Clash busking in Edinburgh
Clash busking in Edinburgh
New to me
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That is new to me as well! Thanks for sharing that, interesting to see. I was let down that there were no break dance moves by Paul though.
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Holy shit this is cool. I only knew if that 85 festival and that short snippet from Entertainment Tonight in early 84. I’ve never seen Joe like this but it’s so cool.
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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Love it - classic comedy when Joe hangs upside down from the gate and then the two doors open!
Also, sounds great - somehow makes me hate Bernie/Cut the Crap even more.
Finally, shout out to Ralph - I finally read the final chapters of We Are The Clash this summer and I've got to say how much I loved the interviews with the band members and others, and the re-telling of the busking tour was so well done and quite touching actually.
Also, sounds great - somehow makes me hate Bernie/Cut the Crap even more.
Finally, shout out to Ralph - I finally read the final chapters of We Are The Clash this summer and I've got to say how much I loved the interviews with the band members and others, and the re-telling of the busking tour was so well done and quite touching actually.
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Amazing!
Nice to see them having a good time after what sounds like a miserable year-and-a-half.
Love Joe hamming it up for the camera as well.
Nice to see them having a good time after what sounds like a miserable year-and-a-half.
Love Joe hamming it up for the camera as well.
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This is really great, I've been waiting for this for 37 (!) years. why wasn't this uploaded before? are there any more recordings like this?
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Amazing...just amazing.
Two songs that show the lyrical and melodic worth of this line up, unencumbered by Bernie's madness.
Two songs that show the lyrical and melodic worth of this line up, unencumbered by Bernie's madness.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Yeah it's great that the two tracks recorded are both CTC tracks.
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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Amazing footage, and really great renditions of both songs, Thankfully, Kosmo wasn’t there to have the camera switched off.
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North and South really does sound quite good there, have always thought it wasn't a bad tune but could never quite get with it without being able to put my finger on it. Nice to at least have this take on it.
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I never knew anyone who had a camcorder until 1988 so we are lucky to have this.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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I think it's new to everyone here. Just Amazing. Probably The Clash were the first famous Group to go around busking, and maybe the only to play among the folks, on the road, bars, pubs, underground and without a manager a promoter and without a plan. I love this. Thanks For the eternity to share this video. This is a Great lesson... without People you are nothing, stay close with the people
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I laughed out loud, especially the close-up of him still singing as he was spilling onto the pavement.drowninghere wrote: ↑28 Sep 2022, 5:29pmLove it - classic comedy when Joe hangs upside down from the gate and then the two doors open!
Awesome video.