Driving his special van has kept him young.matedog wrote: ↑03 Nov 2020, 9:34amI was going to say, he’s aged well but not THAT well.Heston wrote: ↑03 Nov 2020, 6:40amI think Briggy is jesting.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Nov 2020, 6:23amIn 1986?BR16ADE_R055E wrote: ↑03 Nov 2020, 2:24amHe’s being interviewed remotely as if it was lockdown time.
The Clash observations thread.
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Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
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I wonder how Reagan and Thatcher would’ve handled COVID-86.Heston wrote: ↑03 Nov 2020, 6:40amI think Briggy is jesting.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Nov 2020, 6:23amIn 1986?BR16ADE_R055E wrote: ↑03 Nov 2020, 2:24amHe’s being interviewed remotely as if it was lockdown time.
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Blame the poor, maybe gin up a war to distract?BR16ADE_R055E wrote: ↑03 Nov 2020, 10:09pmI wonder how Reagan and Thatcher would’ve handled COVID-86.Heston wrote: ↑03 Nov 2020, 6:40amI think Briggy is jesting.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Nov 2020, 6:23amIn 1986?BR16ADE_R055E wrote: ↑03 Nov 2020, 2:24amHe’s being interviewed remotely as if it was lockdown time.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Thatcher would've sold the poor something that they had already paid for. Just to convince them all is OK.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑03 Nov 2020, 10:16pmBlame the poor, maybe gin up a war to distract?BR16ADE_R055E wrote: ↑03 Nov 2020, 10:09pmI wonder how Reagan and Thatcher would’ve handled COVID-86.Heston wrote: ↑03 Nov 2020, 6:40amI think Briggy is jesting.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Nov 2020, 6:23amIn 1986?BR16ADE_R055E wrote: ↑03 Nov 2020, 2:24am
He’s being interviewed remotely as if it was lockdown time.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
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I'm trying to be less materialistic but I kind of want to get this:
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That’s pretty cool. I picture the craftsman putting it together in undamaged form down to the last detail, setting it on the floor and stomping it, and then picking it up and nodding approvingly at his work before boxing it up and moving on to the next one.
The chair is against the wall. The chair is against the wall. John has a long mustache. John has a long mustache.
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Nice try—they're all Joe.
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Who the hell is the guy on the right? Looks like a rando that Heston gets nostalgic about on fb.
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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Actor/comedy stuff
Matt King appeared in the comedy show "Peep Show".
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Keyboard player from the band, Space.
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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The secret ingredient is crime.Marky Dread wrote: ↑07 Nov 2020, 6:57pmActor/comedy stuff
Matt King appeared in the comedy show "Peep Show".
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Kory wrote: ↑09 Nov 2020, 1:56pmThe secret ingredient is crime.Marky Dread wrote: ↑07 Nov 2020, 6:57pmActor/comedy stuff
Matt King appeared in the comedy show "Peep Show".
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Leading off FHTE with Complete Control and using as the lead single/video is one of the few great choices the band/record label/management has made post breakup. CC is relatively obscure in the US (obviously not in the UK) and this version is just so so good. There are some very obvious wrong chords and off key vocals, but they leave them in, mixed loudly and it's perfect.
Also, I love how you can tell how fired up Topper is throughout. His bass drum gets so busy at the end and that's a real give away as a drummer that he's feeling it.
Also, I love how you can tell how fired up Topper is throughout. His bass drum gets so busy at the end and that's a real give away as a drummer that he's feeling it.
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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That version is still my favourite piece of music by anyone, ever. I remember when it debuted on UK tv on TOTP 2 and they'd shown a visual teaser at the start of the show. Because it was the clip from Rude Boy I expected it to just be that performance from the film. They were eventually on right at the end and this clip just blew me away. Yes, there's mistakes in it but the combination of attitude, energy and melody just sends shivers down the spine every time. The visuals are fucking great and just sum up what a cool as fuck band they were.matedog wrote: ↑24 Nov 2020, 2:02pmLeading off FHTE with Complete Control and using as the lead single/video is one of the few great choices the band/record label/management has made post breakup. CC is relatively obscure in the US (obviously not in the UK) and this version is just so so good. There are some very obvious wrong chords and off key vocals, but they leave them in, mixed loudly and it's perfect.
Also, I love how you can tell how fired up Topper is throughout. His bass drum gets so busy at the end and that's a real give away as a drummer that he's feeling it.
Like you, I love it when that bass drum starts slamming at the end. I think I've mentioned it before but if you listen on headphones, Mick's backing vocals go from speaker to speaker as he must be dashing across the stage to join Paul at the mic. Joe's final "This is punk rockers" is one of the most glorious noises I have ever heard coming from a human. Shit, I could talk about this performance all night.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board