@avclub-16db446cafb1ffb1466e71eaf97a4f49:disqus Did you mean to say Synthpop or New Romantic?

@avclub-16db446cafb1ffb1466e71eaf97a4f49:disqus Did you mean to say Synthpop or New Romantic?

I would never have thought to include 'Mickey' and 'Karma Chameleon'.  Brilliant!

I would never have thought to include 'Mickey' and 'Karma Chameleon'.  Brilliant!

Definitely true, but The Cars were a lot less punk than The Sex Pistols.  Frankly, I've met very few 15-year-olds who did know what they were talking about.  I don't think we were particularly exceptional…

Definitely true, but The Cars were a lot less punk than The Sex Pistols.  Frankly, I've met very few 15-year-olds who did know what they were talking about.  I don't think we were particularly exceptional…

I was hanging out with my friends at the teen disco, back in my high school days (1978).  One of my friends very earnestly shouted "Now, this is punk!" over 'My Best Friend's Girl'.  It was a long time ago.  We didn't know what we were talking about.

I was hanging out with my friends at the teen disco, back in my high school days (1978).  One of my friends very earnestly shouted "Now, this is punk!" over 'My Best Friend's Girl'.  It was a long time ago.  We didn't know what we were talking about.

That whole verse kills me, particularly the opening lines:

That whole verse kills me, particularly the opening lines:

Porklips Now!

Porklips Now!

Yes, he wouldn't keep still.  Wrigglin' about!  Howlin'!

Yes, he wouldn't keep still.  Wrigglin' about!  Howlin'!

He's an halibut!

He's an halibut!

He's pinin' for the fjords!

He's pinin' for the fjords!

My wife is pissed off about that happy ending, dude.

My wife is pissed off about that happy ending, dude.