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The Clash — Train In Vain
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oppositelock
(On the road)
Posted: May 09, 2013 - 15:42
 
Saw the Clash live, twice. {#Dancingbanana_2}

miamizsun
((3261.3 Miles SE of RP))
Posted: Mar 23, 2013 - 13:15
 
 EdmoJoe wrote:
Thanks RP for taking me to a "happy place."
 
i'll say

danoodles
(Saint Louis, Mo.)
Posted: Mar 19, 2013 - 04:29
 

In my top 10 coolest bands.



ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: Dec 19, 2012 - 10:34
 
For so many years, I thought this was Joe Jackson. Silly me.

BibKiller
Posted: Nov 13, 2012 - 17:56
 
{#Drummer} mechanic1

JHZ
(between Clark and Hilldale)
Posted: Nov 02, 2012 - 15:10
 
 bachbeet wrote:
Annie Lennox does a pretty good version of this.
 
sirdroseph wrote:


No, no she didn't.
 
I don't even know the Annie Lennox version, so I really shouldn't but I have to agree with sirdroseph!

Biscobret
(Vashon, WA)
Posted: Aug 31, 2012 - 16:34
 
 hencini wrote:

Wow!!  I didn't know they were still playing!!  I saw them open for U2 in 1992 and at some rock festival or another in probably 1995 or so... 
 
Reunion tour - such an unbelievable joy to see Mick live - god dammit, if only Joe...  you know, they were going to reunite for the R&R hall of fame & then Joe passed away...  such a loss...  such a shame.

Go Mick!!!

Biscobret
(Vashon, WA)
Posted: Aug 31, 2012 - 16:32
 
Perfect.  Pop.  Song.

The only comment that matters.

merkin_muffley
(Down the rabbit hole.....)
Posted: Aug 11, 2012 - 08:01
 
Classic, brings memories back at school and hearing The Clash being played by the 'cooler' older kids.
. 

gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Jul 10, 2012 - 21:31
 
Seminal album. Absolute R-E-S-P-E-C-T

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 14:16
 
love it

scrubbrush
(Sea of Calm)
Posted: May 07, 2012 - 12:36
 
Clash-lite, but i love it anyway

scrubbrush
(Sea of Calm)
Posted: May 04, 2012 - 17:04
 
Clash-lite, but i love it anyway

MirageRF
(Clemmons, NC, USA)
Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 19:23
 
Good, but Annie Lennox is great.  More Annie!

ziakut
(Unmoon)
Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 19:22
 
{#Dancingbanana_2}


lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Feb 07, 2012 - 17:23
 
aww yeah. fantastic memories with this one. it never gets old.

EdmoJoe
(Edmonton, Canada)
Posted: Feb 03, 2012 - 08:15
 
Thanks RP for taking me to a "happy place."

lagger
(monterey/68/salinas,ca. U.S.)
Posted: Jan 30, 2012 - 15:22
 
Ohhh yea my High^ School grad year!!
 Was this the Year of the Smashing Guitars?.........


mikec09
(Saugerties, NY)
Posted: Jan 30, 2012 - 15:20
 
Clashic Clash!

London Calling was great!

hencini
Posted: Jan 02, 2012 - 13:23
 
 mmoyer wrote:
Just saw Big Audio Dynamite at Outside Lands in San Francisco. They just blew the place a way. It was such a joy!
 
Wow!!  I didn't know they were still playing!!  I saw them open for U2 in 1992 and at some rock festival or another in probably 1995 or so... 

hencini
Posted: Jan 02, 2012 - 13:22
 
Great song.  

Luciano
(Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brasil)
Posted: Dec 22, 2011 - 08:42
 
I think it doesn´t make much sense linking The Clash to prototypical punck rock. It is not. Especially London Calling; it is rock´n roll in a great variety of forms. This album has so many atributes: intellingent, fun, modern, touching, sad... Take Jimmy Jazz, how can you classify it ? Train in Vain is plain beautiful. Glad Bill keeps playing lots of Clash, it makes my day. Thanks !

scrubbrush
(Sea of Calm)
Posted: Aug 25, 2011 - 12:01
 

this is a fantastic, catchy song. I like it. i just wish it was by someone else 'cause it really diminishes my image of the Clash as a great punk band.




mmoyer
(Silicon Valley)
Posted: Aug 17, 2011 - 23:55
 
Just saw Big Audio Dynamite at Outside Lands in San Francisco. They just blew the place a way. It was such a joy!

kcar
Posted: May 22, 2011 - 22:18
 
 tovarisch wrote:
I guess its not really a bad song but I have always thought that it was antithetical to the image on the album cover, you can hear this song in the background at a shopping mall, the dude smashing his guitar would probably get escorted out of the shopping mall.
 

I think The Clash were forced by the record company to record this song and release it as a single. I bought the double album back in 1980 and "Train in Vain" was NOT listed on the cover or on the label of side 2 of the second LP (it was the last track). It got a lot of FM airplay—in the Boston area at least—even if the band didn't like it. 



SuzG
(at my desk)
Posted: Apr 29, 2011 - 13:34
 
 tovarisch wrote:
I guess its not really a bad song but I have always thought that it was antithetical to the image on the album cover, you can hear this song in the background at a shopping mall, the dude smashing his guitar would probably get escorted out of the shopping mall.

 

The Clash have (had) many different levels.  Its one of the things I love about them.

tovarisch
(Calgary)
Posted: Apr 13, 2011 - 18:26
 
I guess its not really a bad song but I have always thought that it was antithetical to the image on the album cover, you can hear this song in the background at a shopping mall, the dude smashing his guitar would probably get escorted out of the shopping mall.


Dave_Mack
(Homeward bound, I wish I was)
Posted: Mar 20, 2011 - 20:33
 
I Didn't know until this moment that this album cover is a takeoff on Elvis Presley, only because I'm reading a great book called"1001 Albums you must hear before you die". A great reference. Goes up through 2008 or so and includes "the seldom seen kid". Wow.

Stranglersfan
(Revelstoke, B.C.)
Posted: Mar 20, 2011 - 20:26
 
yes terrific song, but not my first choice from one of the greatest albums ever, just cuz it on commercial radio too much!

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Feb 25, 2011 - 11:52
 
 bachbeet wrote:
Annie Lennox does a pretty good version of this.
 

No, no she didn't.

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jan 25, 2011 - 05:28
 
 RedGuitar wrote:

How about "Rock the Casbah"?

 
Oooo yea, you are right, that song is crap!{#Puke}

GuiltyFeat
Posted: Jan 25, 2011 - 05:14
 
Aretha into The Clash. YES!

kopak
(2 months later)
Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 02:43
 
Mick Jones is singing on this one.

slr242
Posted: Sep 04, 2010 - 22:51
 
A catchy (and somewhat commercially successful) track on a FANTASTIC album. There are better songs on there than this one, IMO, but this one was the hit on American radio.

df1489
(Lake Palestine, Tyler Tx)
Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 17:39
 
 bachbeet wrote:
Annie Lennox does a pretty good version of this.
 
I'll second that...


calypsus_1
Posted: Aug 11, 2010 - 15:29
 

Joe Strummer by ~cathycat92
Cathy  ©2009-2010 ~cathycat92

Portrait of Joe Strummer, leader of The Clash. It was entirely done with my brand new graphic tablet, it was also the first time I drew that way^^




RabbitEars
Posted: Aug 11, 2010 - 15:03
 
the utter weakness of this band extra-highlighted by following stevie

Hairfarmer
(The birthplace of Rock & Roll, baby.)
Posted: Jul 10, 2010 - 18:17
 
"Who the f*ck is the clash? You guys are ruining my night and my girlfriend's night too."

jpfueler
(Burleson Texas, (South o' Ft Worth))
Posted: Jul 02, 2010 - 20:30
 
 Poacher wrote:

Just goes to show you don't always get what you want. . . 
 
but if you try sometimes.....


bachbeet
Posted: Jun 16, 2010 - 22:34
 
Annie Lennox does a pretty good version of this.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Apr 30, 2010 - 08:05
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
It is funny, I know this song is almost held in disdain by true Clash fans, but I think it is by far their best even given all of it's success and popularity!{#Lol}
 
I do not hold it in disdain; it's another shade of their broad spectrum of talents to me.  I did have some friends back then who thought less of this tune and "Rock The Casbah".


peacockangel
(Phoenix)
Posted: Apr 30, 2010 - 07:59
 
did you stand by me? did you lie?

RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Apr 30, 2010 - 07:59
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
It is funny, I know this song is almost held in disdain by true Clash fans, but I think it is by far their best even given all of it's success and popularity!{#Lol}
 
How about "Rock the Casbah"?


sirdroseph
(Tokyo)
Posted: Apr 14, 2010 - 09:26
 
It is funny, I know this song is almost held in disdain by true Clash fans, but I think it is by far their best even given all of it's success and popularity!{#Lol}

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 12:34
 
 deepwoodskev wrote:
My wife's favorite song of all time. First song we played at our wedding.
 
Sounds like a decent opening number for a reception.  Hopefully, "White Riot" got a spin later on after everybody had a few pops.

I can't help but think all of the times I've been subjected to this abomination right off the bat at some of the receptions I've been at:




tapatia1072
Posted: Apr 06, 2010 - 10:54
 
Ah, takes me back to early high school days - how I loved The Clash and the punk friends who introduced them to me.

derekd
(Just Visiting This Planet)
Posted: Mar 29, 2010 - 16:20
 
Just love that RP plays the Clash. So wrong yet so right.

scruffystevie
(Sunny Brighton, England)
Posted: Feb 10, 2010 - 05:05
 
Rodney Mullen has crazy skills!  I'll look that up!

 gumbo73039 wrote:
There's a skateboarder called Rodney Mullen on you tube who uses this as a backtrack for a video of him doing stunts, he's very good, and makes it all look so easy. The music works so well, worth a view.
 



gumbo73039
(Devon, England)
Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 08:12
 
There's a skateboarder called Rodney Mullen on you tube who uses this as a backtrack for a video of him doing stunts, he's very good, and makes it all look so easy. The music works so well, worth a view.

deepwoodskev
(In a town west of Chicago)
Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 08:03
 
My wife's favorite song of all time. First song we played at our wedding.