Over the last few weeks, you may have noticed TGEFM has been having something of a Wet Hot American Summer, thanks to a series of Roll of the Dice interviews with the participants of this weekend’s Camp Punksylvania. Many of those who took part in the interviews were asked for their choice of campfire songs to perform and we’ve put them together for you in a playlist. So let’s get all kumbaya and shit.
The list below is pretty straightforward: We’ve got the band that was picked, the song, and then the interviewee(s) who chose it for the campfire singalong.
The Bouncing Souls – “Manthem” (Riot Squad Media’s Laura Rose, James of No Complyance)
Frank Turner – “The Ballad of Me and My Friends” (Black Guy Fawkes)
The White Stripes – “We’re Going To Be Friends” (Black Guy Fawkes)
The Gaslight Anthem “The ’59 Sound” (Black Guy Fawkes)
Chumbawumba – “Tubthumping” (Tail Light Rebellion)
Blink-182 – “I Miss You” (Brandon Richie want to yell over it as some douchebag sings it; close enough)
Tony Sly – “Live Let Die” (Jon Snodgrass)
Spongebob Squarepants – “Campfire Song Song” (The Squalors, Fat Chance, Sweet Anne Marie, Froggy)
Fat Chance – “Rise Or Die” (Fat Chance)
Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Who’ll Stop The Rain” (Belvedere)
Oasis – “Wonderwall” (Jack of Fat Heaven)
Third Eye Blind – “How’s It Going To Be” (Gayla of Fat Heaven)
Green Day – “Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) (Travis of Fat Heaven)
Avenues – “Lights Out” (Avenues)
The Aquabats! – “Knowledge” (Dissidente)
Dead Kennedys – “Kill The Poor” (Dissidente)
Heart – ” Barracuda” (War On Women)
Forget Cassettes – “Bruce Wayne” (War On Women)
Tsunami Bomb – “Lemonade” (Dominic of Tsunami Bomb)
Argyle Gargoyle – “The Hearse Song” (Andy of Tsunami Bomb; he didn’t choose a version but I enjoy this one)
*NSYNC – “Bye Bye Bye” (Oobliette of Tsunami Bomb)
Don Henley – “The Boys of Summer” (Condition Oakland)
The Jasons – “Camp Arawak” (The Jasons)
Hank Williams III – “Pills I Took” (Teen Mortgage)
Ween – “The Mollusk” (Froggy)
The Dollyrots – “Because I’m Awesome” (The Dollyrots)
NOFX “The Decline” (Anthony of No Complyance)
Against Me! – “Baby, I’m An Anarchist” (Jesse of No Complyance)
Against Me! – “Sink Florida Sink (Kevin of Oh, The Humanity)
The Yellow River Boys – “Hot Piss” (Kyle and Jim of Oh, The Humanity)
ABBA – “Waterloo” (Scott Reynolds)
Jefferson Starship – “Jane” (Folly)
The Ergs! – “Books About Miles Davis” (Pity Party)
Soul II Soul -“Back To Life” (Mikey Erg)
Bad Dad (occasionally called Ed) has been on the periphery of the punk and punk-adjacent scene for over twenty years. While many contributors to this site have musical experience and talent, Ed’s musical claim to fame comes from his time in arguably the most punk rock Blockbuster Video district in NJ where he worked alongside members of Blanks 77, Best Hit TV and Brian Fallon. He is more than just an awful father to his 2 daughters, he is also a dreadful husband, a subpar writer, a terrible dresser and has a severe deficiency in all things talent… but hey, at least he’s self-aware, amirite?
Check out the pathetic attempts at photography on his insta at https://www.instagram.com/bad_dad_photography/
