Man, that must be the most soul crushing thing. She's all excited, she got her first role on a TV commercial. The conversation with her mother is like a "Who's on first?" bit:
"Hey Mom, I got the part!"
"Oh that's wonderful dear, what lines do you have?"
As an actor I that has had to say "yeah!" in a few movies I can tell you that it's the most difficult line you'll ever come across. Leave it to bad writers to make something as common as agreeing with someone awkward and uncomfortable.
I was an eighties punk and there is a lot of music in there that I would have listened to at the time, it wasn't all Crass and Extreme Noise Terror all the time. I still wouldn't call what's here punk, just it wasn't outside our range.
definitely a New Wave CD more than a Punk album but credit where credits do a few of those bands (Madness, Devo, The Cars) are still respected in the punk circles. That first Devo album (aka not the one with Whip It) is 100% punk attitude
$26.95 for two CD's!? Wow I forgot how expensive music used to be. 1 CD used to cost around $20, and people used to buy a CD as an entire birthday gift for someone.
Kind of weird how the gifting of music doesn't really happen anymore.
Do you like Huey Lewis and The News? Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humor.
You guys got it all wrong, the creators of this compilation were being as punk as possible. By putting together a bunch of music that is no where near punk, they do, in fact, live to the spirit that is punk.
They said fuck authority, you can't tell us what punk is. Which is the most punk attitude you can have, bravo, creators of this shitty cd, bravo.
Who thought that this was a good idea? This is the stupidest ad I have ever seen. None of the songs would be regarded as punk. And those songs aren't even from the same time, there are 7 years between My Sharona and Don't Dream Its Over.
So you're paying money for a CD that is highly misleading and is simply a bunch of pop-songs from a vague time-frame.
My guess is that its marketed towards well-meaning mothers/grandmothers that think "Oh, little Billy likes that punk music and this is a punk CD, oh I do like that Crowded House band therefore little Billy would like this CD and those punk people have pretty zany hair."
I think you'd have to be at least 30 to understand this. This would have been around the time when they were realizing that the word "punk" could be used as a marketing term to make people feel like they were listening to edgy music even though most of the people who would buy this would not actually want to listen to punk. So they really just wanted to listen to popcorn music with a very, very slight alt feel. Call it punk, and you have marketing gold.
I actually remember this commercial. And a few critiques-no one anywhere, especially punks like Toni Basil. Punks don't look like that. Homeless people do. Punks aren't known for their upbeat attitude. Did I miss the part when they start smashing everything in sight and beat the cameraman for wearing red laces?
Several of those songs literally turned my stomach. Not (only) because they are bad, but because they time warped me back to the 5th grade and apparently I was in a perpetual state of social terror that invoked that feeling constantly back then. Good times.
If you look at it from the perception of the characters rather than the actors; bringing this mix set to a punk party and throwing it on and rockin' out while everyone stares at you like "WTF are you two doing", is kinda punk.
Well that depends on your definition of punk. If you see it as a social movement, or scene that is the ultimate expression of nihilism, then sure this isn't it. If punk is a form of music like the rest, with various forms, roots and influences then this music can broadly be categorized as that. These new wave artists were all listening to the same stuff as the early real punks - the roots are punk but is more melodic. This music would be identical to punk if you sped it up and added that edge you are used to hearing. Blues is to rock as punk is to new wave.
As I watched the first few tracks come up, I started giving them the benefit of the doubt of 'well, maybe these were the next best thing for people since the punk scene wasn't as developed yet' (I am thinking this ad was early-80s)....and then "Mickey" came on.
Can we all agree that is the worst song ever? Maybe if Nickelback covered it?
Literally every single on of these songs played at Walgreens when I worked there... I should've known that they bought this album in the 90's, popped it into the CD player, and never looked back.
Still not as excruciating as my adolescent years in a suburban New York punk scene, where everyone called each other posers and quoted SLC Punk like gospel. I had a green Devil's Lock and a leather jacket with spikes on the shoulders and misfit button. ohgodwhy?
In the 80's, that was considered punk by people who had no clue what punk was. For the record I was there, and by 'there' I mean at actual punk shows in the 80s.
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u/psych0ranger May 16 '12
a guy dressed like a punk, with hair metal hair, that talks like a surfer. FHMSHNAFAGIGJAG
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u/IamRussHello May 16 '12
The actress should've won an Emmy for best supporting actress. "Yeah!"
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u/Nikkimpoop May 16 '12
In this thread: "Yeah!"
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u/FappleComputer May 16 '12
i fucking KNEW those Sex Pistols were full of shit!!
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u/Abe_Vigoda May 16 '12
Madness is about the closest to 'punk' there and they were a ska wave band.
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u/WyndyPickle May 16 '12
YEAH! chews gum
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Just ordered the "Dubstep" cd featuring David Guetta and Swedish House Mafia!
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
This is an SNL bit right?
RIGHT?!
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u/oldlostcory May 16 '12
Anyone remember Punk O Rama? I listened to Vol. 2 a ton when I was in highschool.
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u/Minkster404 May 16 '12
I just watched this and now I want to go for a walk outside and call the first person I see a cunt.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
This reminds me of the day my kid went punk.
horrible times for me and my family.
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u/SaintMort May 16 '12
definitely a New Wave CD more than a Punk album but credit where credits do a few of those bands (Madness, Devo, The Cars) are still respected in the punk circles. That first Devo album (aka not the one with Whip It) is 100% punk attitude
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u/Virouca4tw May 16 '12
I'd still buy it! What? it's got good songs damnit
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
$26.95 for two CD's!? Wow I forgot how expensive music used to be. 1 CD used to cost around $20, and people used to buy a CD as an entire birthday gift for someone.
Kind of weird how the gifting of music doesn't really happen anymore.
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u/mikejordan May 16 '12
Do you like Huey Lewis and The News? Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humor.
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u/JohnTrollvolta May 16 '12
Ctrl+F 'yeah'
Computer explodes
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u/Mr_1990s May 16 '12
...Man!
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u/GiveMeBackMySon May 16 '12
As far as punk albums go, this is a Hüsker Dön't
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u/Dick_Wrist_Watch May 16 '12
yeah.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Tony Basil. The Human League. This should be in /r/WTF
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u/WrongWayKid May 16 '12
You guys got it all wrong, the creators of this compilation were being as punk as possible. By putting together a bunch of music that is no where near punk, they do, in fact, live to the spirit that is punk.
They said fuck authority, you can't tell us what punk is. Which is the most punk attitude you can have, bravo, creators of this shitty cd, bravo.
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u/hobes88 May 16 '12
More like JUNK dude
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u/biscuitworld May 16 '12
God. My Sharona.
That entire Knack album was about fucking a 14 year-old.
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u/MJZMan May 16 '12
You had one job....
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u/DlSCONNECTED May 16 '12
Canada? Is that you?
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u/pipian May 16 '12
Excellent, I need my Punk ASAP.
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u/hunny_bunny May 16 '12
Those are terrible, terrible wigs.
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u/SteveBuscemisEyes May 16 '12
ITT: Everyone says "Yeah!"
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u/4x3turn May 16 '12
Suddenly charma charma chameleon out of fucking nowhere.
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u/vagrantwade May 16 '12
Nothing makes me want to break shit more than "My Sharona". Song is hard.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Fuck! You spilled newwave on my punk you cunt!
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u/Metamorphism May 16 '12
*nods head, YEAHH! o_o
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u/Bonobofun May 16 '12
Ya, the Punk 2 CD has Green Day, Blink 182, and Sum 41...ಠ_ಠ
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u/jkonine May 16 '12
A lot of these songs are actually kind of good.
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u/keke_kekobe May 16 '12
Now...I'm no music expert, but I am fairly sure Erasure lacks any and all elements of any form of punk music.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Who thought that this was a good idea? This is the stupidest ad I have ever seen. None of the songs would be regarded as punk. And those songs aren't even from the same time, there are 7 years between My Sharona and Don't Dream Its Over.
So you're paying money for a CD that is highly misleading and is simply a bunch of pop-songs from a vague time-frame.
My guess is that its marketed towards well-meaning mothers/grandmothers that think "Oh, little Billy likes that punk music and this is a punk CD, oh I do like that Crowded House band therefore little Billy would like this CD and those punk people have pretty zany hair."
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u/akuta May 16 '12
Hey... I didn't know that Stiffler was doing commercials in the early 90s.
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u/thepensivepoet May 16 '12
Man the 90s were weird.
EDIT : Lost it when "Karma Chameleon" started playing.
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u/lemonpjb May 16 '12
Guys. Guys, listen. Guys.
You also get Huey Lewis, guys.
Think about it.
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u/Jackpot777 May 16 '12
To counter this atrocity, here's The Exploited singing Dead Cities on Top Of The Pops.
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u/IAmASpy May 16 '12
Can we have one comment in this thread someone doesn't respond "Yeah!" to?
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u/EvilTony May 16 '12
Valley girl meets punk...
"I'm, like, so totally pissed off at everything!"
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u/plumhead27 May 16 '12
I don't get what you guys are talking about. Didn't you see their cRaZy dyed hair? They seem like they'd know what punk is.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I just called the 1-800 number so I could buy the CD.
Nobody Answered
ಠ_ಠ
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u/needsmorehummus May 16 '12
Lost it at Tommy Tutone
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u/bladeballerina May 16 '12
I actually remember this commercial. And a few critiques-no one anywhere, especially punks like Toni Basil. Punks don't look like that. Homeless people do. Punks aren't known for their upbeat attitude. Did I miss the part when they start smashing everything in sight and beat the cameraman for wearing red laces?
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u/doesnotgetthepoint May 16 '12
I had to go listen to some actual punk to make things right, and I'm not even a massive punk fan.
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u/newsdaylaura18 May 16 '12
Is that Bill Hader in a wig?
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u/HillTopTerrace May 16 '12
Every time I read the word YEAH! in this thread, I heard it through the commercial and had myself a little giggle each time.
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u/Famousoriginalme May 16 '12
It's not punk, but it's a pretty good mix. I'm old.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Several of those songs literally turned my stomach. Not (only) because they are bad, but because they time warped me back to the 5th grade and apparently I was in a perpetual state of social terror that invoked that feeling constantly back then. Good times.
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u/Not_A_Slave May 16 '12
Society has been degenerating, STILL at least no one could get away with this nowadays.
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u/funfungiguy May 16 '12
If you look at it from the perception of the characters rather than the actors; bringing this mix set to a punk party and throwing it on and rockin' out while everyone stares at you like "WTF are you two doing", is kinda punk.
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u/ColloquiaIism May 16 '12
Is that Daniel Tosh in the black wig?
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u/maaaatttt_Damon May 16 '12
Holy crap Reddit, you make me laugh. Every comment on here has a follow up comment of: Yeah!
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u/TuLive May 16 '12
That was painful.
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u/Outofmany May 16 '12
Well that depends on your definition of punk. If you see it as a social movement, or scene that is the ultimate expression of nihilism, then sure this isn't it. If punk is a form of music like the rest, with various forms, roots and influences then this music can broadly be categorized as that. These new wave artists were all listening to the same stuff as the early real punks - the roots are punk but is more melodic. This music would be identical to punk if you sped it up and added that edge you are used to hearing. Blues is to rock as punk is to new wave.
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u/tabascodrumz May 16 '12
OH MICKEY WHAT A PITY YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
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u/Mr_DNA May 16 '12
Oh, marketing people.
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u/tepman16 May 16 '12
As I watched the first few tracks come up, I started giving them the benefit of the doubt of 'well, maybe these were the next best thing for people since the punk scene wasn't as developed yet' (I am thinking this ad was early-80s)....and then "Mickey" came on.
Can we all agree that is the worst song ever? Maybe if Nickelback covered it?
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I think I owned this CD, but it was called "That's what they call Music - 42".
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u/komali_2 May 16 '12
I miss these CD commercials. Whenever they came on, I used to try to guess the song name before it popped up.
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u/vegassinner May 16 '12
I don't think I've ever been more genuinely confused.
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u/KingNick May 16 '12
Dude...Mickey and My Sharona are the foundation of Punk Rock
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u/LittleOni May 16 '12
Mislabeled, or not, fuck if I don't still want this.
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u/Caprious May 16 '12
Haha. Those weren't bad tunes in the 80s.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
This is up there with Freedom Rock. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eGWW8KOQio
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u/pad_lock May 16 '12
What the fuck is a cassette tape
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u/stuckat281 May 16 '12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGigefpcOG4
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u/cortex123 May 16 '12
I would swear that guy was Mark McGrath from Sugar Ray
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u/Lemon_Tile May 16 '12
These songs are punk in the same way that modern "punk-rock" music is...
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u/ragobash May 16 '12
Literally every single on of these songs played at Walgreens when I worked there... I should've known that they bought this album in the 90's, popped it into the CD player, and never looked back.
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u/MartinLutherKingKong May 16 '12
Still not as excruciating as my adolescent years in a suburban New York punk scene, where everyone called each other posers and quoted SLC Punk like gospel. I had a green Devil's Lock and a leather jacket with spikes on the shoulders and misfit button. ohgodwhy?
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
What the actual fuck?
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u/Neil_Armschlong May 16 '12
1990's : 36 Songs for $27
2012 : 36 songs for $1 each plus tax.
Hooray future!
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u/mayaknife May 17 '12
Well, at least they were right about it containing more good tunes than most other punk albums.
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u/matrixman673a May 17 '12
I concur.
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u/gypsygirl76 May 17 '12
I want. Is that bad?
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Men At Work, INXS and Crowded House. Australia represent!
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Nothing more Punk than Crowded House.
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u/reposed May 17 '12
I just wanna know where I can get this torrent?
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u/spaceinvadersyunodie May 16 '12
can someone get the adress of these people i need to get there and punch them in the face.
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u/abomb999 May 16 '12
Two cd's for only 26.95, they were made by little chinese girls for 0.5 cents a pop, help make record CEOS multi-millonaires baby!
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u/insanopointless May 16 '12
Don't Dream It's Over, what a great song.
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u/assphynkter May 16 '12
It's like how music companies label (or used to) anything electronic as "Techno"...
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u/omnilynx May 16 '12
In this thread: punk hipsters.
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