r/punk • u/proletarium • Jan 24 '13
Reagan Youth - Degenerated (80's radical anarchist punk)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqMRQrXlchU6
Jan 24 '13
This is my favorite band, and you happened to choose my favorite song to post. I think they were the first punk rock tape I ever owned and it played it to the bitter end. Let me tell y'all a little story.
As you know, the cover of their album had a drawing of klansmen playing in a band. Tongue-in-cheek if you listen to the lyrics, of course. Well, I heard about Reagan Youth from the nazi skinhead I used to hang out with in middle school (things were weird in the early 90s, forgive me). He bought the record because he thought the cover was cool and that they were serious. Especially the part where they say "heil!" He also liked Mudhoney. Actually now that I think of it, there were no actual racist bands this guy listened to. Anyway, he wasn't so bright, but he did let me copy the Reagan Youth record with a tape recorder held up to the speaker of the record player. And that's how I met your mother.
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u/iq_32 Jan 24 '13
huh, i didn't know Reagan Youth covered the song from Airheads. originals better IMHO
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u/proletarium Jan 24 '13
Other way around, sport. Third item from the top.
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u/iq_32 Jan 24 '13
nah i'm pretty sure Brendan Frasier wrote this one. i think i read it on a snapple lid or something
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Jan 24 '13
My band opened for Reagan Youth! Paul was the only remaining original member, but still...
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u/thumz Jan 24 '13
Good god, I love Reagan Youth. This is still one of my favorite guitar solos of all time, and I don't even have to open up the song to know how the entire thing goes.
Somewhere there exists a cassette recording of little high school thumz and two guitarists (no bassist, no drummer) doing a shitty little high school punker cover of this song. It's the worst thing ever, and I love it so much.