My Top 1000 Songs #270: Why Can't I Touch It?

[I've been writing up my Top 1000 songs on a daily basis--you can see them all in descending order by hitting the All My Favorite Songs tag.]

1979 single "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" was my introduction to the amazing Buzzcocks, and remains a personal favorite (we'll get there soon enough), subverting my suburban Midwestern understanding of British punk rock by offering infectious power pop in a turbo-charged package. But the real draw for me was the b-side, "Why Can't I Touch It?" (both availabl...