Some days you just need The Clash
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The studio version features the incomparable Norman Watt-Roy on bass
I always enjoyed that Clampdown mentions Harrisburg.
It’s another song where the opening lyrics are basically unintelligible, lol
It’s another song where the opening lyrics are basically unintelligible, lol
Many don’t know that The Clash admired American and Caribbean roots rock and reggae. Much of their influence came from American bluesy folk. I believe Stagger Lee was originally a blues song.
Side note: those who haven't listened to Strummer's work with The Mescaleros really should give it a listen. I think its some of the best rock in the last 25 or so years.
Side note: those who haven't listened to Strummer's work with The Mescaleros really should give it a listen. I think its some of the best rock in the last 25 or so years.
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Always wondered about that - Three Mile Island reference?
That’s what I always took it as, followed by the lyric “begging to be melted down”.
I like almost everything The Clash has done but these are 2 of my favorites...
I also like a lot of their solo stuff
This Mick Jones with CarbonSilicon is excellent
I also was a fan of BAD.
I also like a lot of their solo stuff
This Mick Jones with CarbonSilicon is excellent
I also was a fan of BAD.
Agreed, I always felt that part of the song was a call to control the use of nuclear power. The song was apparently recorded 5-6 months after the TMI incident, so it certainly makes sense.
You know, Wrong em Boyo is actually a cover of an old Jamacian ska song, which is actually a sort of cover of stagger lee. I really like the original.
Same with Police on my back.
Same with Armageddon Time
I got to see Joe Strummer way back in Brooklyn in 2002. He did a week of shows at a place called St. Annes warehouse. He died a little later that year. There had been talk of The Clash finally getting back together. Mick Jones was there and played a few songs with Joe. Mainly the Clash songs.
It was a whos who of NYC punk. The Misfits were there dressed up, like, well the misfits. It was surreal. I was just finishing up college, and therefore pretty broke and couldn't afford tickets for more than the first day. But wow, what a night.
It was a whos who of NYC punk. The Misfits were there dressed up, like, well the misfits. It was surreal. I was just finishing up college, and therefore pretty broke and couldn't afford tickets for more than the first day. But wow, what a night.
- Yalla Yalla
- London's Burning
- Shaktar Donetsk
- Tony Adams
- Rudie Can't Fail
- Cool 'n' Out
- Global a Go-Go
- Police and Thieves
- Junco Partner
- Get Down Moses
- Bummed Out City
- (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
- The Harder They Come
- Mega Bottle Ride
- Johnny Appleseed
- Pressure Drop
- Police on My Back
- I Fought the Law
- Lose This Skin
- Walk on the Wild Side
- Blitzkrieg Bop
- White Riot
Wow that would have been excellent to see. You were very lucky.
I liked his work with the Mescalero's too.
My only time there but it was indeed a great place. I used to work in the summers right up the street in Red Hook.
A few years back, I actually got to meet and hang out with DJ Scratchy, who was the Clash's tour DJ.
He had nothing but great things to say about Joe.
Found of video of Strummer doing a cover of Walk on the Wild Side. Sound is crap
also this.
B.A.D. and B.A.D. II were interesting. You could see the creative differences between Strummer and Jones in the work they did after The Clash. For those of you who are Beastie Boys fans, their autobiography has some stories of them hanging out with Strummer and Jones while in London during their early years.
Murder is a crime. Unless it was committed by a policeman. Hmmmm
The Russki Bear could not win with
A Cossack Spin. Still cracks me up.
Ivan meets GI Joe
The Russki Bear could not win with
A Cossack Spin. Still cracks me up.
Ivan meets GI Joe
