That smart girl wouldn't sign her name
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:11 (ten years ago) link
SMASH THE ROMANTIC TYRANTS
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:12 (ten years ago) link
Safe European Home and Tommy Gun were my #1 and #2. Also bummed to see Tommy Gun place so low.
P.S. Here's Sleater-Kinney covering it. Way better than you'd think for a one-off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfZ7w5PqWsI
― kaleb h. (Everything You Like Sucks), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:19 (ten years ago) link
joe didn't write junco partner
― fit and working again, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:19 (ten years ago) link
Not The Slits, then?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:20 (ten years ago) link
xpost I know, but there are loads of versions where you can add whatever you like to it. As did Joe...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:21 (ten years ago) link
Nah, that was a joke. I thought it'd be funny to make it impossible to find.
― kaleb h. (Everything You Like Sucks), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:22 (ten years ago) link
the "I would have pawned my sweet..." line is in james wayne's 1951 version.
― fit and working again, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:23 (ten years ago) link
"Gabriella" being the key ..
Anyways...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:26 (ten years ago) link
my 6, 9 and 10 have come up so far - hateful, card cheat and call up. i am officially concerned about 1 of the rest of my top 10.
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 23:45 (ten years ago) link
Realised I had the whole of side 1 of rope in my 30
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 00:15 (ten years ago) link
Is there a definitive Clash bio, or even a good one? I think I have the first edition of the Marcus Gray, but I've yet to read it.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 00:40 (ten years ago) link
I kinda like that there isn't one - all just different competing stories. Even VInce White's book is good as long as you're thumbing through it in a store (I wouldn't suggest buying it)
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 00:51 (ten years ago) link
Vince White's book is more an unflinching portrayal of alcoholism than a Clash biography as such. It's kinda great though.
― kaleb h. (Everything You Like Sucks), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 01:38 (ten years ago) link
Just checking this out for the first time. I guess we're experiencing a shortage of gimmick hungry yobs digging gold from rock n roll, because Death Or Glory is far, far too low.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 02:57 (ten years ago) link
"I'm So Bored" is the 2nd of my top 5 to show up (way too low). I love the punchy syncopated rhythm guitar on the verses, and the blare and roar of the chorus. Maybe my favorite punk song (or at least part of a foursome with "God Save the Queen," "Blitzkrieg Bop" and "Oh Bondage Up Yours").
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 03:04 (ten years ago) link
yeah it has that classic punk sneer and bop
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 03:06 (ten years ago) link
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, July 16, 2013
hey at least someone had the foresight to give it a #1 vote
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 03:38 (ten years ago) link
Death Or Glory was my 2. I can't say my #1 cause it hasn't come up yet, but it's a lock for the top 5 and is just so immense there was no way I couldn't put it at the top.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 03:44 (ten years ago) link
i didn't vote, so not complaining or anything, just noticing:
astonished and very very pleased that sandinista was #2 album. i always thought that album divided fans in a big way. astonished and a touch saddened that the debut album wasn't #1, but maybe the two versions split too many votes?
and i'm crying here over the terribly low ranking of the great mick moment "stay free."
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 04:49 (ten years ago) link
as I noted in voting thread, written by Joe for Mick
so bummed this poll didn't happen next year
(but great to see fcc popping up for it!)
― eau de feet (sic), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 05:43 (ten years ago) link
Xpost -- had no idea that was Pearl Jam until the end. I joined a friend's band onstage to cover it once. Great song and in my top 5. The echo on Mock's guitar there (and throughout combat rock) is a thing of beauty.
Surprise Armagideoj Time was not top ten. You know it would have made Joe's top ten!
― Marcus / Xgau - Whose Century? (broom air), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 06:24 (ten years ago) link
anyone read this?
https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1312046823l/804111.jpg
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 06:25 (ten years ago) link
Mick's (no disrespect meant)
Armagideon. Damn iPad. Stupid capital P autocorrect
― Marcus / Xgau - Whose Century? (broom air), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 06:26 (ten years ago) link
Riot of Our Own is a must-read, though I think only covers a couple of years.
Don Letts' documentary was surprisingly disappointing. He directed the punk and the dance/hip hop episodes of the WGBH history of rock and roll and they are really worth seeking out. But the Clash doc imo is a bit too safe.
― Marcus / Xgau - Whose Century? (broom air), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 06:29 (ten years ago) link
That book is great 'fun', and it had a lot to do with 'Return of the last gang in town' being much better. (Sorry, Josh)
― Mark G, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 06:40 (ten years ago) link
I think it's aged remarkably well. It's taken decades for me to come around on it, but whenever a track from it comes up on shuffle I end up listening to the rest of the album from that point. I wish more bands could be as confidently shambling as the Clash. I guess Exile On Main St. was an outlier album for a long-time too.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 08:53 (ten years ago) link
The lyrics are the big weak point for me. It sounds like it was put together in a hurry, which can be carried by a good groove and a great producer, but you can't paper over lyrics or tunes.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 08:55 (ten years ago) link
I think the lyrics are amazing.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 09:07 (ten years ago) link
Listening to it a lot over the past few weeks that's what has really stood out for me.
I'm kind of amazed by how excited I am about this poll. You all voted White Man #1 too, right?
― campreverb, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 11:51 (ten years ago) link
shh.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 12:39 (ten years ago) link
If both versions of the self-titled album were counted together, that'd be #1 and knock everything down a spot, remember (assuming that there weren't a ton of people who voted for both)
― king of steens (some dude), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 12:46 (ten years ago) link
I did not vote "White Man" #1, but I could have, and if it was today, I might have!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 13:50 (ten years ago) link
I didn't either, but I would be perfectly happy with it as a poll winner.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 14:14 (ten years ago) link
Outside the top 5 would be a travesty.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 14:16 (ten years ago) link
I can't claim to be unbiased (Clash fan and all), but I love the Letts documentary to pieces. It's got their warmest interviews, touches on everything I would, and has the momentum of their music. Julien Temple's Strummer doc is a perfect compliment. I saw that another doc screened in Minneapolis last year, but anything non-ironically titled the Rise and Fall of anything feels like bad news.
― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 14:21 (ten years ago) link
Bearing in my mind my poor track record of predicting poll results I'm going to say White Man #1, Train in Vain #2 and Guns of Brixton #3. A nice Joe/Mick/Paul Top 3.
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 15:04 (ten years ago) link
My guess would be "Complete Control," but I'm off on a lot of these too.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 15:08 (ten years ago) link
Complete Control was my #1, iirc. Didn't vote Train. Or Guns, I don't think!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 15:19 (ten years ago) link
We're taking it to the top, then.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 15:28 (ten years ago) link
My 100% track record of wrong predictions looks safe.
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 16:07 (ten years ago) link
All three of predicted top 3 are in my top 10, but Complete Control is my #1. TO THE TOP!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link
*DL's predicted top 3
I don't even know how this is being scored - songs with eight votes scoring near double the total of songs with fourteen votes makes me think this might all look a bit weird up top.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 16:37 (ten years ago) link
I downloaded a vinyl rip of "Sandinista!" that breaks the album down into side by side blocks. It is a better way to listen than the double-CD, by far!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 16:41 (ten years ago) link
20. Bankrobber/Robberdub - 399 pts - 21 votes - 1 #1
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7004/h92d.jpg
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 17:19 (ten years ago) link
19. Career Opportunities - 406 pts - 26 votes
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/6566/sewu.jpg
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 17:38 (ten years ago) link
Promising start to the top 20 so far.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 17:40 (ten years ago) link