For da punx

[gordonzola]

(Edited: We have a winner! It's Mr jamie_miller of Louisville Kentucky. However, please feel free to leave your snarky comments about the lyrics, band, and the effect these lyrics have on the meaning of punk below. Personally, I find them deeply transgressive.)

I've decided to start a new feature on my LJ, partly because it won't take much typing and my wrist needs a break from all the cheese madness.

I will sporadically reprint some absurd lyrics by at least semi well-known punk bands, and whoever guesses who performed them can be honorary old-schooler of the week/month/year. The commonality with the lyrics will be that they will be embarrassing to punks. We'll start with what I think is an easy one (and yes, you could search online and find the answer easily, but that's no fun):

"The hippies, they hate us
we steal their chicks
they beat us up
but they're still the dicks"

I expect the sexism for a certain generation of punk rock, so while that part might be embarrassing, it's hardly rare. But what self-respecting punk admits to being beaten up by hippies? A punk rocker can admit to being beaten up by cops, rednecks, or urban cowboys, but singing about being beaten by hippies is a stain on the reputation of every punk who's ever lived. Even if it might be factually true. We're myth-making here, and this just doesn't fit.

I bet reddawn gets the answer because even if she was like five years old when this came out, she has such an old-school* fetish.

Extra hint: something in the news today reminded me of the band.



*For today, my definition of old-school is pre-Nirvana.

Comments

[lemon-says.livejournal.com]

Surf punks we're not
Skateboard we do
We have the fun
We're the new crew.

And those are the only two verses I remember of a song I can't recall, from a band that is juuuuust eluding me.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

purple boards, short hair
we're outnumbered and we don't care!

[walktheplank.livejournal.com]

I cheated and looked it up on the internet.

I never cared for (that particular band) but I gotta give 'em credit for having one of the best band names of all time.

(Too bad they turned it into an abbreviation.)

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

yes, I was surprised to find four sites devoted to that bands lyrics. but then again, lyrics like "Cokes and Snickers is all I eat / Health sucks! Health sucks!" should be passed down to the next generation.

Oh, yeah,

[lemon-says.livejournal.com]

I suppose it's time you knew that I am a former skate punk married to a former skate punk. I've tried to keep it a secret and hide my suburban-angsty past, but some lyric memory is inevitable. ;)

Re: Oh, yeah,

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

Sister, welcome back.

Re: Oh, yeah,

[lemon-says.livejournal.com]

Where are my combat boots, dammit!

(Just don't tell the local southern belles. They'll confiscate my deviled egg plate.)

mmm,

[ilipodscrill.livejournal.com]

deviled eggs...w/ spicy mustard? horseradish?

Re: mmm,

[lemon-says.livejournal.com]

Never horseradish, dahling, but the spicy mustard does make them tasty, doesn't it? And a sprinkle of paprika for color.

[jamie-miller.livejournal.com]

I know, I know!! Should I give the answer now or wait?

I listened to this band in high school.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

I was gonna have people post it, but the commets are fun. E-mail the answer to gordonzola@livejournal.com. Not that I don't think you really know.

Winner!

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

Yes people, jamie_miller is officially Old School Punk of the Gap in Time Between Punk Lyric Contests! We will now call him Jamie OSPGTBPLC! Congratulations!

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[lostcosmonaut.livejournal.com]

i dig this feature, even though I have no idea who Jody Foster's Army are.--mza.

[magpiesf.livejournal.com]

oh, that was easy. you gotta make them harder.

and i always thought that it was bad enough to put yourself on record as stealing hippies "chicks" (hey, that means youre stealing hippiechicks, and thats no good for your punk cred, right?). to then admit to being beat up by hippies was the humiliating icing on the cake of shame. who gets beat up by hippies? certainly not skate punks.

and by pre-nirvana, do you mean pre-bleach, or pre-nevermind? :)

[vestalvixen.livejournal.com]

Honestly, who gets beat up by hippies? I will need stories to support this.

[reddawn.livejournal.com]

Man, today was a shitty day not to be glued to the computer. Damn.

I don't know that I'd say I have an old school "fetish" per se, a healthy interest, maybe. Now, if you'd said I have an old man fetish, then you'd be right on the money.

Addendum

[reddawn.livejournal.com]

For today, my definition of "old man" is born pre-1970.

[rearwindow.livejournal.com]

i am too late but i do know and used to like alot JFA! yay!!