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Punk rock has always been about short songs but sometimes it can be taken too far. Big Boys from Texas come up with a tune which only lasts 38 seconds. (Did they do it and run away ?) If they'd played it slightly slower, they may have stretched it out to 50 seconds at least. The Dickies also contribute a compact composition to tonight's show. Hideous is a song which they performed on TV in America in 1978. Not on Bandstand, but in a sitcom called . No, I've never heard of it but it was set in the US Navy and featured Don Rickles in the role of Sharkey. The voice of Mr Potato Head in Toy Story, that's right. Anyway, I mention this because it was an early example of a punk band appearing as themselve, playing a song as part of the story line. Of course, the main stars ridicule this type of music, to laughter by the studio audience. Hey, we can take a bit of ridicule. As long as we can see the band.

Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
Ian Dury - Sweet Gene Vincent
Fleshtones - New Scene
Big Boys - Brick Wall
Devo - Shrivel Up
Richard Hell - Down At The Rock And Roll Club
Wire - Lowdown (Live At The Roxy)
Go Gos - This Town
Seeds - Mr Farmer
Blue Screaming - Gunpoint
The Young Idea - Stop And Think
Special AKA -The Lonely Crowd
Rubinoos - As Long As I'm With You
Thomas Leer - Private Plane
Dickies - Hideous