Best Acid Rock Freakout On A 70's Punk Record

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I was listening to Sham 69 early this morning (as i am likely to do) and other then reconfirm my love for the band and the oi-beat that they made famous, and make me wish someone would do a slamming bigbeat cover of Borstal Breakout(ATR's "The Kids Are United" reconfiguration wasn't enough for me), it got me thinking about examples of punkers going hippy. On Tell Us The Truth there is the stellar "Whose Generation!" and another good example would be the extended outro to the Jam's "In The Crowd" and the Buzzcocks had lots of backwards-guitar fuzzrock moments. Oh, i'm sure there are loads and that's where you come in. More please!

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Funkadelic - Alice In My Fantasies

This tune predates, but bears quite a resemblance to, Anarchy in the UK, but nonetheless also includes a very over the top acid-type guitar solo.

I suppose this is more hippies going punker than vice versa, but the end result is still great.

― M Carty (mj_c), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 15:23 (twenty-two years ago)

See also: The Damned's cover of the MC5's "Looking At You" or the Stranglers' take on "Walk On By".

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 15:25 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.markperry.freeuk.com/ATV_What.jpg

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 15:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll take Funkadelic, but they really belong on the thread,"70's Hippypunk!Who Needs The Pistols?" cuz there are endless amounts of great 70's spacepunk a la funkadelic/hawkwind/krautrock/any one of a million hard rock bands before, during, and after 1976 that fit that bill.

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Damn, Chrome is first thing that pops into my mind. Maybe not as straightahead punk as you're looking for though. Alien Soundtracks and Half Machine Lip Moves are from about '78/'79 aren't they?

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Soft Boys to thread! Many songs.

I often think of the Pop Group as punk's Pink Floyd. But I could be crazy.

― scott m (mcd), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)

television owns this thread.

― notfazed (notfazed), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 23:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, but Television were an acid rock freakout with punk on their record.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 8 January 2004 01:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I didn't think this one would be such a toughy. maybe there aren't lots of examples. The Buzzcocks were really good at it though, weren't they?

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 8 January 2004 01:56 (twenty-two years ago)

OTM Nick B -- CHROME all the way.
The gtr. solo on Crime's "Hot Wire My Heart" is pretty acid-y, methinks.
Also "20 Seconds Over Tokyo" by RFTT/ Pere Ubu.
And let us not forget Alternative TV, the Mirrors, Electric Eels, Simply Saucer, Toy Dolls, Swell Maps, This Heat, et al.

― yetimike (McGonigal), Thursday, 8 January 2004 01:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Radio Birdman's "Man With Golden Helmet", replete with Little Richard-meets-Ray Manzarek freakout piano solo

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Thursday, 8 January 2004 02:33 (twenty-two years ago)

White Punks on Dope 'White Punks on Dope'
The Only Ones 'Another Girl Another Planet'

― pleb, Thursday, 8 January 2004 02:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Plasmatics "Dream Lover". The liner notes give an explanation.

― dave q, Thursday, 8 January 2004 15:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Err...."White Punks on Dope" is by the Tubes.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 8 January 2004 15:52 (twenty-two years ago)

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