And I assume this will be forthcoming, Mr. Dread?Marky Dread wrote: ↑14 Oct 2017, 5:05amThe top 3 should always be.101Walterton wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 10:04pmI can't remember the order but from memory top 3 were Complete Control, White Man and Capital Radio 2??
Mensforth
Confusion
a remix of Mensforth/Confusion.
Clash Songs Ranked
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Strong shoes is what we got and when they're hot they're hot!
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esrever nI.muppet hi fi wrote: ↑14 Oct 2017, 6:33pmAnd I assume this will be forthcoming, Mr. Dread?Marky Dread wrote: ↑14 Oct 2017, 5:05amThe top 3 should always be.101Walterton wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 10:04pmI can't remember the order but from memory top 3 were Complete Control, White Man and Capital Radio 2??
Mensforth
Confusion
a remix of Mensforth/Confusion.
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"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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Hmmm? Is that a confirmation? Just make sure to use the original b-side "Cool Confusion" mix and your own reverse-mix "Mensforth Hill". Then you'll be cooking with gasMarky Dread wrote: ↑14 Oct 2017, 7:12pmesrever nI.muppet hi fi wrote: ↑14 Oct 2017, 6:33pmAnd I assume this will be forthcoming, Mr. Dread?Marky Dread wrote: ↑14 Oct 2017, 5:05amThe top 3 should always be.101Walterton wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 10:04pmI can't remember the order but from memory top 3 were Complete Control, White Man and Capital Radio 2??
Mensforth
Confusion
a remix of Mensforth/Confusion.
Strong shoes is what we got and when they're hot they're hot!
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I might mix in some young children singing Career Opportunities for good measures.muppet hi fi wrote: ↑14 Oct 2017, 7:21pmHmmm? Is that a confirmation? Just make sure to use the original b-side "Cool Confusion" mix and your own reverse-mix "Mensforth Hill". Then you'll be cooking with gasMarky Dread wrote: ↑14 Oct 2017, 7:12pmesrever nI.muppet hi fi wrote: ↑14 Oct 2017, 6:33pmAnd I assume this will be forthcoming, Mr. Dread?Marky Dread wrote: ↑14 Oct 2017, 5:05amThe top 3 should always be.101Walterton wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 10:04pmI can't remember the order but from memory top 3 were Complete Control, White Man and Capital Radio 2??
Mensforth
Confusion
a remix of Mensforth/Confusion.
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"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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Now believe it or not, that is something I could get into, I might give it a crack my self. I already have the forward/backward Mensforth, just need to add confusion, but will have to make it weird
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The weirder the better.coffeepotman wrote: ↑15 Oct 2017, 6:15amNow believe it or not, that is something I could get into, I might give it a crack my self. I already have the forward/backward Mensforth, just need to add confusion, but will have to make it weird
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"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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Oh yeah. But it'll still have nothing on CtCMarky Dread wrote: ↑15 Oct 2017, 9:23amThe weirder the better.coffeepotman wrote: ↑15 Oct 2017, 6:15amNow believe it or not, that is something I could get into, I might give it a crack my self. I already have the forward/backward Mensforth, just need to add confusion, but will have to make it weird
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I get that it's just opinions and all, but I'm trying to wrap my head around his bashing of the S! production on many of my favorite Clash songs, while describing Hitsville as having "a spectacular, spacious mix, with any number of delightful sonic touches that repay many listenings."
Anyway:
White Man
Cap Radio II
Washington Bullets
Anyway:
White Man
Cap Radio II
Washington Bullets
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Other than Hitsville U.K. (quality of the song aside, you should probably fill the top of your list with songs that are played and sung by the band you're doing a list for), the top 10 or so are all pretty defensible, even if I'd quibble a little here and there. the obvious songs are there, and the deep cuts are interesting enough selections that they don't come off as contrarian-for-contrarian's-sake (again, other than Hitsville). The bottom of the list is dumber, mostly due to being fueled by an obvious anti-CtC bias.
Anyways, The Clash had a lot of great songs.
Anyways, The Clash had a lot of great songs.
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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I'm not a lyrics guy, but isn't Hitsville especially dumb because it's The Clash praising indie labels...while being signed to CBS?
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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I hope you're not stumbling over a contradiction between the band's rhetoric and its lived reality.
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Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑19 Oct 2017, 2:08pmI hope you're not stumbling over a contradiction between the band's rhetoric and its lived reality.
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 is the whole point of the song. The fact that a band who have made it big time on a big label can acknowledge and appreciate smaller bands whose only way in is through the smaler outlets.
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"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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It just comes across hypocritical. Why praise bands that stick with indie labels if you yourself chose not to?Marky Dread wrote: ↑19 Oct 2017, 2:24pmThat is the whole point of the song. The fact that a band who have made it big time on a big label can acknowledge and appreciate smaller bands whose only way in is through the smaler outlets.
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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I think the celebration of the lyrics is tonally right and I think they carry it off. DIY is Strummerpunk ideology at its best, even if Strummer is on a mid-sized label.matedog wrote: ↑19 Oct 2017, 3:04pmIt just comes across hypocritical. Why praise bands that stick with indie labels if you yourself chose not to?Marky Dread wrote: ↑19 Oct 2017, 2:24pmThat is the whole point of the song. The fact that a band who have made it big time on a big label can acknowledge and appreciate smaller bands whose only way in is through the smaler outlets.