Quem tem medo dos Buzzcocks?

Impossível negar a influência punk no som ds Buzzcocks. Mas a banda era mais do que isso. As melodias simples, rápidas e diretas traziam consigo uma sensibilidade pop que não era encontrada em outras bandas semelhantes. E o vocalista da banda não berrava! Além disso, suas letras não exalavam raiva, ódio ou violência. Ao contrário, tratavam de frustrações tipicamente juvenis quanto a relacionamentos, ou melhor, à incapacidade de conseguir um e todo o desconforto que vem acompanhado desta incapacidade. Em certo sentido, os Buzzcocks antecipam The Smiths por pelo menos 5 anos. Deixo como exemplo a letra de 'Nostalgia':

I bet that you love me like I love you
But I should know that gambling just don't pay
So I look up to the sky
And I wonder what it'll be like in days gone by

As I sit and bathe in the wave
of nostalgia for an age yet to come
I always used to dream of the past
But like they say yesterday never comes

Sometimes there's a song in my brain
And I feel that my heart knows the refrain
I guess it's just the music that brings
on nostalgia for an age yet to come

Ah nostalgia for an age yet to come
Nostalgia for an age yet to come

About the future I only can reminisce
For what I've had is what I'll never get
And although this may sound strange
My future and my past are presently disarranged

And I'm surfing on a wave of nostalgia
for an age yet to come
I look I only see what I don't know
All that was strong invincible is slain

Takes more than sunshine
to make everything fine
And I feel like I'm trapped
in the middle of time

With this constant feeling of
nostalgia for an age yet to come

Ah nostalgia for an age yet to come

About the future I only can reminisce
For what I've had is what I'll never get
And although this may sound strange
My future and my past are presently disarranged

And I'm surfing on a wave of
nostalgia for an age yet to come
I look I only see what I don't know
All that was strong invincible is slain

Takes more than sunshine to
make everything fine
And I feel like I'm caught
in the middle of time

And this constant feeling
of nostalgia for an age yet to come

Ah nostalgia for an age yet to come

Nostalgia for an age yet to come
Nostalgia for an age yet to come