Someone posted it on Facebook earlier and I gave my 20. A list that would probably fuctuate a bit, but the core of my favourite Clash songs are in here. I love a list...
Complete Control (FHTE version)
Straight To Hell
Rudie Can't Fail
Safe European Home
London Calling
Gates of the West
White Man
Corner Soul
Clampdown
Groovy Times
Spanish Bombs
I Fought the Law
Something About England
Janie Jones
Stay Free
Death Or Glory
One More Time
City of the Dead
This Is England
I'm So Bored With the USA
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
As lists go, that's a pretty decent one i reckon. Not even a howler thrown in for shit stirring potential. Not sure i agree with description of RtC as "divisive" though. Always thought that was more true about SISOSIG.
As lists go, that's a pretty decent one i reckon. Not even a howler thrown in for shit stirring potential. Not sure i agree with description of RtC as "divisive" though. Always thought that was more true about SISOSIG.
Shit, how did I forget Casbah in my list? I'm in the "love it" camp. Live versions were horrific though.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
Shit, how did I forget Casbah in my list? I'm in the "love it" camp. Live versions were horrific though.
It's astonishing how wretched Casbah sounded live. I get that some songs are studio creations, but Casbah somehow defied live performance.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Shit, how did I forget Casbah in my list? I'm in the "love it" camp. Live versions were horrific though.
It's astonishing how wretched Casbah sounded live. I get that some songs are studio creations, but Casbah somehow defied live performance.
It seems the important parts were the handclaps and piano.
Perhaps. It never sounded like the parts ever got in sync live.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Someone posted it on Facebook earlier and I gave my 20. A list that would probably fuctuate a bit, but the core of my favourite Clash songs are in here. I love a list...
Complete Control (FHTE version)
Straight To Hell
Rudie Can't Fail
Safe European Home
London Calling
Gates of the West
White Man
Corner Soul
Clampdown
Groovy Times
Spanish Bombs
I Fought the Law
Something About England
Janie Jones
Stay Free
Death Or Glory
One More Time
City of the Dead
This Is England
I'm So Bored With the USA
London Calling
(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais
Complete Control
Straight to Hell
Gates of the West
Rudie Can't Fail
Spanish Bombs
Armagideon Time
I Fought the Law
Safe European Home
Groovy Times
Clampdown
Bankrobber
This Is Radio Clash
Pressure Drop
Remote Control
One More Time
Up in Heaven (Not Only Here)
Garageland
The Call Up
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
Someone posted it on Facebook earlier and I gave my 20. A list that would probably fuctuate a bit, but the core of my favourite Clash songs are in here. I love a list...
Complete Control (FHTE version)
Straight To Hell
Rudie Can't Fail
Safe European Home
London Calling
Gates of the West
White Man
Corner Soul
Clampdown
Groovy Times
Spanish Bombs
I Fought the Law
Something About England
Janie Jones
Stay Free
Death Or Glory
One More Time
City of the Dead
This Is England
I'm So Bored With the USA
London Calling
(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais
Complete Control
Straight to Hell
Gates of the West
Rudie Can't Fail
Spanish Bombs
Armagideon Time
I Fought the Law
Safe European Home
Groovy Times
Clampdown
Bankrobber
This Is Radio Clash
Pressure Drop
Remote Control
One More Time
Up in Heaven (Not Only Here)
Garageland
The Call Up
Can't really argue with any of that. Gotta say I prefer Radio Clash over This Is Radio Clash.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
Someone posted it on Facebook earlier and I gave my 20. A list that would probably fuctuate a bit, but the core of my favourite Clash songs are in here. I love a list...
Complete Control (FHTE version)
Straight To Hell
Rudie Can't Fail
Safe European Home
London Calling
Gates of the West
White Man
Corner Soul
Clampdown
Groovy Times
Spanish Bombs
I Fought the Law
Something About England
Janie Jones
Stay Free
Death Or Glory
One More Time
City of the Dead
This Is England
I'm So Bored With the USA
London Calling
(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais
Complete Control
Straight to Hell
Gates of the West
Rudie Can't Fail
Spanish Bombs
Armagideon Time
I Fought the Law
Safe European Home
Groovy Times
Clampdown
Bankrobber
This Is Radio Clash
Pressure Drop
Remote Control
One More Time
Up in Heaven (Not Only Here)
Garageland
The Call Up
Can't really argue with any of that. Gotta say I prefer Radio Clash over This Is Radio Clash.
Yeah I don't mind either version but the lyrics may be better on "Radio Clash" so you have a point. I suppose the thing to consider is it was supposed to be one piece of music and not two sides of a 7".
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
Someone posted it on Facebook earlier and I gave my 20. A list that would probably fuctuate a bit, but the core of my favourite Clash songs are in here. I love a list...
Complete Control (FHTE version)
Straight To Hell
Rudie Can't Fail
Safe European Home
London Calling
Gates of the West
White Man
Corner Soul
Clampdown
Groovy Times
Spanish Bombs
I Fought the Law
Something About England
Janie Jones
Stay Free
Death Or Glory
One More Time
City of the Dead
This Is England
I'm So Bored With the USA
London Calling
(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais
Complete Control
Straight to Hell
Gates of the West
Rudie Can't Fail
Spanish Bombs
Armagideon Time
I Fought the Law
Safe European Home
Groovy Times
Clampdown
Bankrobber
This Is Radio Clash
Pressure Drop
Remote Control
One More Time
Up in Heaven (Not Only Here)
Garageland
The Call Up
Can't really argue with any of that. Gotta say I prefer Radio Clash over This Is Radio Clash.
Yeah I don't mind either version but the lyrics may be better on "Radio Clash" so you have a point. I suppose the thing to consider is it was supposed to be one piece of music and not two sides of a 7".
I do like that co-joined version.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
Massively cool. That period before West Coast punk became hardcore too often gets subsumed as imitative of what happened in NY or London, or not sufficiently "punk" compared to hardcore. But it was fantastically weird and creative.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
They got the #1 right. I'd say 17 or 18 of those would be in my top 20, tho with a different order.
Complete Control at 19?? We all know that is their best track
Top 5, anyway. I think it's one of the (many many many) songs Greil Marcus has written about as causing the universe to stop, reverse course, and then do a lay up every time he hears it.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
I'd say 17 or 18 of those would be in my top 20, tho with a different order.