Faux Punk

This Pick is about Fake Punk or Faux Punk. Both bands and songs. So we have fake punk band and fake punk songs. To me if you have the word Punk in your title, it's probably not a punk song. It's Faux Punk. There's quite a few songs, that were good songs, that just weren't punk that follow that rule. Just listen to Van Halen. By no stretch of the imagination are they punk. But Iggy Pop was a punk, but the song he did with Teddybears. I'm sorry not punk. The Meatmen have a great track on here and it's almost punk, they're pretty punk, but almost is not good enough. Side note: I had some faux punk pants (ripped jeans) that were signed by the Clitboys. And if you know the Meatmen song, you'll get it. The Dead Milkmen were sometimes punk, Bitchin' Camaro probably counts, but this track is so not punk. Find the fake punk bands. There are a few. They aren't even real bands. See Fake Bands for more of that kind of stuff. Anyway, enjoy the fakeness.

Faux Punk

01 Sugar Ray - Big Black Woman

02 Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias - Kill

03 Edge Of Etiquette - I Hate You

04 Van Halen - Atomic Punk

05 Muppet Punk - Too Hot

06 MXPX - Punk Rawk Show

07 Beastie Boys - Egg Raid On Mojo

08 Village People - Food Fight

09 Bowling For Soup - Punk Rock 101

10 Tubes - White Punks On Dope

11 Nina Hagen - Punk Wedding

12 Scott Goddard - Cowpunk

13 The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl

14 Corky Carroll & The Cool Water Casuals - Tan Punks On Boards

15 The Higsons - Put the Punk Back into Funk

16 Teddybears Featuring Iggy Pop - Punkrocker

17 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Punk Rock Classic

18 Smash Mouth - Sorry

19 The Meatmen - Punker-Ama

20 Cold Crush Brothers - Punk Rock Rap

21 Gorillaz - Punk

22 The Cure - So What

23 Dixie Dregs - Punk Sandwich

24 Scientist - Punk Motherfucker

25 The Ventures - Hollywood Punk

What's The Connection? You Feel 1

Ok, one more in the Feel connection series. This one is You Feel. You could probably do a complete WTC with just covers of the Righteous Brothers. I had close to enough and I was barely looking. But that will have to be later. I included their version plus a special version. I added the G-Clefs (who you'll also find in a New Years Eve connection since it's obviously has a little Auld Lang Syne in it). Plus some fairly older tracks mixed with newer ones. It's amazing the things you feel when you let it. I am tired of looking at basically the same cover, so I will take a break for real this time on the Feel comps.

What's The Connection? You Feel 1

01 Erasure - You've Lost That Loving Feeling

02 Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

03 G-Clefs - I Understand (How You Feel)

04 Patti Labelle - When You've Been Blessed (Feels Like Heaven)

05 Damon - Feel Your Love

06 Charles Penrose - Laugh and You'll Feel Grand

07 Teddybears Featuring Elephant Man - Are You Feelin' It

08 Frank Sinatra - Dream (When You're Feeling Blue)

09 Jefferson Airplane - Pretty As You Feel

10 Jimmy Durante - Did You Ever Have The Feeling That You Wanted To Stay

11 Perry Como With The Satisfiers - (Did You Ever Get) That Feeling In The Moonlight

12 Wilco - When You Wake Up Feeling Old

13 Thelma Houston - If You Feel It

14 Crosby, Stills & Nash - Feel Your Love

15 La Toya Jackson - If You Feel The Funk

16 Kylie Minogue - Whenever You Feel Like It

17 Ray Charles - How Did You Feel The Morning After

18 Sunny - It's Only When You're Feeling Lonely

19 The Flaming Lips - Feeling Yourself Disintegrate

20 Millie Jackson - How Do You Feel The Morning After

21 Slim Whitman - Anytime You're Feeling Lonely

What's The Connection? Make You Feel 1

I'm not sure how many more of these Feel Connections I'm going to post in a row, but it kind of feels like I want to take a break. Yea I crack myself up with stupid stuff like that all day. This one is Make You Feel in the title. There are probably enough Sylvester covers to do one just on his song, but I tried to spread it around.. There are three of these that got this one going. Red Hot Chili Peppers. I've been a fan since the early days. Somewhere on this site are some stories of early concerts. Michael Jackson and War. For some reason I must be the only person who has all of War's albums. They are good, even if they didn't all have hits on them. Or maybe because they didn't. There's no Tower of Power on this compilation, but they are another one, like War who have really good albums even if there are no hits on the albums. And I don't need to explain Michael. We grew up together. Him rich and me, not at all. 

What's The Connection? Make You Feel 1

01 War - This Funky Music Makes You Feel Good

02 Maria Muldaur - Don't You Feel My Leg (Don't You Make Me High)

03 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Make You Feel Better

04 Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

05 Ted Nugent - You Make Me Feel Right At Home

06 Styx - I'm Gonna Make You Feel It

07 Rose Royce - It Makes You Feel Like Dancin'

08 Damn Sam The Miracle Man & The Soul Congregation - Music Makes You Feel All Right

09 Frank Sinatra with Nancy Sinatra - You Make Me Feel So Young (Old)

10 Bob Dylan - Make You Feel My Love

11 Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman

12 Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel

13 Shalamar - I Can Make You Feel Good

14 The Spellbinders - That's the Way You Make Me Feel

15 Donna Summer - If It Makes You Feel Good

16 Garth Brooks - To Make You Feel My Love

17 Bananarama - Shy Boy (Don't It Make You Feel Good)

18 Lou Reed - Love Makes You Feel

19 Sylvester - You Make Me Feel

20 Cobra Starship featuring Sabi - You Make Me Feel...

21 Joe Hicks - Don't It Make You Feel Funky

22 Diamond Rio - How Your Love Makes Me Feel

23 Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New

What's The Connection? Can You Feel 1

Another one of the Feel series of connections (check the past couple of days if you missed any). This one has all Can You Feel in the title. The most obvious one being Elton John from the Disney film. Probably the last one they did that was great. Also going back to around that time The Capitol Steps doing their comedy political version. They had some funny tracks. Not sure what they are doing now. No one is in the mood for political humor, I guess. Kenny G doing his version of the same song, too. But some good tracks from Dub to House and much more. I hope you can feel it.

What's The Connection? Can You Feel 1

01 All In One - Can You Feel The Heat (Rave Mix)

02 S'Express - Can You Feel Me

03 Pigface - Can You Feel Pain

04 Gypsy - As Far as You Can See (As Much as You Can Feel)

05 Capitol Steps - Can You Feel The Rub Tonight

06 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Can You Feel The Beat

07 Elton John - Can You Feel The Love Tonight

08 Bring Me The Horizon - Can You Feel My Heart

09 Blue Pearl - (Can You) Feel the Passion

10 The Real Thing - Can You Feel The Force

11 Kenny G - Can You Feel The Love Tonight

12 Minnie Riperton - Can You Feel What I'm Saying

13 The Alarm - Can You Feel Me

14 Matthew Fisher - Can't You Feel My Love

15 Rome Is Not A Town - Can You Feel The Rush

16 King Tubby - Dub You Can Feel

What's The Connection? Do You Feel 1

Continuing the Feel What's The Connection is Do You Feel. Yesterday was Feel You. These all have Do You Feel in the title. Had to do it, because of Peter Frampton. I included the single (shorter) version of the song, so I could fit in a few extra tracks, but by all means go listen to the longer version. It's probably better. Another wide variety when you do it by title. I included country, pop, disco, rock etc. A couple of the tracks have all the words but not exactly right after each other. Still in the same order, but other words inserted. Example is Jimmie Rodgers Snow or the Deniece Williams. But they were good songs and I wanted them included. I still have a few leftovers, so perhaps there will be a volume two, but I need to get some more to fill it out (maybe I will with the longer Peter Frampton.) See the similar cover.

What's The Connection? Do You Feel 1

01 Ohio Players - (I Wanna Know) Do You Feel It

02 Lou Reed - How Do You Think It Feels

03 Alessi Brothers - Do You Feel It

04 Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do (Single)

05 Jefferson Airplane - How Do You Feel

06 International Submarine Band - Do You Know How It Feels To Be Lonesome

07 U2 - Do You Feel Loved

08 Rick James Pres Bobby M - How Do You Feel Tonight

09 311 - How Do You Feel

10 BBRA - Do What Makes You Feel Good

11 KC & The Sunshine Band - Do You Feel All Right

12 Olivia Newton-John - Do You Feel

13 Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan - Do You Love What You Feel

14 Deniece Williams - Do What You Feel

15 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Do You Feel the Same Way

16 Belinda Carlisle - Do You Feel Like I Feel

17 Eddy Grant - Do You Feel My Love

18 The Primitives - How Do You Feel

19 Jimmie Rodgers Snow - How Do You Think I Feel

What's The Connection? Feel You 1

I gave a series of Feel connections. I started with I Feel and then I started working on Can You Feel, Feel It and Do You Feel. But here you go: one posted. Probably more like just Feel, bcause there are there is an I feel and your feelings and you feel. Don't want to be too strict about this one. I have more. Anyway I feel you will like this one. Different type of cover then the I feel, but the rest should be like this one. Enjoy the commercial at the end!

What's The Connection? Feel You 1

01 Santana - Hope You're Feeling Better

02 Partridge Family - I Can Feel Your Heartbeat

03 Freddy King - You've Got to Love Her With a Feeling

04 Crazy Penis - You've Lost That Loving Feeling

05 Erotic Dissidents - Move Your Ass & Feel the Beat

06 Jimi Hendrix - How You Feel

07 Scorpions - Born To Touch Your Feelings

08 Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

09 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let Your Feelings Show

10 Donna Summer - I Feel Love

11 Van Halen - Feel Your Love Tonight

12 Nrbo - Want You To Feel Good Too

13 Devo - Gut Feeling - Slap Your Mammy

14 Asia - I Know How You Feel

15 Frank Zappa - Feel How I Need You

16 Nazz - If That's The Way You Feel

17 Queens Of The Stone Age - You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire

18 David Bowie - You Feel So Lonely You Could Die

19 Mounds and Almond Joy Candy Bars - Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut

What's The Connection? Yearn

This is one of those connections where I thought I only knew one song that had the word in the title. The only one I thought I knew (the one I did know) was the Earth, Wind & Fire. I knew several versions of the song. One of my favorite albums of all time (Gratitude) has live version. I started looking through my albums to see if there were any other songs and sure enough several that I just plain forgot showed up. I was originally thinking I would do Learn WTC (and I probably will eventually), but this worked out. More than a few country songs, some disco, some R&B, some jazz and even some punk in here. More of a Yearning than a plain old yearn, but you get the idea. I'm yearning for more of these.

What's The Connection? Yearn

01 Guy - Yearning For Your Love

02 Marty Friedman - The Yearning

03 Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys - Yearning

04 Gap Band - Yearning For Your Love

05 Basia - Yearning

06 Terje Rypdal - Yearning

07 Tammy Wynette - Yearning (To Kiss You)

08 Pleasure - Yearnin' Burnin'

09 George Jones - Yearning

10 Ernest Tubb With Loretta Lynn - Yearning

11 Martin Rev - Yearning

12 Earth, Wind & Fire - Yearnin' Learnin'

13 British Sea Power - Someone's Yearning

14 Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Years Of Yearning

15 Nat King Cole - Yearning

16 Leon Redbone - Yearning (Just For You)

17 Paul Johnson - Burnin' You For Yearnin'

18 Paul Davis - I Got A Yearning (Single Version)

19 Prefab Sprout - The Yearning Loins

20 Nofx - My Heart Is Yearning

21 Johnny Paycheck - I've Got A Yearning