The Clash observations thread.

[Low Down Low]

FHTE is all good, great CC and Mag 7, but i think overall the StH would just tip the scales for me. All round I think it is a quite epic performance.

[Heston]

FHTE is all good, great CC and Mag 7, but i think overall the StH would just tip the scales for me. All round I think it is a quite epic performance.

CC is the winner for me, just totally inspired. City of the Dead rocks hard too, so much better than the record.

[amj241]

FHTE is all good, great CC and Mag 7, but i think overall the StH would just tip the scales for me. All round I think it is a quite epic performance.

CC is the winner for me, just totally inspired. City of the Dead rocks hard too, so much better than the record.

I agree, especially about City of the Dead. I heard the FHTE version first and was disappointed when I finally heard the studio version.

[Marky Dread]

(WM) iHP & StH for me.

[Low Down Low]

(WM) iHP & StH for me.

Was just going to reply and add WM, simply phenomenal performance.

1. STH
2. CC
3. WMIHP

But very little between them all.

[Sparky]

FHTE is all good, great CC and Mag 7, but i think overall the StH would just tip the scales for me. All round I think it is a quite epic performance.

CC is the winner for me, just totally inspired. City of the Dead rocks hard too, so much better than the record.

Love just about any version of CC, but yeah, this one is really good. COTD is right up there for me as well, as is WMIHP.

[Heston]

I hate to say this but Terry gave WMIHP a little bit of a jaunty swing which I liked.

[Flex]

I hate to say this but Terry gave WMIHP a little bit of a jaunty swing which I liked.

Don't worry Hes, you're not alone: I hate that you're saying this too

[matedog]

Tommy Gun would have been as equally perfect an opener to GEER as SEH.

[Heston]

Tommy Gun would have been as equally perfect an opener to GEER as SEH.

Agreed. Then leave SEH to open side 2. GEER was always too front-loaded.

[Marky Dread]

Tommy Gun would have been as equally perfect an opener to GEER as SEH.

Agreed. Then leave SEH to open side 2. GEER was always too front-loaded.

Should've found room for "Pressure Drop" on that album.

[Heston]

Tommy Gun would have been as equally perfect an opener to GEER as SEH.

Agreed. Then leave SEH to open side 2. GEER was always too front-loaded.

Should've found room for "Pressure Drop" on that album.

And maybe The Prisoner and Jail Guitar Doors. Julie and Drug Stabbing time should have been the b-sides in 78.

[Marky Dread]

Tommy Gun would have been as equally perfect an opener to GEER as SEH.

Agreed. Then leave SEH to open side 2. GEER was always too front-loaded.

Should've found room for "Pressure Drop" on that album.

And maybe The Prisoner and Jail Guitar Doors. Julie and Drug Stabbing time should have been the b-sides in 78.

I really like "Julie".

[Heston]

Tommy Gun would have been as equally perfect an opener to GEER as SEH.

Agreed. Then leave SEH to open side 2. GEER was always too front-loaded.

Should've found room for "Pressure Drop" on that album.

And maybe The Prisoner and Jail Guitar Doors. Julie and Drug Stabbing time should have been the b-sides in 78.

I really like "Julie".

Me too, but it's lightweight in writing and production compared to the rest of the album. This "slab of hate" deserves meaner songs.

[Marky Dread]

Agreed. Then leave SEH to open side 2. GEER was always too front-loaded.

Should've found room for "Pressure Drop" on that album.

And maybe The Prisoner and Jail Guitar Doors. Julie and Drug Stabbing time should have been the b-sides in 78.

I really like "Julie".

Me too, but it's lightweight in writing and production compared to the rest of the album. This "slab of hate" deserves meaner songs.

Maybe. Personally "Julie" works in giving the album some room and a break from the bombast. That's why I think "Pressure Drop" should've been on it. I guess it may have looked like a similar move with the first album including "Police & Thieves".

I often wonder what the demo of "Tommy Gun" sounded like plus a few others that have never seen the light of day. I mean there had to be other takes, right?