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PUNK? YOU WANT PUNK?

Posted over 2 years ago
Maybe the first true punk. Surely the first punk anthem. I don't know if anyone has mentioned Him, or this song yet, but arguably this is where it all began.Duane Eddy and Link Wray would adopt the pose, but Carl Perkins was real.
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Comments (15)

  1. scotfree
    scotfree says you got it DM, that's a hot one. love the beginnings of rock like this, and punk brought back that stripped down simplicity. nice one!
    Permalink posted 07/31/2007
  2. kristiana
    kristiana says Sure thing!
    Permalink posted 07/31/2007
  3. DUSTdevils
    DUSTdevils says i can live with that...
    Permalink posted 07/31/2007
  4. ivylander
    ivylander says In your laudable zeal to give Carl his due, I think you may be minimizing the real achievement of Link Wray. He was an authentic badass. Duane Eddy, not so much, I agree.
    Permalink posted 07/31/2007
  5. DUSTdevils
    DUSTdevils says "i used to listen to Link Wray, every saturday, god bless saturdays"... mark e smith... oh, of THE FALL...
    Permalink posted 07/31/2007
  6. ZZTodd
    ZZTodd says taking it back. good stuff.
    Permalink posted 07/31/2007
  7. Anonymous says ??oh oh oh!?? excellent choice deadmandeadman me and my older bro used to sing this on kareoke all the time LOL, good times great post! =D
    Permalink posted 08/01/2007
  8. dermahrk
    dermahrk says Yes, Rockabilly may've been the first "punk" music. At least, that's the connection that "Rockin' Bones", the Rhino rockabilly box, tries to make. I love Carl Perkins. Not only his music, but the man's warm, gracious personality, infectious laugh, and love of music and life. I became a lifelong Carl fan when I saw the HBO special he did with George Harrison, Ringo Starr, some of the Stray Cats, and others. Anyone who hasn't seen this, it was recently re-released on DVD and is a monster. Rent it! Buy it! Watch it! So, how come I love Rockabilly and hate Punk? Go figger...
    Permalink posted 08/01/2007
  9. HelenMarie
    HelenMarie says You got it! Great!
    Permalink posted 08/01/2007
  10. Spike
    Spike says Here's a Merle Travis-style solo guitar instrumental Carl Perkins had on a 1970 LP by the rock group NRBQ that he was a guest on. 37 years ago I remember a room-mate urged me to listen to the album, and I found the experience grueling until this track jumped from the speakers.
    Permalink posted 08/04/2007
  11. deadmandeadman
    deadmandeadman says He sure was sweet, huh? Smooth, deceptively easy and classy. The halmark's of the man's work. I hope dermahrk hears this, he's a huge fan of Carl Perkins. And thank you Spike for the always facinating glimpses further back, off to the side, or out in left field. I don't call many teacher, teacher.
    Permalink posted 08/04/2007
  12. FastRMacR
    FastRMacR says Thanks for this post DM. I'm real sorry I didn't read your thread here before I posted the same song like a Stimpy. I truly love Carl Perkins (and was probably just a little Dixie Fried myself last August in this exciting new MOG place). OK, sorry for the really dumb question, but can you tell me why BSS would be called a punk 'anthem' (and what punk groups actually phrased that)? I'm a real punk 'nerd' and I'm having some trouble connecting the Rockabilly sound to the punk sound. Just what is it you mean? I don't have that Rhino box..yet, so Enlighten me please o wise ones! :-) Ta!
    Permalink posted 09/30/2007
  13. deadmandeadman
    deadmandeadman says Well there FastRmacR, I think it has to do with 'tude. You see, ALL the originals were punks. Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Bo Didley, Elvis, Carl Perkins and others were using music as weapons and shields. They were shaking up the "music biz" in ways no one had ever seen before. They were seen as loud, disrespectfull of music performer's traditions, and most shocking of all they celebrated hedonism without paying lip-service to repenting. Rocknroll is the love child of R&B and Hillbilly (later called country) music, both of which have, as central conciets, the twin concepts of sin and redemtion. Always the sin (women, liquor, gambling, whatever) is followed by redemption. (or a bad ending for the sinner). So when Rocknroll came along, celebrating a loose lifestyle, the originals were seen as punks. Carl Perkins "Blue Suede Shoes" can be seen as the first declaration of rocknroll's indepedence from traditional values which is a hallmark of Punk attitude. Does this make sense?
    Permalink posted 09/30/2007
  14. FastRMacR
    FastRMacR says Excellent - a most _excellent_ explanation! Yes, thank you. Hedonism! < Gasp! > So I guess all that Friday *&* Saturday night jukin' won over the one Sunday morning redemption each week (so to speak)? Ahhh flying in the face of authority and tradition - sure has 'delivered' us some nice music! So then are Stravinsky and Cage 'punks' too?
    Permalink posted 09/30/2007
  15. deadmandeadman
    deadmandeadman says you bet. Good call!
    Permalink posted 09/30/2007

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