The Undertones - Teenage Kicks [1978]
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks [1978]
John Peel's favourite ever song and not hard to understand why. Timeless teenage frustration in 2 and a half minutes of raucous pop punk heaven. Play it loud and feel free to pogo -- you know you want to. Download their album Teenage Kicks on iTunes : http://apple.co/29ixys6 Buy their album Teenage...
What a brilliant song! It's known as the favourite ever song of the late, great radio DJ, John Peel.
It was first released on a tiny, Belfast record label, Good Vibrations, based on the record store of the same name. A movie also called Good Vibrations came out 10 or so years back. It's light-hearted dramatisation of the story of the store/label and its creator, Terri Hooley. The Undertones feature as characters in it. It's worth seeking out, IMO.
I first consciously heard The Undertones' Feargal Sharkey crooning out A Good Heart on AM radio, a couple of years after leaving The Undertones. Little did I know that he was responsible for belting out vocals for this legendary rock/punk band, which I only came to know later.
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Nice!
Always loved this tune!
Niiice. My holy trinity of that era includes: Pete Shelley (Buzzcocks), Jake Burns (Stiff Little Fingers) and Feargal.