If Music Could Talk

muppet hi fi wrote: ↑

01 Nov 2017, 9:41pm

101Walterton wrote: ↑

01 Nov 2017, 2:21pm

The Clash are so ingrained in my DNA that when I am out and about if a Clash song comes on in a bar etc.. I look around to see who put it on presuming that it is for me.

I don't get out and about too much these days, but I hear what you're saying, Wally. When a Clash tune shows on the telly or in the pub or wherever I always find myself checking the faces and body language of those around me. Their stuff still seems so contemporary and, dare I say it - relevant.

Inder wrote: ↑

01 Nov 2017, 9:51pm

muppet hi fi wrote: ↑

01 Nov 2017, 9:41pm

101Walterton wrote: ↑

01 Nov 2017, 2:21pm

The Clash are so ingrained in my DNA that when I am out and about if a Clash song comes on in a bar etc.. I look around to see who put it on presuming that it is for me.

I don't get out and about too much these days, but I hear what you're saying, Wally. When a Clash tune shows on the telly or in the pub or wherever I always find myself checking the faces and body language of those around me. Their stuff still seems so contemporary and, dare I say it - relevant.

I heard Overpowered By Funk at a club a few months ago. Now that was unexpected.

eumaas wrote: ↑

01 Nov 2017, 10:29pm

This boxset better be the shit or I am denouncing all of you at the next party congress.

Wolter wrote: ↑

01 Nov 2017, 11:13pm

I don't have the best ears, and I only heard it in FLAC, but it seemed a substantial upgrade to my ears, especially on the early songs.

eumaas wrote: ↑

01 Nov 2017, 10:29pm

This boxset better be the shit or I am denouncing all of you at the next party congress.

Rat Patrol wrote: grime and vaseline

matedog wrote: ↑

01 Nov 2017, 12:22pm

Also, Heart and Mind is a gem for me. Particularly with the Keys to Your Heart outro.

coffeepotman wrote: ↑

03 Nov 2017, 7:14am

I don't listen to s/t, GEER or LC on a regular basis but BMC, S! and CR are always on regular rotation with me. I never tire of S!, every time I play it I hear something new. I like all the CR B sides and I play Bankrobber and Armegideon Time weekly. I've never taken a Clash break since the records were released.

Low Down Low wrote: ↑

03 Nov 2017, 7:45am

I'd say if it wasn't for Sound System I wouldn't have listened to s/t for the guts of 20 years. Doesn't mean I dont value it highly though. I physically have to ration listening to LC for fear the unthinkable happens and I end up playing it out. And I can't recall the last time I listened to GEER right through, but only recently discovered, after nearly 40 years of listening, that LGIT is actually a great tune, if a bit uninspiring on the lyrical side. They are still full of little surprises like that for me.

Marky Dread wrote: ↑

03 Nov 2017, 8:12am

Low Down Low wrote: ↑

03 Nov 2017, 7:45am

I'd say if it wasn't for Sound System I wouldn't have listened to s/t for the guts of 20 years. Doesn't mean I dont value it highly though. I physically have to ration listening to LC for fear the unthinkable happens and I end up playing it out. And I can't recall the last time I listened to GEER right through, but only recently discovered, after nearly 40 years of listening, that LGIT is actually a great tune, if a bit uninspiring on the lyrical side. They are still full of little surprises like that for me.

Half of GEER is excellent. Probably the self mythologising gets a bit much at time. "All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)" has a stunning tune and some great guitar playing from Mick but is let down by it's hamfisted story.

Marky Dread wrote: ↑

03 Nov 2017, 8:14am

Marky Dread wrote: ↑

03 Nov 2017, 8:12am

Low Down Low wrote: ↑

03 Nov 2017, 7:45am

I'd say if it wasn't for Sound System I wouldn't have listened to s/t for the guts of 20 years. Doesn't mean I dont value it highly though. I physically have to ration listening to LC for fear the unthinkable happens and I end up playing it out. And I can't recall the last time I listened to GEER right through, but only recently discovered, after nearly 40 years of listening, that LGIT is actually a great tune, if a bit uninspiring on the lyrical side. They are still full of little surprises like that for me.

Half of GEER is excellent. Probably the self mythologising gets a bit much at time. "All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)" has a stunning tune and some great guitar playing from Mick but is let down by it's hamfisted story.

I would still prefer it to sound like the single/B-sides that predated it like "Pressure Drop" The Prisoner" etc. They were good enough to produce that album with what they already had. Sandy Pearlman was surplus to requirements for me but he is not at fault for the overall sound either.

Low Down Low wrote: ↑

03 Nov 2017, 9:12am

Marky Dread wrote: ↑

03 Nov 2017, 8:14am

Marky Dread wrote: ↑

03 Nov 2017, 8:12am

Low Down Low wrote: ↑

03 Nov 2017, 7:45am

I'd say if it wasn't for Sound System I wouldn't have listened to s/t for the guts of 20 years. Doesn't mean I dont value it highly though. I physically have to ration listening to LC for fear the unthinkable happens and I end up playing it out. And I can't recall the last time I listened to GEER right through, but only recently discovered, after nearly 40 years of listening, that LGIT is actually a great tune, if a bit uninspiring on the lyrical side. They are still full of little surprises like that for me.

Half of GEER is excellent. Probably the self mythologising gets a bit much at time. "All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)" has a stunning tune and some great guitar playing from Mick but is let down by it's hamfisted story.

I would still prefer it to sound like the single/B-sides that predated it like "Pressure Drop" The Prisoner" etc. They were good enough to produce that album with what they already had. Sandy Pearlman was surplus to requirements for me but he is not at fault for the overall sound either.

ATYP is a great tune, I know I should like it more than i do. And was there anything stopping them adding White Man to the mix too if they wanted, though as I said before I like the fact they released so many non-album singles, from a value perspective.