This is a CLASH POLL service announcement...WITH RESULTS!!!!!! ILX Artist Poll #41

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.

"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").

yeah it has that classic punk sneer and bop

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, Tuesday, July 16, 2013

hey at least someone had the foresight to give it a #1 vote

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.

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."

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!)

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!

anyone read this?

https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1312046823l/804111.jpg

Mick's (no disrespect meant)

Armagideon. Damn iPad. Stupid capital P autocorrect

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.

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)

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?

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.

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.

I think the lyrics are amazing.

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?

shh.

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)

I did not vote "White Man" #1, but I could have, and if it was today, I might have!

I didn't either, but I would be perfectly happy with it as a poll winner.

Outside the top 5 would be a travesty.

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.

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.

My guess would be "Complete Control," but I'm off on a lot of these too.

Complete Control was my #1, iirc. Didn't vote Train. Or Guns, I don't think!

We're taking it to the top, then.

My 100% track record of wrong predictions looks safe.

All three of predicted top 3 are in my top 10, but Complete Control is my #1. TO THE TOP!

*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.

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!

20. Bankrobber/Robberdub - 399 pts - 21 votes - 1 #1

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19. Career Opportunities - 406 pts - 26 votes

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Promising start to the top 20 so far.

Nice. I was never a huge fan of "Bankrobber" but it is widely beloved enough to be Top 20. "Career Opportunities, on the other hand, kicks ass and should be higher.

If there was one track that pushed me into liking dub, it was "Bankrobber". I love it.

Thought "Career Opportunities" might place higher.

"Bankrobber" was Top 5 for me, so glad it got a #1 vote. And since no one commented on it at the start of the thread....OMG @ that TOTP clip!

So far 14 of mine have placed.

And yeah I would have thought CO would have placed higher too. It was my #4.

Same here, including half of my top ten.

15 of mine have placed so far. CO wasn't in my top 10, but I assumed it was a lock for the top 10.

clash are one of those bands where there are 15-20 locks for the top 10 tho

Only two of my top 10 have placed - CO and I'm Not Down.

MY NUMBER ONE BETTER BE THE NUMBER ONE BECAUSE IT IS THE BEST SONG EVER PERIOD.

18. Rock the Casbah - 441 pts - 25 votes

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some big names being taken in the high teens

Cool. Does that include votes for "Mustapha Dance"?

and "Look Here."