"the immigrants and remnants of all the glory years are huddled 'round the bar again for another round of beers. Little Richard's in the kitchen playing spoons and plates he's telling the waitress he's great"
― Gukbe, Monday, 15 July 2013 22:14 (ten years ago) link
lol JF. this band, the clash! they might be one of the best pure punk rock bands in the charts today. i love watching these guys play.
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 15 July 2013 22:19 (ten years ago) link
50. 1977 - 131 pts - 10 votes
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/3933/1prh.jpg
― Gukbe, Monday, 15 July 2013 22:23 (ten years ago) link
For anyone that loves "Gates of the west" : You have to track down "Ooh Baby Ooh (It's not over)"
― Mark G, Monday, 15 July 2013 22:26 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig9cibn4gY4
― Gukbe, Monday, 15 July 2013 22:28 (ten years ago) link
49. Groovy Times - 136 pts - 8 votes
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7950/uxoj.jpg
― Gukbe, Monday, 15 July 2013 22:31 (ten years ago) link
lool nice Grudenism, Spiralli :D
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 15 July 2013 22:32 (ten years ago) link
48. (TIE) Groovy Times - 136 pts - 8 votes
rather
― Gukbe, Monday, 15 July 2013 22:32 (ten years ago) link
TOOOOOO LOOWWWWWWWW
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 15 July 2013 22:32 (ten years ago) link
48. (TIE) Jimmy Jazz - 136 points - 8 votes
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/9072/7jig.jpg
― Gukbe, Monday, 15 July 2013 22:38 (ten years ago) link
Didn't vote for many of these, could have voted for all of these.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 15 July 2013 22:39 (ten years ago) link
47. Garageland - 138 pts - 9 votes
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7097/v40h.jpg
― Gukbe, Monday, 15 July 2013 22:43 (ten years ago) link
gotta love the lyric i read about at least a dozen times before i actually got to hear it sung:
NO ELVIS BEATLES OR THE ROLLING STONESIN 1977!!!!!
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 15 July 2013 22:44 (ten years ago) link
There was Elvis for most of 1977 tho...
― Uncle Cyril O'Boogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 15 July 2013 22:47 (ten years ago) link
Jimmy Jazz is so neat
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 15 July 2013 22:50 (ten years ago) link
46. Wrong 'Em Boyo - 140 pts - 10 votes
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8841/zdhn.jpg
― Gukbe, Monday, 15 July 2013 22:50 (ten years ago) link
gotta head out in a bit so i'm gonna move this along
― Gukbe, Monday, 15 July 2013 22:54 (ten years ago) link
is everything on london calling going to place then?
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 15 July 2013 22:54 (ten years ago) link
Jimmy Jazz! love love love. And Wrong em Boyo is fkn neat as hell
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 15 July 2013 22:55 (ten years ago) link
45. Charlie Don't Surf - 142 pts - 12 votes
http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/3021/lrbd.jpg
― Gukbe, Monday, 15 July 2013 22:55 (ten years ago) link
44. What's My Name - 145 pts - 10 votes
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― Gukbe, Monday, 15 July 2013 23:00 (ten years ago) link
'jimmy jazz' just barely made it onto my poll on the strength of strummer's wonderful vocal -- i love the moments where he doesn't even sound like he's singing words, just making random guttural noises.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 15 July 2013 23:06 (ten years ago) link
43. This is England - 148 pts - 10 votes
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― Gukbe, Monday, 15 July 2013 23:10 (ten years ago) link
^^^ in my top ten. As a last gasp it's glorious.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 July 2013 23:14 (ten years ago) link
I didn't vote for it but kinda regretting that now. Great stuff
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 15 July 2013 23:14 (ten years ago) link
Strummer surveying the wreckage of Thatcher's England over the synths that have invaded the marketplace -- and it doesn't sound reactionary. It's like good Mekons.
43. The Prisoner - 151 pts - 8 votes
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― Gukbe, Monday, 15 July 2013 23:17 (ten years ago) link
"Jimmy Jazz" was a late cut. Almost made it for being the first song played on their first Chicago show, with Mick sneering, "So, Chicago, this is the home of the blues, right?"
― Esperanto, why don't you come to your senses? (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 15 July 2013 23:17 (ten years ago) link
Last one for today...
― Gukbe, Monday, 15 July 2013 23:20 (ten years ago) link
41. Hitsville U.K. - 157 pts - 12 votes
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Nice! Thought this was one of my weird picks, so wasn't sure it'd place (though apparently it was a single).
― The Butthurt Locker (cryptosicko), Monday, 15 July 2013 23:26 (ten years ago) link
Hitsville UK is terrible! I like This Is England though.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 15 July 2013 23:28 (ten years ago) link
i have always been baffled by the appeal of hitsville uk
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 15 July 2013 23:30 (ten years ago) link
I gave Hitsville a big bump -- top 5 for me.
― WilliamC, Monday, 15 July 2013 23:42 (ten years ago) link
It didn't make my ballot, but I can definitely see the appeal. Probably the sweetest-sounding song they ever did.
― Esperanto, why don't you come to your senses? (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 15 July 2013 23:46 (ten years ago) link
First time I heard it was on the radio, and I didn't immediately recognize it as the Clash, but the drumming tipped me off. In addition to his many other talents, Topper had such a great and disctinctive sound on the kit.
― Esperanto, why don't you come to your senses? (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 15 July 2013 23:47 (ten years ago) link
Yes -- one of my favorite drummers of all time.
― WilliamC, Monday, 15 July 2013 23:54 (ten years ago) link
Hitsville's pretty yuk to me, I have a hard time listening very hard at all beyond just generally recoiling
Mick has this thing where the more he's involved in a song, the more he scrubs off all the stuff that makes you like the Clash and you're left with this sheeny stuff that *sort of* sounds like the Clash, that you kinda tolerate because aw it's Mick innit
I like that he's trying to nod to Motown but uggggggggggggggggh
Hitsville, it makes me nauseous
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 15 July 2013 23:55 (ten years ago) link
"Hitsville" is initially attractive but sounds rather coy, thanks to Ellen Foley's non-vocal and the arrangement.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 July 2013 23:57 (ten years ago) link
i'll cop to having hitsville at the bottom of my ballot. i just remember putting on sandinista and being amazed and appalled and then more amazed. like how did this band make this song and put it on this record. so, y'know, kudos for just not giving a fuck what anyone thinks. punk rock.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 00:15 (ten years ago) link
like, young rogermexico learned a valuable lesson that day about what it really means to be punk as fuck.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 00:16 (ten years ago) link
Isn't that exactly the kind of *people's vocal* that was prominent in the music they're praising in the song, though? I don't find it coy.
xp
― timellison, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 00:23 (ten years ago) link
but I can't praise it for its intentions
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 00:27 (ten years ago) link
I'll praise it for its execution, actually, which I think is fine. It's an aesthetic of charm in just regular humanity, I think.
― timellison, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 00:28 (ten years ago) link
I think my problem with "Hitsville" is it thinks good music can exist without "smarmy eels" and "slimy deals," and Foley's vocal is precisely what I don't want to hear on a hit.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 00:34 (ten years ago) link
And, you know, creativity over athletic gifts or accomplishments.
― timellison, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 00:35 (ten years ago) link
Foley's vocal makes the sentiment sound affectless, which is even more damaging. I don't know what Strummer would've done with the lyric tbh
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 00:35 (ten years ago) link
I love Hitsville, voted for it somewhere in the 20s. I think it's funny, and meant to be.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 00:40 (ten years ago) link
TS: "Hitsville UK" vs. "A Town Called Malice"
― Esperanto, why don't you come to your senses? (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 01:00 (ten years ago) link
TS: mouth vs marblemouth
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 01:04 (ten years ago) link