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Originally Posted by jackhammer
Virtually every post I have read by yourself has endeared me to you, but this is just dumb. A certain sound? That is the whole point! what was their sound? It is closely linked the with the socio-political enviroment of the late 70's in the U.K and embracing it. The Clash could play PUNK, DUB, REGGAE, ROCKABILLY with ease becaused they were at ease playing it. That was the musical maelstrom at this time. British working class at this time was influenced by carribean music as much as rock.
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I don't have a problem with any of that; I was saying that they brought nothing
new to the world. Others would have been mixing things up in the same way but not getting so much exposure.
Regarding the 'certain sound' thing, I realise that they got a lot of variation into each album but when you ask the general public about the late 70s they'll generally think of songs like London Calling and others with a similar kind of energy.