Saints – "Know Your Product" (1978)

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You’re lying

Never gonna get me what I want

2 or 3 lines has previously featured two records by the Australian punk band, the Saints – “I’m Stranded” and “Porno Movies.”

Today we’re featuring the Saints’ very best track, “Know Your Product,” which is a stick of dynamite if there ever was one.

The Guardian newspaper described “Know Your Product” as “one of the greatest Australian singles ever made.”  That’s pretty close, but they should have deleted the “one of.” 

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Kurt Cobain included the Saints’ Know Your Product album on a handwritten list of his 50 favorite albums.

The artists represented on that list include the Bad Brains, Breeders, Butthole Surfers, Clash, Flipper, P. J. Harvey, Mazzy Star, Mudhoney, Sex Pistols, Sonic Youth, and Stooges.  It’s a very interesting list – we’ll be delving into it more deeply in the very near future.

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