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mcnally
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This is Radio Clash
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Jul 17 21:31 UTC 2000 |
Based on the discussion in the latest "Music to Conference By" item,
it seems like we might have enough interest in the Clash to justify
a separate item. Therefore..
> (264) #58/67: Ken Josenhans (krj) Thu, Jul 13, 2000 (13:44)
> The Clash, "London Calling." Picked up for $8 at a recent Tower sale.
> Haven't heard this in years; it holds up *very* well for a 21-year old
> album and makes me feel ancient.
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> (264) #64/67: Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic, and aRts (lumen) Mon, Jul
17, > resp:58 I would like to hear "London Calling".. > > (264) #65/67:
Mike McNally (mcnally) Mon, Jul 17, 2000 (14:56) > "London Calling" is an
excellent album that successfully blends the Clash's > punk, reggae, r&b (and
many other) influences into their most consistent > and powerful album. It's
a phenomenally influential album and a definite > must-listen. > > (264)
#66/67: Piantress (gypsi) Mon, Jul 17, 2000 (14:59) > I like "Combat
Rock" too. That one gets a lot of play-time. "Overpowered > by Funk" and
"Know Your Rights" are MUCH better songs than "Should I Stay > or Should I
Go?" (blecch)
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mcnally
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response 1 of 19:
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Jul 17 21:45 UTC 2000 |
The sound is considerably different from the Clash, but I would also
recommend a few albums by Big Audio Dynamite (aka B.A.D.), Mick Jones'
first post-Clash project.
"This is Big Audio Dynamite", the band's first album, goes off in a
surprising direction for a post-Clash project, playing with the "new"
technology of sampling and mixing in dance beats. The studio-polished
sound and calculated beats of "This is B.A.D." are no match for the raw
energy of the Clash's best work, but the album still features several
excellent numbers, including "Medicine Show" and "E=MC^2"
The second release "No. 10, Upping Street" was nearly as good, and folded
in some elements of the nascent hip-hop revolution, just starting to reach
the public at that time.
B.A.D.'s re-union project [as B.A.D. II,] entitled "The Globe," is also well
worth checking out..
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gypsi
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response 2 of 19:
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Jul 17 23:31 UTC 2000 |
BAD is okay, but can be annoyingly repetitive. I LOVE "E=MC2", though.
Ooh..."Radio Clash"...great song. I just got a copy of the Pogues doing
"London Calling" when Joe Strummer did the lead singer bit for them.
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mcnally
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response 3 of 19:
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Jul 17 23:59 UTC 2000 |
I agree that the B.A.D. isn't nearly as varied as the Clash, and that
some of it doesn't work very well and just sounds gimmicky. I still
like it, but it hasn't aged nearly as well as "London Calling" or even
"Combat Rock".
As far as other Clash albums go, it's been so long since I've heard
"Give 'em Enough Rope" that I really ought to buy a copy -- I seem to
remember it as being fairly good. I've always skipped "Cut the Crap",
so I can't really comment on that one, but of the ones I own, I'd
definitely say "London Calling" is my favorite, followed by "the Clash",
followed by either "Sandanista" or "Combat Rock".. "Sandanista" could've
been an excellent single album -- as it is it's a wildly inconsistent
double-disc with a lot of filler..
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carla
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response 4 of 19:
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Jul 18 07:22 UTC 2000 |
hahaha anyone remember the KLF? Sorry, I am tired and polluting items.
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gypsi
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response 5 of 19:
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Jul 18 12:31 UTC 2000 |
I loved them. =)
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raven
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Jul 18 18:06 UTC 2000 |
Actually Sandinista is a triple album at least on vinyl. A few brilliant tunes
with a lot of dreck mixed in...
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krj
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Jul 18 21:34 UTC 2000 |
Heh. I should probably liquidate my original UK import LP set -- even
though it was a sentimental birthday present from the old girlfriend --
and get a CD of SANDINISTA, which would be programmable so I could skip
lots of it.
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lumen
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Jul 19 04:39 UTC 2000 |
resp:4 Yes, I remember the KLF, but never really heard anything of
theirs besides "3 A.M. Eternal." The song popped up on the radiowaves
at 0300 one morning a little while ago, incidentally..
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mcnally
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response 9 of 19:
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Jul 19 21:05 UTC 2000 |
You somehow managed to avoid the whole "Justified and Ancient" remix
with Tammi Wynette? Wow!
"Chill Out" is worth listening to, but it's very atypical of their stuff.
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krj
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response 10 of 19:
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Jul 21 17:46 UTC 2000 |
Not ready to review it yet, but I did get the new Joe Strummer album,
"Rock Art and the X-Ray Style," or some title like that.
The "Sandpaper Blues" track was featured on one of those
http://www.wen.com radio shows I keep raving about -- Ian Anderson's
June show, if you want to dig it up.
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mcnally
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response 11 of 19:
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Jul 21 18:11 UTC 2000 |
Hmmm.. Somewhere I have a copy of "Earthquake Weather" but I've never
gotten into it..
By the way, can anyone tell me is "Earthquake Weather" a common phrase
of some sort or did Strummer make it up? I ask because I'm currently
re-reading a novel by Tim Powers entitled "Earthquake Weather" and I'm
curious whether he borrowed the phrase from Strummer or from somewhere
else..
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happyboy
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response 12 of 19:
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Jul 21 20:34 UTC 2000 |
it's a west coast or alaskan thing
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mcnally
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response 13 of 19:
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Jul 22 08:17 UTC 2000 |
And what does it mean?
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happyboy
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response 14 of 19:
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Jul 22 16:22 UTC 2000 |
they equate a certain type of weather with
an earthquake?
now go to your room
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eeyore
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Aug 18 06:10 UTC 2000 |
I *ADORE* The Globe. First time I heard a single off of it, I knew
immediately who it was. The voice is unmistakeable. And it amuses me
greately to see how they use Clash songs in BADII.
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mcnally
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response 16 of 19:
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Aug 18 06:25 UTC 2000 |
Yes. There's something slightly suspect about sampling yourself..
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eeyore
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response 17 of 19:
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Aug 18 06:41 UTC 2000 |
Actually, I think it was more them making fun of themselves. Especially the
the little sneezy thing.
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mcnally
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response 18 of 19:
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Aug 18 17:57 UTC 2000 |
Oh, definitely..
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jules
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response 19 of 19:
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Jun 6 05:02 UTC 2001 |
london calling is a really wonderful album.
i have spoken.
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