Teenage Kicks




I've always thought this song overrated. I'm not stupid enough to say it's crap, because I know music is a very subjective thing and I would never decry anyone else's taste, it's just that I like a lot of punk and new wave and I generally tended to go along with John Peel's taste (until he went off the rails in his last few years - again, in my humble opinion!) yet this has always left me cold.

To my ears, it's a bog standard, meat and potatoes song that sounds like it might have been written in ten minutes. Some wonderful songs probably WERE written in ten minutes, but this doesn't have that simplistic magic to my ears. The Undertones went on to do some great stuff (and some ordinary stuff) but it baffles me how such an ordinary song has become so iconic.




Awight we're The Daamned we're a punk baand and this is called Carn't Be Appy T'day!

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As it's placed in the movie, apparently according to folk connected to the film it "will make you cry". Eh?

It was a minor hit in late 1978 when the embers of Punk had been extinguished.

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The bit in the studio where they don't play the song but you know exactly what it is brought a tear to my eye but that might be because I was 14 at the time it was released and I have a DJ Promo copy of the single - one of my greatest treasures.

Perhaps it's a "you had to be there" moment. I have no problem with people who didn't get it. I'm sure they have their own.

"I know it looked like I fell... but it was all part of my plan!"

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I saw the movie AFTER I posted and, whilst it was nowhere near making me cry, it was very well done - there was a tease, then another tease, then blam! I still don't rate the song, but it was a great piece of film-making.






Awight we're The Daamned we're a punk baand and this is called Carn't Be Appy T'day!

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The best part of the song is the very beginning where it riffs into action and you hear Feargal sing. After that it falls away a bit but there's a moment of sheer excitement. Plus its lyrics capture well the frustration of teenage dreams.

Movement ends, intent continues;
Intent ends, spirit continues

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I actually thought the songs played earlier in the movie were better than Teenage Kicks. The small gig where our protagonist discovers punk and has his epiphany was very well handled. Teenage Kicks didn't really sound like a step-up from the music we heard in that scene.

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Teenage Kicks is one of the all-time classic pop songs for me. That riff sounds laid back but timeless, there are hooks, sing-along lyrics - it's the finest meat and potatoes money can buy.

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what a lame post,
if you dont get the tune just move on,
go back to pinkfloyd & fleetwoodmac
... no imagination

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There is nothing wrong with a bit of Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd. There is also nothing wrong with that 36 years old song called Teenage Kicks!

Its that man again!!

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What can I say, it's a undisputed punk classic. It tears out from the off and doesn't outstay its welcome.

Short Sharp Shock Punk Rock

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