Favourite Clash track? (lyrics, bootleg, reggae, rock, tracks)

jackhammer · 10-10-2007, 04:29 PM

O.K It's not a poll, due to the sheer number of Clash tracks, but I know there may be a few gems I'm missing. So what is your fave Clash track? Mine is STRAIGHT TO HELL from COMBAT ROCK. It seems so effortless from them and one of their most languorous tracks; in a good way! HATEFUL is a close second. I love the lyrics too. They suggest to me a drug dealer that brings good and bad to the Clash set-up.

Your's?

cardboard adolescent · 10-10-2007, 04:44 PM

Police & Thieves, Janie Jones, Spanish Bombs, Death or Glory, I'm So Bored With the USA have all been my favorites at some point or another. At this point it's probably Rudie Can't Fail.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 10-10-2007, 04:44 PM

I tend to like the more reggae driven stuff they did , so stuff like Armagideon Time , Ghetto Defendant & Guns Of Brixton I play a lot.

They did a show mostly based on that kind of stuff at the Jamaica Music Festival in 1982 , easily my favourite Clash bootleg.

right-track · 10-10-2007, 04:52 PM

Probably English Civil War.
Best example of his fractured vocals.
Apart from that I can't think of any other reason why that track entered my head first.
Spanish Bombs was another.

sleepy jack · 10-10-2007, 04:54 PM

I've always liked their stuff like Train Vain and Lost in the Supermarket best. So one of those two probably.

ProggyMan · 10-10-2007, 08:16 PM

London Calling. I think it's their definitive song.

jackhammer · 10-11-2007, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I tend to like the more reggae driven stuff they did , so stuff like Armagideon Time , Ghetto Defendant & Guns Of Brixton I play a lot.

They did a show mostly based on that kind of stuff at the Jamaica Music Festival in 1982 , easily my favourite Clash bootleg.

I would really appreciate an up for this!

Piss Me Off · 10-11-2007, 01:21 PM

Obvious, but White Man In Hammersmith Palais. Those backing vocals still give me shivers.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 10-11-2007, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

I would really appreciate an up for this!

No problem

hxxp://www.megaupload.com/?d=XY4Q42FL
The Clash - Kingston 27.11.82

Tracklisting :

1. London Calling
2. Police On My Back
3. The Guns Of Brixton
4. The Magnificent Seven
5. Armagideon Time
6. The Magnificent Seven (Reprise)
7. Junco Partner
8. Spanish Bombs
9. One More Time
10. Train In Vain
11. Bankrobber
12. This Is Radio Clash
13. Clampdown
14. Should I Stay Or Should I Go
15. Rock The Casbah
16. Straight To Hell

It's a soundboard recording too so the quality is pretty good.

jackhammer · 10-11-2007, 03:13 PM

Muchos Grassy Arse Amigo!

10-10-2007, 04:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Favourite Clash track? O.K It's not a poll, due to the sheer number of Clash tracks, but I know there may be a few gems I'm missing. So what is your fave Clash track? Mine is STRAIGHT TO HELL from COMBAT ROCK. It seems so effortless from them and one of their most languorous tracks; in a good way! HATEFUL is a close second. I love the lyrics too. They suggest to me a drug dealer that brings good and bad to the Clash set-up. Your's? __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

10-10-2007, 04:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I tend to like the more reggae driven stuff they did , so stuff like Armagideon Time , Ghetto Defendant & Guns Of Brixton I play a lot. They did a show mostly based on that kind of stuff at the Jamaica Music Festival in 1982 , easily my favourite Clash bootleg. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

10-11-2007, 01:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,512	Obvious, but White Man In Hammersmith Palais. Those backing vocals still give me shivers. __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape

10-11-2007, 03:13 PM	#10 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Muchos Grassy Arse Amigo! __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

10-10-2007, 04:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	Police & Thieves, Janie Jones, Spanish Bombs, Death or Glory, I'm So Bored With the USA have all been my favorites at some point or another. At this point it's probably Rudie Can't Fail.

10-10-2007, 04:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	Probably English Civil War. Best example of his fractured vocals. Apart from that I can't think of any other reason why that track entered my head first. Spanish Bombs was another.

10-10-2007, 08:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	London Calling. I think it's their definitive song.