Guessing "Midnight Log" won't make it :-(
― Uncle Cyril O'Boogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:41 (ten years ago) link
don' stop..
SEVEN!
― Mark G, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:41 (ten years ago) link
loooove the version on From Here to Eternity.
Ha, that version -- or, more accurately, Chimes' playing on it -- actually makes me angry. He removed Topper's swing and replaced it with plod.
― Esperanto, why don't you come to your senses? (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:41 (ten years ago) link
police on my back was my #1, it's everything the clash were about
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:41 (ten years ago) link
I thought that was IFTL― Mark G, Wednesday, July 17, 2013 3:35 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Mark G, Wednesday, July 17, 2013 3:35 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Nah, they picked that one up off a jukebox at bar near a studio.
― Uncle Cyril O'Boogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:42 (ten years ago) link
fair enough
― Mark G, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:43 (ten years ago) link
huh i never rated funkified clash that highly, tho i like it. i even love overpowered by funk with futura. whoever wrote that they just kept piling more shit on top with it is otm (at least i think someone wrote that around here).
― a hand, palming an ilx face forever (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:43 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXJxYNUoJKs
― Uncle Cyril O'Boogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:43 (ten years ago) link
Pretty clear what's left in store here, but the order may be a surprise.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:44 (ten years ago) link
I have forgotten all of them on purpose.
(except one)
― Mark G, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:46 (ten years ago) link
First time I've ever heard the original--excellent. Had the Clash #2.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:47 (ten years ago) link
7. Rudie Can't Fail - 564 pts - 28 votes - 2 #1
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/6285/hrd5.jpg
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:48 (ten years ago) link
Gah! My no.1
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:50 (ten years ago) link
Total jam.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:50 (ten years ago) link
What a track, it's as good as rock gets, so many hooks
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:51 (ten years ago) link
So many nutty vocal/lyrical asides in this.
― Esperanto, why don't you come to your senses? (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:52 (ten years ago) link
no way is the Clash "I Fought The Law" better than the Bobby Fuller version
― crüt, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:52 (ten years ago) link
I thought I was alone about RDF.
Then you people and your Grosse Pointe Blank discovered it.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:53 (ten years ago) link
When I was in high school I entered some Daughters of Democracy contest or something, because I knew there was an open slot so I was guaranteed to win something. And I wrote a boilerplate speech about democracy and patriotism and sent in a tape of myself reciting it. And I made sure to have, for some reason, "Rudie Can't Fail" playing faintly in the background. I came in second. Won $50.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:55 (ten years ago) link
magnificent
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:56 (ten years ago) link
i think i had this 4th but it could easily have been higher. joyous.
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:57 (ten years ago) link
Topper is brilliant on this again, switching between beats, and those little double-snares before each verse and chorus are a lovely touch
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:58 (ten years ago) link
Is it just coincidence that both The Clash and The Specials had Rudi(e) songs?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rude_boy
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 20:59 (ten years ago) link
6. Train in Vain - 568 pts - 27 votes - 2 #1
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3228/ukv9.jpg
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:00 (ten years ago) link
confession: first version I hears was Annie Lennox's.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:00 (ten years ago) link
Ouch.
― The Butthurt Locker (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:00 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcs3iEhWX3c
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:01 (ten years ago) link
I like Dwight's version.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:02 (ten years ago) link
yeah me too, i only heard it recently but i was pleasantly surprised
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:03 (ten years ago) link
Was talking about the fad for hidden tracks on CDs the other day, and how they are mostly rubbish. Clash 'hide' a track on vinyl and it is an absolute gem
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:04 (ten years ago) link
Someone recently posted a link to their review of Train In Vain, presumably somewhere on the voting thread. I liked the piece, I forgot to say.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:05 (ten years ago) link
love the sound of the bass
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:05 (ten years ago) link
I like that Lennox version! Never heard that, and dig that she didn't switch the gender.
― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:06 (ten years ago) link
I'll rep for Lennox's covers of "No More 'I Love You's'" and "Waiting in Vain" off of the same album, but her "Train in Vain" cover is just...yuck!
― The Butthurt Locker (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:07 (ten years ago) link
Also, with 5 slots to go, I can only think of 2 sure things. Weird...
I can think of 4.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:08 (ten years ago) link
Wait, 3...
― The Butthurt Locker (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:08 (ten years ago) link
I think I have to shed a tear here for my #s 1, 4 & 7.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:09 (ten years ago) link
Xpost Clash didn't hide "Train in Vain," it was added after the art was done!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:10 (ten years ago) link
Would "Train in Vain" be considered a hidden track? I was under the impression it was written and recorded in a few days after the London Calling sessions had ended, and the artwork had already gone to the printers so they couldn't add it on.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:10 (ten years ago) link
whoops xpost
I'll rep for Lennox's covers of "No More 'I Love You's'" and "Waiting in Vain" off of the same album,
and "Something So Right."
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:11 (ten years ago) link
Aw, Police on my Back was my #2.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:11 (ten years ago) link
5. Safe European Home - 658 pts - 29 votes - 3 #1
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/2474/ejd9.jpg
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:11 (ten years ago) link
too low
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:12 (ten years ago) link
Starting to think Protex Blue might not make it.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:12 (ten years ago) link
BOOOOOOOOOO
TOO LOW
Y'All SUCK
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:13 (ten years ago) link
the only one to fall where I ranked it thus far.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:13 (ten years ago) link
(was my number 1)
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:14 (ten years ago) link