than 2 minutes long - check, etc...



Great fun!

 

God Save The Queen
Orgasm Addict

 

Dang, i hadn't thought of this one in a long time

 

What about the follow up single, "Up against the wall", that had a bit of attitude. Motorway is still a good song, but definitely more power pop, rather than new wave.

 

12xu by Wire

 

What a great year for music, far better than 67.

 

I kind of liked them all.

I voted GSTQ, because of it's iconic status... but I'd happily sing along to every one of them if they were on my iPod.

 

Voted for them all, bar Boomtown Rats. 1977 was a real musical 'kick up the backside' year, after the moribund mid-'70s.