 The Essential Clash (1981) [ larger cover art ] |
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| Galateea (Lynchburg, VA) | Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 05:46 Wow! Private satelite radio was so futuristic back then. |
| finoufk (Bordeaux - france) | Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 05:46 it's a very weak song ....and too long ! |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 05:44 This was released in 1981. . . in case Bill wants to update the info. It was a single and not released on any studio albums. |
| finoufk (Bordeaux - france) | Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 05:43 what a pity |
| ScottishViking (Toronto) | Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 13:34 Gotta say...I don't think this is a very good song. The effects are jarring and unnecessary. |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 13:34 zimm wrote: hate hate hate the clash..... WHAT???? |
| zimm | Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 13:33 hate hate hate the clash..... |
| dreadpixie | Posted: Aug 23, 2011 - 04:18 too early man. too early. |
| peter_james_bond (West Of The Burg) | Posted: Jun 21, 2011 - 04:34 CamLwalk wrote: I thought this is Radio Paradise. Make up your mind! Bill should jump in and say Paradise, every time the singer says Clash.  ....OK maybe not.... |
| Krispian (Vancouver, BC) | Posted: May 20, 2011 - 12:56 SinisterDexter wrote: *Unmute* Is it over yet?... Damn, not yet. *Mute* Haha... and it's such a long song, too. |
| Shaken_Bake (Mile High City-or is it just me?) | Posted: May 20, 2011 - 12:56 Luckily, my 10 is still there. raga wrote: log in just to check if my 1 was still there... |
| raga (Italy - Como) | Posted: Feb 15, 2011 - 03:12 log in just to check if my 1 was still there... |
| oldviolin (Esse quam videri) | Posted: Jan 04, 2011 - 21:04 Oh, this is just too perfect. |
| SinisterDexter | Posted: Dec 14, 2010 - 10:12 *Unmute* Is it over yet?... Damn, not yet. *Mute* |
| warderblu | Posted: Nov 02, 2010 - 13:45 haljordan wrote: Interesting, I hear a bass line that the Gorillaz borrowed. I wonder if this is the source or if the Clash borrowed it from somewhere else too. Maybe because Mick Jones & Paul Simonon (from the Clash) played on the current Gorillaz album and are a part of the current tour?  |
| haljordan (right there) | Posted: Nov 02, 2010 - 13:28 Interesting, I hear a bass line that the Gorillaz borrowed. I wonder if this is the source or if the Clash borrowed it from somewhere else too. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Sep 10, 2010 - 05:08 Xeric wrote: Meh. The Clash, for me, is like the Pixies. That is, they're okay, I guess, or only periodically irritating, but still . . . what the hell is all the fuss about, you know? Wrong tense - you should be asking what the hell was all the fuss about? To which the answers might be that the Clash were a pioneering rock band coming out of punk, strongly politically-committed and active, bitingly satirical, musically-innovative, who stuck two fingers up to the record companies and did their own thing. They were very much part of the zeitgeist, and some might say that they defined it. The 80s were sh1te for pop music, but the alternative scene thrived and The Clash were a major part of that, influencing a whole heap of other bands. Of course, the danger with songs like this (and, say, Guns of Brixton), whose lyrics contain many contemporary references, are that they'll not age well, but many of their songs (Rock the Casbah, Magnificent Seven come to mind) do still have relevance and 'rockability' even today. Not that I was ever a big fan of the Clash, as though some songs are in my all-time top 10 much of their output was a bit 'ho-hum' IMO (I bought Sandinista! and was bored stiff by it), but they were probably as important to the 80s as The Beatles were to the 60s. IMHO naturally ;) |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Sep 10, 2010 - 05:02 The Clash is a pretty good band with a few catchy tunes, nothing more, nothing less.....and this is one of them. 7 Edit: Joe Strummer was a genius however who really found himself musically with the Mescaleros later in life; HE is an icon! |
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: Jul 08, 2010 - 07:45 "Grandmaster Strummer" vs. Radio Raheem in "Do The Right Thing"— Who had the biggest, baddest 80's beat box in NYC? |
| scadawizard (146 Miles South of Paradise) | Posted: Apr 25, 2010 - 12:22 "And another one bites the dust." |
| jools (Brighton UK) | Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 10:47 mocky wrote: congratulations on my first sucko-barfo rating... Would be sorta fun for like 20 seconds as a lead up to any, seriously, ANY musical idea. I seriously wondered whether my computer had locked up and kept playing the same little loop over and over... Hey kid - you had to be there and I am assuming you are the wrong generation and wrong side of the Pond. The Clash are v. special to us Over 40 and Over Here |
| fatcatjb (Sunny Sacramento) | Posted: Jan 20, 2010 - 21:48 my (hazy) memory of the Clash era was New Wave...and none of us really knew what that meant, but it did mean that we could dance totally cool, wear interesting clothes, and wow, the hair! Post disco, pre hip hop, blessedly ill-defined |
| mocky | Posted: Dec 30, 2009 - 12:42 congratulations on my first sucko-barfo rating... Would be sorta fun for like 20 seconds as a lead up to any, seriously, ANY musical idea. I seriously wondered whether my computer had locked up and kept playing the same little loop over and over... |
| CamLwalk (Albany NY) | Posted: Dec 30, 2009 - 12:40 I thought this is Radio Paradise. Make up your mind! |
| Shaken_Bake (Mile High City (or is it just me?)) | Posted: Dec 30, 2009 - 12:39 Fookin' brilliant, I say.  |
| Xeric (Montana) | Posted: Dec 20, 2009 - 11:41 Meh. The Clash, for me, is like the Pixies. That is, they're okay, I guess, or only periodically irritating, but still . . . what the hell is all the fuss about, you know? |
| Stefen (West Hollywood, CA) | Posted: Oct 18, 2009 - 15:05 I deduce from the lyrics that this is radio clash. |
| mirland (Denmark) | Posted: Sep 17, 2009 - 01:23 ord_mike wrote: just went from 3 to 2.... And straight to a clean 1. |
| tpa29970 | Posted: Aug 26, 2009 - 16:28 A groundbreaking experiment from the '80s.
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| deniser | Posted: Jun 24, 2009 - 08:13 there are some haterrsssssszzzzz |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: May 23, 2009 - 14:11 Abso,,,,inglutly !!  |
| lingchih (Irving, Texas) | Posted: May 13, 2009 - 08:53 This truly is essential Clash. This is what I think of when I think of the Clash. Purely driven early punk. |
| xtalman (What dimension?) | Posted: May 13, 2009 - 08:52 Gartholamundi wrote: from what i can tell pretty much the majority generally votes a "7" by default. then the fans try to bring it up, and others pull it down. the "median" average means far more than the "mean" average from what i can gather in these cases. in a random example 4 people voting a 1 can pull down a mean average drastically, but it says far more to me that 200 people voted seven. My default is usually 5. I gave this a 7 since I do find it quite good. I get the feeling that most people over rate most tunes. Of course I do fine myself changing ratings after a few listens of new tunes. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: May 13, 2009 - 08:52 jesspra wrote:  Nice pic. This is a Banksy work on the Israeli "security wall", one of many he painted there. Apposite for any Clash number, I'd say. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 11, 2009 - 18:49 cool... |
| countyman (sixburgh) | Posted: Mar 21, 2009 - 09:43 I never did get the Clash. English angst, I guess. |
| MJMJ | Posted: Mar 21, 2009 - 09:43 This is a completely throw-away "song" |
| Gartholamundi (Gainesville, FL) | Posted: Mar 11, 2009 - 06:15 keller1 wrote: The cumulative listener rating for this is at least 2 points low. from what i can tell pretty much the majority generally votes a "7" by default. then the fans try to bring it up, and others pull it down. the "median" average means far more than the "mean" average from what i can gather in these cases. in a random example 4 people voting a 1 can pull down a mean average drastically, but it says far more to me that 200 people voted seven. |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Feb 07, 2009 - 18:57 The cumulative listener rating for this is at least 2 points low. |
| jjbix (san diego) | Posted: Feb 07, 2009 - 16:30 milchschnitte wrote: some songs of clash are very poor... take this one for example . . . |
| ord_mike (Chicago) | Posted: Feb 07, 2009 - 16:30 just went from 3 to 2.... |
| Limpopoking (The Parish of St. Alfonzo) | Posted: Jan 17, 2009 - 03:57 realsleep wrote: ..... and want to shoot myself in the face. keep it pointing down and you wont. |
| milchschnitte (Hamburg, Germany) | Posted: Jan 07, 2009 - 00:51 some songs of clash are very poor... |
| coffee-eyes (Bawstin, Massa2shits) | Posted: Dec 06, 2008 - 10:42 Punk tinged with hip-hop. Gotta freakin' love it.  |
| sutcliff (Saint Louis) | Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 22:05 Joe: this is not how I remember you. |
| smehan55 (Beneath a Carolina blue sky) | Posted: Oct 14, 2008 - 08:11 Breathtakingly awful. 0. Mute. |
| choiceimage (Colorado thin air) | Posted: Oct 04, 2008 - 07:58 I'm seeing a love/hate thing with all the comments-no in between. I never caught on to the Clash thing. Lots of my friends did, however. |
| linden (Santa Cruz, CA) | Posted: Sep 12, 2008 - 17:35 Is this Radio Clash? I'm not certain ... maybe if I wait they'll tell me again. |
| mikexican | Posted: Sep 12, 2008 - 17:33 Yep, the song everyone loves to hate... except me, of course. This rules. |
| MinMan (Bay Area, CA) | Posted: Sep 02, 2008 - 18:37 jesspra wrote: |