I don't agree with 75% of what you say, but I'll go along with D, which in some cases counts as a mandate.Heston wrote:The reasons I like Cock Sparrer and dislike Sham 69...Flex wrote:Now there are two bands which are reasonable to liken together musically. Cock Sparrer is better, by my estimation, but Shock Troops ain't exactly worlds apart from Sham 69's oeuvre.Silent Majority wrote:I'm surprised that Heston likes Cock Sparrer, but not Sham 69. They're filed away into the same place in my head.
A) Cock Sparrer had much better tunes and lyrics.
B) Cock Sparrer had much better guitars.
C) Colin from Cock Sparrer had a pretty emotive voice, with a touch of the Steve Marriotts about it. Pursey just sounds yobbish, and has no real tone or inflection in his voice.
D) Jimmy Pursey
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On the subject of Sham 69, I will admit to liking Hurry Up Harry, at least until the English Football Association appoint a new manager.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Heston wrote:On the subject of Sham 69, I will admit to liking Hurry Up Harry, at least until the English Football Association appoint a new manager.
I will dedicate this.
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Agreed. I don't like most Clash covers, but this one is my favorite. It gets the top spot by going through the backdoor really. It's only nominally a Clash song, and radically remaking it could only work in its favor, unlike 99% of the pre-CTC songs.Heston wrote:My top 5 Clash Covers:
1. We are the Clash - Sparks
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Good point. I had never made the connection with Marriott, but you're right.Heston wrote: C) Colin from Cock Sparrer had a pretty emotive voice, with a touch of the Steve Marriotts about it. Pursey just sounds yobbish, and has no real tone or inflection in his voice.
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See guys, I'm not always wrong.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Heh.scarecrow wrote:
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Both of those guys are totally Bernie's likeness. This creeps the fuck out of me.scarecrow wrote:
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Oh my God, you're right.Rat Patrol wrote:Both of those guys are totally Bernie's likeness. This creeps the fuck out of me.scarecrow wrote:
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I thought the sheik was actually Bernie. Marcus' book, perhaps?Rat Patrol wrote:Both of those guys are totally Bernie's likeness. This creeps the fuck out of me.scarecrow wrote:
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Yes it's Bernie and Kosmo isn't it?Dr. Medulla wrote:I thought the sheik was actually Bernie. Marcus' book, perhaps?Rat Patrol wrote:Both of those guys are totally Bernie's likeness. This creeps the fuck out of me.scarecrow wrote:
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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According to RotLGiT, the Arab is Bernie and the Jew is "long-time band buddy Mark 'Frothler' Helfont."Marky Dread wrote:Yes it's Bernie and Kosmo isn't it?Dr. Medulla wrote:I thought the sheik was actually Bernie. Marcus' book, perhaps?Rat Patrol wrote:Both of those guys are totally Bernie's likeness. This creeps the fuck out of me.scarecrow wrote:
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Ah yes that's right. I think Mark was Matlock's buddy from St. Martins. Although I think his surname is actually Helfond.Dr. Medulla wrote:According to RotLGiT, the Arab is Bernie and the Jew is "long-time band buddy Mark 'Frothler' Helfont."Marky Dread wrote:Yes it's Bernie and Kosmo isn't it?Dr. Medulla wrote:I thought the sheik was actually Bernie. Marcus' book, perhaps?Rat Patrol wrote:Both of those guys are totally Bernie's likeness. This creeps the fuck out of me.scarecrow wrote:
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.
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Definitely the worst cover art of all time. Especially of the Clash's whole catalogue.
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