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The Clash — Clampdown
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GreggH
Posted: May 17, 2013 - 18:52
 
Play this entirely too much

Foot
(NorCal / Wine)
Posted: Apr 21, 2013 - 18:39
 
Thank you (again) - one of the best of all time!

paultron
(Reno NV)
Posted: Jan 17, 2013 - 14:24
 
 johnjconn wrote:


The Crash
 
hirarious! working for the crampdown!

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Nov 10, 2012 - 13:17
 


The Crash

B-ness
(Minneapolis)
Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 17:45
 
 sirdroseph wrote:


Well put, I agree wholeheartedly.{#Cheers}
 
Bollocks!

wlpendley
(New Mexico)
Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 19:04
 
 wlpendley wrote:
get along — get along
 
Ha! get along — get along...

jhorton
(Trailer Park on Cape Cod)
Posted: Jul 04, 2012 - 14:50
 
RIP, " Woody," you did what you set out to do!

hayduke2
(Southampton, NY)
Posted: May 26, 2012 - 14:48
 
that's thatcher's neck under the blade of that guitar man!
these boys were much needed prophets 

alaken
(Missoula, MT)
Posted: May 22, 2012 - 12:50
 
Thanks, that's a great interview clip from Scorsese. I had forgotten they were acquainted, and that he wanted to use them in a film.

petarsubotic wrote:
Martin Scorsese on how Clampdown inspired him to take the force, the energy he heard from the music and develop creative elements of his own:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwzZpXiwm60&t=1m40s

From: Future Is Unwritten, 2007.
 



alaken
(Missoula, MT)
Posted: May 22, 2012 - 12:44
 
Never ceases to amaze. Rarely do musicians catch lightning in a bottle like London Calling. 9 -> 10

petarsubotic
Posted: May 10, 2012 - 20:03
 
Martin Scorsese on how Clampdown inspired him to take the force, the energy he heard from the music and develop creative elements of his own:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwzZpXiwm60&t=1m40s

From: Future Is Unwritten, 2007.

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Apr 26, 2012 - 05:14
 


lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 12:18
 
 yayo wrote:
good!
 
Outstanding!!

yayo
Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 11:00
 
good!

gemtag
(Texas)
Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 09:54
 
 Papernapkin wrote:
But that was such a long, long time ago. You've probably forgotten what bad taste you had when you were young. Or you haven't changed in the past half century.
 
HA!!! probably right. I remember a time when I thought Micheal Jackson was the shit.

But I have changed. At least an inch shorter and maybe 20 lbs heavier.

Still I like this though.

 

Troutnskibum
Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 09:48
 
Perfect song from perfect album.... Cool

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 08:31
 
 kcar wrote:

Yeah, but isn't there a fairly long history of the Angry Young Man in British culture? Were the Clash that ground-breaking? I didn't grow up in England so I can't say whether they were at the vanguard of punk or socially conscious music, but I wonder whether they were just at the top of another cycle of youth rebellion in British culture. I bought "London Calling" shortly after it came out and liked some of the songs, but a lot of it felt ragged and and willfully dumb. There didn't seem to be a whole lot of message. 

 

Well put, I agree wholeheartedly.{#Cheers}

Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA)
Posted: Feb 05, 2012 - 17:10
 
But that was such a long, long time ago. You've probably forgotten what bad taste you had when you were young. Or you haven't changed in the past half century.

 gemtag wrote:
What a great album. It screams my youth. 
 



neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Jan 20, 2012 - 18:13
 
Seems like people want to compare a band like the Clash to a like YES or something. if anything, the Clash were a reaction to overplayed, overextended and over produced song writing . Not that there isn't a place for those bands, obviously plenty of people like that kind of music, so it's valid of course. To deride a band for not being "technical" is just plain musical snobbery. Are you going to dis Chuck Berry, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan and the  Beatles on and on  etc..? These artist wrote some of the most important and ground breaking music of our times all on 3 chords. A simple 3 chord song that sticks with the listener is arguably harder than some opus. I would suggest to those that think a band like the Clash were musical simpletons go try to learn one of their songs . If you enjoy playing it and find even just one creative element in any one song, guess what? That's called creativity , anyone can learn to play a tune, coming up with something hooky fresh and valid with a message  is much harder. IMO. You don't have to like it to appreciate it's worth

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Jan 20, 2012 - 17:51
 
 sirdroseph wrote:

Thanks fred, you actually did a very good job of addressing my point without getting nasty. I agree with your assessment.{#Cheers}
 
Miracles do happen.  (OK, OK,  I'll stop it.  Could not resist)


Luciano
(Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brasil)
Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 09:09
 
Cannot agree they are an average rock band as musicians. If you consider their environment, british punk rock, and still they were so creative in their music. I say they are great musicians, and adding intelligent, critical, sometimes sensitive lyrics to that, one of the greatest bands of all. Love The Clash ! Happy New Year RP folks !

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Dec 01, 2011 - 18:36
 
 lemmoth wrote:


As Lester Bangs called them at the time "The only band that matters"
 



Somewhere, Les is smiling (more than he ever did while he was still with us) knowing his comment on The Clash seems to be holding up quite nicely almost 35 years after he penned it...

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Nov 25, 2011 - 11:43
 
 drsteevo wrote:

That's because The Sex Pistols were just a bunch of posers.  The Clash was a real band and made great music.  The Sex Pistols were a contrived stage act, and their music sucked. 
 
All rock bands are posers.  The Sex Pistols were essentially, a contrivance of Malcolm McLaren, but they had quite a few good tunes.  I agree, they were not as good as The Clash, but they opened a lot of doors for bands which followed.


WayUpNorth
Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 06:31
 
 lemmoth wrote:
HA!! GIT ALONGGIT ALONG!!!

Love it!  You are so erudite in your comments, great to hear your "id" express itself! {#Roflol}



johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 06:30
 
 drsteevo wrote:

That's because The Sex Pistols were just a bunch of posers.  The Clash was a real band and made great music.  The Sex Pistols were a contrived stage act, and their music sucked. 
 

Couldn't agree more, nor could I have said it better other that to add that SP were more "noise makers" than artist

drsteevo
(Location Location)
Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 13:19
 
 kittyharker wrote:
I love it every time RP plays The Clash. I am also surprised that not a single song by the Sex Pistols has made it onto RP — surely "Submission" at least would fit into a segue with The Clash or some other such similar song?
 
That's because The Sex Pistols were just a bunch of posers.  The Clash was a real band and made great music.  The Sex Pistols were a contrived stage act, and their music sucked. 



Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 13:10
 
Songs with power, passion and political significance are often more than the sum of their parts and this is no exception.  Not meaning to upset too many purists but I first heard it covered by the Indigo Girls which is also a particularly powerful rendition of a great song but then I'm a sucker for a political folk number and a political punk number so happy either way.

gemtag
(Texas)
Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 13:06
 
What a great album. It screams my youth. 

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 14:08
 
 kcar wrote:

Yeah, but isn't there a fairly long history of the Angry Young Man in British culture? Were the Clash that ground-breaking? I didn't grow up in England so I can't say whether they were at the vanguard of punk or socially conscious music, but I wonder whether they were just at the top of another cycle of youth rebellion in British culture. I bought "London Calling" shortly after it came out and liked some of the songs, but a lot of it felt ragged and and willfully dumb. There didn't seem to be a whole lot of message. 

I will say this: England went through far more wrenching social and economic changes in the 70s and 80s than the US did, and as a result the music that the UK created during those times—even the escapist stuff—was generally superior and a lot more interesting than what American bands put out. 
 

Fred gave you the history. 

As Lester Bangs called them at the time "The only band that matters"

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 14:06
 
HA!! GIT ALONGGIT ALONG!!!

kcar
Posted: Aug 26, 2011 - 00:00
 
 fredriley wrote:

That's perhaps because you're looking at The Clash with an ahistorical perspective, as simply a rock band. You're right that, musically, they were pretty much average, but culturally they were extraordinary in their time because they expressed the anger and rebellion of working class youth at a time of very sharp class conflict in the UK, sparked by continual economic and political crises then the rise to power of the Thatcher regime which actively pursued class war (sorry, "took on trade union might"). The Clash were highly committed and active Marxists, more social movement with agitprop (listen to the lyrics of this song, for instance) than just a rock band. They were part of the 'alternative' music scene of the late 70s and early 80s which was politically engaged, in stark contrast to the 'mainstream' pop of that time (Roxy Music, Spandau Ballet, etc) which was apolitical and hedonistic. Joe Strummer and Paul Weller were seen at the time as "working-class heroes", a phrase used routinely by the musical press (I used to read NME religiously every week).

That's what all the hub bub was about, bub :)
 
Yeah, but isn't there a fairly long history of the Angry Young Man in British culture? Were the Clash that ground-breaking? I didn't grow up in England so I can't say whether they were at the vanguard of punk or socially conscious music, but I wonder whether they were just at the top of another cycle of youth rebellion in British culture. I bought "London Calling" shortly after it came out and liked some of the songs, but a lot of it felt ragged and and willfully dumb. There didn't seem to be a whole lot of message. 

I will say this: England went through far more wrenching social and economic changes in the 70s and 80s than the US did, and as a result the music that the UK created during those times—even the escapist stuff—was generally superior and a lot more interesting than what American bands put out. 

apd
(Toronto, On)
Posted: Aug 15, 2011 - 18:00
 
 thefoodoflove wrote:

Tyrants who have had decades of support from the US, here in lies some of the hypocrisy in US foreign policy, now before you overreact please do some resrearch on the history of the region.
 
Who mentioned US foreign policy? I just quoted the title of the great movie about Joe. And don't you think that anyone who knew something about the Clash, and their attitude to world politics (and the subject of this song, for one) would know something about the hypocrisy of Imperialist politics, the history of the Middle East etc etc? Why assume anything else?
Are you sure I'm the one who overreacted?

At least I wasn't patronizing.

Byronape
(Snorkeling in the River Styx)
Posted: Aug 15, 2011 - 17:58
 
 Jared wrote:

If Gene Simmons read this, there would be a Kiss alarm clock.

 
Isn't there already a Kiss alarm clock?  About the only thing Kiss has not stamped their logo on is birth control pills.


vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Jul 22, 2011 - 11:17
 

Like a shot glass full of Jameson, this quickly washes away the tedium of Portishead's "The Rip"
 


sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 02:15
 
 deepwoodskev wrote:

Big fan of the word "pretty," eh?
 
I think that is pretty clear.


sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 02:15
 
 fredriley wrote:

That's perhaps because you're looking at The Clash with an ahistorical perspective, as simply a rock band. You're right that, musically, they were pretty much average, but culturally they were extraordinary in their time because they expressed the anger and rebellion of working class youth at a time of very sharp class conflict in the UK, sparked by continual economic and political crises then the rise to power of the Thatcher regime which actively pursued class war (sorry, "took on trade union might"). The Clash were highly committed and active Marxists, more social movement with agitprop (listen to the lyrics of this song, for instance) than just a rock band. They were part of the 'alternative' music scene of the late 70s and early 80s which was politically engaged, in stark contrast to the 'mainstream' pop of that time (Roxy Music, Spandau Ballet, etc) which was apolitical and hedonistic. Joe Strummer and Paul Weller were seen at the time as "working-class heroes", a phrase used routinely by the musical press (I used to read NME religiously every week).

That's what all the hub bub was about, bub :)
 
Thanks fred, you actually did a very good job of addressing my point without getting nasty. I agree with your assessment.{#Cheers}

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jun 13, 2011 - 17:06
 
I was listening to this on my MP3 player while watering plants at the nursery (yeah, that's my job.) I heard the first few bars of it and started dancing as I was watering the coniferous trees (well, I call them Sid, Mary, Charlie,Barb, and the cast of "Phantom of the Opera, because while I'm in charge of the watering, they are my kids and I'll damned well name them whatever I want).  I tripped over the hose, fell onto the gravel, and sort of screwed up my knee, but it doesn't matter. I love the Clash - they teach us all to soldier on, no matter what the obstacles.

I SO miss them...  And tomorrow, I'll have the Clash and Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros  in my headphones, so everything will be all right. I'll be limping, but everything will be all right.

Happy trails to everyone in RP-Land. Step carefully, and look up sometimes. It will help. {#Daisy}

Jared
(South Central...MA)
Posted: May 29, 2011 - 02:47
 
 ick wrote:

Now if I were a kid, I'd like a Clash alarm clock!

 
If Gene Simmons read this, there would be a Kiss alarm clock.


thefoodoflove
(Sydney)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 10:37
 
 apd wrote:
I'm listening to this as tyrants are being over-thrown in the Middle East. Truly, the future is unwritten.
 


Tyrants who have had decades of support from the US, here in lies some of the hypocrisy in US foreign policy, now before you overreact please do some resrearch on the history of the region.

deepwoodskev
(In a town west of Chicago)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 10:15
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
This song, like The Clash is pretty good. It is a pretty good plain ol little rock and roll song. The Clash was a pretty good basic rock and roll group with a handful of good tunes and a bunch of bland ones. All in all, they were a pretty good band, nothing more, nothing less. Never understood the hub bub, never will. Having said that, Joe Strummer emerged as a genius once he grew up and started to realize his full potential with The Mescaleros and will be sadly missed.{#Cry}
 
Big fan of the word "pretty," eh?

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: May 20, 2011 - 03:56
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
This song, like The Clash is pretty good. It is a pretty good plain ol little rock and roll song. The Clash was a pretty good basic rock and roll group with a handful of good tunes and a bunch of bland ones. All in all, they were a pretty good band, nothing more, nothing less. Never understood the hub bub, never will.
 
That's perhaps because you're looking at The Clash with an ahistorical perspective, as simply a rock band. You're right that, musically, they were pretty much average, but culturally they were extraordinary in their time because they expressed the anger and rebellion of working class youth at a time of very sharp class conflict in the UK, sparked by continual economic and political crises then the rise to power of the Thatcher regime which actively pursued class war (sorry, "took on trade union might"). The Clash were highly committed and active Marxists, more social movement with agitprop (listen to the lyrics of this song, for instance) than just a rock band. They were part of the 'alternative' music scene of the late 70s and early 80s which was politically engaged, in stark contrast to the 'mainstream' pop of that time (Roxy Music, Spandau Ballet, etc) which was apolitical and hedonistic. Joe Strummer and Paul Weller were seen at the time as "working-class heroes", a phrase used routinely by the musical press (I used to read NME religiously every week).

That's what all the hub bub was about, bub :)



sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: May 13, 2011 - 02:13
 
This song, like The Clash is pretty good. It is a pretty good plain ol little rock and roll song. The Clash was a pretty good basic rock and roll group with a handful of good tunes and a bunch of bland ones. All in all, they were a pretty good band, nothing more, nothing less. Never understood the hub bub, never will. Having said that, Joe Strummer emerged as a genius once he grew up and started to realize his full potential with The Mescaleros and will be sadly missed.{#Cry}

Sleepytyme
(Left Coast, California)
Posted: Apr 11, 2011 - 11:46
 
 kittyharker wrote:
I love it every time RP plays The Clash. I am also surprised that not a single song by the Sex Pistols has made it onto RP — surely "Submission" at least would fit into a segue with The Clash or some other such similar song?
 

...or Sid singing My Way

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Mar 28, 2011 - 06:26
 
 kittyharker wrote:
I love it every time RP plays The Clash. I am also surprised that not a single song by the Sex Pistols has made it onto RP — surely "Submission" at least would fit into a segue with The Clash or some other such similar song?
 
Yeah, I don't think "Bodies" or "New York" are family friendly, but "Submission" or "Holidays in the Sun" might be suitable for all ages!



I wanna see some history
'Cause now I got a reasonable economy






kittyharker
(Arkham)
Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 08:36
 
I love it every time RP plays The Clash. I am also surprised that not a single song by the Sex Pistols has made it onto RP — surely "Submission" at least would fit into a segue with The Clash or some other such similar song?

ick
(The 619)
Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 08:11
 
 Ja300Mes wrote:

I just want to crank this up right now, but my kids are asleep!


 
Now if I were a kid, I'd like a Clash alarm clock!


Ja300Mes
(North Fork)
Posted: Feb 24, 2011 - 19:14
 

I just want to crank this up right now, but my kids are asleep!



apd
(Toronto, On)
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 12:45
 
I'm listening to this as tyrants are being over-thrown in the Middle East. Truly, the future is unwritten.

robco1
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 12:35
 
 horstman wrote:


The only typo is your lack of a paranthesis at the end of your sentence. You also shouldn't have had one at the beginning of your sentence. I'd say this has more with your lack of proper english than a keyboard malfunction.

Oh well, you left the door open on that one Cynaera. As for the Clash, I agree with others, listen to all of London Calling and you will become a convert.

London Calling was my ringtone long ago (before it was popularized). I very attractive woman came up to me after my phone rang and asked : Who from London Calling was that? I was so dumbstruck that she would even talk to me let alone make such a clever joke that I just stood there searching for a clever response.

None came.
 
Hmmmm....

"I'm not sure but they said they lived down by the river..."

"Joe Strummer; he wanted to know what the hell a ringtone was and why he was getting a half-pence royalty check from me..."

I'm sure a dozen better ones have occurred to you by now. My sympathies!


smokingpikachu
(Tucson, Arizona)
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 12:32
 
I feel like this is one of the few Clash songs that gets played over and over, but there is so much more.  (We have RP on at work everyday!)