I'll always associate punk with first love.
Push it out, fake a smile
Avert disaster just in time
I need a drink, 'cause in a while
Worthless answers from friends of mine
It's dumb to ask, cool to ignore
Girls possess me but they're never mine
I made my entrance, avoided hazards
Checked my engine I fell behind
I fell behind
… She makes me feel like it's raining outside
And when the storm's gone, I'm all torn up inside
I'm always nervous on days like this, like the prom
I get too scared to move 'cause I'm a fuckin' boy
… Remember when I was in
The grocery store, now's my time
Lost the words, lost the nerve
Lost the girl, left the line
I would wish upon a star
But that star, it doesn't shine
So read my book with a boring ending
A short story of a lonely guy
Who fell behind
… She makes me feel like it's raining outside
And when the storm's gone, I'm all torn up inside
I'm always nervous on days like this, like the prom
I get too scared to move 'cause I'm a fuckin' boy
… She makes me feel like it's raining outside
And when the storm's gone, I'm all torn up inside
I'm always nervous on days like this, like the prom
I get too scared to move 'cause I'm still
Just a stupid, worthless boy
I like Punk and Poppunk and emo music is generally where my favorite love songs live.
The fact that cinema and entertainment world like mining punk in an ironic out of context way because it resonates on some level in the mass audience...well that says more about the culture in which we live rather than an objective comment on the actual music apart from the fact that it fits in broader art and entertainment apart from just its original niche.
But if you really want to enjoy some acoustic folk punk, you might like Pat the Bunny.
If you like more classic Punk before New Punk came out in the 80's:
Redundant? How so? From my observations, I dare say its not, now more than ever these are the times that inspire punk music. the last time we were here culturally is when punk really broke away from rock into its own scene. As long as there are people society labels as punks the definition which is listed as a worthless person, they'll make music in defiance of that.
Unoriginal? As opposed to what? Most genres of music have an essence of auditory homage to other melodies, beats, and tempos. ie R&B, Road Rock, classical rock, Classical Music, Jazz, rap, ambient soundscapes, folk, choral music, religious hymns, and yes as always pop.
Music is one of the sublime sciences
To be without a perception of the charms of Music is to be without the finer traits of humanity. It is the medium which gives the natural world communication with the spiritual, and few are they who have not felt its power and acknowledged its expressions to be intelligible to the heart. It is a language of delightful sensations, far more eloquent than words. It breathes to the ear the clearest intimations; it touches and gently agitates the agreeable and sublime passions; it wraps us in melancholy and elevates us to joy; it dissolves and inflames; it melts us in tenderness and excites us to war.
It has a voice for every age and a capacity for every degree of taste and intelligence. Its lullaby soothes the infant in its mother’s arms; its joyous notes wing the tripping feet of the dancers on the green; its martial tones inspire the spirit of patriotism, nerve the warrior’s arm, and fire his heart. The stirring strains of national airs, heard on the rough edge of battle, have ever thrilled the soldier, causing him to burn with an emulous desire to lead the perilous advance, and animating him to deeds of heroic valor and the most sublime devotion. Amid the roar of cannon, the din of musketry and the carnage of battle, he is stricken to the dust. Raising himself to take one last long look on life, he hears in the distance that plaintive strain, "Home, Sweet Home." It was our mother’s evening hymn, and has often lulled us to sleep in infancy. The mellowing tides of old cathedral airs, vibrating through aisles and arches, have stilled the ruffled spirit, and sweeping aside the discordant passions of men, have bourne them along its resistless current, until their united voices have joined in sounding aloud the chorus of the heaven-born anthem:
"Peace on earth, good will toward men."
For me Punk is one of those genres that brings focus to this though granted in a more rebellious way. I think maybe Dunstan Bruce may have put it best:
Truth is I thought it mattered
I thought that music mattered
But does it? Bollocks
Not compared to our people matter...
We'll be singing
When we're winning
We'll be singing
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
Even if it is just pissing the night away with some good friends as dystopia burns the world down around us and there's not much we can seemingly do about it.