Pop Con 2020 - Bored This Way: Adolescent Ennui in Punk Songwriting
This presentation surveys adolescent boredom as a topic of punk songwriting since the 1970s. Punk’s aggressive, humorous, and imaginative music is juxtaposed against lyrics about the stultifying, the humdrum, and the indifferent. Songs by bands like the Buzzcocks, the Adverts, Bad Religion, Blink-182, show how chronic boredom can spawn self-expression rather than self-destruction.
Elizabeth Lindau
Assistant Professor of Music
California State University Long Beach
Song Credits:
“Bored” by Destroy All Monsters
“Boredom” by the Buzzcocks
“Bored Teenagers” by the Adverts
“Bored of Education” by the Fits
“Bored to Death” by G.G. Allin and the Jabbers
“Bored to Death” by Blink-182
“Bleach Boys” by The Dead Milkmen
“Bored and Extremely Dangerous” by Bad Religion
“London’s Burning” by the Clash
“I Wanna Be Bored” by the Complaints
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