My Top 2000 Songs #1076: Neat Neat Neat
Given that UK punk got zero airplay in my desolate slab of midwestern suburbia, I was a few years late to discovering what the fuss was all about. A few of the biggest names penetrated first, so I was already pretty well embedded in the Pistols and the Clash and Buzzcocks before hearing the Damned . By that point, they didn't sound terribly innovative, and the critical consensus tended to place them well below many of their better-known peers, so I didn't pay them a lot of mind. (Though I'm a big fan of Captain Sensible 's solo career.) Still, while I've never had a great appreciation for the band given this context, they have a few songs that have endeared themselves to me. Particularly 1977 single "Neat Neat Neat," a quick amphetamine-fueled burst of enthusiasm that can make even an old dude like myself feel like he should be pogoing around the moshpit. On tv 1977: Another example of a perfect needle-drop in Baby Driver: Live in 2022! Choogling, slowe...
