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Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros — Coma Girl
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Biscobret
(Vashon, WA)
Posted: Jun 11, 2013 - 22:54
 
Finally a solo LP worthy of the ex-Clash from Joe - brilliant, unfortunately posthumous.

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Apr 21, 2013 - 10:16
 
 Cynaera wrote:
This one grabbed me right away and had me dancing. I think "I Wanna Be Sedated" by the Ramones would be perfect after this, but whatever plays, I'll probably dance.  Life's short, y'know... {#Mrgreen}
 

Miss you so much, Cynaera...

love this song...
 

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 10:57
 

Yikes,

Freddy Mercury, Joey Ramone, Joe Strummer all in this set and in Rock and Roll heaven. 

jukes1
(Indianapolis, IN)
Posted: Mar 05, 2013 - 07:21
 
This always makes me a bit sad that I can't have big speakers in my office. Just doesn't sound quite right in headphones, even nice ones. Still a great song though.

jt1
Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 03:10
 
Loving this. Imrpoviing my day from a very low point (at work).

boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: Jan 17, 2013 - 05:56
 
 coy wrote:
great wow
what do you call this kind of music ??
 
 
Rock n Roll

Limpopoking
(The Parish of St. Alfonzo)
Posted: Jan 17, 2013 - 05:55
 
 coy wrote:
great wow
what do you call this kind of music ??
 
 
Awesome 

ottojschlosser
(Beaverton OR (no, really, that's its name))
Posted: Dec 05, 2012 - 10:06
 
Great set, Bill

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Nov 15, 2012 - 12:07
 
 Biscobret wrote:
Great LP - his best work since that band he used to play in...  you know...  the one that mattered.
 
I don't think he ever did anything I didn't at least like. Amazing artist. 

Biscobret
(Vashon, WA)
Posted: Aug 28, 2012 - 22:11
 
Great LP - his best work since that band he used to play in...  you know...  the one that mattered.

Boy_Wonder
(Bath, back in the UK)
Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 03:09
 
If Joe had lived, he would have been 60 on August 22nd... scary where the years have gone!
RIP Joe 

calypsus_1
(East of Eden)
Posted: Jul 28, 2012 - 13:44
 

Joe Strummer by hitsville_uk_08
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26858003@N04/

PARIS : 23.12.2002 : Mort de Joe Strummer,chanteur du groupe "Clash",a l'age de 50 ans.

Copyright All rights reserved




coy
(san antonio)
Posted: Jul 28, 2012 - 12:17
 
great wow
what do you call this kind of music ??
 

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Jun 11, 2012 - 00:53
 
Great.  Just great.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Apr 24, 2012 - 11:52
 
 lmic wrote:
 nate917 wrote:

Um, Rosa Parks was not a cool dude.
Uh, she was a little guy facing down the status quo ante of an entire social system. And, she packed heat. You'd better believe she was one damned cool dude.
 
I don't think Rosa Parks' coolness was being called into question, I believe it was a gender-specific term which was being contested: "Dude" ordinarily refers to a male - as does "guy".  Also, I don't believe she carried a hand-gun ("packed heat") in those days.  I guess I'm just being too literal.

RKeaton
(South of Paradise)
Posted: Mar 23, 2012 - 18:44
 
 neuticle wrote:
{#Fire} to you
 
hahahaha

neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Mar 23, 2012 - 18:23
 
 RKeaton wrote:
This is the guy from that (wildly overrated) band The Clash, right??
  {#Fire} to you

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Mar 23, 2012 - 18:20
 
This is permanently on my personal rotation "Best of All" list.

RKeaton
(South of Paradise)
Posted: Mar 23, 2012 - 18:19
 
This is the guy from that (wildly overrated) band The Clash, right??

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Mar 07, 2012 - 20:00
 


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

 

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Dec 19, 2011 - 14:31
 
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Yes, the nonsense song Mairzy Doats has those lyrics. Why I brought it up, I'm not sure. If I can blame Bruce Springsteen, then great.

Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
My sister took a tap dancing class and I heard that song about 40 times a day for a year.

 
That explains the tics and tremors...


cosmiclint
(Vancouver BC)
Posted: Oct 01, 2011 - 09:57
 
 boober wrote:
Interesting list....there's only one name missing...
BOOBER
 
You're on my list, Boober {#Lol}

LuMax76
Posted: Jul 14, 2011 - 23:22
 
IT'S TRUE....SOUNDS LIKE THE RAMONES!!! 
 


tutakea
Posted: Jun 29, 2011 - 04:58
 
each time i hear this i had to give one point more. now i am facing the problem that there is no chance to do this again. unfortunately there is nothing beyond 10!
2 be earnest: coma girl is among the best things strummer was responsible for - which of course means quite a lot

boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: Jun 13, 2011 - 07:15
 
 secretsauce wrote:
Joe Strummer
Stephen Hawking
Steve McQueen
Hunter Thompson
Richard Thompson
Richard Feynman
Rosa Parks
Randy Pausch
James Dean
Jaco Pastorius

  Interesting list....there's only one name missing...
BOOBER



TerryS
(The other SW)
Posted: Jan 22, 2011 - 16:23
 
 davin wrote:
I WANNA BE SEDATED
  
And there I was, thinking that was why people chose to  live in Victoria.



Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jan 22, 2011 - 16:14
 
This one grabbed me right away and had me dancing. I think "I Wanna Be Sedated" by the Ramones would be perfect after this, but whatever plays, I'll probably dance.  Life's short, y'know... {#Mrgreen}

Al_Koholic
(Exit 82, New Joisey)
Posted: Dec 22, 2010 - 12:46
 
Taken from us 8 years ago today-sorry I missed this song.

nerakdon
(Colorado)
Posted: Sep 02, 2010 - 00:37
 
{#Dancingbanana_2}


MM_Prague
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Posted: Jul 16, 2010 - 05:54
 
Thought this was a Clash song I'd never heard before... till I looked at the iTunes floater thingy... :-)

sirdroseph
(Tokyo)
Posted: Apr 27, 2010 - 15:00
 
Yay!! Joe Strummer!!!{#Bananajam}

ddbz
(The Midwest)
Posted: Apr 11, 2010 - 20:06
 
Punk meets Jam Band, I will never complain...

Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere)
Posted: Feb 23, 2010 - 10:13
 
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Yes, the nonsense song Mairzy Doats has those lyrics. Why I brought it up, I'm not sure. If I can blame Bruce Springsteen, then great.

Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
My sister took a tap dancing class and I heard that song about 40 times a day for a year.

 

This also appeared in Twin Peaks - funny stuff. Look, it's catchy!

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Jun 16, 2009 - 05:17
 
 ellenaut wrote:
Scott, I was reading the posts, trying to find something on who first wrote and recorded Coma Girl, when I came across your comment. I think you are referring to "Mares eat oats, and does eats oats, and little lambs eat ivy"... (I was born in, like, 1954). Elle P.S. Where have I heard this lyric before? Springsteen?
 
Yes, the nonsense song Mairzy Doats has those lyrics. Why I brought it up, I'm not sure. If I can blame Bruce Springsteen, then great.

Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
My sister took a tap dancing class and I heard that song about 40 times a day for a year.


Wizzuvvoz
(Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.)
Posted: May 15, 2009 - 10:50
 
 lmic wrote:
 nate917 wrote:

Um, Rosa Parks was not a cool dude.
Uh, she was a little guy facing down the status quo ante of an entire social system. And, she packed heat. You'd better believe she was one damned cool dude.
 
you go, dude
;-)


secretsauce
(City of Angels)
Posted: Apr 13, 2009 - 20:17
 
 lmic wrote:
 nate917 wrote:

Um, Rosa Parks was not a cool dude.
Uh, she was a little guy facing down the status quo ante of an entire social system. And, she packed heat. You'd better believe she was one damned cool dude.
 
Thanks Imic.  The gender barrier on this list of cool dudes was broken way before me ... as it should have been.



lmic
(Sacramento, CA)
Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 15:09
 
 nate917 wrote:

Um, Rosa Parks was not a cool dude.
Uh, she was a little guy facing down the status quo ante of an entire social system. And, she packed heat. You'd better believe she was one damned cool dude.

crazy
(yew nork, upstate)
Posted: Nov 22, 2008 - 20:09
 
 pugifat wrote:
dah, dah, dah... i wanna be sedated.
 
ya me too, but not to coma status
def clash sounding, used to like some of their stuff, bit too repetative
 



nate917
(2,815 miles from home)
Posted: Oct 22, 2008 - 07:34
 
 secretsauce wrote:
Joe Strummer
Stephen Hawking
Steve McQueen
Hunter Thompson
Richard Thompson
Richard Feynman
Rosa Parks
Randy Pausch
James Dean
Jaco Pastorius

 
Um, Rosa Parks was not a cool dude.

Also, Prince may be brilliant, creative, admirable, and so forth, but he is not a particularly cool dude, either on or off stage (I've been backstage).  He's probably a cool dude when he's having Thanksgiving dinner at the Nelsons' in Edina, Minnesota, but otherwise, like most egomaniacs, he has trouble pulling off the cool dude thing.  I would asterisk Bob Dylan's name for the same reason.  Bowie pulls it off, and Mick sort of does.

Also, to ellenaut the literalist, the song really is "Mairzy Doats."  But it looks like your decoder ring is working just fine.



secretsauce
Posted: Sep 20, 2008 - 15:54
 
Joe Strummer
Stephen Hawking
Steve McQueen
Hunter Thompson
Richard Thompson
Richard Feynman
Rosa Parks
Randy Pausch
James Dean
Jaco Pastorius


toterola
(Somewhere between Shipping and Receiving)
Posted: Sep 20, 2008 - 15:42
 
You can name a ton of cool folks, but Joe Strummer was a founding member one of the coolest bands ever, The Clash. Plus, this is a very cool song.

RIP, Joe!

It's a Saturday afternoon, and the weather is idyllic. I'm going to a house-warming party for some friends who share the same Left-of-center politics that I do. There are gonna be some f*ck-head Right-wingers there to talk sh*t to, as well!

+ some nice looking single women to mingle with!

And "Grampy" McCain seems to be self-destructing, just in time for the Nov.4th POTUS Election. Dammit, Beavis, it just don't get any better! {#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Whipit}{#Clap}{#Roflol}


spacemoose
Posted: Aug 20, 2008 - 02:21
 
 jozooka wrote:
Cool dudes? It would be hard to be any cooler than Mark Sandman was.
Saw Morphine in a really small club in Philly many years back. Sandman was standing at the bar doing shots and smoking so casually I didn't realize it was him. Finished his last shot and walked over to the stage. Coooooooollllll.
It was an awesome show with the exception of the chick yelling "PLAAY KI-ANDY-LLAND!!!" behind me in the worst New Jersey accent.
 
I find these guys, just to name a few off the top of my head, much cooler:
Ghandi
Lincoln
Einstein
Phil Ochs
Malcolm X.



pugifat
Posted: Jul 03, 2008 - 14:05
 
dah, dah, dah... i wanna be sedated.
jozooka
(Bucks County, PA USA)
Posted: Feb 28, 2008 - 15:36
 
Cool dudes? It would be hard to be any cooler than Mark Sandman was.
Saw Morphine in a really small club in Philly many years back. Sandman was standing at the bar doing shots and smoking so casually I didn't realize it was him. Finished his last shot and walked over to the stage. Coooooooollllll.
It was an awesome show with the exception of the chick yelling "PLAAY KI-ANDY-LLAND!!!" behind me in the worst New Jersey accent.

michaelc wrote:
what about
tom waits
steve earl

michaelc
(Walnut Creek, CA)
Posted: Dec 27, 2007 - 18:49
 
what about
tom waits
steve earl
Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
Cornelia adds:
david byrne
beck
mark knopfler

lmic adds:
Chrissie Hynde
Aretha Franklin
Patti Smith
Patsy Cline
Peggy Lee
Billie Holiday
Ella Fitzgerald

Well done indeed! Motion seconded on all (small reservations on Prince IMO; a premier funkmeister nontheless)

Consider also (not listed in any particular order):
Bob Dylan
Pete Townshend
Desmond Dekker
James Brown
Lou Reed
Jack White (wear that, haters...hear me now and believe me later :-)
Dwight Yoakum
BB King
Chuck D
Bob Marley
Flea
John Lydon (IMO)
David Hidalgo
Ray Charles
John Lennon
Neil Young (don't even start on the voice)
Carl Perkins

Pelao
(Santiago de Chile)
Posted: Dec 12, 2007 - 05:32
 
Do you now an argentinian band call Sumo? one of the bigest an now in the wold. Look for Sumo or Luca Prodan
Wizzuvvoz
(Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.)
Posted: Nov 29, 2007 - 13:11
 
stickittotheman wrote:
Let's make a list of really cool dudes:

Joe Strummer
Miles Davis
Johnny Cash
Prince
Hank Sr.
Cornelia adds:
david byrne
beck
mark knopfler

lmic adds:
Chrissie Hynde
Aretha Franklin
Patti Smith
Patsy Cline
Peggy Lee
Billie Holiday
Ella Fitzgerald

Well done indeed! Motion seconded on all (small reservations on Prince IMO; a premier funkmeister nontheless)

Consider also (not listed in any particular order):
Bob Dylan
Pete Townshend
Desmond Dekker
James Brown
Lou Reed
Jack White (wear that, haters...hear me now and believe me later :-)
Dwight Yoakum
BB King
Chuck D
Bob Marley
Flea
John Lydon (IMO)
David Hidalgo
Ray Charles
John Lennon
Neil Young (don't even start on the voice)
Carl Perkins

petercroob
(Houston, Texas)
Posted: Oct 10, 2007 - 07:21
 
I haven't the slightest clue as to why I do not own this album, I must remedy this.
islander
(Seattle)
Posted: Oct 10, 2007 - 07:20
 
davin wrote:
I WANNA BE SEDATED


huh, I hadn't noticed that yet.... but you're right, only much longer!

Still an easy 9
ellenaut
Posted: Aug 24, 2007 - 04:23
 
ScottFromWyoming wrote:


I thought making fun of pop songs' nonsense lyrics was passé in, like, 1955. Mairzy Doats.
Unintelligible at any speed.


Scott,

I was reading the posts, trying to find something on who first wrote and recorded Coma Girl, when I came across your comment. I think you are referring to "Mares eat oats, and does eats oats, and little lambs eat ivy"... (I was born in, like, 1954). Elle

P.S. Where have I heard this lyric before? Springsteen?