The Clash Discography in covers
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The Clash Discography in covers
I'd like to start from the beginning with this crazy shit from 1993...
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Thank heavens you didn't start with Jimmy Pusey! How about Edwyn Collins' '1977' for the b-side?Heston wrote:I'd like to start from the beginning with this crazy shit from 1993...
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There is an absolutely awful version by Sham 69 that I very nearly posted.dave202 wrote:Thank heavens you didn't start with Jimmy Pusey! How about Edwyn Collins' '1977' for the b-side?
Ok, here's Edwyn...
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ps. any contributions to the thread are welcome but keep it chronological.
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I suppose Babyshambles & Friends is an obvious choice for Janie Jones.
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That's one of the few Clash covers I've heard that's actually quite good.Toppers Boppers wrote:I suppose Babyshambles & Friends is an obvious choice for Janie Jones.
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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I thought it was pretty bad myself. No Hoyston on this one.matedog wrote:That's one of the few Clash covers I've heard that's actually quite good.Toppers Boppers wrote:I suppose Babyshambles & Friends is an obvious choice for Janie Jones.
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Just seemed really spirited and fun. Which are good components for any song for me. (Note I am referring to the & Friends version).Heston wrote:I thought it was pretty bad myself. No Hoyston on this one.matedog wrote:That's one of the few Clash covers I've heard that's actually quite good.Toppers Boppers wrote:I suppose Babyshambles & Friends is an obvious choice for Janie Jones.
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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Really? I'm not sure what version is the 'with friends' version but the Babyshambles cover is great. If anything it is too true to the original.Heston wrote:I thought it was pretty bad myself. No Hoyston on this one.matedog wrote:That's one of the few Clash covers I've heard that's actually quite good.Toppers Boppers wrote:I suppose Babyshambles & Friends is an obvious choice for Janie Jones.
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I'll re-listen later but I remember being unimpressed at the time.101Walterton wrote:Really? I'm not sure what version is the 'with friends' version but the Babyshambles cover is great. If anything it is too true to the original.Heston wrote:I thought it was pretty bad myself. No Hoyston on this one.matedog wrote:That's one of the few Clash covers I've heard that's actually quite good.Toppers Boppers wrote:I suppose Babyshambles & Friends is an obvious choice for Janie Jones.
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Better check we are talking same version. Very true to the original and with a fresh sound, Pete's vocals suit the song.Heston wrote:I'll re-listen later but I remember being unimpressed at the time.101Walterton wrote:Really? I'm not sure what version is the 'with friends' version but the Babyshambles cover is great. If anything it is too true to the original.Heston wrote:I thought it was pretty bad myself. No Hoyston on this one.matedog wrote:That's one of the few Clash covers I've heard that's actually quite good.Toppers Boppers wrote:I suppose Babyshambles & Friends is an obvious choice for Janie Jones.
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Just parse the non-bigoted and non-whiny posts from nsc's long-disused account to filter out the 400 worst Clash covers of all-time and trim this list to just the ones that aren't the absolute antithesis of life-affirming.
Really, it kind of baffles me how few artists are able to pull off a competent Clash cover. Or make anything out of one in their own style. It's not like it's particularly sophisticated arranging, and The Clash always telegraphed their lifts from a mile away so it's all built on a foundation everyone's played before. I get that Joe's vocal style can be really hard to do do justice to, but this catalogue by all logic should serve up some great cover opportunities. After all the original band contributed a veritable murder's row of all-time great covers themselves done within in their playing range, so the original numbers ought to be similarly reworkable.
And yet, the results across-the-board skew so severely towards absolute blood vomit like Burning London.
Really, it kind of baffles me how few artists are able to pull off a competent Clash cover. Or make anything out of one in their own style. It's not like it's particularly sophisticated arranging, and The Clash always telegraphed their lifts from a mile away so it's all built on a foundation everyone's played before. I get that Joe's vocal style can be really hard to do do justice to, but this catalogue by all logic should serve up some great cover opportunities. After all the original band contributed a veritable murder's row of all-time great covers themselves done within in their playing range, so the original numbers ought to be similarly reworkable.
And yet, the results across-the-board skew so severely towards absolute blood vomit like Burning London.
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I have the actual single and there is a version that's just Pete that is good, but not quite as rambunctious as the & Friends version. This is the version I was referring to:101Walterton wrote:Better check we are talking same version. Very true to the original and with a fresh sound, Pete's vocals suit the song.Heston wrote:I'll re-listen later but I remember being unimpressed at the time.101Walterton wrote:Really? I'm not sure what version is the 'with friends' version but the Babyshambles cover is great. If anything it is too true to the original.Heston wrote:I thought it was pretty bad myself. No Hoyston on this one.matedog wrote: That's one of the few Clash covers I've heard that's actually quite good.
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Musically it's fine, I just don't like the vocals. Pete sounds like a simpleton at times, and a little bit German in places.matedog wrote:I have the actual single and there is a version that's just Pete that is good, but not quite as rambunctious as the & Friends version. This is the version I was referring to:
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Lost in the Supermarket with the Train in Vain drumbeat probably my favourite clash cover.
Lost in the Supermarket with the Train in Vain drumbeat probably my favourite clash cover.
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