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totaji
Can someone identify this 80's punk song?
June 26, 2019 08:56PM
[youtu.be] The song starts at 1:22:43. The video should start at this song. This is a DJ set put out last weekend by Boards of Canada. It mixes their sounds with some pretty cool old tunes, most of which is extremely obscure. This song sounds like The Damned but I am pretty sure it isn't them. They almost sound American to me. Nobody can figure out the tune where these things are discussed. I have googled lyrics but come up empty.
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Paganizer
Re: Can someone identify this 80's punk song?
June 26, 2019 11:28PM
Please make your link hot so we can hear the clip/help.

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totaji
Re: Can someone identify this 80's punk song?
June 27, 2019 04:25AM
[youtu.be]



Post Edited (06-27-19 06:25)
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Paganizer
Re: Can someone identify this 80's punk song?
July 05, 2019 05:39AM
Here is the
User Guide.

Linking is Ex. 8

You can't nest a hashtag in a URL. I guess since most of us know that I never added it to the list - will do so now.
The auto-boxes at the top of message box feature are not necessarily easier to use. I would guess most of us just do things manually.

? track sounds like the Membranes to me.

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Michael Toland
Re: Can someone identify this 80's punk song?
June 27, 2019 05:59AM
Sounds more like jangle pop than punk to me. The voice sounds familiar, but I can't place it. It sounds like it comes from the eighties. Given the band's origins, I wonder if it's Scottish?



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totaji
Re: Can someone identify this 80's punk song?
June 27, 2019 08:03AM
I’m appreciating your guy’s effort. I threw punk out there but yeah it could be post punk, power pop, goth rock (strong goth vibes), etc.
Michael, people are speculating it was a no name local act or even music from the brothers predating BOC.
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Michael Toland
Re: Can someone identify this 80's punk song?
June 27, 2019 08:34AM
If it's a local act, there should be a Scottish Nuggets to rescue it from obscurity - I dig what I hear. But then I'm a sucker for that sound.
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MrFab
Re: Can someone identify this 80's punk song?
June 27, 2019 09:52AM
I'm not even sure if it's American or overseas: sounds like someone from the UK trench-coat brigade singing over REM.
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upper90
Re: Can someone identify this 80's punk song?
June 27, 2019 10:16AM
It sort of sounds like Felt, one of my favorite bands. But I have nearly everything from them so probably not right.
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Bip
Re: Can someone identify this 80's punk song?
June 29, 2019 06:41AM
I’ve tried several times, checking records I think it could be, but can’t figure it out.

More importantly... I’m a bit of a Luddite. How do you post a hot link?? Is there a tutorial post from way back someone can dig up? The little buttons at the top (<a>,etc) are a mystery to me. Help anyone!!
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totaji
Re: Can someone identify this 80's punk song?
June 29, 2019 04:04PM
Use the inequality symbols are the link. <>
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MrFab
Re: Can someone identify this 80's punk song?
June 29, 2019 11:20PM
Paganizer’s Message Board User’s Guide
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MrFab
Re: Can someone identify this 80's punk song?
June 29, 2019 11:23PM

Ironically, i couldn’t get the above to link. Ah well, cut n paste:

[www.trouserpress.com]
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Bip
Re: Can someone identify this 80's punk song?
June 30, 2019 11:34AM
Hey thanks mr Fab!! I’m going to attempt this....

<[www.trouserpress.com];

Ugh... nope.



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zoo
Re: Can someone identify this 80's punk song?
July 02, 2019 12:17PM
Have you inquired within the chat in YouTube? Looks like 333 people have commented, so there might be someone there who knows.
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totaji
Re: Can someone identify this 80's punk song?
July 07, 2019 08:37AM
zoo wrote:

> Have you inquired within the chat in YouTube? Looks like 333
> people have commented, so there might be someone there who
> knows.

Yeah man, nobody knows. Most think it was too small or too local or an old band of the bros themselves. There is nothing on the net about it so only someone who had heard it in a real life context might know it. No big deal though. Just sort of a fun little mystery.
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Bip
Re: Can someone identify this 80's punk song?
July 05, 2019 02:40PM
So let me try this...

[www.allmusic.com]
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Bip
Re: Can someone identify this 80's punk song?
July 05, 2019 03:07PM
Oh wow...it worked! Paganizer, I think you set me straight; Hashtags are no good in links. Nice to have you take the time to explain. Sincerely...Thanks!!
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totaji
Re: Can someone identify this 80's punk song?
August 18, 2019 07:19AM
The answer finally popped up recently. The band was Sinking Ships and the song is Strangers (1980). The comments have a little more info here. [www.youtube.com]
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Bip
Re: Can someone identify this 80's punk song?
August 18, 2019 05:51PM
Ah, of course... Sinking Ships!

Ok, obviously I’ve never them or of them. But thanks for the info, this is exactly the kind of band I was mentioning in my Smash Hits post; the undiscovered surprise. Thanks to YouTube they can be heard instantly now.

Only a couple of 45’s, one on the same label as B-movie (early ‘nowhere girl’ release). They definitely have the right sound for 80-81. If I found these singles for a decent price I’d pick them up.

And this is awkward to admit, but the fact that they’re British is really the icing on the cake for me. If they were from Hoboken or Flagstaff, it would somehow lose cache. Not sure why, it just matters somehow with this type of artist!
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