Pop punk classics (Singles Going Steady - Buzzcocks)

Member Name: simodewey

Product:	Singles Going Steady - Buzzcocks
Date:	16/08/08 (14 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: catchy

Disadvantages: simplistic

On the back of the Sex Pistols, Television, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, and Richard Hell and the Voidoids, the Buzzcocks almost turn punk on it's head by making it commercial again.

Which is what this is - pop music for punk fans. If it weren't for Oh Shit! and Orgasm addict this would be completely inoffensive pop music with power chords and snarly vocals.

But it's very good pop-punk. Dealing a lot with relationships and the 80's scene.

It incorporates harmonies and melody in the same way the Beatles would and holds so many gems that you would be forgiven for thinking that the Buzzcocks were one of the best bands ever

And that's one thing to bare in mind - this is a singles collection and it is just a collection of their best work. It's very good work though, and a lot of it is sing along and instant.

Four or Five stars? It's hard to say

Let's give it five

Summary: you know these songs