ROUND 6 - London Calling - Side Two

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ROUND 6 - London Calling - Side Two

Poll ended at 11 Apr 2019, 1:29pm

Spanish Bombs
3
10%
Lost In The Supermarket
9
31%
Clampdown
2
7%
The Guns Of Brixton
15
52%
 
Total votes: 29

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ROUND 6 - London Calling - Side Two

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Voted off: The Right Profile
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Guns of Brixton is my vote to go.
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Unbelievably hard choice, but I'll go Guns of Brixton. I think I know the personal order I'd like to see these songs fall, painful as it may be.
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Spanish Bombs has good lyrics and that's it. GoB is a stellar recording and one of the few instances of the album version being way better than any live version. Love all the little percussion and sound effects and Topper switching up the beat through out. Can't vote for it yet.
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The only bad thing about GoB is that it's one of those songs that make right-wing idiots think the Clash are with them (RTC is another one of those).
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Simonon nails that fucking vocal, let's give the boy credit where it is due.
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Clampdown is a monster of a song. Joe's crazy mumbled intro, the moment where they all come crashing in after the 1-2-3-4...the Mick sung portion...the ending is great with Joe's ad libs..."Gitaling Gitalong!"
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Silent Majority wrote:
10 Apr 2019, 2:02pm
Simonon nails that fucking vocal, let's give the boy credit where it is due.
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WestwayKid wrote:
10 Apr 2019, 2:10pm
Clampdown is a monster of a song. Joe's crazy mumbled intro, the moment where they all come crashing in after the 1-2-3-4...the Mick sung portion...the ending is great with Joe's ad libs..."Gitaling Gitalong!"
Clampdown is the clear winner here.
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Brixton again for me, harder choices are ahead.
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Heston wrote:
10 Apr 2019, 2:40pm
Brixton again for me, harder choices are ahead.
Agreed.
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Wolter wrote:
10 Apr 2019, 2:46pm
Heston wrote:
10 Apr 2019, 2:40pm
Brixton again for me, harder choices are ahead.
Agreed.
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I voted Supermarket because GoB is just too badass. 😎

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Marky Dread wrote:
10 Apr 2019, 3:07pm
Wolter wrote:
10 Apr 2019, 2:46pm
Heston wrote:
10 Apr 2019, 2:40pm
Brixton again for me, harder choices are ahead.
Agreed.
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SB but it's still an incredible song. GoB is smashed by Paul, Clampdown is one of their finest works and LITS is the best song ever.

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