9. Another Girl, Another Planet - The Only Ones (1978)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKuc3faQAEs Last seen hanging around with Pete Doherty when The Libertines were at their height between 2003 and 2004, Peter Perrett is responsible for one of punks poppiest and most endearing singles. The sound of Perretts band, The Only Ones, was heavily indebted to the spacey vibe of Ziggy-era Bowie and consequently soaring single Another Girl, Another Planet is an astonishing glam-punk hybrid that sounds otherworldly. A soppy love letter to Perretts drug of choice, heroin (the probable reason he and Doherty became friends) this analysis of the illicit substance went one further than the Velvets Heroin and openly touted the euphoric feelings that this drug alone could generate. Disguising itself as a lovelorn ode to a female companion, its clear that Perretts fascination with sticking needles into his arm is a joyous and hugely enjoyable experience. Perretts admission that he always flirts with death suggests that hes well aware of the suffering that this habit causes but embraces this as a fate that hes happy to contemplate whilst becoming increasingly subservient to a drug-dominated existence that is both more soothing and comfortable than the harsh normality of living. Dangerous but delightful, one of the few punk songs to take a positive stance on such a controversial topic.
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