The best songs are the ones that, as soon as they end, you quickly reach over to move the needle, click back, or rewind to hear again. Short ones are the best, like a minute and a half long perfect pop song by Guided By Voices or The Smiths' Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want. The songs are only long enough to whet your appetite, but have a pop hook good enough to make you want (nay, need) more.
The best punk and hardcore songs function this same way: short, fast blasts of energy with a simple hook. Today's example is the Charm City Suicides' song Heroin Sucks. Its heavy stomp hits you right out of the gate, barely giving you time to register the way its making you feel before the broken, chanted/screamed vocals come in. The song is pure anger and excitement, and the source of that hatred? Heroin! Who can't get behind hating heroin? (Aside from junkies, of course.) The chorus is an epic, screamed sing-along during breaks after heavy double drum and bass/guitar hits. Boom boom, HEROIN, boom boom, SUCKS, boom boom, HEROIN, boom boom, SUCKS, boom boom HEROIN SUUUCKS!! It's the feel-good scream-along of the decade, it's incredibly addictive, and it'll make you hit rewind.
(On a side note, the guitarist, Brian Dubin, is a 6'2 or 3" redhead with thick-rim, black glasses that he's constantly shoving back up with his palm while playing, and the lead singer is a very earnest straight edge guy who goes nuts on stage. Quite a live show. They broke up and they are missed.)
Charm City Suicides' Heroin Sucks
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