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Post by personunknown on Apr 8, 2021 18:56:14 GMT
^^^
A lightbulb moment in my life.
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Post by zeopold on Apr 8, 2021 19:57:02 GMT
^^^ A lightbulb moment in my life. You and me both. I bought it in Woolworths the saturday after it came out, took it home, played it, got my mum to cut my David Soul barnet like Jonesey's, scrawled some slogans on a shirt and went back into town to showcase my new look. |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Apr 19, 2021 16:12:31 GMT
I've been playing London Calling (the LP) over the last couple of days Just wall to wall brilliance It sounds better than ever Absolutely love it  |
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Post by personunknown on Apr 19, 2021 17:59:02 GMT
Took me years to warm to The Right Profile and Lover's Rock but now I sing along to them with just as much gusto as Clampdown and Revolution Rock. Gary Bushell gave it 2 out of 5, saying it sounded like a tired Rolling Stones, wot a kunt.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Apr 20, 2021 5:48:29 GMT
Wot a kunt
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Apr 20, 2021 7:26:05 GMT
Took me years to warm to The Right Profile and Lover's Rock but now I sing along to them with just as much gusto as Clampdown and Revolution Rock I used to struggle with Koka Kola but, like you, now I'm lustily singing along with the best of them ...executive decision, a clinical precision...The Clash - Koka Kola |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Apr 21, 2021 8:43:17 GMT
Listening to Sandinsta again, something I do every few years
After the pinnacle of the peerless London Calling it really is just a sprawling mess - the hipster re-evaluation we discussed a few pages back is nonsense
Uninspiring muddy production, a few ridiculous tracks, a lot of average material and some absolute corkers that would have made a rock solid single disc LP
Too much weed consumption skewed their judgement
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Post by doug61 on Apr 21, 2021 11:59:38 GMT
A socialist album where the musical tastes of all members clashed at times, not happily? Need a dictator's hand on the tiller perhaps to concentrate things. I put it above your evaluation but agree it has been put too much on a pedestal.
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Post by doug61 on Apr 21, 2021 12:01:14 GMT
Where do we stand on "Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg"? A lost masterpiece?
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Apr 21, 2021 17:06:33 GMT
Where do we stand on "Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg"? A lost masterpiece? That's certainly what a lot of people say I've not played it that much but based on a few listens it didn't particularly grab me What about you? |
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Post by johnnyoi on Apr 21, 2021 19:52:25 GMT
Combat Rock was never my favourite Clash album and most of the tracks i've heard from Rat Patrol haven't improved them.Apart from Red Angel Dragnet which is pretty good.
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Post by doug61 on Apr 22, 2021 12:44:24 GMT
Where do we stand on "Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg"? A lost masterpiece? That's certainly what a lot of people say I've not played it that much but based on a few listens it didn't particularly grab me What about you? Haven't played it for a while myself but much preferred it to the official release. can understand why it again splits people as it's musically a Mick Jones follow on from Sandanista and maybe too "funky" for those harking back to the supposed glory days of the band. The released version seems an exercise in not alienating the old fans and for me became stuck in the middle of two directions. |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Apr 22, 2021 15:29:13 GMT
I know what you mean Doug but I slightly prefer the official versions as released on Combat Rock. The arrangements and production are punchier and it cherry picks the best tunes
Rat Patrol sounds more like demos and is often too like Sandinista (weedy sounding and inconsequential)
None of that is because of any aversion to funkiness or experimentation - just that I like it when it's aligned to a great tune (e.g. Magnificent Seven/Dance, Radio Clash, Train in Vain, Rock The Casbah etc or indeed the first few Big Audio Dynamite albums which I really love). Much of that Fort Bragg stuff is a bit underwhelming and half arsed to my sensibility but, as said, I've not played it very much as it didn't grab me so perhaps I need to give it more of a chance?
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Post by zeopold on Apr 22, 2021 19:13:55 GMT
Musical diarrhoea. It should have been an EP with the 4 good songs on it. |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Apr 29, 2021 10:02:29 GMT
:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1303475-1391771840-5754.jpeg.jpg) I've had the 1999 live collection From Here To Eternity in the car over the last couple of weeks I really like it Some great live versions from across their career Anyone else dig it? 1. "Complete Control" 13 June 1981 at Bonds International Casino in New York City 3:45 2. "London's Burning" 30 April 1978 at Victoria Park, East London 2:03 3. "What's My Name" (written by Strummer, Jones, Keith Levene) 27 July 1978 at Music Machine in London 1:43 4. "Clash City Rockers" 7 September 1982 at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston 3:30 5. "Career Opportunities" 13 October 1982 at Shea Stadium in New York City 2:06 6. "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" 7 September 1982 at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston 4:28 7. "Capital Radio" 18 February 1980 at the Lewisham Odeon in London 2:58 8. "City of the Dead" 28 December 1978 at the Lyceum Theatre, London 2:47 9. "I Fought the Law" (written by Sonny Curtis) 28 December 1978 at the Lyceum Theatre, London 2:36 10. "London Calling" 7 September 1982 at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston 3:29 11. "Armagideon Time" (written by Willie Williams and Jackie Mittoo) 18 February 1980 at the Lewisham Odeon in London 5:05 12. "Train in Vain" 13 June 1981 at Bonds International Casino in New York City 4:43 13. "The Guns of Brixton" (written by Paul Simonon) 13 June 1981 at Bonds International Casino in New York City 3:36 14. "The Magnificent Seven" (written by The Clash) 7 September 1982 at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston 6:09 15. "Know Your Rights" (written by The Clash) 7 September 1982 at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston 4:04 16. "Should I Stay or Should I Go" (written by The Clash) 8 September 1982 at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston 3:14 17. "Straight to Hell" (written by The Clash) 8 September 1982 at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston 7:24 |
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