Richard Hell & The Voidoids - The Kid With The Replac.....

The Kid With The Replaceable Head:

Too young to drink and too smart to think
Attaches on his head with the missing link
He's skinny as a snake and fast as a mink
But he ain't for sale unless you add the kitchen sink

Look out, here he comes again
They say he's dead, he's my three best friends
He's so honest that the dishonest dread
Meeting the kid with the replaceable head

When you live on a planet the size of a town
You can't get your kicks by getting around
Fun's hard to find on such familiar ground
So you invent it: the mental it's better than found

Look out, here he comes again
They say he's dead, he's my three best friends
He's so honest that the dishonest dread
Meeting the kid with the replaceable head

He used to beat himself up till he was sick and confused
Dead tired and throbbing, half crazy and bruised
Till he'd be too worn out to keep being himself
Now he can pick them at will from the heads on his shelf

Look out, here he comes again
They say he's dead, he's my three best friends
He's so honest that the dishonest dread
Meeting the kid with the replaceable head

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[Troublemaker1991]

Shut up talking about the origins of punk and which country was better at it. Why should one care? Music is music, and it is a universal feeling. All the other details are unimportant.

[juliabadoolia]

to all the people here commenting on who or where or what started punk just need to shut up. WHO GIVES A FUCK WHO STARTED IT, IT'S JUST MUSIC. it really doesn't matter.

[MichealZero1]

@kidcalabria yea but alot of oi and street punk and uk 82 hence wattie forom the exploited in the 80s they did the same

[kidcalabria]

@MichealZero1 And for Hardcore please read "crap". They all look the same, they all sound the same, they all say the same things, which it's exactly the opposite of what Punk Rock in 1977 (Sex Pistols, Ramones, The Clash, The Damned, Richard Hell, Dead Boys, Patti Smith, The Stranglers, etc..) was about, i.e: great Rock'n'Roll, after years of Soft Rock (James Taylor, Carly Simon, Carole King) Prog Rock (EL&P, Genesis, Yes... bbbrrr..) & crappy Glam Rock (Elton John, Sweet, etc..)

[paulmk88]

@lolttyl143 I'm a copycat and this is my band "Copycats - criminal choice"

[lolttyl143]

@weenerwallet yeah and? are you saying the clash are copycats? gtfo

[RippingFadedSmiles]

@MichealZero1 Well actually, if you mean the 80s Hardcore, US and UK differ a lot, the U.S hardcore punk came in more inspired by sloppier, rawer and faster playing, giving it that trademark corrosion; on the other hand, the uk hardcore surged out more from the rising-along heavy metal influence, from bands like motorhead, rather from US bands, plus it was a bit more politically edged.

-just to mention :)

[MichealZero1]

@FUBUXGEAR what are you talking about your completely ignorant if you think punk ever faded at all you totally forget about hardcore punk if you say punk wasnt much in the U.S hardcore inspired alot band in the u.k and alot of bands changed their style in the u.k to be hardcore

[FUBUXGEAR]

@bboma777 i think youll find that punk and blues show that a great guitarist dont mean shit if he aint backing some soul

[FUBUXGEAR]

@RippingFadedSmiles never going to deny the uk def brought punk back into america after it kinda faded in the mid-late 70s, but at the same time the us boosted plenty of uk bands, like the clash and the pistols, its a musical symbiosis, and always has been between the us and uk, we come up with shit, forget about it pretty quick, the uk reworks it, pumps it back, and we remember it and run with it again and vice versa.

[FUBUXGEAR]

@oOJimmySueOo i dont even think the skinheads were around when punk started, punk started in america, iggy pop got called a punk in an interview and that was used to describe the music formulating around parts of ny and detroit, ny was the nexus, and the history of that style of songwriting goes back a long way, with roots in garage rock bands of the 50s and blues writers of the 30s, and the "fuck it" attitude of american musicians in the 60s, particularly jim morrison, iggy, and lou reed

[FUBUXGEAR]

@eklektro68 same for rock and roll