Clash songs you can't stand

Inder · Post by **Inder** » 14 Feb 2018, 5:52pm

We will exclude Cut the Crap for this exercise. There are only two I think of as truly hideous:

Lose This Skin (sorry, Tymon)
Death is a Star

Flex · Post by **Flex** » 14 Feb 2018, 5:56pm

I don't know if I've ever actually skipped/fast-forwarded/whatever through a Clash song, but these ones suck bigly:

the kiddo versions of Career Opportunities and the guns of brixton
stop the world
cool confusion
first night back in london

Not that every other song was a total winner, but these are the only ones that actively annoy me if I think about them.

eumaas · Post by **eumaas** » 14 Feb 2018, 5:58pm

Lover's Rock springs to mind.

Dr. Medulla · Post by **Dr. Medulla** » 14 Feb 2018, 6:08pm

I wholeheartedly endorse both Nagilum's and Flex's picks.

eumaas · Post by **eumaas** » 14 Feb 2018, 6:09pm

Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑
14 Feb 2018, 6:08pm
I wholeheartedly endorse both Nagilum's and Flex's picks.

I am the Face from Space!!!

Silent Majority · Post by **Silent Majority** » 14 Feb 2018, 6:15pm

Inder wrote: ↑
14 Feb 2018, 5:52pm
We will exclude Cut the Crap for this exercise. There are only two I think of as truly hideous:

Lose This Skin (sorry, Tymon)
Death is a Star

Both those songs are very good.

Kory · Post by **Kory** » 14 Feb 2018, 6:41pm

Hitsville
Lose This Skin

Both because of the vocals.

Most of Side 6

For obvious reasons.

Heston · Post by **Heston** » 14 Feb 2018, 6:43pm

I'd say the only Clash song I really can't stand is Junkie Slip.

Inder · Post by **Inder** » 14 Feb 2018, 7:23pm

Oh yeah — definitely Hitsville. Just awful.

Silent Majority · Post by **Silent Majority** » 14 Feb 2018, 7:47pm

Overpowered by Funk.

Heston · Post by **Heston** » 14 Feb 2018, 8:10pm

Hitsville and Overpowered By Funk are great songs.

Kory · Post by **Kory** » 14 Feb 2018, 9:05pm

Heston wrote: ↑
14 Feb 2018, 8:10pm
Hitsville and Overpowered By Funk are great songs.

Hitsville is a great song marred by terrible production. OBF is just fine by me, except for Futura's bit.

Dr. Medulla · Post by **Dr. Medulla** » 14 Feb 2018, 9:12pm

Kory wrote: ↑
14 Feb 2018, 9:05pm

Heston wrote: ↑
14 Feb 2018, 8:10pm
Hitsville and Overpowered By Funk are great songs.
Hitsville is a great song marred by terrible production. OBF is just fine by me, except for Futura's bit.

Racist.

I kid. But you're under suspicion coming from the Pacific Northwest.

muppet hi fi · Post by **muppet hi fi** » 14 Feb 2018, 9:35pm

Heston wrote: ↑
14 Feb 2018, 6:43pm
I'd say the only Clash song I really can't stand is Junkie Slip.

I knew this was coming.

It's one of the funkiest and outside things they ever did. Toppers drums are monolithic - the way he doubles back on the backbeat with the brushes, the sound of his kick, it's all forward motion. Norman's bass is phat. - I think it's an upright. Mick's warped, phased licks are gnarly, the lyric is giddy in it's truthful conveyance of what any addicts day to day life is like. It's Tom Waits a couple years before Tom found his true musical template. I still can't figure out how they came up with it (sure, weed, but still...).

yetaca · Post by **yetaca** » 15 Feb 2018, 12:40am

Lovers Rock, Look Here, Crooked Beat, Shepherds Delight, Death Is A Star. Always enjoyed Hitsville UK

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