What is it about The Clash?

[Hottub]

While doing my taxes, I played all 3 discs of the "Clash on Broadway" compilation...

And rocked my nuts off!



The singer can't sing
the drummer knows only 3 beats
the guitarist knows less coards(sorry...in a hurry) than me, and I barely play.
the bassist beats his instrument, like it owes him money.


Yet almost every tune is golden!

Play "Janie Jones" now, and tell me I'm wrong.

Please explain.

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[Arienette]

yeah, the clash are amazing. and "clash on broadway" is probably the best box set ever. i have no answer as to why.. just listen.

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[furie]

i never got into the clash


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[TheMojoPin]

Why did you have enough time to type a mini-sentence explaining how you mispelled "chords," but DIDN'T have enough time to just hit the "Backspace" button five times and re-type it?

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[Hottub]

Why did you have enough time to type a mini-sentence explaining how you mispelled "chords," but DIDN'T have enough time to just hit the "Backspace" button five times and re-type it?

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I Guess I'm mildly retarded.

BTW did y'all listen to "Janie Jones"??

I never could spell chord, or sincerely. I guess it's a mental block.

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[furie]

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[Hottub]

Janie Jones
Written by Joe Strummer/Mick Jones

HE'S IN LOVE WITH ROCK'N'ROLL WOAAHH
HE'S IN LOVE WITH GETTIN' STONED WOAAHH
HE'S IN LOVE WITH JANIE JONES
BUT HE DON'T LIKE HIS BORING JOB, NO...


AN' HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S GOT TO DO
SO HE KNOWS HE'S GONNA HAVE FUN WITH YOU
YOU LUCKY LADY!
AN' HE KNOWS WHEN THE EVENING COMES
WHEN HIS JOB IS DONE HE'LL BE OVER IN HIS CAR FOR YOU


AN' IN THE IN-TRAY LOTS OF WORK
BUT THE BOSS AT THE FIRM ALWAYS THINKS HE SHIRKS
BUT HE'S JUST LIKE EVERYONE, HE'S GOT A FORD CORTINA
THAT JUST WON'T RUN WITHOUT FUEL
FILL HER UP, JACKO!


AN' THE INVOICE, IT DON'T QUITE FIT,
THERE'S NO PAYOLA IN HIS ALPHABETICAL FILE
THIS TIME HE'S GONNA REALLY TELL THE BOSS
GONNA REALLY LET HIM KNOW EXACTLY HOW HE FEELS
IT'S PRETTY BAD!


LET THEM KNOW - HOW YOU FEEL






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[FUNKMAN]

i think it's the english accents... for some reason this accent can be very pleasant to the ear...

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[Mike Teacher]

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backstage after an Asbury Park Big Audio Dynamite Gig; he stayed until each and every single person who waited got whatever they wanted signed. sat with him for 20 minutes as he signed shit and told clash stories i only wish i can begin to remember; except stories of Joe Strummer playing Pinball. I told him I had only seen the Clash when they opened for The Who at the Shea Stadium 1982 Stand; called, yes, Who's "Farewell Tour".

Seeing the clash at Shea Stadium is an event I will not forget; especially the jack hammer chords that opend the show...

RRRRRhhhut!!!! Rhhuttt!!! Rhhhuutt!!!! Rhuuuttt!!!!

and then the bass kicked in and people screaming London Calling and holy shit what a show.

i lucked out and met a lotta people in a lotta bands when i worked at the pony. being next to this guy; you could feel the history radiating; holy shit what they did.

Oh; and the first B.A.D. album? Fucking brilliant...

SANDINISTA!!

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[JohnnyCash]

I dont know what it is either but the Clash definetly rocks. West Way To The World is a great DVD.

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[keithy_19]

It's because there The Clash man! There doesn't have to be a reason. They perfected punk. When you look back on the history of punk, who do you think of? The Ramones, Sex Pistols(although I never got into them), and The Clash!

Rudy Can't Fail was the first Clash song I ever heard. I guess that song holds a special place in my heart.

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[Freakshow]

I may have posted this before, but goddamn it, i'm going to post it again.

Just after Joe died, I saw two bands cover the White Riot within the same week. The bands were at complete opposite ends of the spectrum. The first was the Casulties--mohawked, pink and green hair, punk as fuck--covering the song about twice as fast as the original. The second was Camper Van Beethoven--instrumental, California, sarcastic, borderline hippy--covering the song at about 1/3 of the speed.

If that doesn't speak to how influential the Clash is, I don't know what will.


The song Ghetto Defendent from the Third disk is probably my favorite song at the moment.


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[Recyclerz]

It's because there The Clash man! There (sic) doesn't have to be a reason. They perfected punk. When you look back on the history of punk, who do you think of? The Ramones, Sex Pistols(although I never got into them), and The Clash!


Is it a sign of the apocalypse when I agree with a KeithyBoBeefy post? (except for the Sex Pistols part.)

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[Tall_James]

Mizzle - I saw Big Audio Dynamite at Irving Plaza back in the day (I even remember it being broadcast live on WLIR) and they totally owned.


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[TooLowBrow]

This March, PBS stations nationwide will premiere The Clash Live: Revolution Rock, a new documentary film chronicling live performances from the iconic punk pioneers at the peak of their powers.

[OGC]

This March, PBS stations nationwide will premiere The Clash Live: Revolution Rock, a new documentary film chronicling live performances from the iconic punk pioneers at the peak of their powers.

Awesome, I'll have to keep an eye open for this next month.

[Freakshow]

Oh no. My secret identity...

[Hottub]

Ha ha.

[drjoek]

Ha ha.

Miss early filing Hottub

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[Grendel_Kahn]

The Clash was one of those bands you either "got" or you didn't. If you didn't "get" them then that's it. No more or less. It's just not for you. But if you were one of the ones that felt it in your soul, felt it in your heartbeat, then it ALL just seems to make a bit more sense. I was really devastated when Joe died. I had a chance to see him with the Mescaleros a few months prior and didn't take it. I am much the poorer for it. The Clash is that soundtrack of your life, when you look back and try to make some sense of it all. You can measure your ups and downs in songs, you can mark events in your life album to album. Really life changing stuff.

[djjd]

saw the clash and black uhuru when the clash were touring for the combat rock album

great show

i've always had a soft spot for this song

White Man In Hammersmith Palais
The Clash

Midnight to six man
For the first time from Jamaica
Dillinger and Leroy Smart
Delroy Wilson, your cool operator

Ken Boothe for UK pop reggae
With backing bands sound systems
And if they've got anything to say
There's many black ears here to listen

But it was Four Tops all night with encores from stage right
Charging from the bass knives to the treble
But onstage they ain't got no roots rock rebel
Onstage they ain't got no...roots rock rebel

Dress back jump back this is a bluebeat attack
'Cos it won't get you anywhere
Fooling with your guns
The British Army is waiting out there
An' it weighs fifteen hundred tons

White youth, black youth
Better find another solution
Why not phone up Robin Hood
And ask him for some wealth distribution

Punk Rockers in the UK
They won't notice anyway
They're all too busy fighting
For a good place under the lighting

The new groups are not concerned
With what there is to be learned
They got Burton suits, ha you think it's funny
Turning rebellion into money

All over people changing their votes
Along with their overcoats
If Adolf Hitler flew in today
They'd send a limousine anyway

I'm the all night drug-prowling wolf
Who looks so sick in the sun
I'm the white man in the Palais
Just lookin' for fun

I'm only
Looking for fun

Oh please mister just leave me alone
i'm only looking for fun

[TheMojoPin]

Miss pre-Boneyard 'Tub.

[Dirtybird12]

While doing my taxes, I played all 3 discs of the "Clash on Broadway" compilation...

And rocked my nuts off!



The singer can't sing
the drummer knows only 3 beats
the guitarist knows less coards(sorry...in a hurry) than me, and I barely play.
the bassist beats his instrument, like it owes him money.


Yet almost every tune is golden!

Play "Janie Jones" now, and tell me I'm wrong.

Please explain.



This message was edited by Hottub on 4-6-04 @ 8:33 PM

GREAT POST.
I never liked em. Yet I do like BAD- go figure.
But fuck the clash & their english accients / political garbage.

seriously, never ever liked em.

:drunk:

[Jughead]

Could you do my Taxes??? That would complete the cycle...:bye:..As far as the clash goes i was always amazed at some of the size of places they played......from 200 seat clubs to 30,000 seat arena's... Guess i just never got it???Some of there songs I like.. But I'm from such a different generation of what I thought was good back then....

[Hottub]

GREAT POST.
I never liked em. Yet I do like BAD- go figure.
But fuck the clash & their english accients / political garbage.

seriously, never ever liked em.

:drunk:

Thaaaank you, Perry.:wink:

[TheMojoPin]

Miss non-smilies 'Tub.

[Hottub]

chord
rythmn
sincerely

I think I got 2 out of 3.

Miss spelling nazi Mojo.

[TheMojoPin]

Miss 2% Hottub.

[RhinoinMN]

chord
rythmn
sincerely

I think I got 2 out of 3.

Miss spelling nazi Mojo.

that was extremely clever. I laffed


I was never really into the clash, but a couple of weeks ago the show opened with Police and Thieves. Now I have been listening to more of the them.

[keithy_19]

Togo back to the original question in this thread, just listen to london calling, and sandanista. The clash were able to experiment with various types of music and succeed at it.

[TheMojoPin]

just listen to sandanista.

Do I have to listen to the whole thing?

[Hottub]

You'll have to listen to most of it to get credit. I hear you, though.

[Jubjubs]

At least once a month I'll just start the whole Clash On Broadway going on my iPod at work. A couple hours later the whole "what the fuck...it's over?" hits me. I then pack up my shit and go home.

[keithy_19]

Do I have to listen to the whole thing?

Yes. I suppose you can look past career oppurtunities. Silly Brit' kids.

[Stankfoot]

... But I'm from such a different generation of what I thought was good back then....

this sentence hurts my head ...

[Jughead]

this sentence hurts my head ...

Sorry:sad: Im a dummy....

[booster11373]

While doing my taxes, I played all 3 discs of the "Clash on Broadway" compilation...

And rocked my nuts off!



The singer can't sing
the drummer knows only 3 beats
the guitarist knows less coards(sorry...in a hurry) than me, and I barely play.
the bassist beats his instrument, like it owes him money.


Yet almost every tune is golden!

Play "Janie Jones" now, and tell me I'm wrong.

Please explain.

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This message was edited by Hottub on 4-6-04 @ 8:33 PM

The Clash was a band that was greater then the sum of its parts