I tracked down my old drumming magazine's review of From Here to Eternity:
The pure adrenaline and muscular musicianship that drove The Clash's legendary live shows are apparent right from the opening strains of "Complete Control," and carry throughout these performances from 1978 through 1982. The seventeen tracks are split nearly equally between original drummer Terry Chimes and the more creative and accomplished Topper Headon who replaced Chimes after the band's 1977 debut. Terry was brought back for the 1982 Combat Rock tour and sounds here as though he's in over his head, stripping down Headon's studio parts just to keep up with the frenzied band. From driving punk classics like "London's Burning" to the reggae/dub-drenched "Armagideon Time," Headon is always in the pocket with a commanding power and effortless precision.
The digs at Terry were especially nice.
The Clash observations thread.
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Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
Re: The Clash observations thread.
Topper was pretty good, but he's no Yoyoka.
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Sucking up to Heston will not get you far
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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First to say she's better than Peter Criss.
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After having read his autobiography, I'm pretty sure his rebuttal would be that he has a bigger penis.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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It's insane how much he talks about his hampton.
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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Never heard that term for dong. I had an Uncle Hampton.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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God damn your slang is complicated: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hampton
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Hello,matedog wrote: ↑13 Jan 2020, 1:12pmNever heard that term for dong. I had an Uncle Hampton.
I get a completely different picture of Hampton University right now. I'm not sure if I want to stay at Hampton Inn's anymore.
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Sadly, I've never known anyone call a vagina an "arden."
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...but only just.
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Curfews have been curbing
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I like the fact that Hampton Wick is buffered by Bushy Park.
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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And with enough KISS pedigree to think that would be an appropriate thing to say to a kid.
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I actually like Terry's 1982 playing on White Man, it seems to have a different kind of swing that isn't there on the Topper renditions.matedog wrote: ↑13 Jan 2020, 11:49amI tracked down my old drumming magazine's review of From Here to Eternity:
The pure adrenaline and muscular musicianship that drove The Clash's legendary live shows are apparent right from the opening strains of "Complete Control," and carry throughout these performances from 1978 through 1982. The seventeen tracks are split nearly equally between original drummer Terry Chimes and the more creative and accomplished Topper Headon who replaced Chimes after the band's 1977 debut. Terry was brought back for the 1982 Combat Rock tour and sounds here as though he's in over his head, stripping down Headon's studio parts just to keep up with the frenzied band. From driving punk classics like "London's Burning" to the reggae/dub-drenched "Armagideon Time," Headon is always in the pocket with a commanding power and effortless precision.
The digs at Terry were especially nice.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board