• Submit Date: 10/8/2007
  • Format: CD
  • Category: Theme

Teenage Kicks: British Post-Punk for the Children

Artist Song
Siouxsie & the Banshees  Love in a Void 
The Slits  Shoplifting 
X-Ray Spex  Identity 
The Mekons  I'm So Happy 
Au Pairs  Sex Without Stress 
Gang of Four  Damaged Goods 
The Raincoats  The Void 
The Fall  City Hobgoblins 
The Vibrators  Petrol 
Wire  Reuters 
XTC  Love at First Sight 
Buzzcocks  What Do I Get? 
Swell Maps  Black Velvet 
Squeeze  Up the Junction 
Wreckless Eric  Whole Wide World 
Public Image Ltd  Careering 
Elvis Costello  Alison 
The Clash  Stay Free 
The Damned  Stab Your Back 
Magazine  Sweetheart Contract 
The Undertones  Teenage Kicks 

Comment:

A collaberative effort between my friend and I for his nephew who is getting into the punk rock. So far he's into the bigger acts like The Ramones, Black Flag, and Dead Kennedys and we wanted to introduce the young fellow to some of the finer British exports in the punk/post-punk movement of the late 70's and early 80's. He saw this clip of the opening track and thought Siouxsie Sioux was the coolest rock chick ever, and wanted stuff similar to that.
ENJOY, and please do pass it along to the children.
image for mix

Feedback:

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Funky Ratchet
Date: 10/8/2007
This is golden from beginning to end.
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hemizen
Date: 10/8/2007
Great one!
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The Misfit
Date: 10/8/2007
They should teach this mix in schools.
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G-Sphere
Date: 10/8/2007
Cool. Like everything here.
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bestiaries
Date: 10/8/2007
Ahhh! I am so into post punk this week...this really hits the nail on the head! Everything on here is good.

Thank you for the comment, by the way! :)
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anthony lombardi
Date: 10/8/2007
every kid should get this on his or her 13th birthday - absolutely kick ass, seriously - the whole 16-20 stretch is great, love the buzzcocks, squeeze, GO4, raincoats, wire...
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doowad
Date: 10/8/2007
Nothing like a classical education
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musicgnome
Date: 10/8/2007
Oh my...this so very much my kinda thing. Wonderfully compiled.
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fritz1
Date: 10/8/2007
nice going, man. hope the kid digs.
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p the swede
Date: 10/8/2007
classic
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Mo Twang!
Date: 10/9/2007
Awesome.
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Mark Petruccelli
Date: 10/9/2007
Interesting, I'm old as dirt and have been into Squeeze, the Clash and Elvis C for years, but I've only been turned on to several of these acts in the last year or so (Slits, Raincoats, Buzzcocks, Magazine) by people on this site. Excellent stuff.
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ofthaltned
Date: 10/9/2007
That's quite the lesson in musical history you're providing here! Very neat.
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sammyg123
Date: 10/9/2007
21 classics, what more can I say?
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tornadoZ
Date: 10/9/2007
this is one hot set. the kid's gonna dig it. Au Pairs and Undertones were new favorites after listening, but lots of great stuff here to take me strolling down memory lane.
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French Connection
Date: 10/10/2007
Doowads comment made me laugh, classical stuff indeed. Start to finish top notch!
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Rob Conroy
Date: 10/10/2007
All friggin' corkers. A great introduction. I'll be posting another kids' mix using the SwankExpress moniker very shortly...
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Moe
Date: 10/10/2007
Doin' it for the kids! Have to applaud your efforts. Hope the lad gets patches of all these bands on the back of his leather jacket.
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sport !
Date: 10/11/2007
Great for kids of all ages!!
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Skipper Bartlett
Date: 10/11/2007
Spot On ! I love all of this.
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joey de vivre
Date: 10/29/2007
Teenage kicks are for kids! ( & that's as it should be - thanks for the memories . . . )
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slimsisney
Date: 11/6/2007
A fabulous introductory course to cool "new" sounds and one damn good mix under any circumstances. Esp. dig the Slits, X-Ray Spex, Gang of Four, Wire, Buzzcocks, PiL, Costello, Clash, and Undertones tracks.