sleepy jack

Uh...how weren't the Clash experimental?

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ProggyMan

They were diverse, they dabbled into a lot of different styles, but they didn't really experiment.

=ladyface=

I don't think The Clash brought anything new to the world of music; they just made a certain sound more popular.

ProggyMan

I agree with my n00b.

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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sleepy jack

Yeah, its not like the Clash combined styles or were one of the first punk bands to play more then just punk.

There were bands before the Clash playing punk, there were bands after the Clash playing punk. If the Clash had never come around it's pretty safe to say punk would've still been a big deal in the late 70s it just would've lacked one of its greatest exports. Plus they had more than just one 'sound' as ProggyMan pointed out, so why he agrees with you I don't know.

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=ladyface=

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.

ProggyMan

I agree because you're just picking apart her/his words.

sleepy jack

I doubt it, most punk bands didn't have the balls to dabble in pop.

One of the biggest Clash songs is Should I Stay Or Should I Go, not very punky at all though most of Micks stuff wasn't. Rock the Casbah was also popular. If you ask people about the Clash, the album they'll remember is London Calling but I doubt it will be the song. I think most people remember the Clash for Should I Stay or Should I Go.

Why don't you add something or shut up? Thats what arguing is.

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=ladyface=

London Calling was their second best-selling single in this country so I'd still go for that, despite the success of that one. I think it helps that London Calling came first as well... the big spark leading to the peak in their popularity.