The GREAT Joe Strummer SURVIVOR Poll of 2019: Pre-Gaming
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The GREAT Joe Strummer SURVIVOR Poll of 2019: Pre-Gaming
Voting will start Monday, with the usual structure - voting off the song you like least each round - and the format of going side-by-side for each album.
To be included:
The 101ers
Elgin Avenue Revisited
Wilderness Years
Walker*
Permanent Record (Strummer tracks only, obvs)
Earthquake Weather
Soundtrack appearances/b-sides/rarities**
The Mescaleros
Rock Art and The X-Ray Style
Global A Go-Go
Streetcore
Misc b-sides/rarities**
*QUESTION: Do people want to vote for every track on the Walker soundtrack? It's good music, but sort of an unusual beast in that it's mostly instrumental scores. I could either present the entire soundtrack or include the handful of vocal tracks in with the other misc tracks voting section. Happy to do either.
**NOTE: As with the Clash and BAD polls, I will mostly not be including alternate mixes (unless they're full dubs that warrant a different title: don't worry - you'll get to vote for Baby O'Boogie) or random live tracks. For the Meskies period, this extends to excluding Clash covers that were released as b-sides and on comps and such. There are a couple of exceptions to this rule that I can think of that I plan to make, and if you can too we're probably on the same page.
To be included:
The 101ers
Elgin Avenue Revisited
Wilderness Years
Walker*
Permanent Record (Strummer tracks only, obvs)
Earthquake Weather
Soundtrack appearances/b-sides/rarities**
The Mescaleros
Rock Art and The X-Ray Style
Global A Go-Go
Streetcore
Misc b-sides/rarities**
*QUESTION: Do people want to vote for every track on the Walker soundtrack? It's good music, but sort of an unusual beast in that it's mostly instrumental scores. I could either present the entire soundtrack or include the handful of vocal tracks in with the other misc tracks voting section. Happy to do either.
**NOTE: As with the Clash and BAD polls, I will mostly not be including alternate mixes (unless they're full dubs that warrant a different title: don't worry - you'll get to vote for Baby O'Boogie) or random live tracks. For the Meskies period, this extends to excluding Clash covers that were released as b-sides and on comps and such. There are a couple of exceptions to this rule that I can think of that I plan to make, and if you can too we're probably on the same page.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
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I say go with the Walker vocal tracks only. It's decent music for playing chess to but I couldn't really judge the instrumental pieces against each other.
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Agreed.
Also the weakness of the survivor format is laid bare when literally every track on Permanent Record is a contender to beat the EW winner.
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Fourth'd.101Walterton wrote: ↑20 Jun 2019, 8:52pmThirded
I am excited for this.
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Just had Elgin Avenue Breakdown on for research purposes. Looking forward to this, cheers Flex.
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As a Joe novice, what are the bookies favourites?
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Maybe not the bookies' choice but these are my favourites and I will back them to the hilt...
The 101ers
Elgin Avenue Revisited Rabies From the Dogs of Love
Wilderness Years
Walker* The Unknown Immortal
Permanent Record (Strummer tracks only, obvs) Trash City
Earthquake Weather Island Hopping
Soundtrack appearances/b-sides/rarities** Evil Darling
The Mescaleros
Rock Art and The X-Ray Style Sandpaper Blues
Global A Go-Go Johnny Appleseed
Streetcore Coma Girl
Misc b-sides/rarities It's a Rocking World
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Oh, and another question since we're chatting: on Elgin avenue, should I include the live tracks or studio only? I've otherwise been discounting live cuts, but these represent, like, half the total output of the 101ers. What say you all?
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
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Studio say I.
I listened to the tracks tonight and they're just historical curios really. And mostly covers.
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I would say include anything that is on the album as they hardly ever went near a studio.
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As much as I like your picks I disagree with them allHeston wrote: ↑21 Jun 2019, 4:47pmMaybe not the bookies' choice but these are my favourites and I will back them to the hilt...
The 101ers
Elgin Avenue Revisited Rabies From the Dogs of Love
Wilderness Years
Walker* The Unknown Immortal
Permanent Record (Strummer tracks only, obvs) Trash City
Earthquake Weather Island Hopping
Soundtrack appearances/b-sides/rarities** Evil Darling
The Mescaleros
Rock Art and The X-Ray Style Sandpaper Blues
Global A Go-Go Johnny Appleseed
Streetcore Coma Girl
Misc b-sides/rarities It's a Rocking World
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I wonder how long Boogie With Your Children lasts? Could it be a surprise outsider for the title?
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What about all the 001 tracks (demos alts etc) do they go with respective albums and what about the demos of Clash songs are they excluded?