The Clash observations thread.

[bazarboy75]

For those musicians here, Andy does a short cover of OBF in demoing the new Wampler Cory Wong compressor pedal:

This was great! Would like to have a version of OBF with the synths/handclaps/etc turned down slightly. Maybe I’ll give it a go in Izotope.

Did you ever heard this one ?

[Kory]

https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-clash ... 501390364/

The theme for the upcoming S! 33 1/3 has been done to death. I was really hoping for a more unique angle on it.

[Flex]

https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-clash ... 501390364/

The theme for the upcoming S! 33 1/3 has been done to death. I was really hoping for a more unique angle on it.

"How did each track on S! further the Clash's betrayals of their fans and pave the way for their eventual perfect triumph as Clash II when they became Real Rock and Rollers"

Now THERE'S a book chatgpt could write if we fed them the IMCT archives.

[Kory]

https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-clash ... 501390364/

The theme for the upcoming S! 33 1/3 has been done to death. I was really hoping for a more unique angle on it.

"How did each track on S! further the Clash's betrayals of their fans and pave the way for their eventual perfect triumph as Clash II when they became Real Rock and Rollers"

Now THERE'S a book chatgpt could write if we fed them the IMCT archives.

I'd rather we all wrote it together. It would be a real bonding experience and possibly the end of IMCT, just as it was the end of the Clash.

[Dr. Medulla]

https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-clash ... 501390364/

The theme for the upcoming S! 33 1/3 has been done to death. I was really hoping for a more unique angle on it.

"How did each track on S! further the Clash's betrayals of their fans and pave the way for their eventual perfect triumph as Clash II when they became Real Rock and Rollers"

Now THERE'S a book chatgpt could write if we fed them the IMCT archives.

It’s a conceit, but I think the archives here could break AI by making it an ouroboros.

[ClashNZ]

Hi. New here from New Zealand.
I was on youtube and saw an upload for the Live At Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Japan, February 1, 1982 clip, and recognised a familiar image. The setlist that is featured on there and on the "Clash Observations" thread used to be owned by me. I carried that piece of paper and another (possibly Mick Jones) around with me in an envelope with my worldly goods from when I was around 16 years old and sold it on to a memorabilia buyer a few years back. I was given the two setlists by a local legend who ran a secondhand music store for years in my town New Plymouth in NZ. His name is Brian Wafer and the shop was called IMA Hitt records. He sold me most of the records that became my bedrock and gave me those setlists one day in an envelope and I kept them for about 30 odd years before I decided they needed to be passed on.
Wow! So cool to see that they are being appreciated by many around the world after the journeys they have been on with me for so long!
Still love the Clash and just had to post something regarding these "close to my heart" pieces of history...
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[matedog]

I tried (and failed again) to get into Spirit of St. Louis but found out they made a video for Shuttered Palace:


Not much interesting, but is that Kosmo Vinyl at around 2:38? Who is the other dude? Basically I'm trying to find signs of The Clash anywhere in her work.

[Marky Dread]

I tried (and failed again) to get into Spirit of St. Louis but found out they made a video for Shuttered Palace:


Not much interesting, but is that Kosmo Vinyl at around 2:38? Who is the other dude? Basically I'm trying to find signs of The Clash anywhere in her work.

Yes it's Kosmo and I think the other guy is Digby Cleaver who was a guitar tech.

The scene where the car pulls up looks like it's Pindock Mews where Sid and Nancy lived and then Tony James took over and then Topper.

[matedog]

I tried (and failed again) to get into Spirit of St. Louis but found out they made a video for Shuttered Palace:


Not much interesting, but is that Kosmo Vinyl at around 2:38? Who is the other dude? Basically I'm trying to find signs of The Clash anywhere in her work.

Yes it's Kosmo and I think the other guy is Digby Cleaver who was a guitar tech.

The scene where the car pulls up looks like it's Pindock Mews where Sid and Nancy lived and then Tony James took over and then Topper.

Thanks MD! And for the bonus factoid.

[XRCF]

Does anyone have scans of the first 2 songbooks? (Or PDFs)
Thanks

[white man]

Does anyone have scans of the first 2 songbooks? (Or PDFs)
Thanks

https://mega.nz/folder/3I1HxIKR#tk0Abk_zpYZ7iWIxMc_veg

[XRCF]

Does anyone have scans of the first 2 songbooks? (Or PDFs)
Thanks

https://mega.nz/folder/3I1HxIKR#tk0Abk_zpYZ7iWIxMc_veg

Huge thanks!

[Sparky]

Does anyone have scans of the first 2 songbooks? (Or PDFs)
Thanks

https://mega.nz/folder/3I1HxIKR#tk0Abk_zpYZ7iWIxMc_veg

Thank you!

[Flex]

Geers Kevin and I on the sophomore

Did I miss S/T? Good stuff guys. Never really thought about the humbling lyrics of SEH making the call to arms on ECW that much more impactful. Still can’t get into anything after track three though…

We reach...

Thanks man, here's the debut btw

Don't think we've shared our last couple, here we are on LC:

(Clash talk starts at 8:15)

And here's the latest hot off the presses (sorta) on Sandinista:

(Clash talk starts approx. 31:15)

I re-listened to some of this. James is a genius. I still can't get over that I sound like that. And say the things I say. Still, a good listen.

[Marky Dread]

I want to know what Clash songs are best suited to grocery stores and gas stations. "Lost in the Supermarket" won't help you find that tin of beans you are looking for.