I wonder if we might have been at the same gig i saw them at Brixton too. I cant remember the date when i was there but i am sure i still have the ticket up in the loft stuck in a old clash vinyl album somewhere. If i venture up there one day and find the date i will let you know i think it would be really cool if we was at the same gig.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 4:24pmYeah join the club. I saw them in Brixton and while without Mick they didn't sound as good they did have a few new tracks that showed promise ...then that album.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 3:58pmThat footage is so good i so enjoyed watching that.
I remember this so well and the Sun newspaper was reporting on there busking tour. One story they told was how the clash was busking outside in the streets in one town and there was The Alarm playing on tour in a local venue and the whole gig emptied so the fans could watch the clash instead. I don't know if that was true but i remember the story and i believed every word as well.
I know that no one knew when the next town was either that they would play at it was kept secret on purpose which i was disappointed about as i would have gone if i had known where they were back in the day as a youngster - i would never do anything like that now.
The sun would report on the mayhem that their busking tour brought in the streets with fans flocking to watch them but that video doesn't suggest that at all.
I saw them before the album came out and they were really good much better than any documentation or youtube clips we get to see or hear about today. So its really nice to see the band here giving a good representation of themselves.
I still remember the horror and the wtf response i had when i heard their album for the first time it was a long awaited album to hear those great songs that i heard live just to be confused and gutted at the final studio cut.
Re: The Alarm Joe said something like they were "a shadow of the former Clash".
But years later he admitted he was wrong and told Mike Peters just how great he thought they were and whenever he heard The Alarm on the radio he was surprised a what great songs they had.
Clash busking in Edinburgh
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I went Saturday 7th September 1984.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 4:31pmI wonder if we might have been at the same gig i saw them at Brixton too. I cant remember the date when i was there but i am sure i still have the ticket up in the loft stuck in a old clash vinyl album somewhere. If i venture up there one day and find the date i will let you know i think it would be really cool if we was at the same gig.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 4:24pmYeah join the club. I saw them in Brixton and while without Mick they didn't sound as good they did have a few new tracks that showed promise ...then that album.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 3:58pmThat footage is so good i so enjoyed watching that.
I remember this so well and the Sun newspaper was reporting on there busking tour. One story they told was how the clash was busking outside in the streets in one town and there was The Alarm playing on tour in a local venue and the whole gig emptied so the fans could watch the clash instead. I don't know if that was true but i remember the story and i believed every word as well.
I know that no one knew when the next town was either that they would play at it was kept secret on purpose which i was disappointed about as i would have gone if i had known where they were back in the day as a youngster - i would never do anything like that now.
The sun would report on the mayhem that their busking tour brought in the streets with fans flocking to watch them but that video doesn't suggest that at all.
I saw them before the album came out and they were really good much better than any documentation or youtube clips we get to see or hear about today. So its really nice to see the band here giving a good representation of themselves.
I still remember the horror and the wtf response i had when i heard their album for the first time it was a long awaited album to hear those great songs that i heard live just to be confused and gutted at the final studio cut.
Re: The Alarm Joe said something like they were "a shadow of the former Clash".
But years later he admitted he was wrong and told Mike Peters just how great he thought they were and whenever he heard The Alarm on the radio he was surprised a what great songs they had.
They also played Friday 6th September 1984.
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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Mike Peters isn’t too well at the moment unfortunately. Fingers crossed for a full recovery for him. I get the impression that he is a very nice bloke.
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Terrific guy. A genuinely nice person. He's battled cancer twice now. I wish him all the best.
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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Re: Clash busking in Edinburgh
I've not understood if Joe Strummer knews or not about the real intention of Bernie to manipulate the recording and to delete the acustic drum For the recording of Cut The Crap.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 3:58pmThat footage is so good i so enjoyed watching that.
I remember this so well and the Sun newspaper was reporting on there busking tour. One story they told was how the clash was busking outside in the streets in one town and there was The Alarm playing on tour in a local venue and the whole gig emptied so the fans could watch the clash instead. I don't know if that was true but i remember the story and i believed every word as well.
I know that no one knew when the next town was either that they would play at it was kept secret on purpose which i was disappointed about as i would have gone if i had known where they were back in the day as a youngster - i would never do anything like that now.
The sun would report on the mayhem that their busking tour brought in the streets with fans flocking to watch them but that video doesn't suggest that at all.
I saw them before the album came out and they were really good much better than any documentation or youtube clips we get to see or hear about today. So its really nice to see the band here giving a good representation of themselves.
I still remember the horror and the wtf response i had when i heard their album for the first time it was a long awaited album to hear those great songs that i heard live just to be confused and gutted at the final studio cut.
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I am so anal i just had to go up in the loft and search for that ticket through my old vinyls and it took hours if I was sensible i would have stored it in a clash LP but no i put it in an Ian Dury LPMarky Dread wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 5:09pmI went Saturday 7th September 1984.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 4:31pmI wonder if we might have been at the same gig i saw them at Brixton too. I cant remember the date when i was there but i am sure i still have the ticket up in the loft stuck in a old clash vinyl album somewhere. If i venture up there one day and find the date i will let you know i think it would be really cool if we was at the same gig.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 4:24pmYeah join the club. I saw them in Brixton and while without Mick they didn't sound as good they did have a few new tracks that showed promise ...then that album.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 3:58pmThat footage is so good i so enjoyed watching that.
I remember this so well and the Sun newspaper was reporting on there busking tour. One story they told was how the clash was busking outside in the streets in one town and there was The Alarm playing on tour in a local venue and the whole gig emptied so the fans could watch the clash instead. I don't know if that was true but i remember the story and i believed every word as well.
I know that no one knew when the next town was either that they would play at it was kept secret on purpose which i was disappointed about as i would have gone if i had known where they were back in the day as a youngster - i would never do anything like that now.
The sun would report on the mayhem that their busking tour brought in the streets with fans flocking to watch them but that video doesn't suggest that at all.
I saw them before the album came out and they were really good much better than any documentation or youtube clips we get to see or hear about today. So its really nice to see the band here giving a good representation of themselves.
I still remember the horror and the wtf response i had when i heard their album for the first time it was a long awaited album to hear those great songs that i heard live just to be confused and gutted at the final studio cut.
Re: The Alarm Joe said something like they were "a shadow of the former Clash".
But years later he admitted he was wrong and told Mike Peters just how great he thought they were and whenever he heard The Alarm on the radio he was surprised a what great songs they had.
They also played Friday 6th September 1984.
Ok my ticket doesnt have the year on it but the date says Saturday 17th March and the ticket cost £4 i mean that was the day when Live music was just the dogs bollocks
I imagine it must be 1984 as the album hadn't came out yet and i remember all these fans around me jumping about singing to the words of the new songs and i was thinking how the fuck don't i know these songs i have got everything from this band and this audience know these unknown songs so well.
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I have thought about this over and over again. I just cant believe Joe knew nothing of what was going on. He wrote those songs and he believed in them , He must have known? he was a control freak and would have been there listening to the final cuts. He would have known the rest of the band were not included. He must have seen Bernies friends were used to sing the choruses. Its only when he saw the plan went to ruin and the fans were not buying the bull shit that he decided to do a runner and wash his hands of it all.APACHES67 wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 2:35amI've not understood if Joe Strummer knews or not about the real intention of Bernie to manipulate the recording and to delete the acustic drum For the recording of Cut The Crap.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 3:58pmThat footage is so good i so enjoyed watching that.
I remember this so well and the Sun newspaper was reporting on there busking tour. One story they told was how the clash was busking outside in the streets in one town and there was The Alarm playing on tour in a local venue and the whole gig emptied so the fans could watch the clash instead. I don't know if that was true but i remember the story and i believed every word as well.
I know that no one knew when the next town was either that they would play at it was kept secret on purpose which i was disappointed about as i would have gone if i had known where they were back in the day as a youngster - i would never do anything like that now.
The sun would report on the mayhem that their busking tour brought in the streets with fans flocking to watch them but that video doesn't suggest that at all.
I saw them before the album came out and they were really good much better than any documentation or youtube clips we get to see or hear about today. So its really nice to see the band here giving a good representation of themselves.
I still remember the horror and the wtf response i had when i heard their album for the first time it was a long awaited album to hear those great songs that i heard live just to be confused and gutted at the final studio cut.
I cant see how it would be any other way
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I think Marky must be referring to the Scargill shows at the Academy on Dec 6th and 7th. Probably a typo.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 4:22amI am so anal i just had to go up in the loft and search for that ticket through my old vinyls and it took hours if I was sensible i would have stored it in a clash LP but no i put it in an Ian Dury LPMarky Dread wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 5:09pmI went Saturday 7th September 1984.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 4:31pmI wonder if we might have been at the same gig i saw them at Brixton too. I cant remember the date when i was there but i am sure i still have the ticket up in the loft stuck in a old clash vinyl album somewhere. If i venture up there one day and find the date i will let you know i think it would be really cool if we was at the same gig.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 4:24pmYeah join the club. I saw them in Brixton and while without Mick they didn't sound as good they did have a few new tracks that showed promise ...then that album.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 3:58pmThat footage is so good i so enjoyed watching that.
I remember this so well and the Sun newspaper was reporting on there busking tour. One story they told was how the clash was busking outside in the streets in one town and there was The Alarm playing on tour in a local venue and the whole gig emptied so the fans could watch the clash instead. I don't know if that was true but i remember the story and i believed every word as well.
I know that no one knew when the next town was either that they would play at it was kept secret on purpose which i was disappointed about as i would have gone if i had known where they were back in the day as a youngster - i would never do anything like that now.
The sun would report on the mayhem that their busking tour brought in the streets with fans flocking to watch them but that video doesn't suggest that at all.
I saw them before the album came out and they were really good much better than any documentation or youtube clips we get to see or hear about today. So its really nice to see the band here giving a good representation of themselves.
I still remember the horror and the wtf response i had when i heard their album for the first time it was a long awaited album to hear those great songs that i heard live just to be confused and gutted at the final studio cut.
Re: The Alarm Joe said something like they were "a shadow of the former Clash".
But years later he admitted he was wrong and told Mike Peters just how great he thought they were and whenever he heard The Alarm on the radio he was surprised a what great songs they had.
They also played Friday 6th September 1984.
Ok my ticket doesnt have the year on it but the date says Saturday 17th March and the ticket cost £4 i mean that was the day when Live music was just the dogs bollocks
I imagine it must be 1984 as the album hadn't came out yet and i remember all these fans around me jumping about singing to the words of the new songs and i was thinking how the fuck don't i know these songs i have got everything from this band and this audience know these unknown songs so well.
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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Re: Clash busking in Edinburgh
Saw them 3 days earlier on the 14th, my sole and cherished live Clash experience. My memories of it are a bit scattered, definitely remember Are You Redy standing out as a promising tune. There was a bit of aggro before the start but once they took the stage and settled into it, the crowd settled down and just rocked it.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 4:22amI am so anal i just had to go up in the loft and search for that ticket through my old vinyls and it took hours if I was sensible i would have stored it in a clash LP but no i put it in an Ian Dury LPMarky Dread wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 5:09pmI went Saturday 7th September 1984.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 4:31pmI wonder if we might have been at the same gig i saw them at Brixton too. I cant remember the date when i was there but i am sure i still have the ticket up in the loft stuck in a old clash vinyl album somewhere. If i venture up there one day and find the date i will let you know i think it would be really cool if we was at the same gig.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 4:24pmYeah join the club. I saw them in Brixton and while without Mick they didn't sound as good they did have a few new tracks that showed promise ...then that album.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 3:58pmThat footage is so good i so enjoyed watching that.
I remember this so well and the Sun newspaper was reporting on there busking tour. One story they told was how the clash was busking outside in the streets in one town and there was The Alarm playing on tour in a local venue and the whole gig emptied so the fans could watch the clash instead. I don't know if that was true but i remember the story and i believed every word as well.
I know that no one knew when the next town was either that they would play at it was kept secret on purpose which i was disappointed about as i would have gone if i had known where they were back in the day as a youngster - i would never do anything like that now.
The sun would report on the mayhem that their busking tour brought in the streets with fans flocking to watch them but that video doesn't suggest that at all.
I saw them before the album came out and they were really good much better than any documentation or youtube clips we get to see or hear about today. So its really nice to see the band here giving a good representation of themselves.
I still remember the horror and the wtf response i had when i heard their album for the first time it was a long awaited album to hear those great songs that i heard live just to be confused and gutted at the final studio cut.
Re: The Alarm Joe said something like they were "a shadow of the former Clash".
But years later he admitted he was wrong and told Mike Peters just how great he thought they were and whenever he heard The Alarm on the radio he was surprised a what great songs they had.
They also played Friday 6th September 1984.
Ok my ticket doesnt have the year on it but the date says Saturday 17th March and the ticket cost £4 i mean that was the day when Live music was just the dogs bollocks
I imagine it must be 1984 as the album hadn't came out yet and i remember all these fans around me jumping about singing to the words of the new songs and i was thinking how the fuck don't i know these songs i have got everything from this band and this audience know these unknown songs so well.
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I remember that song and thinking the same the one that i can remember the most of fans singing along to was We are the clash.Low Down Low wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 6:13amSaw them 3 days earlier on the 14th, my sole and cherished live Clash experience. My memories of it are a bit scattered, definitely remember Are You Redy standing out as a promising tune. There was a bit of aggro before the start but once they took the stage and settled into it, the crowd settled down and just rocked it.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 4:22amI am so anal i just had to go up in the loft and search for that ticket through my old vinyls and it took hours if I was sensible i would have stored it in a clash LP but no i put it in an Ian Dury LPMarky Dread wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 5:09pmI went Saturday 7th September 1984.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 4:31pmI wonder if we might have been at the same gig i saw them at Brixton too. I cant remember the date when i was there but i am sure i still have the ticket up in the loft stuck in a old clash vinyl album somewhere. If i venture up there one day and find the date i will let you know i think it would be really cool if we was at the same gig.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 4:24pm
Yeah join the club. I saw them in Brixton and while without Mick they didn't sound as good they did have a few new tracks that showed promise ...then that album.
Re: The Alarm Joe said something like they were "a shadow of the former Clash".
But years later he admitted he was wrong and told Mike Peters just how great he thought they were and whenever he heard The Alarm on the radio he was surprised a what great songs they had.
They also played Friday 6th September 1984.
Ok my ticket doesnt have the year on it but the date says Saturday 17th March and the ticket cost £4 i mean that was the day when Live music was just the dogs bollocks
I imagine it must be 1984 as the album hadn't came out yet and i remember all these fans around me jumping about singing to the words of the new songs and i was thinking how the fuck don't i know these songs i have got everything from this band and this audience know these unknown songs so well.
The standing area was over packed and health and safety today would never have allowed that many in . It felt like the pushing and shoving to get to the front was going right back to the wall behind. I have been to hundreds and hundreds of gigs and that one was the one and only gig where i could literally take my feet off the ground and be carried about by the audience,
I better get a cup of tea and a sit down as this nostalgia chat is making me get too over excited ha ha
But you know what, what a great idea to go on a busking tour its a shame that the whole performances were never captured. I would have loved to be in one of them towns and seen that.
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As a committed nostalgia buff, i love it mate! Similar experience to mine. I remember it seemed like an age before the band came on, there'd been a couple of false alarms and the crowd was pushing forward relentlessly and we were laughing but nervously. I remember one particular bloke was jostling his way to the front and people took one look at him and let him pass! I thought he was going to nut one of the guys i was with for not clearing a path quick enough. Anyway, long story short, i saw this geezer later on up by the stage, just moshing with everyone and enjoying it, blood caked down the side of his face. I'm sure he became an insurance salesman after and enjoyed a good career!NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 6:42amI remember that song and thinking the same the one that i can remember the most of fans singing along to was We are the clash.Low Down Low wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 6:13amSaw them 3 days earlier on the 14th, my sole and cherished live Clash experience. My memories of it are a bit scattered, definitely remember Are You Redy standing out as a promising tune. There was a bit of aggro before the start but once they took the stage and settled into it, the crowd settled down and just rocked it.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 4:22amI am so anal i just had to go up in the loft and search for that ticket through my old vinyls and it took hours if I was sensible i would have stored it in a clash LP but no i put it in an Ian Dury LPMarky Dread wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 5:09pmI went Saturday 7th September 1984.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 4:31pm
I wonder if we might have been at the same gig i saw them at Brixton too. I cant remember the date when i was there but i am sure i still have the ticket up in the loft stuck in a old clash vinyl album somewhere. If i venture up there one day and find the date i will let you know i think it would be really cool if we was at the same gig.
They also played Friday 6th September 1984.
Ok my ticket doesnt have the year on it but the date says Saturday 17th March and the ticket cost £4 i mean that was the day when Live music was just the dogs bollocks
I imagine it must be 1984 as the album hadn't came out yet and i remember all these fans around me jumping about singing to the words of the new songs and i was thinking how the fuck don't i know these songs i have got everything from this band and this audience know these unknown songs so well.
The standing area was over packed and health and safety today would never have allowed that many in . It felt like the pushing and shoving to get to the front was going right back to the wall behind. I have been to hundreds and hundreds of gigs and that one was the one and only gig where i could literally take my feet off the ground and be carried about by the audience,
I better get a cup of tea and a sit down as this nostalgia chat is making me get too over excited ha ha
But you know what, what a great idea to go on a busking tour its a shame that the whole performances were never captured. I would have loved to be in one of them towns and seen that.
Totally with you on the busking tour. Love reading the fan accounts of it.
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Yeah this is definitely my favourite topic i love sharing and listening to other fans stories.Low Down Low wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 7:04amAs a committed nostalgia buff, i love it mate! Similar experience to mine. I remember it seemed like an age before the band came on, there'd been a couple of false alarms and the crowd was pushing forward relentlessly and we were laughing but nervously. I remember one particular bloke was jostling his way to the front and people took one look at him and let him pass! I thought he was going to nut one of the guys i was with for not clearing a path quick enough. Anyway, long story short, i saw this geezer later on up by the stage, just moshing with everyone and enjoying it, blood caked down the side of his face. I'm sure he became an insurance salesman after and enjoyed a good career!NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 6:42amI remember that song and thinking the same the one that i can remember the most of fans singing along to was We are the clash.Low Down Low wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 6:13amSaw them 3 days earlier on the 14th, my sole and cherished live Clash experience. My memories of it are a bit scattered, definitely remember Are You Redy standing out as a promising tune. There was a bit of aggro before the start but once they took the stage and settled into it, the crowd settled down and just rocked it.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 4:22amI am so anal i just had to go up in the loft and search for that ticket through my old vinyls and it took hours if I was sensible i would have stored it in a clash LP but no i put it in an Ian Dury LPMarky Dread wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 5:09pm
I went Saturday 7th September 1984.
They also played Friday 6th September 1984.
Ok my ticket doesnt have the year on it but the date says Saturday 17th March and the ticket cost £4 i mean that was the day when Live music was just the dogs bollocks
I imagine it must be 1984 as the album hadn't came out yet and i remember all these fans around me jumping about singing to the words of the new songs and i was thinking how the fuck don't i know these songs i have got everything from this band and this audience know these unknown songs so well.
The standing area was over packed and health and safety today would never have allowed that many in . It felt like the pushing and shoving to get to the front was going right back to the wall behind. I have been to hundreds and hundreds of gigs and that one was the one and only gig where i could literally take my feet off the ground and be carried about by the audience,
I better get a cup of tea and a sit down as this nostalgia chat is making me get too over excited ha ha
But you know what, what a great idea to go on a busking tour its a shame that the whole performances were never captured. I would have loved to be in one of them towns and seen that.
Totally with you on the busking tour. Love reading the fan accounts of it.
I was lucky enough not to see any trouble on that night but i can remember the crowd had a very edgy feel and i did sense that trouble could have happened. I don't know if that was because it was at Brixton particularly. But just as you say as soon as the band came on that all went and nobody cared and was just interested in the music and band and what a fantastic night it was. I do remember quite a few making it on stage and diving.
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Ha yeah I was working on the LC boxset and the date of one of the live tracks was September. Trying to do two things at once.Heston wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 5:03amI think Marky must be referring to the Scargill shows at the Academy on Dec 6th and 7th. Probably a typo.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 4:22amI am so anal i just had to go up in the loft and search for that ticket through my old vinyls and it took hours if I was sensible i would have stored it in a clash LP but no i put it in an Ian Dury LPMarky Dread wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 5:09pmI went Saturday 7th September 1984.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 4:31pmI wonder if we might have been at the same gig i saw them at Brixton too. I cant remember the date when i was there but i am sure i still have the ticket up in the loft stuck in a old clash vinyl album somewhere. If i venture up there one day and find the date i will let you know i think it would be really cool if we was at the same gig.Marky Dread wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 4:24pm
Yeah join the club. I saw them in Brixton and while without Mick they didn't sound as good they did have a few new tracks that showed promise ...then that album.
Re: The Alarm Joe said something like they were "a shadow of the former Clash".
But years later he admitted he was wrong and told Mike Peters just how great he thought they were and whenever he heard The Alarm on the radio he was surprised a what great songs they had.
They also played Friday 6th September 1984.
Ok my ticket doesnt have the year on it but the date says Saturday 17th March and the ticket cost £4 i mean that was the day when Live music was just the dogs bollocks
I imagine it must be 1984 as the album hadn't came out yet and i remember all these fans around me jumping about singing to the words of the new songs and i was thinking how the fuck don't i know these songs i have got everything from this band and this audience know these unknown songs so well.
Anyway The Clash played Brixton Academy 7 times in 1984 I think.
March
8th
9th
10th *
16th
17th
December
6th
7th *
My mate Jim went on the 8th and 9th March gigs while I was on holiday so I was gutted but managed to get in on 10th. Bought a ticket outside the venue for face value and a pint.
* I went to those 2 both on a Saturday. The second was for the striking miners.
I never used to keep my tickets back then. I didn't even consider it 'til a mate said about it in the early 90s that he kept his and framed them.
What I do remember having though was a hand bill a whole bunch of 'em that I gave to friends.
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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Re: Clash busking in Edinburgh
Ha ha and its such a long time ago as well i wouldn't have had a clue i couldn't even remember the year let alone the date. Brilliant times all the same and i was too young to care about Mick not being there to me at that time it was all about Joe . Obviously i have matured and understand so much more nowMarky Dread wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 7:57amHa yeah I was working on the LC boxset and the date of one of the live tracks was September. Trying to do two things at once.Heston wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 5:03amI think Marky must be referring to the Scargill shows at the Academy on Dec 6th and 7th. Probably a typo.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 4:22amI am so anal i just had to go up in the loft and search for that ticket through my old vinyls and it took hours if I was sensible i would have stored it in a clash LP but no i put it in an Ian Dury LPMarky Dread wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 5:09pmI went Saturday 7th September 1984.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 4:31pm
I wonder if we might have been at the same gig i saw them at Brixton too. I cant remember the date when i was there but i am sure i still have the ticket up in the loft stuck in a old clash vinyl album somewhere. If i venture up there one day and find the date i will let you know i think it would be really cool if we was at the same gig.
They also played Friday 6th September 1984.
Ok my ticket doesnt have the year on it but the date says Saturday 17th March and the ticket cost £4 i mean that was the day when Live music was just the dogs bollocks
I imagine it must be 1984 as the album hadn't came out yet and i remember all these fans around me jumping about singing to the words of the new songs and i was thinking how the fuck don't i know these songs i have got everything from this band and this audience know these unknown songs so well.
Anyway The Clash played Brixton Academy 7 times in 1984 I think.
March
8th
9th
10th *
16th
17th
December
6th
7th *
* I went to those 2 both on a Saturday. The second was for the striking miners.
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Re: Clash busking in Edinburgh
I don't know or care what others may think. But you just can not replace Mick! Mick's talent as a player and arranger is immense. Way more so than many other bands in my opinion. I know loads of bands have replaced members over the years when they've sadly died or left. But Mick is not replaceable.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 8:08amHa ha and its such a long time ago as well i wouldn't have had a clue i couldn't even remember the year let alone the date. Brilliant times all the same and i was too young to care about Mick not being there to me at that time it was all about Joe . Obviously i have matured and understand so much more nowMarky Dread wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 7:57amHa yeah I was working on the LC boxset and the date of one of the live tracks was September. Trying to do two things at once.Heston wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 5:03amI think Marky must be referring to the Scargill shows at the Academy on Dec 6th and 7th. Probably a typo.NoMoreHugh wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 4:22amI am so anal i just had to go up in the loft and search for that ticket through my old vinyls and it took hours if I was sensible i would have stored it in a clash LP but no i put it in an Ian Dury LPMarky Dread wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 5:09pm
I went Saturday 7th September 1984.
They also played Friday 6th September 1984.
Ok my ticket doesnt have the year on it but the date says Saturday 17th March and the ticket cost £4 i mean that was the day when Live music was just the dogs bollocks
I imagine it must be 1984 as the album hadn't came out yet and i remember all these fans around me jumping about singing to the words of the new songs and i was thinking how the fuck don't i know these songs i have got everything from this band and this audience know these unknown songs so well.
Anyway The Clash played Brixton Academy 7 times in 1984 I think.
March
8th
9th
10th *
16th
17th
December
6th
7th *
* I went to those 2 both on a Saturday. The second was for the striking miners.
Now I understand bands carry on but it's rare they can get close or even replicate what went before. Loads of bands still sound good and make excellent music but when there's a chemistry there then Lightning doesn't strike twice.
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