{"id":2099,"date":"2014-12-31T19:03:21","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T19:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/martinblack.com\/?p=2099"},"modified":"2016-10-07T19:39:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T19:39:37","slug":"my-top-10-london-punk-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/2014\/12\/my-top-10-london-punk-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"My Top 10
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As a Londoner, and an old punk rocker, punk songs that mention areas of London have always held a special place in my heart.<\/p>\n

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Some might quibble that not all the songs in my top 10 are strictly speaking ‘punk rock’. \u00a0Well, I’m using a pretty loose definition of punk for this post. \u00a0So, Squeeze, for an example, can be included because they were heavily influenced by the ethic and attitude\u00a0of punk, if not particularly punk-like in sound.<\/p>\n

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The author as punk rock star with the band Flack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Whatever, it’s my blog and I’ll include who I want.<\/p>\n

Another quibble might be the omission of ‘London Calling’ by The Clash. \u00a0Well, it was a toss up between that and ‘White Man’, both are superb but the latter is my favourite so gets in on the list.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the Last\u00a0Gang wrote almost\u00a0a zillion tracks about London, more about that in another post.<\/p>\n

My intention is to write\u00a0separate posts on each song and talk about the track and what it meant to me then as a snotty-nosed punk rocker, and what it means to me now as an old-snotty-nosed punk rocker.<\/p>\n

Hope you enjoy the series!<\/p>\n

Map of my top ten London punk songs<\/h2>\n