Pitchfork does reviews of classic albums on Sundays, today they did a great piece on CR
Sent the writer the Rat Patrol acetate rip, couldn't help myself
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/th ... mbat-rock/
Pitchfork reviews Combat Rock
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That's actually a really good review of CR. Thanks for sharing it. Hope they enjoyed the acetate!
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Thanks for the post, I really enjoyed reading that.
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A good read, cheers.
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I'd say there's a fair chance the writer is familiar with this site and consulted it while penning the review. A very sophisticated and intelligent piece, particularly dug the last section about KYR. Think she probably should have mentioned Dispatches by Michael Herr which I think was as influential as Apocalypse Now, but that's just a minor quibble.KCportland wrote: ↑25 Oct 2021, 1:24amPitchfork does reviews of classic albums on Sundays, today they did a great piece on CR
Sent the writer the Rat Patrol acetate rip, couldn't help myself
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/th ... mbat-rock/
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I know it's still popular to make fun of Pitchfork, but their Sunday reviews are the best music writing going. I had a great experience writing one of those. Pretty much had infinite freedom for adding historical context.
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Very good piece. Gotta be a longer-term fan as it really captures a lot of the debate.
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I actually wondered if you wrote it mid-read, but the lack of Central Valley references tipped me off.CorwoodRep wrote: ↑25 Oct 2021, 4:07pmI know it's still popular to make fun of Pitchfork, but their Sunday reviews are the best music writing going. I had a great experience writing one of those. Pretty much had infinite freedom for adding historical context.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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I very much enjoyed reading that. I felt it captured the essence of the album and the band at that time and place. CR was the first Clash LP I owned (on cassette) and I've always loved the druggy, hazy vibe of the music. It captures the zeitgeist of post-Vietnam, post-Watergate America by pulling in musical "feelings" from Southeast Asia all the way to the dirty streets of NYC. A proper release of Rat Patrol is my musical Holy Grail (though I'm very happy we got the acetate tracks earlier this year), but even without an official RP, Combat Rock is still an incredible record on its own.
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Cool! She sounds like a true fan, so I imagine she'll really dig it.KCportland wrote: ↑25 Oct 2021, 1:24amPitchfork does reviews of classic albums on Sundays, today they did a great piece on CR
Sent the writer the Rat Patrol acetate rip, couldn't help myself
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/th ... mbat-rock/
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I only would have taken a Clash assignment if it was Give Em Enough Rope. Combat Rock lore exhausts me.matedog wrote: ↑26 Oct 2021, 4:16amI actually wondered if you wrote it mid-read, but the lack of Central Valley references tipped me off.CorwoodRep wrote: ↑25 Oct 2021, 4:07pmI know it's still popular to make fun of Pitchfork, but their Sunday reviews are the best music writing going. I had a great experience writing one of those. Pretty much had infinite freedom for adding historical context.
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