The Clash

[Shiroikage]

Best punk band or greatest punk band?

[Sera]

This is a question for Virtue

[Blarg]

punk is for losers

[Conrad]

punk is for punks

.'/

[Shiroikage]

punk is for losers

Pretty much, yeah.

[Bagel]

I'm all lost in the supermarket

[_chuchu]

at least you will never go hungry

[Howard Roark]

shiro do me a solid and put some must-know clash songs and do another thread devoted to Cohen, and a 3rd for Dylan

ilu, or I suppose they could all stay here

[Shiroikage]

I'll bang out some lists.

[Shiroikage]

In no particular order:

The Clash:
White Riot
*Death and Glory
Rock the Casbah
*(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais
Tommy Gun
London Calling (I guess I need to put this on there, don't I)
*Rudie Can't Fail
*Guns of Brixton
I Fought the Law (beautiful cover, really)
*Armagideon Time
Should I Stay or Should I Go
Career Opportunities
Lost in the Supermarket

And let's add in a couple Joe Strummer songs out of respect:
Afro-Cuban Bebop
Redemption Song (amazing cover of the Marley standard)

Could add a lot more but I tried to keep it concise. Healthy mix of favourites and just general classics.

[Klaatu]

Justice Tonight
The Magnificent Dance
Radio Clash

[Shiroikage]

Cohen:
Suzanne
*Sisters of Mercy
*Chelsea Hotel No. 2 (Got to hear this one live. Was a nice treat because his recent tour was mostly a carbon copy set list of the Live in London show, and this wasn't on it)
Hallelujah
*Anthem
*Bird on the Wire
*Dance Me to the End of Love
So Long, Marianne
*The Future
*The Butcher
Tower of Song
*The Partisan (traditional, but good arrangement)
Everybody Knows
First We Take Manhattan

Few people do songs of love and hate as well as him.

[Shiroikage]

Justice Tonight
The Magnificent Dance
Radio Clash

Was debating throwing Radio Clash on there. No disagreements with any of those.

[Klaatu]

Good stuff

[Shiroikage]

I wish Strummer was still around.

[Klaatu]

Shut up

[Shiroikage]

I wish I could make this short, but I don't even know how to begin to do that. I'll tag a few of my favourites although there's not much on this list that I don't adore.
Dylan:
*Like a Rolling Stone
*Shelter from the Storm
*Desolation Row
*Visions of Johanna
Mr. Tambourine Man
Blowin' in the Wind
*Just Like a Woman
*Hard Rain
*Spanish Boots of Spanish Leather
Maggie's Farm
*The Lonesome Death of Hattie Caro (Heard a fucking awesome version of this live)
It Ain't Me Babe
*Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Tangled Up in Blue
*Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again
*Jokerman
*If You See Her, Say Hello


I cut this list by ~1/2-2/3s.

[archibaldcrane]

I'll take Dead Kennedys any day of the week in a battle of the punk bands.

[Colenzo]

im not much for punk music but I like both of the bands listed so far in this thread

[Ohaigaiz]

NOFX? they're alright, and that's all i really know. only song i've listened to by them in a really really long time is blasphemy. i don't particularly listen to punk. on with the indie! lead singer kind of reminds me of blue october but fuck blue october

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A36I4L31Hzc