Terrible Clash Covers

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matedog wrote:
Suzanne H. wrote:
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Suzanne H. wrote:I went to see a band last night called The Jolts, and they did an excellent cover of 'I'm So Bored With the USA'. It sounded just like the original. I'm goddamn serious.

But then, I was drunk so I stagecrashed them during that song and the singer gave up and let me take over on lead vocals for the last third of the song... :disshame:
Why does that warrant a :disshame:? That's a :approve: or a :D.
Well, see...I kinda stagecrashed out of anger cos the frontman introduced the song by saying 'I know for a fact nobody in here has heard of the Clash, but we're playing this anyway' to which I replied (since I was right by him) 'But...I love the Clash' and he said 'No you fucking don't."

I had to prove him wrong. The Jolts turned out to be a band of attractive douchebags. After the song he was like "Well..I guess you're the only one in here who knows the Clash then..."
Then that is badass.
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This was on prime time Swedish tv last night. Jesus....
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Heston wrote:This was on prime time Swedish tv last night. Jesus....
It's like ABBA never happened.
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I once heard The Strokes doing a cover of Clampdown when i seen them live about 10 years ago
Somebody was trying to tell me that CDs are better than vinyl because they don't have any surface noise. I said, "Listen, mate, "life" has surface noise."

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Heston wrote:This was on prime time Swedish tv last night. Jesus....
I recognize that face, he is the singer guitarist in Backyard Babies.
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mikel wrote:
Heston wrote:This was on prime time Swedish tv last night. Jesus....
I recognize that face, he is the singer guitarist in Backyard Babies.
He makes a living out of music? Bloody hell...
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Don't know what to make of this.. The music's okay but Cornell's vocals ruin it

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Must be something to with having Audio in your band name. BAD excluded.
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I've noticed Elvis Costello doing 'Straight To Hell' getting mentioned a couple of times. I can't find it anywhere. Can anyone post? If it is an official recording, why hasn't Elvis re-released it thirteen times like everything else he's done?

How come no-one's mentioned Sham 69 doing 'White Riot'? That used to annoy me because they didn't have any better songs themselves and they didn't have 'it' when they covered it.
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What about Sham 69 doing "everything?"
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Heston wrote:What about Sham 69 doing "everything?"
Yes, that's really what I meant.
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dave202 wrote:I've noticed Elvis Costello doing 'Straight To Hell' getting mentioned a couple of times. I can't find it anywhere. Can anyone post? If it is an official recording, why hasn't Elvis re-released it thirteen times like everything else he's done?
I think they mean this from his 'Spectacle' TV show. He covered it with Jakob Dylan...

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Heston wrote:What about Sham 69 doing "everything?"
I don't understand all this negativity regards to Sham 69. They had some fucking great singles. Sure Pursey was a dick but no more so than what Joe became in The Clash II years.
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Marky Dread wrote:
Heston wrote:What about Sham 69 doing "everything?"
I don't understand all this negativity regards to Sham 69. They had some fucking great singles. Sure Pursey was a dick but no more so than what Joe became in The Clash II years.
Dunno mate, could never get away with Jimmy's bark. Admittedly, they had some gome good tunes.
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Marky Dread wrote:I don't understand all this negativity regards to Sham 69. They had some fucking great singles. Sure Pursey was a dick but no more so than what Joe became in The Clash II years.
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