Ballot sent. Only voted for one set of the original & dub versions. Ditched a whole bunch of "hits"
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 8 July 2013 19:49 (ten years ago) link
Okay, that's 26 ballots in so far.
― Gukbe, Monday, 8 July 2013 19:50 (ten years ago) link
Okay, I lied and picked two songs and their dub counterparts. I love dub Clash!
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 8 July 2013 21:01 (ten years ago) link
so a propos of this thread I heard "I fought the law" on of all things sf drivetime radio a couple days ago. clearly summoned by this thread. still had just incredible stopping power. urgency, immediacy, all that cliche stuff. but and this is what makes the clash stand out wrt the punk/noise convo upthread this incredible clarity too.
and that's sandwiched between modern brickwalled-for-radio stuff. glad I haven't sent in a ballot yet bc this track clearly needs to be higher than I had it.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 8 July 2013 21:07 (ten years ago) link
Nobody forget to vote for:
Stay FreeOne More TimeWashington Bullets
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 July 2013 21:14 (ten years ago) link
I voted for one of those, and another was a one of my very last cuts.
― WilliamC, Monday, 8 July 2013 21:15 (ten years ago) link
I voted for one too.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 8 July 2013 21:16 (ten years ago) link
Two of them in my top ten so far, no worries.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 8 July 2013 21:30 (ten years ago) link
one of those songs is my no.2
― Old Boy In Network (Michael B), Monday, 8 July 2013 21:33 (ten years ago) link
sent my ballot!
― some dude, Monday, 8 July 2013 21:34 (ten years ago) link
mine too
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 July 2013 21:35 (ten years ago) link
I'm slightly bummed that I'm going to be out of town for a week and will be following the rollout in snatched moments during my Chicago trip.
― WilliamC, Monday, 8 July 2013 21:42 (ten years ago) link
I Fought The Law xp - totally agree that there's a mysterious power to that track. I was iirc the first to nominate for our 20th century poll and that was one of the first things that immediately leapt to mind - which I can't explain at all, it was never more than a ditty to me at that point.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 8 July 2013 21:51 (ten years ago) link
also obv the sweet percussion action on "robbing people with a - pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop - six gun" but yeah that alone doesn't explain what they drew out of that old chestnut.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 8 July 2013 21:58 (ten years ago) link
They give it oomph and danger? I love the original, but it is quaint.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 July 2013 22:18 (ten years ago) link
Washington Bullets would have made my list if we went to 40.
― The Butthurt Locker (cryptosicko), Monday, 8 July 2013 22:19 (ten years ago) link
hope i'm not the only one voting the shit out of Give'Em Enough Rope.
Gukbe, are you sending confirmation mails?
― g simmel, Monday, 8 July 2013 22:19 (ten years ago) link
i will be voting tonight :D
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 8 July 2013 22:24 (ten years ago) link
no you weren't!
xpost
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 July 2013 22:25 (ten years ago) link
I'll be doing it in the morning, promise
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 8 July 2013 22:25 (ten years ago) link
I'm a big believer in the Clash mythology, but I don't think Bobby Fuller is quaint. (Sorry if that's just semantic nitpicking.)
― timellison, Monday, 8 July 2013 22:49 (ten years ago) link
dude I'm still bummed that I can't even do a ballot due to travelling, let alone follow any of the rollout
― pink, fleshy, and gleeful (sic), Monday, 8 July 2013 23:31 (ten years ago) link
disco poll is going to be worse though
Bobby Fuller isn't quaint, per se. But the Clash version takes that song and pretty much owns it.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 00:00 (ten years ago) link
This is practically (for obvious reasons) Buddy Holly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPXnoLAEUSQ
Of course, Buddy Holly is one of the few acts I may love more than the Clash. Quaint ain't the same thing as bad!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 00:06 (ten years ago) link
― g simmel, Monday, July 8, 2013 10:19 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
I was but I've been slacking. i'll get on it.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 00:14 (ten years ago) link
btw I'm not sure when the rollout will commence. I put the deadline on a Tuesday night because of the holidays, but I loathe stopping a rollout on a weekend. I guess it'll come down to how fast I can tabulate the results, which I won't be able to get to until Wednesday afternoon (US Time).
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 00:18 (ten years ago) link
They pretty much OWN "Police on My Back" as well!
― timellison, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 00:41 (ten years ago) link
Sent!
― Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 01:16 (ten years ago) link
notable that when the Mescaleroes started, Joe was playing a huge amount of Clash songs and solo material in their sets -- but within a couple of years, he'd quietly dropped all Strummer/Jones originals and was only playing Mescaleroes stuff and covers that the Clash had done
― pink, fleshy, and gleeful (sic), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 01:31 (ten years ago) link
I want to say when I saw Strummer tour in I think 2001, he really only played a couple, like "London Calling" and "White Man in Hammersmith," Then at the end, he had the audience vote which one they wanted to hear a second time.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 03:10 (ten years ago) link
so glad I have until tomorrow, I have a bunch of songs but no real order yet
― sleeve, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 03:48 (ten years ago) link
They own all their covers in a way, but the Equals' "Police on My Back" is a thing of unsurpassed beauty.
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 04:52 (ten years ago) link
JiC - the show I saw had four encores and ended up with him doing a 1989 solo b-side acapella because they'd ran out of songs the band knew. But that was January 2000 and the band only existed from 1999-2002!
― how is "abebe" formed? (sic), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 05:18 (ten years ago) link
<3 Bobby Fuller's drummer, hunched over on the bottom bunk. He does the pop pop pop pop pop pop as well.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 09:03 (ten years ago) link
Guys, this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxcYa_6_HM8
It's a lot of things, quaint it aint!
― Mark G, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 09:14 (ten years ago) link
Voted. No sensible way to separate anything after about no.15 tbh. Normally that means the band have run out of gas - but not The Clash, they have so much good stuff.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 13:12 (ten years ago) link
Any failure by this poll to place Rudie Can't Fail in the top 10 will erode my faith in humanity.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 14:01 (ten years ago) link
Need someone for a savior?
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 15:26 (ten years ago) link
First I'll have to cure my temper.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 17:56 (ten years ago) link
voted!
― sleeve, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 20:02 (ten years ago) link
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 9 July 2013
cf Death or Glory imo. expect it'll tank in this poll due to antirockist bias but to my ear it's nothing short of a complete musical and spiritual triumph and kinda encapsulates everything i love about the band. it rocks, it rags, it rages and it's wise enough not to exclude itself from criticism. catalogs tyrannies of class and commerce on its way to a long hard look in the mirror at the subtle tyranny of narrative and the personal cost of punk mythmaking.
man... the bridge alone is better than a lot of bands ever get. gonna raise trouble, gonna raise hell, gonna fight you brother, gonna fight til you lose.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 20:36 (ten years ago) link
I really want to poll Overpowered By Funk vs The Crunge
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 20:36 (ten years ago) link
I really want I'm Not Down to be the big sleeper LC hit, but fear it'll be getting overlooked instead
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 20:38 (ten years ago) link
xpost i'm on a roll here hell just the intro even i mean come on. like muscles rippling under a tiger's skin, set to explode at any moment...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwzMuuGOsVI
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 20:38 (ten years ago) link
can't hear that second verse anymore without thinking of c0bian tbqh
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 20:39 (ten years ago) link
I think the idea is to not give away too much of what we voted for til the results start rolling out, but I will say that I had 11 LC tracks on my ballot.
― The Butthurt Locker (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 9 July 2013 20:39 (ten years ago) link
Me too! Pretty certain that comfortably outscores any other album in any of my previous ballots.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 20:41 (ten years ago) link
though Sandinista! did pretty well too
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 20:42 (ten years ago) link
I really tried to rein in the LC love too, but I know I was lying to myself. I also tried to excise some of their singles, 'til I realised that was just being stupid.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 20:44 (ten years ago) link