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
I like that he's trying to nod to Motown but uggggggggggggggggh
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
I like the misguided romance and sonic clatter of "Hitsville" more than anything placing so far off the Cost of Living EP ("Groovy Times," "Gates of the West," "Capital Radio 2"), where they make fun of disco and Chic's "Good Times." That they embraced both on London Calling and Sandinista! (by way of "Rapper's Delight") a small span of months later is one more thing to love about them.
These graphics are awesome.
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 01:07 (ten years ago) link
Though I gotta clear this up: Is Joe screaming, "I'm the one that I want" at the end of "Capital Radio 2," 'cause that's hilarious.
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 01:08 (ten years ago) link
I've had 8 place so far, with "Car Jamming" in my top 5 and "The Prisoner" falling just outside my top 10. "Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad" is the song off Rope that most obviously points to London Calling -- the raucous New Orleans rhythm, the sense it was recorded at a shouty basement party.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 01:52 (ten years ago) link
yeah, going to read this thread now.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 01:53 (ten years ago) link
I didn't vote in this, but I'm enjoying the hell out of this thread; thanks for doing it guys.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 02:11 (ten years ago) link
I think for every song result so far I've lit up and went "I love this song!" Images are cool, too. It's easy to forget, because I hardly ever listen to them these days, but I love this band so fucking much.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 02:12 (ten years ago) link
xxxp i always assumed that's what he said
― sleepingsignal, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 02:12 (ten years ago) link
It's like good Mekons
So OTM.
This is a band I love so much I've almost by design not dug beneath the surface. LIke, I haven't learned the lyrics, or tracked down live shows, or looked for clips and stuff. I've lived with these albums for decades now, and they often still feel like the first time when I put them on.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 03:20 (ten years ago) link
yeah I'm the same way
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 03:24 (ten years ago) link
I really got into them in my late teens and read books/tracked bootlegs down etc (most of which I don't remember now). What's been really great these past few weeks is paying attention to the lyrics for the first time in so long. I don't think it clicked just how global Sandinista! (yeah, the name, i know i know) and, really, just how good they are.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 03:51 (ten years ago) link
I like how much of the Ramones I can hear in their first album now that I am listening to it with more ~context~
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 04:02 (ten years ago) link
yeah, 'janie jones' and 'career opportunities' in particular sound pretty ramones-y to me.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 04:42 (ten years ago) link
totally!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 04:53 (ten years ago) link
One thing that's neat about Sandinista is when there's a great song buried in the muck someplace. I forgot "Up In Heaven" and "Corner Soul" even existed until a couple years ago. I keep discovering things in that record. I still remember when Street Parade jumped out at me as being a great song. It just happened one day.
And Give 'Em Enough Rope got cheated, but Safe European Home is their best album opener and All The Young Punks is their best album closer. Wish all their albums sounded like it too. Production is great.
― kaleb h. (Everything You Like Sucks), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 05:04 (ten years ago) link
Rope gets short shrift for some reason and I've never really worked out why
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 05:16 (ten years ago) link
Give 'Em Enough Rope sounds fantastic blasting loudly in a bar.
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 05:21 (ten years ago) link
i want to go to that bar right now
i vote we move this poll to that bar & finish it there, all in favor
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 06:10 (ten years ago) link
aye
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 06:17 (ten years ago) link
are you guys still at the bar?!?
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 12:35 (ten years ago) link
Give 'em enough soap.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 12:39 (ten years ago) link
40. The Street Parade - 162 pts - 8 votes - 1 #1
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/972/9kpr.jpg
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 16:25 (ten years ago) link
39. The Right Profile - 168 pts - 8 votes - 2 #1
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/3664/9k82.jpg
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 16:45 (ten years ago) link
how much do I love that "the right profile" snagged two #1 votes? a lot. this is going to be a great rollout.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 16:52 (ten years ago) link
Glad to see "The Prisoner" yesterday; thought "This Is England" and "Garageland" might have finished higher.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 16:52 (ten years ago) link
38. Lose This Skin - 173 pts - 9 votes - 1 #1
http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/6804/a619.jpg
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 16:57 (ten years ago) link
A #1 vote for "Lose This Skin?!" I didn't even expect that anyone else would have it on their ballot!
― The Butthurt Locker (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:00 (ten years ago) link
Well liked in certain corners. I'm in that corner, obv.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:03 (ten years ago) link
i suspected there would be a good spread of #1s. this is great. right profile and street parade near misses for me.
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link
My highest rated Sandinista! track.
― The Butthurt Locker (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link
("Lose This Skin" that is)
― The Butthurt Locker (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:06 (ten years ago) link
"The Right Profile" was on my shortlist of things that didn't quite make the cut, but I love it to pieces. Especially the breakdown where the song is sort of falling apart the same way Monty is, but then Topper and the horns pull it all back together and lurch unsteadily toward the exit.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:07 (ten years ago) link
The "Lose This Skin" number one was mine. It's a fantastic song, very free and inspiring and the idea of the Clash being super awesome on a friend's song is very touching in a very Clash way to me.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:09 (ten years ago) link
37. Washington Bullets - 174 pts - 10 votes
http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/6392/1hut.jpg
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:12 (ten years ago) link
From Kosmo Vinyl's Clash on Broadway liner notes:
A long time after 'Washington Bullets' came out, I asked Joe if he'd known that there was a basketball team called the Washington Bullets, and he said that he didn't, and that if he'd known at the time he wrote it, he would have given the song a different title.
― The Butthurt Locker (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:15 (ten years ago) link
see now here's a case of Jones-Strummer harmonizing well
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:16 (ten years ago) link
― The Butthurt Locker (cryptosicko), Tuesday, July 16, 2013 12:00 PM (22 minutes ago)
― Gukbe, Tuesday, July 16, 2013 12:03 PM (19 minutes ago)
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, July 16, 2013 12:05 PM (17 minutes ago)
It wouldn't surprise me if the Clash get the highest # of different #1s of these artist polls. (Fewest -- probably Led Zeppelin?)
― WilliamC, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:27 (ten years ago) link
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, July 16, 2013 1:07 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It's got my favorite Joe noise: ughgg...ugghghgchhgyughbugh...grrrblblbrlbrlbrl
― Esperanto, why don't you come to your senses? (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link
otm
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:35 (ten years ago) link
36. Brand New Cadillac - 190 pts - 8 votes
http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/1371/00rl.jpg
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:36 (ten years ago) link
By the way, Gukbe, GREAT photos!
― Esperanto, why don't you come to your senses? (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:37 (ten years ago) link
Brand New Cadillac YESSSS
opening riff kills me
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:40 (ten years ago) link
Never one of my favorites, but appearing right after "London Calling" is brilliant because it lets in the fun/tradition/rock and roll after the uber-serious (and great in a very different way) lead cut.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who learned to play this very early on.
― Marcus / Xgau - Whose Century? (broom air), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:40 (ten years ago) link
Amazed at anything from LC only picking up eight votes
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:41 (ten years ago) link
xp hahaha, it was the first (or second) song I learned to play on guitar!
― Esperanto, why don't you come to your senses? (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:47 (ten years ago) link
I dropped "Brand New Cadillac" at the end and stuck with "Jimmy Jazz" instead. It's hard for me too separate them; side 1 of that LP 1 is a continuous epic jam in my head.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:48 (ten years ago) link
one of the best rockabilly performances of all time, that
― making plans for nyquil (outdoor_miner), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:48 (ten years ago) link