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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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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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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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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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Jul 18 07:22 UTC 2000 |
hahaha anyone remember the KLF? Sorry, I am tired and polluting items.
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