top 100 most punk songs in the blues idiom

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100. Motor City Is Burning - John Lee Hooker

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 26 October 2003 07:05 (twenty-three years ago)

99. i asked for water she gave me gasoline - Gun Cub (orig. Howlin Wolf - i think)

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 26 October 2003 07:07 (twenty-three years ago)

98. midnight blues - charlie rich

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 26 October 2003 07:09 (twenty-three years ago)

97. i don't like you - bo diddley

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 26 October 2003 07:09 (twenty-three years ago)

96. st james infirmary - everyfuckingbody

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 26 October 2003 07:10 (twenty-three years ago)

95. they call me the meatman - jerry lee lewis

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 26 October 2003 07:12 (twenty-three years ago)

94. me & my chauffeur - memphis minnie

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 26 October 2003 07:20 (twenty-three years ago)

93. live the life i sing about in my songs - oblivians/mahalia jackson (tie)

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 26 October 2003 07:21 (twenty-three years ago)

92. summertime blues - guitar wolf, joan jett & eddie cochran (actually what the fuck everybody who covered it except the fucking who)

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 26 October 2003 07:24 (twenty-three years ago)

91. tip on in - slim harpo

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 26 October 2003 07:25 (twenty-three years ago)

90. don't hit me no more - mable john

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 26 October 2003 07:26 (twenty-three years ago)

89. tiger man - rufus thomas

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 26 October 2003 07:27 (twenty-three years ago)

89. give me some money - spinal tap/the gories

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 26 October 2003 07:28 (twenty-three years ago)

88. diddy wah diddy - capt beefheart, bo diddley & the remains (in order of punkitude)

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 26 October 2003 07:31 (twenty-three years ago)

87. bad boy - arthur alexander

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 26 October 2003 07:36 (twenty-three years ago)

86. cold turkey - the beatles

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 26 October 2003 07:37 (twenty-three years ago)

85. i hear you knockin' - little richard

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 26 October 2003 07:38 (twenty-three years ago)

84. "I Put a Spell on You," Screamin' Jay Hawkins

― jaymc (jaymc), Sunday, 26 October 2003 08:03 (twenty-three years ago)

"I have no legs! I have no legs.
I have no legs! I have no legs."

RIP Casper

― DarrensCoq, Sunday, 26 October 2003 10:31 (twenty-three years ago)

83. Last Kind Word Blues - Geechie Wiley

― Douglas (Douglas), Sunday, 26 October 2003 11:47 (twenty-three years ago)

82. 70s Blues - Betty Davis
81. Revolution Blues - Neil Young
80. I Wanna Be Your Favorite Pair of Pajamas - Andre Williams
79. Grown So Ugly - Robert Pete Willams, then Captain Beefheart

― Marcel Post (Marcel Post), Sunday, 26 October 2003 15:59 (twenty-three years ago)

78. Jandek - "You Painted Your Teeth"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 26 October 2003 16:03 (twenty-three years ago)

78. Poor White Hound Dog - Merry Clayton, from "Performance"

― Marcel Post (Marcel Post), Sunday, 26 October 2003 16:04 (twenty-three years ago)

77. parchman farm - blue cheer

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 26 October 2003 19:46 (twenty-three years ago)

76. revolution summer - pussy galore

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 26 October 2003 19:48 (twenty-three years ago)

75. fattening frogs for snakes - sonny boy williamson
74. don't start me talking - ny dolls

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Sunday, 26 October 2003 19:53 (twenty-three years ago)

73. folsom prison blues - johnny cash

duh

― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Sunday, 26 October 2003 21:42 (twenty-three years ago)

72. blood in my eyes for you - the mississippi sheiks
71. in the jailhouse now - jimmy rogers
70. hidden charms - link wray

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 27 October 2003 03:38 (twenty-three years ago)

69. A to Z Blues - Blind Willie McTell

― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 04:29 (twenty-three years ago)

68. Mississippi Fred McDowell - "You're Gonna Be Sorry"

― scott m (mcd), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 04:43 (twenty-three years ago)

"You're Gonna Be Sorry" mp3

― scott m (mcd), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 04:53 (twenty-three years ago)

67. Whoever - Big Rock Candy Mountain
66. Bascom Lamar Lunsford - I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground
65. Ja Rule - Murder Reigns
64. Thee Headcoatees - Wild Man
63. Hank Williams - Mind Your Own Business

― Dillon Savage, Tuesday, 28 October 2003 05:02 (twenty-three years ago)

prob. just about everything ever recorded by leadbelly would qualify.

i also think that hank william's religious songs were pretty punk, when you consider that he was a pill-popping gun-toting wackjob when he was singing them.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 05:09 (twenty-three years ago)

62. Savoy Brown - "Don't Turn Me From Your Door"!!!!

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 14:31 (twenty-three years ago)

61. muleskinner blues - the fendermen

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 14:57 (twenty-three years ago)

62 Prision Blues- Bessie Smith.
63 The Ma Rainey Tune with the lyric "went out last night, with all my friends/must have been all women, cause i dont like men"

― anthony easton (anthony), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 16:13 (twenty-three years ago)

(those'd be 60 and 59 as we're counting down)

58. crazy lover - richard berry

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 28 October 2003 17:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Gotta be Bessie Smith's "Send Me To the 'Lectric Chair" --

I loved him so dear
I cut him with my Barlow
I kicked him in the side
I stood here laughing o'r him
While he wallowed 'round and died

Doesn't get more punk than that. (And for anyone who wonders, yes, the "Barlow" was a popular type of pocket knife imported to the states from Sheffield, England.)

― Dock Miles (Dock Miles), Thursday, 30 October 2003 05:28 (twenty-three years ago)

56. Jimmy Bell's Back In Town - Cat Iron
55. I'm a Man - Bo Diddley
54. Tobacco Road - Blues Magoos

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 30 October 2003 12:59 (twenty-three years ago)

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