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Clash Songs Ranked
Posted: 12 Oct 2017, 12:44pm
by Heston
Spiff kindly shared this on Facebook. Some idiotic comments and placing but an interesting read...
http://www.vulture.com/2017/10/all-139- ... rebutton-t
Re: Clash Songs Ranked
Posted: 12 Oct 2017, 3:21pm
by Toppers Boppers
Well the #4 ranked song is unexpected. Good to subvert the party line, but that's extreme.
Re: Clash Songs Ranked
Posted: 12 Oct 2017, 3:24pm
by Heston
Toppers Boppers wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 3:21pm
Well the #4 ranked song is unexpected. Good to subvert the party line, but that's extreme.
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.
Re: Clash Songs Ranked
Posted: 12 Oct 2017, 3:35pm
by Dr. Medulla
Toppers Boppers wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 3:21pm
Well the #4 ranked song is unexpected. Good to subvert the party line, but that's extreme.
I could have exhausted 25 guesses minimum and not come up with that.
Re: Clash Songs Ranked
Posted: 12 Oct 2017, 3:35pm
by JennyB
Heston wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 3:24pm
Toppers Boppers wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 3:21pm
Well the #4 ranked song is unexpected. Good to subvert the party line, but that's extreme.
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.
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.
ETA - I like Hitsville. But it ain't their 4th best song.
Re: Clash Songs Ranked
Posted: 12 Oct 2017, 3:38pm
by JennyB
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?
Re: Clash Songs Ranked
Posted: 12 Oct 2017, 3:43pm
by Kory
SEAN FLYNN AT 126???!!! Fuck this list.
Re: Clash Songs Ranked
Posted: 12 Oct 2017, 3:45pm
by Kory
“Let’s Go Crazy,” Sandinista! (1980): Lots of Jamaican drums.
Uh.
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.
Re: Clash Songs Ranked
Posted: 12 Oct 2017, 4:39pm
by JennyB
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.
Re: Clash Songs Ranked
Posted: 12 Oct 2017, 6:30pm
by Heston
JennyB wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 3:38pm
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?
I was shouting at him through my computer when I read that.
Re: Clash Songs Ranked
Posted: 12 Oct 2017, 6:34pm
by Heston
Kory wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 3:45pm
“Let’s Go Crazy,” Sandinista! (1980): Lots of Jamaican drums.
Uh.
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.
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,
Re: Clash Songs Ranked
Posted: 12 Oct 2017, 6:40pm
by matedog
Kory wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 3:45pm
“Let’s Go Crazy,” Sandinista! (1980): Lots of Jamaican drums.
Uh.
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.
Does he mean steel drums? I think LGC has those right?
Re: Clash Songs Ranked
Posted: 12 Oct 2017, 6:43pm
by matedog
Heston wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 3:24pm
Toppers Boppers wrote: ↑12 Oct 2017, 3:21pm
Well the #4 ranked song is unexpected. Good to subvert the party line, but that's extreme.
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.
Hoyston no doubt.
Re: Clash Songs Ranked
Posted: 12 Oct 2017, 8:04pm
by Dr. Medulla
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.
Re: Clash Songs Ranked
Posted: 12 Oct 2017, 8:33pm
by 101Walterton
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.