I had forgotten just how good The Clash are
28 November 2010, 12:47 AM
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You mean the RAF T shirt ? (Red Army Faction ) Whilst wearing T Shirts today supporting terrorism wouldn't be accepted The punk era was all part of not being accpeted and to get people to sit up and take notice and listen , Just like the "God Save the Queen" thing with the Pistols.
Same goes for the rest of his 'committed leftist activism'?
28 November 2010, 08:05 AM
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I disagree, they have dated terribly...the whole radical lefty political slant is irrelevant now and a bit embarrassing, a kind of adolescent lefty-politics of ignorance. Strummer wearing a T-shirt showing support for Baader-Meinhof etc etc. Cringeworthy. Pseudo-intellectual posers.
I hope your other persona you have told us about isn't a pseudo intellectual ******** like this one!!
28 November 2010, 05:21 PM
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28 November 2010, 10:54 PM
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Playing a guitar and parroting left wing slogans does not make one an intellectual or worthy of being listened to (except the music of course).
28 November 2010, 11:12 PM
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Tony, you're missing the point, as usual. Were you even around at the time this band were in their heyday? This band weren't a political party, they were a ROCK BAND. Angry at everything and looking for something to throw in the face of the establishment. Anything which politicises the thought of young people, which gets them to question, rebel, or do anything other than absorb regurgitated pap like x-factor and soap operas has to be respected and admired.
If you ever, ever in your pointless life do anything that approximates one millionth of the worth and influence of these four blokes, I'll be amazed.
If you ever, ever in your pointless life do anything that approximates one millionth of the worth and influence of these four blokes, I'll be amazed.
29 November 2010, 12:37 AM
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Tony, you're missing the point, as usual. Were you even around at the time this band were in their heyday? This band weren't a political party, they were a ROCK BAND. Angry at everything and looking for something to throw in the face of the establishment. Anything which politicises the thought of young people, which gets them to question, rebel, or do anything other than absorb regurgitated pap like x-factor and soap operas has to be respected and admired.
If you ever, ever in your pointless life do anything that approximates one millionth of the worth and influence of these four blokes, I'll be amazed.
If you ever, ever in your pointless life do anything that approximates one millionth of the worth and influence of these four blokes, I'll be amazed.
Marx reduced to a T-shirt...
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Just saw this on the BBC site, as former members are involved this might actually be quite interesting:
Clash album London Calling to spawn rock biopic
I remember being at school when London Calling was released and the whole punk movement was in full swing..... it made the staid middle classes somewhat uneasy and that included many of the teachers.... good times
All we need now is a Stranglers biopic. One of the world's most underrated bands IMO!
Clash album London Calling to spawn rock biopic
I remember being at school when London Calling was released and the whole punk movement was in full swing..... it made the staid middle classes somewhat uneasy and that included many of the teachers.... good times
All we need now is a Stranglers biopic. One of the world's most underrated bands IMO!
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If you see just one movie this year, see this one: Leonardo diCaprio IS Hugh Cornwell in "Whatever happened to the Heroes - a biopic-in-black"
Also starring: Jack Black as Jet Black, Jayden Smith as J.J. Burnel and Javier Bardem as Dave Greenfield
Also starring: Jack Black as Jet Black, Jayden Smith as J.J. Burnel and Javier Bardem as Dave Greenfield
04 December 2010, 01:41 PM
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Just saw this on the BBC site, as former members are involved this might actually be quite interesting:
Clash album London Calling to spawn rock biopic
I remember being at school when London Calling was released and the whole punk movement was in full swing..... it made the staid middle classes somewhat uneasy and that included many of the teachers.... good times
All we need now is a Stranglers biopic. One of the world's most underrated bands IMO!
Clash album London Calling to spawn rock biopic
I remember being at school when London Calling was released and the whole punk movement was in full swing..... it made the staid middle classes somewhat uneasy and that included many of the teachers.... good times
All we need now is a Stranglers biopic. One of the world's most underrated bands IMO!
The Stranglers were another band I loved in the late seventies and early eighties , I was always memorised by JJ's bass and to this day he still would be in my fantasy rock band as bass player. Caught them live as well as the Clash and I have to say was a more enjoyable concert than the Clash one , Cornwell interacted with the audience a lot more and at one point they got a punter on the stage took his trousers down and smacked his ****
" Down in the Sewer" live was just awesome 
Although I remember when I saw the Clash their popularity had waned and Strummer had disappeared to Paris just before the tour in a publicity stunt as tickets were not selling as well as previous tours.
These days though I listen to more Clash than Stranglers.
Is it me or do they just not make music like this any more ? I'm probably clouded in nostalgia but nothing "gets me " like this music ever did. Nirvana filled the gap once but that didn't last long , Really liked Sex on Fire by KOL but can take or leave the rest of the album , Even had a brief listen to ZZ Top again last week but now got bored with them, although Billy Gibbons does play some cracking licks.
04 December 2010, 08:00 PM
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They do still make music like this, but you have to search for it as most of the bands are probably unsigned and just out there gigging.
I suppose that's what you get due to the likes of various "talent" shows where the artists churn out karaoke rehashes, and can't play instruments or write their own songs.
Maybe one day real music will come to the fore again.
I suppose that's what you get due to the likes of various "talent" shows where the artists churn out karaoke rehashes, and can't play instruments or write their own songs.
Maybe one day real music will come to the fore again.
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