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.
>
> (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)
19 responses total.
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..
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.
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..
hahaha anyone remember the KLF? Sorry, I am tired and polluting items.
I loved them. =)
Actually Sandinista is a triple album at least on vinyl. A few brilliant tunes with a lot of dreck mixed in...
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.
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..
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.
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.
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..
it's a west coast or alaskan thing
And what does it mean?
they equate a certain type of weather with an earthquake? now go to your room
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.
Yes. There's something slightly suspect about sampling yourself..
Actually, I think it was more them making fun of themselves. Especially the the little sneezy thing.
Oh, definitely..
london calling is a really wonderful album. i have spoken.
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