Clash Songs Ranked
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Clash Songs Ranked
Spiff kindly shared this on Facebook. Some idiotic comments and placing but an interesting read...
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Well the #4 ranked song is unexpected. Good to subvert the party line, but that's extreme.
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I don't mind differing opinions but to have stuff like Mustapha Dance and Silicone On Sapphire above Something About England, Corner Soul and Tommy Gun is malicious insanity.Toppers Boppers wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 3:21pmWell the #4 ranked song is unexpected. Good to subvert the party line, but that's extreme.
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I could have exhausted 25 guesses minimum and not come up with that.Toppers Boppers wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 3:21pmWell the #4 ranked song is unexpected. Good to subvert the party line, but that's extreme.
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Yeah - to claim that Tommy Gun is a second-tier song, that Koka Kola is the worst song on LC, that I'm Not Down is terrible, and that SHITSVILLE IS NUMBER 4 is a bit, well, much. An interesting read though.Heston wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 3:24pmI don't mind differing opinions but to have stuff like Mustapha Dance and Silicone On Sapphire above Something About England, Corner Soul and Tommy Gun is malicious insanity.Toppers Boppers wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 3:21pmWell the #4 ranked song is unexpected. Good to subvert the party line, but that's extreme.
ETA - I like Hitsville. But it ain't their 4th best song.
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Also, when talking about TIE: "This can’t have been a good time for Strummer, and you can hear it in his voice, as he sings the fuck out of this, which — with the possible exception of “Love Kills,” the concussive solo track he had on the Sid and Nancy soundtrack — was Strummer’s last great song." Say what now?
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SEAN FLYNN AT 126???!!! Fuck this list.
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Uh.“Let’s Go Crazy,” Sandinista! (1980): Lots of Jamaican drums.
edit: they keep talking about "Jamaican drums." I don't think they know what that means.
edit again: they write of Version City's "almost Caribbean beat." Yeah, this person doesn't understand music and shouldn't be writing about it.
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Also, did he not know that Joe was in the Meskies and released some very fine work with them? He seems to think that his career ended with Trash City.
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I was shouting at him through my computer when I read that.JennyB wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 3:38pmAlso, when talking about TIE: "This can’t have been a good time for Strummer, and you can hear it in his voice, as he sings the fuck out of this, which — with the possible exception of “Love Kills,” the concussive solo track he had on the Sid and Nancy soundtrack — was Strummer’s last great song." Say what now?
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Yes, he has no real clue about music, constantly misnaming styles and genres. Saying that, he seems to have a genuine fan's knowledge of the Clash's songs,Kory wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 3:45pmUh.“Let’s Go Crazy,” Sandinista! (1980): Lots of Jamaican drums.
edit: they keep talking about "Jamaican drums." I don't think they know what that means.
edit again: they write of Version City's "almost Caribbean beat." Yeah, this person doesn't understand music and shouldn't be writing about it.
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Does he mean steel drums? I think LGC has those right?Kory wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 3:45pmUh.“Let’s Go Crazy,” Sandinista! (1980): Lots of Jamaican drums.
edit: they keep talking about "Jamaican drums." I don't think they know what that means.
edit again: they write of Version City's "almost Caribbean beat." Yeah, this person doesn't understand music and shouldn't be writing about 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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Hoyston no doubt.Heston wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 3:24pmI don't mind differing opinions but to have stuff like Mustapha Dance and Silicone On Sapphire above Something About England, Corner Soul and Tommy Gun is malicious insanity.Toppers Boppers wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 3:21pmWell the #4 ranked song is unexpected. Good to subvert the party line, but that's extreme.
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 anything from Side 6 places in the top 80% is daffy. They're there because they needed material for a sixth side, not because they're compelling in any way.
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It is a shame we lost the big pole I did years ago. We had 100 different posters with their top 3 in order. The results were pretty spot on what you would expect.