The Clash 2 Observations Thread

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Flex wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 4:39pm
matedog wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 4:26pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clash_discography

TIL "Are You Red...y" made it to #85 on the Australian singles charts in 85.
australia is totally insane.
Did they tour there or something??

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101Walterton wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 4:53pm
Flex wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 4:39pm
matedog wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 4:26pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clash_discography

TIL "Are You Red...y" made it to #85 on the Australian singles charts in 85.
australia is totally insane.
Did they tour there or something??
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matedog wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 4:26pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clash_discography

TIL "Are You Red...y" made it to #85 on the Australian singles charts in 85.
Shoulda been a SMASH.
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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101Walterton wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 4:53pm
Flex wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 4:39pm
matedog wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 4:26pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clash_discography

TIL "Are You Red...y" made it to #85 on the Australian singles charts in 85.
australia is totally insane.
Did they tour there or something??
They visited Australia once in 1982.
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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Really surprises me that This Is England was their best-selling single in Ireland (not counting the re-releases).
Who pfaffed the pfaff? Who got pfaffed tonight?

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Olaf wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 5:32pm
Really surprises me that This Is England was their best-selling single in Ireland (not counting the re-releases).
Even more bizarrely, the Swedish made The Call Up and This Is Radio Clash their biggest hits!
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Olaf wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 5:32pm
Really surprises me that This Is England was their best-selling single in Ireland (not counting the re-releases).
The Irish charts could be funny. As a kid I remember a song called One Day at a Time Sweet Jesus being No.1 for almost a year (kid you not). We did have the Rats but think punk was a bit slower getting to the south of Ireland as opposed to the north where you had the undertones and the fingers. Plus the Clash played twice here in 84 and were getting a lot of airplay so I think we were merely finally giving them their due.

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Heston wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 5:21pm
matedog wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 4:26pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clash_discography

TIL "Are You Red...y" made it to #85 on the Australian singles charts in 85.
Shoulda been a SMASH.
I don't know whether you are being sarcastic there Heston but I do like some of the live versions.

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deny wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 7:07pm
Heston wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 5:21pm
matedog wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 4:26pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clash_discography

TIL "Are You Red...y" made it to #85 on the Australian singles charts in 85.
Shoulda been a SMASH.
I don't know whether you are being sarcastic there Heston but I do like some of the live versions.

Cheers

Mike
No mate, I was totally serious lol. I actually think it could have been a bigger hit than This Is England with the right mix (ie. a louder Joe vocal). As much as we all dislike it now, that '1985' sound wasn't too different to what Dead Or Alive were having hits with at the time, and it is a very catchy song. This Is England is great but rather morose and not really a 'radio' song.

I do like the live versions of "Are You Red...y" as well, they really should have recorded it (and the rest of the album) like that.
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:
20 Aug 2018, 7:27pm
deny wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 7:07pm
Heston wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 5:21pm
matedog wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 4:26pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clash_discography

TIL "Are You Red...y" made it to #85 on the Australian singles charts in 85.
Shoulda been a SMASH.
I don't know whether you are being sarcastic there Heston but I do like some of the live versions.

Cheers

Mike
No mate, I was totally serious lol. I actually think it could have been a bigger hit than This Is England with the right mix (ie. a louder Joe vocal). As much as we all dislike it now, that '1985' sound wasn't too different to what Dead Or Alive were having hits with at the time, and it is a very catchy song. This Is England is great but rather morose and not really a 'radio' song.

I do like the live versions of "Are You Red...y" as well, they really should have recorded it (and the rest of the album) like that.
Dead Or Alive weren't a patch on the Clash!!

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101Walterton wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 8:19pm
Heston wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 7:27pm
deny wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 7:07pm
Heston wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 5:21pm
matedog wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 4:26pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clash_discography

TIL "Are You Red...y" made it to #85 on the Australian singles charts in 85.
Shoulda been a SMASH.
I don't know whether you are being sarcastic there Heston but I do like some of the live versions.

Cheers

Mike
No mate, I was totally serious lol. I actually think it could have been a bigger hit than This Is England with the right mix (ie. a louder Joe vocal). As much as we all dislike it now, that '1985' sound wasn't too different to what Dead Or Alive were having hits with at the time, and it is a very catchy song. This Is England is great but rather morose and not really a 'radio' song.

I do like the live versions of "Are You Red...y" as well, they really should have recorded it (and the rest of the album) like that.
Dead Or Alive weren't a patch on the Clash!!
Well of course mate haha. My point being they were having big hits like You Spin Me Right Round with a sound not so dissimilar to Are You Red...y.
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:
20 Aug 2018, 8:22pm
101Walterton wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 8:19pm
Heston wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 7:27pm
deny wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 7:07pm
Heston wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 5:21pm


Shoulda been a SMASH.
I don't know whether you are being sarcastic there Heston but I do like some of the live versions.

Cheers

Mike
No mate, I was totally serious lol. I actually think it could have been a bigger hit than This Is England with the right mix (ie. a louder Joe vocal). As much as we all dislike it now, that '1985' sound wasn't too different to what Dead Or Alive were having hits with at the time, and it is a very catchy song. This Is England is great but rather morose and not really a 'radio' song.

I do like the live versions of "Are You Red...y" as well, they really should have recorded it (and the rest of the album) like that.
Dead Or Alive weren't a patch on the Clash!!
Well of course mate haha. My point being they were having big hits like You Spin Me Right Round with a sound not so dissimilar to Are You Red...y.
You are being one eyed about this.

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When I joined Columbia House back in 85—practically a rite of passage back then—that Dead or Alive album was one of my first ten selections for a penny (not one of my preferred picks, but rounding out the ten). It was not good. A single and eight or nine b-sides.
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101Walterton wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 8:23pm
Heston wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 8:22pm
101Walterton wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 8:19pm
Heston wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 7:27pm
deny wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 7:07pm


I don't know whether you are being sarcastic there Heston but I do like some of the live versions.

Cheers

Mike
No mate, I was totally serious lol. I actually think it could have been a bigger hit than This Is England with the right mix (ie. a louder Joe vocal). As much as we all dislike it now, that '1985' sound wasn't too different to what Dead Or Alive were having hits with at the time, and it is a very catchy song. This Is England is great but rather morose and not really a 'radio' song.

I do like the live versions of "Are You Red...y" as well, they really should have recorded it (and the rest of the album) like that.
Dead Or Alive weren't a patch on the Clash!!
Well of course mate haha. My point being they were having big hits like You Spin Me Right Round with a sound not so dissimilar to Are You Red...y.
You are being one eyed about this.
Fuck, I searched for the pun as well. Forgot about the eye patch!
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
20 Aug 2018, 8:25pm
When I joined Columbia House back in 85—practically a rite of passage back then—that Dead or Alive album was one of my first ten selections for a penny (not one of my preferred picks, but rounding out the ten). It was not good. A single and eight or nine b-sides.
Oh God, they were shit. But contrast and compare these two songs and tell me Bernie's finger wasn't slightly on the pulse with CtC...



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