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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Punk’s been pretty underground this past decade despite the fact it had some big releases and the uprising of warped tour has been astounding. Let’s look back on 10 great punk songs released in the 2000’s. (note these are opinion of influence and sound to me, not favorites. I have way too any favorites to make a list of them)
10. New Orleans by Rancid (2009): Folk punk got a street punk group to do it’s job for them in this small epic from the last big punk album of the 2000’s. The blend of acoustic guitar and small riffs along with clinging lyrics make you feel the anguish of a man struggling to make it after Katrina.
9. Tomorrow Belongs To Us by The Casualties (2004): A modern hardcore punk classic, the casualties give a great edged performance that even the poppier punks can agree is spectacular.
8. Dream Team by Fake Problems (2009): Fake Problems is not a band easily catogorized by one genre. Although they leaned punk in their ethic, they had an indie feel to their music. Dream Team proved that you could combine old school punk rock with some indie elements and get a great song.
7. Prophetic Visions of The Coming End Times by Riverboat Gamblers (2009): A b-side released on a split EP with Andrew WK, this unknown song is a punk epic about the appocalypse that is hard to describe.
6. Two Timing Touch and Broken Bones by The Hives (2004): Sweeden’s garage punk legends put out this post punk throwback song combining synthesizers and qwerky guitar work with choppy lyric work.
5. The Press Corpse by Anti-Flag (2006): A great fun song about sticking it to the man and taking out the press, Anti-Flag combined some relatively simple guitar work with a bass line sounding like it was played by a robot to create the catchiest riot song since I Fought The Law
4. The Worker’s Song by The Dropkick Murphys (2003): The song about the low working class of America’s bad treatment over the years, the celt-punk classic is hard rocking enough to be on any modern rock station, but could also be respected by folk rockers everywhere.
3. The Curse of The Ivory Coast by Riverboat Gamblers (2006): A b-side that pretty much was a pop-punk song hyped up on 90’s hardcore, the texas punks created a song that was not only very hard to understand, but also left you feeling oddly inspired by nothing afterwords…
2. The Rock Show by Blink 182 (2001): This was everyone’s warped tour anthem for the whole decade. Why? Cuz it pretty much summed up the warped tour experience in just one song sound wise, while lyrically talking about a dumb kid head over heels for a chick he met at a concert.
1. The ‘59 Sound by The Gaslight Anthem (2008): What would punk rock sound like if Bruce Springsteen had a band? Well, this song shows exactly how that’d sound. A touching song paying homeage to a dead friend, The 59 Sound had the heart and soul to make it all the way to the #1 spot.
My favorite songs on this list were (in this order) 3, 5, 4, 8, 9, 10, 6, 7, 1, and 2. I had to arrange them in proper order though, and this is what i thought fit best. What do you think?
