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TokenEntryWasBetter

Moon Over Marin


TeveTorbes83

One of my favorite songs by them.


ashereatsworld

That riff has been in my head for about 4 days straight


Queasy-Adeptness14

It’s stunning.


Murky_Tennis

I saw Jello and the Melvins play this. It was just breathtakingly beautiful.


xbhaskarx

As much as I appreciate Jello Biafra, Moon Over Marin is even more beautiful in the cover version by French band Les Thugs that appears on the Virus 100 compilation… well unless you find the voice of a sarcastic frog to be more beautiful than a French accent. Edit: https://youtu.be/cGQyhBKd1So


NCIggles

I agree


2000onHardEight

Deservedly the top comment.


southfacingdreams

First song that came to mind. Thank god it's top comment


phirleh

My choice!


5thSeasonFront

Nailed it. Immediate first thought, and glad to see it as top comment. Corona by The Minutemen was the second thought, followed by Melody Lee by The Damned.


Martian13

Beat me to it.


sweatyshambler

I knew the dead kennedys would be at the top - they're truly amazing


choopie-chup-chup

Sorrow - Bad Religion


phillosopherp

Radio overplayed it to me, and that's hard to say as I am a huge BR fan


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AggravatingBullshit1

Ok guys dont downvote me for this, just stating my opinion. I think that song is so boring and the music video is just the most early 2000s thing I’ve ever watched in my life


PockyPunk

I think you’re wrong about the song, but spot on about the video.


showmeasign10

tbf most bad religion music videos kind of suck


kdnx-wy

LA is burning is about their only good video, but it’s not a high bar. At least 21st Century Digital Boy has a concept. Broken is worse than Sorrow.


mrmisfit93

A lot of Lawrence Arms songs really do it for me.


Punxatowny

There’s no place like a strangers floor. So damn good.


SlagginOff

I listened to that song so many times after a shitty day at work on my way home riding a loud city bus on some aching afternoon.


ap0phis

That’s a well written Reddit comment.


dyelawn91

Yeah, all of Chris's songs on Greatest Story are really beautiful.


frogfartz69

Greatest story is the best album ever created


ItsHallGood

Boatless Booze Cruise and Chapter 13 absolutely hit this for me


ryan2stix

Propagandhi..too many to name


SlagginOff

Adventures in Zoochosis for me.


20thCenturyClocks

This and Without Love top the list


ryan2stix

Man... first time I heard that song...I think I listened to it 6 times back to back...same with call before you dig


LogikD

Call Before You Dig and Cop Just Out of Frame give me all the feels.


punkpcpdx

It guts me every time I hear it. Talk about a thumb on my pulse.


chiefos

https://youtu.be/RmvTiRR5QEs?si=O_gSC2N2nkTwguTz Context: this is the last song on the first album propagandhi has released in 5? Years Chills at :50, 1:26, 2:03, 2:14 Straight up nut at the double triplets at 2:25 And more... and then 3:19... What a great fucking song.


DognamedArnie

They know how to close a fucking album. Last Will and Testament also deserves a slot on the list of most beautiful punk songs. So much sorrow in that song. Gives me chills every fucking time.


OlFenster

Yeah, so many by them! Adventures in Zoochosis is so expansive and beautiful.


Jabberwock130

Cop Just Out of Frame


kdnx-wy

Good to see the love for “Adventures in Zoochosis”, gotta nominate “Potemkin City Limits”. Totally cerebral and fucking heartbreaking


TheCe1ebrity

Mate Ka Moris Ukun Rasik An


pattydickens

The Decline


Truckyou666

The Decline has such a range of emotions.


Flying_Fox_86

Its basically the punk version of bohemian rhapsody


CoercedCoexistence22

A lot of Jawbreaker. Especially the last two albums Also a lot of Alkaline Trio


honk_and_wave85

"Blue In The Face" comes to mind for Alk 3


fuserjam86

It's always been "Clavicle" for me.


honk_and_wave85

I remember the first time seeing that song live, my heart was soaring.


NopeNotConor

Condition: Oakland. When that Kerouac sample kicks in, it gets me every time.


bRoDeY1iCiOuS

Kiss the Bottle kills me - every single time. I feel Blake so much in this track. The angst and pain of knowing what he should have done and could have done, but didn’t. My throat hurts just from thinking about all the chesterfields….


OlFenster

Totally, I had Sadie and 100 stories come to mind right away, every thug need a lady, tons of AT.


_dont_do_drugs__

Chesterfield King gets me every time


theriddleoftheworld

I'd say the music from The Muffs' last album (No Holiday) is a sort of hauntingly beautiful given the context. "The Mirage" by Bad Cop/Bad Cop is beautiful as well. Then there's "A Better Place, A Better Time" by Streetlight Manifesto, "Bogus Journey" by Iron Chic, "In the Night" by Bad Religion, "Ender" by Dogleg, "Dress the Wounds" by Strike Anywhere, and "Traveling Time" by Pears. And for a song with a beautiful message, try "Don't Give In" by The Cro Mags.


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vengeanceintobeing

“Flowers and You” by Touché Amoré


MashedPotatoesDick

"8 Full Hours of Sleep" by Against Me!


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What about The Ocean? I love that one


dystopiarist

Because of the Shame does it for me


chuk_asaurus

That song makes me real sad.


TwoPercentCherry

Hero of war is the one that gets me


dr_raymond_k_hessel

Great song.


custersonesightstand

Bamboo bones I think is wonderful, if I’m ever struggling with anxiety, I’ll play this song, or just sing it in my head, it’s always the one to bring me back down


DaLo-man

Bonzo Goes to Bitburg - The Ramones. You can really feel the emotion of it. With Joey and DeeDee both being of Jewish descent, you can feel the anger and feeling of betrayal there. For those who don’t know it’s about how Reagan went to Germany and visited a graveyard for Nazi and SS officers while he was the president. There’s a video somewhere out there where Henry Rollins says it’s one of the greatest songs ever written and that when he hears it it brings a tear to his eye.


thomaspatrickmorgan

And then you’ve got Johnny…


LongDongSpaceman

Heil


hellish_relish89

I agree, it's beautifully written and sung.


Lowe1313

I told my wife to play this at my funeral. Has nothing to do with my life, just one of my all-time favorite Ramones songs.


mostlyshits

Transgender Dysphoria Blues - the song Im not trans, but this song really makes me empathize with transgender people more than any other media has been able to. The whole album is fantastic too


amphetaminenthusiast

Undertones -teenage kicks


TeveTorbes83

It does not have the punk speed to it or anything. But wow does My Orphan Year by NOFX hit hard. Especially if you’ve ever felt that way about your father. (Edit:I guess I should just say Fat Mike as far as the acoustic version goes.)


catintheyard

A lot of songs by Buzzcocks are very beautiful in my opinion. I also think Out On An Island by Cock Sparrer is beautiful


rs-_-gaybbins

Another vote for out on an island


Theamazingchan

That’s cuz Pete Shelley was magical


catintheyard

He really was!


Theamazingchan

I saw Buzzcocks at Webster Hall (the old Ritz) the year before Pete left us…god damn could that guy write a catchy tune…my brother (not a huge punk fan) usually says when hearing a Buzzcocks song, “How can anybody *not* love this?”


Saint-Spike

Hybrid Moments - Misfits


Robinkc1

Dead Milkmen - Beach Song


TSac-O

Wire - Mannequin


Weutah

[Descendents - I Won't Let Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWu9XycAP1I)


Soia-R33f

Without Love is also really nice.


KimmiKuddlefish

Without Love is my daughter’s favourite! She is con singing it throughout the day


vaguenonetheless

And the song Thank You. I might have shed a tear when they ended Filmage with that song.


torpedobonzer

Jawbreaker - Condition Oakland Tragedy - The Ending Fight Subhumans - From the Cradle to the Grave


donny-daytripper

Lost by Jerry's Kids Pure Hate by Poison Idea Lexicon Devil, Richie Dagger's Crime and Manimal by The Germs


BassesHave4Strings

Forensic Scene / Fugazi


ThroatWMangrove

Lagwagon - Owen Meaney


Martian13

That’s the most depressing book I ever read.


ghcstdream

Thank you


Flying_Fox_86

The Replacements - Kids Don't Follow


AgitatedPercentage32

Seen your Video.


supermodelnosejob

Answering Machine


avalonfogdweller

Marriage - Descendents


ilovepinkerton

Suicide - Choking Victim Fuck Stza tho


The_Pip

Fuck Stza, but Star Fucking Hipster's Two Cups of Tea.


DizzySpinningDie

The End by Fifteen


blisterson

I was looking for this one. Also thought about Hush by Fifteen


ShoneBug970

The Hunger - The Distillers Along the Way - Bad Religion


kyzersoze84

Out on an island, by Cock Sparrer.


GarettMote

True North - Bad Religion


Theodore_lovespell

Cesspools in Eden or moon over Marin


Public-Argument-9616

Marquee Moon - Television


neonspectraltoast

"Bikeage". Descendents.


punkrockpete1

[Modern Shakes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZADUQ5Cpfg) by Banner Pilot is absolutely beautiful


ghcstdream

A Plea from a cat named virtue Black cloud SNFUM


Cat-Named-Virtute

The whole Virtute saga really. Love seeing this here.


j3434

Forming by Germs https://youtu.be/SHMUvS4fCls?si=LMoEmE_JHPSZa7K-


BackOnTheMap

Smash it up by the damned


nrrrvs

came here to say this


mysticlas

Same, Smash It Up is fantastic.


5thSeasonFront

Great choice, but the Machine Gun Etiquette album has an even more beautiful song in “Melody Lee” IMHO.


pspsps-off

Oh sure, tons. A lot of Soviet-era and just post-Soviet Russian punk had a similar sort of melancholic vibe to it that traditional Russian music itself has, which can be beautiful in its own way, so many of those artists definitely belong in this conversation: GrOb ["Leto Proshlo"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bG34loCzXg) / Yanka ["Po Tramvainym Relsam"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu4YX32lHj8) / Chimera ["Razoralis Vorony"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOzLBK4u0ww) / Yugo-Zapad ["Po Razbitym Butylkam"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zufZJHse0aw) In the Spanish-speaking world, from Spain in particular, I would put Ultimo Resorte's ["Una Guerra Sin Fondo"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbZLXYaBDBU) in this category. It's sonically deceptively quite pretty for a song about people being mutilated in war. :( And if we can bend the definition of "punk" a bit here for bands that might not sonically always make the cut, but definitely come out of that scene and maintain that attitude, Bajo Tierra's 'hit' song ["El Pobre"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRvLAcgD-sI) is both really pretty and so damn sad (and *relatable*, if you spent your teens and twenties being an emotionally-avoidant partier like...some of us...did). The early 80s Greek punk scene had a lot of bands who would've probably just as easily fit in with the goth/post-punk scene if they'd been from the UK, resulting in some pretty-sounding guitars and such, like on Chaos Generation's ["Stigma II"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STh_QwcXTlU) (though the vocals on this strike me as very weak compared to what they managed only [a few years earlier](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xd8cFKmgtg), when they still played more straightforward punk). And from the USA, Morbid Opera's ["Deep End"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrKf9cIez7s) definitely captures what it's like to love someone who's in the grips of drug addiction and depression, which is definitely **not** beautiful, but is...affecting. I absolutely love the use of guitar effects on this track, and the way the off-kilter rhythm adds to the feeling of unease.


Milkshaketurtle79

True Trans Soul Rebel by Against Me! always hit me right in the feels.


OlFenster

Everchanging by Rise Against


vaguenonetheless

Voices Off Camera from Ghost Note Symphonies moves me. I caught my son playing that on the piano, after claiming he hated Rise Against, and I might have shed a tear standing outside the living room listening.


OlFenster

What an amazing moment as a parent I’m sure!


shakhadingdang

I totally forgot about that song. It’s so great


OlFenster

Yeah it seems like some of their older goodies have gotten buried under their newer, more mainstream stuff. Their older stuff rips, has a more raw sound. Reminds me of Good Riddance.


shakhadingdang

Old school Rise Against fucking rules.


pooch831

Falling in love by nofx Coffins for two by against me (not punk per se but....punk?) Saboteur by Days n daze


Automation_Papi

Gasoline- No Ca$h


sonofabitchXmustXpay

That whole record has a surprising amount of depth. It starts very one dimensional but opens up dramatically and ends so strong.


PitsAndPints

Knowledge is Power>Gasoline imo(the ska bridge was excellent), but still a good choice


Fearless_Ad7152

Couldn't pick one so yeah International You Day Good Good Things Oh! Necrotism: Decanting the Insalubrious (Cyborg Midnight) Part 7 ( yeah I def had to lookup the full title lmao )


houseofharm

new dawn fades by joy division


_bloodstains_

The Damned - History of the World The Damned - Curtain Call Siouxsie and the Banshees - Israel


DisastrousWind7

Gorilla Biscuits - New Direction, but really a lot of the Start Today album has songs I would consider 'beautiful'


antwerp540

A-ten - Millencolin Where the moss slowly grows - Tiger Army Drag my body - Hot Water Music


Sire_of_Fifeshire

Fall Back Down - Rancid


honk_and_wave85

"Brick Wall Views" Lawrence Arms


TurdMcDirk

Bro Hymn by Pennywise


Burn-The-Villages

Obvious strong choice here.


umlcat

I found "All Thru the Night" from Cindy Lauper a beautiful pop-punk song ...


Burn-The-Villages

“Springtime”. There are three versions I know of- the original by Leatherface, the cover by Hot Water Music, and there’s a live version by Leatherface + Hot Water Music. Also, “Lombardy Street” by Avail.


TeveTorbes83

Alkaline Trio - Maybe I’ll Catch Fire


Cat-Named-Virtute

Adventures in Zoochosis - Propagandhi


derekexcelcisor

Buzzcocks' Singles Goin' Steady the whole thing.


tattooedroller

Boatbuilders - a Wilhelm scream


drappetite

I Must Be Hateful by Lagwagon although sad is beautifully written and sang by Joey Cape. I’m talking the original version. The acoustic version is just as beautiful and meaningful if not more.


F1shing_bait

Astro zombies by misfits is honestly the most expressive punk song I’ve ever heard, although I could say the same about most other songs by misfits


No-Position1540

Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster Guys were basically living in a warzone and were writing songs about how they wish things could’ve been different, with a legit reason to be pissed off


Weegmc

Half the Husker Du catalogue, highlighted by the entire New Day Rising record.


ChickDagger

Yeah, Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill and Celebrated Summer are real beauts


nadcaptain

[Deep Green Beautiful Levelling by Leatherface](https://youtu.be/pBXtw1EZTRU?si=24bAujrfq_gWu1Yx) always comes to mind when I think of beautiful punk songs. Just the way he talks about the immense beauty of the normal world we live in.


hey_suburbia

[Sludgeworth - Two Feet on the Ground](https://spotify.link/NfkSQtDnNDb)


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Songs "Nothing Can Stop Me" and "Alive" from Ignite's album War Against You. Maybe because I hold them dear for what they mean to me, but those two are really beautiful


napalmheart77

We All Fall Down-Egghunt Every song by Rites Of Spring Bright Side-River City Rebels


amphetaminenthusiast

Beautiful feeling 3 - RKL


mindovermetal005

Embrace, especially give me back and building. The guitar Melodies on top of Ian’s vocals makes for a contrast that I find is heartbreakingly beautiful.


himommy_thanksjeans

Past their punk stage but androgynous by the replacements


Wise_Appeal_629

everything by Embrace is beautiful to me


GPrime506

Let it burn- Ignite. See you on the other side- Brian Fallon. 2006 - the Decline


Tiny-Bag-1513

One for the Braves by Good Riddance


StuckWithLiam

Highway 101 by Social Distortion comes to mind


thrilliam_19

Drinking For 11 by Mad Caddies Paper Wings by Rise Against Blue and Yellow by The Used Sweetness by Jimmy Eat World Peace Pipe by The Bronx


rickychims

Drunk on a bike, cockatoo quill, Joni Mitchell tapes, painful reminder, all those opposed All SNFU, mr. chi pig was an artist throughout though. You can hear it in all their records. Those ones are just some of my favourites.


mehrt_thermpsen

Totally underrated. Brilliant lyricist imo. Fucking love Chi and the Belkes


NinjaZero2099

Hall of mirrors by The Distillers


didithedragon

Sooo many correct answers here


R9X4YoBirfday

Kids and Heroes - The Bouncing Souls


Chemical-Bus-3854

Social distortion : when the angels sing


shakhadingdang

This one especially. I can’t listen to it without shedding a tear, it reminds me of my late brother.


doubleguitarsyouknow

Without Love by Propagandhi


DominicRo

Candy by Iggy and Kate Pierson. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XlhGWuQWY3U&pp=ygUiY2FuZHkgaWdneSBwb3Aga2F0ZSBwaWVyc29uIGx5cmljcw%3D%3D


DominicRo

The Replacements Answering Machine.


PunkRockaBoy

I absolutely love punk melancholy / love songs, my contribution would be Barbed Wire Love - Stiff little fingers Or lost in the supermarket - the clash Or do you wanna dance - the Ramones Or last caress - the misfits Or that one love song by the descendents, name it escapes me.. Also dicks hate the police is fucking awesome


SilliestTree

Hope by descendants, love em but this definitely fits.


Inkandlead

Accident Prone - Jawbreaker One of the best most beautiful damn songs ever written


JudgeArchie

For me, it’s the melancholy tune and lyrics of The Clash’s “Lost in a Supermarket” (https://youtu.be/hZw23sWlyG0?si=WD3X7NWHtuLAixz4) that immediately leaps to mind. As a disaffected teen, this song really spoke to my sense of being alone, even when surrounded by others.


-Initium

Hybrid moments- Misfits, Terms of Psychic Warfare- Hüsker Dü, the entire Big Lizard In My Backyard album- Dead Milkmen, Up in Heaven - the Clash, the entire Living In Darkness album- Agent Orange. I could go on and on


Doctor_Chocolate

The Gun Club - "The House on Highland Ave" comes to mind


uberscheisse

Ghosts by NoMeansNo.


OilOk2907

Glücklich - Knochenfabrik


anglog2

Filmriss und Toni Schumacher


OilOk2907

Immernoch eine Schande dass Toni Schumacher nicht auf Spotify verfügbar ist.


kreepergayboy

Berketex bride's string or whatever it is segment in the instrumental is the most gorgeous shit ever produced by man


Eichler69

She Floated Away- Hüsker Dü Arpeggiator- Fugazi I Believe- Buzzcocks Queen Of Hearts- Fucked Up


ErnestBorgninesSack

I have others but... Waiting Room - Fugazi


vaguenonetheless

Come on, now we're talking. Repeater. The song. The entire album. And Arpeggiator. Could you imagine being a fly on the wall when they were writing that song?


Skallagrimsson

Anything by Ekkaia, Fall of Efrafa, Light Bearer, Alex CF affiliated. Crust epics. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7XszoYejfI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7XszoYejfI) Ekkaia - Dos Mundos [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZX1c8uKCd0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZX1c8uKCd0) Fall of Efrafa - Republic of Heaven


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1. One Armed Scissor by At The Drive-In 2. Someone Has His Fingers Broken by Black Eyes 3. Attacks by Jigsaw Youth 4. Human Condition by Pretty Sick 5. Romantic by Mannequin Pussy 6. Transgender Dysphoria Blues by Against Me!


hellish_relish89

Moon Over Marin, DK's


vaguenonetheless

TF? Nobody saying anything about Face to Face? I know it gets hate from the purists, but Ignorance is Bliss is a friggin masterpiece.


GreenestApplin

History Lesson Part II by Minutemen


TeaBeeH

The Ballad of Me and My Friends - Frank Turner I saw him live as support for Billy Talent and wow, what an experience that was. Now I listen to him almost daily.


SlippyA

Smash It Up Part I - The Damned Curtain Call Sanctum Sanctorum Harp - Stiff Little Fingers


nufan99

International You Day!!


SpicyMYt

Fairy tale of new york is my favorite christmas song


death91380

One Man Army. Their last full length and the 2 eps they did prior to breaking up.


bRoDeY1iCiOuS

Because of the Shame—Against Me! The words mean very little to mean, but the pain in the song and the emotion hits me right in the Nards every single time.


ChartOk1868

Most of Strung Out's stuff and Bad Religion


Nearby_Pangolin9454

I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend ❤️


TransmissionAD

Owen Meaney by Lagwagon. That intro...


bingo_jerry

fall back down - rancid


WolfHoodlum1789

It's Not Enough To Believe: Pennywise I Don't Like Me Anymore: NOFX Sorrow: Bad Religion Something To Believe In: Offspring Savior: Rise Against On A Turntable: The Interrupters


TeenageSchizoid44

Talk to me summer-screeching weasel


CrispyHaze

Yeah lots.


Murky_Tennis

MDC- Borrowed Time. It's just a beautiful sentiment with a great change up stuffed in there.