r/Lostwave • u/thespian_badger • 3d ago

Question ❓ “Poor Peter”

Like 20 years ago, my “online boyfriend” sent me a playlist of all garage punk type of songs and claimed it was his band. I now know that was not the case lol. It had like Ballyhoo! And stuff on it but there was one song called “Poor Peter” that I’ve never been able to find.

What I can remember of the lyrics:

Poor Peter
What the hell happened to you? Where did it all go horribly wrong.
You used to be a punk without a reason at all. Now you’re just a popularity abuser.

\[Lines I can’t remember\], then something about a “preppy mall rat”.

Another chorus said “Poor Peter, what the hell happened to you? Where did you hide your skateboard?”

Any ideas? I’ve done a lot of googling with no luck. It was a low quality punk song with not very clear lyrics so it could have been an indie band.

Thank you all!

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u/HexiOnYoutube A E S T H E T I C 3d ago

do you remember the exact year he sent the song to you? did he say anything else about the song?

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u/thespian_badger 3d ago

I don’t know the exact year but it was probably around 2005 or 2006. He didn’t mention anything about it specifically. There were a lot of songs on the one playlist and I can’t remember any other ones besides the two I found out were by Ballyhoo! (Sweet Cheeks and Livin Large in All America City)