If Music Could Talk

Well, that's just not true at all. It's very true. Allow me for one fair minute to flex my Dylan muscles. I own every one of his cds, had most of them on vinyl and cassette, all of the important bootlegs. I've read all the books, been attending shows since the Rolling Thunder Revue, can play most o...

Shows that the Self-Portrait era was definitely Bob's effort to work a la the Basement Tapes but without the crazed humor. Start with rootsy covers ad move into writing. The Bootleg Series in general is the gift that keeps on giving. The Bootleg Series is great but this new one is a truly horrible ...

On the subject of whether the Clash should have bundled a bunch of weaker material onto the end of London Calling because there's space on the cd, I find that absurd, as London Calling is the creative testament of the band and there's no sense in diluting the single disc when you can properly separa...

I would take the remix of Radio Clash where you can hear bowling pins being toppled over as it would trick me into thinking there were other people stranded on the desert island with no electricity and a hand cranked gizmo to survive on one Clash track.

And then they threw all of their gear into the Thames.

Johnny Green can relate as he was also known to leave a thing or two on the train.

Yeah I don't know why Meloncamp would play with Johnny Cash and then snap gum and fuck up the performance unless he was saying "Hey man, this is the rock and roll attitude or something," and I also don't know why he would go to Farm Aid every year and play the same damn songs every time. Rain on the...

Rank Roger makes Mikey Dread sound like Pavarotti so I'm glad that Mick decided to sit on those "toasts."

Physical Graffiti.

Oh, for the love of.... THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE "CLASH II". THE CLASH IS THE CLASH IS THE CLASH. Conversely: Mk I - Levene Mk II - Harper Mk III - Headon Mk IV - Chimes II Mk V - Howard Mk VI - Sheppard & White I have the same problem sorting out my Three Stooges squads. Mk 1- Moe, Larry, She...

Is this the exercise we're doing, listing the top 5 BAD? If so, Megatop, TIBAD, The Globe, No. 10, Tighten Up.
Thank you.

Oh yeah, I'm just saying as a general rule, in my opinion, he's not a great lead vocalist. Of course, I can find many fine examples of songs that I like, such as National Health and Magic Suitcase from Carbon Silicon that I absolutely love, but I can also find plenty of vocal atrocities on his part,...

I'm talking about lead vocals for Mick, not backing vocals, because I agree that he's a great backing vocalist with Strummer, and much of their vocal interplay on record and stage together is legendary. Even as a lead, he has a certain energy which can carry a song through, but taken over a whole al...

I saw BAD at the Electric Factory in Philly when F-Punk came out and it was a great show, especially the live version of Psycho Wing, and the only thing that ruined an otherwise fine evening was the spectacle and awkwardness of a few sausage heads slam dancing into each near the stage the entire eve...

If Mick Jones thinks that the Clash fanbase is going to buy remastered Clash product some thirty years after their demise, material that's being released in some fashion for the umpteenth time, then surely he would expect us to gobble up some of the rarer stuff that he has laying/lying around, regar...