The Official Clash & Joe Strummer Thread

[CombatRock]

Yea, The Clash have huge accents. And I thought it was pretty awesome in Westway when they show about 30 seconds of a performance of the Guns of Brixton and Joe is playing the bass.

yeap thats my fav part. of the whole movie..and the part were it shows a clip of them playing "whats my name"

[CombatRock]

we're all losers cuz we can't help but post in here so the thread will never die.

:upset: but i love this thread and i can't let it die.

what's your favorite quote by joe, mick, paul, topper?or even the ermm...guy with the lamborghini


"at micks nans flat, mick was showing me a G chord that changed to an A chord,but after hours of complete fustration on are parts we decided to pick up a bass cos it was easier and had 4 strings"-paul

[Coma_Girl]

yeap thats my fav part. of the whole movie..and the part were it shows a clip of them playing "whats my name"
my favorite live part is when you saw them play complete control and the crowd sing C-O-N COOONTROOOL.and everybody seems to have a lot of fun and the crowd sing along.
or when you see joe do this strange guitar move when he sings "i dont trust you..so why should ya trust me HUUUUUH?all over town the news spread fast..."

[CombatRock]

haha yea , i know what part your talking about when throws his guitar across his body and does a cool face...classy

[guns_of_brixton]

yeap thats my fav part. of the whole movie..and the part were it shows a clip of them playing "whats my name"

During "Whats my Name," doesn't Joe turn to the camera near the end of the clip and shout "**** off!." Or was that another song?

[guns_of_brixton]

"I didn't want the role of being Entwhistle or Bill Wyman, stuck in the background. That's too depressing and if that was what I'd been offered with The Clash I would've turned it down. Maybe that's the nature of the job, or has been in the past; the bass player as the one that held the fort, so to speak, along with the drummer, letting every body else go lunatic. But y'know- why can't we all be lunatics?"- Paul

[SlappedByTheClash]

"I didn't want the role of being Entwhistle or Bill Wyman, stuck in the background. That's too depressing and if that was what I'd been offered with The Clash I would've turned it down. Maybe that's the nature of the job, or has been in the past; the bass player as the one that held the fort, so to speak, along with the drummer, letting every body else go lunatic. But y'know- why can't we all be lunatics?"- Paul


That was in a bass mag I bought that had the 50 greatest punk bass lines in it. London Calling got 3rd. That guy was a hack though, he didn't know anything about Punk.

[WorryRocker921]

ooo I love playing London Calling on bass. It's a great song all around.

[SlappedByTheClash]

It's so easy and catchy too, I could play it for hours.

[guns_of_brixton]

Yea, I think some Rancid song got number 1. And he was an idiot because

the Guns of Brixton> Magnificent 7> Police and Theives> London Calling> every other Punk song.

[WorryRocker921]

I'm surprised that Paul didn't know how to play bass when he joined the band...I think he's bass lines are pretty cool.

[guns_of_brixton]

I play guitar and Paul inspired me to play bass as well. Paul= awesome

[SlappedByTheClash]

Yea, I think some Rancid song got number 1. And he was an idiot because

the Guns of Brixton> Magnificent 7> Police and Theives> London Calling> every other Punk song.


The Stranglers got #2, and the song was 3 f'ucking notes.


And they had Anarchy In The UK on there, which I learned to play on bass when I was seven.

[WorryRocker921]

I haven't been playing bass for to long...I want to convince my band to cover "should i stay or should I go" but they don't seem to interested.....I love playing that song.

[guns_of_brixton]

I'm surprised that Paul didn't know how to play bass when he joined the band...I think he's bass lines are pretty cool.

Yea, bassists with five times more talent that him can't come up with basslines half as good as Paul's.

[guns_of_brixton]

The Stranglers got #2, and the song was 3 f'ucking notes.


And they had Anarchy In The UK on there, which I learned to play on bass when I was seven.

I could play it on guitar when I was eleven. And you can hardly hear the bass in that song.

[SlappedByTheClash]

Yea, bassists with five times more talent that him can't come up with basslines half as good as Paul's.


Note: Like the bassist in Pink FLoyd, who for all of his "genius" can't write a bassline that extends beyond backing root notes.


I hate how classic rock is lorded over Punk, claiming they have more musical ability, but in reality they never use it except to create boring 132142 minute long "jams" that have no relevance in furthering the progress of music.


F'ucking homos. :angry:

[WorryRocker921]

Playing the root notes gets boring geez. Only good bassists can come up with funky stuff.

Thats why I suck!

[guns_of_brixton]

Note: Like the bassist in Pink FLoyd, who for all of his "genius" can't write a bassline that extends beyond backing root notes.


I hate how classic rock is lorded over Punk, claiming they have more musical ability, but in reality they never use it except to create boring 132142 minute long "jams" that have no relevance in furthering the progress of music.


F'ucking homos. :angry:

I couldn't have said it better myself :thumb:. Classic rock bands might have been much better musicians than punk bands, but their music isn't nearly as rellevant.

[TheNowhereman42]

Note: Like Pink FLoyd, who for all of their "genius" can't write a song that extends beyond abstract psuedo-spiritual lyrics and boring backing stuff, then throw in the occasional good solo.

I do like Bicycle though, but that was with their old singer, who was literally insane.

[SlappedByTheClash]

The only bassist that I really can stand from a "Classic Rock Band" was JPJ, because the line to Ramble On is f'ucking insane.(He played that crazy line with one finger!)


But other than that, Dog poo>Led Zeppelin

[TheNowhereman42]

nah, I love the Zep

[WorryRocker921]

Wow. Listening to London Calling right now. I wanna get up and grab my bass and play it but I'm to lazy to take it out of the bag....

[guns_of_brixton]

The only bassist that I really can stand from a "Classic Rock Band" was JPJ, because the line to Ramble On is f'ucking insane.(He played that crazy line with one finger!)


But other than that, Dog poo>Led Zeppelin

I also like What is and What Should Never be.

[sketchyjoe]

I'm surprised that Paul didn't know how to play bass when he joined the band...I think he's bass lines are pretty cool.
Paul brought a lot of the reggae influence to the band. When he wrote Guns Of Brixton he wanted it to be a punk song but he wasn't good enough to make it sound how he wanted so it came out more reggae.

[TheNowhereman42]

The Specials tried to write Reggae songs but it was too hard, so they wrote ska instead.

thank god for lack of talent eh boys?

[CombatRock]

i havnt listen to much of the speicals..exept that song they worked with the clash on

[TheNowhereman42]

whaaaaaaaaaaaaa? which one was that?

[CombatRock]

rudy ska

[sketchyjoe]

That song is okay.

[Forest_Fire]

3/4 of the specials songs you can name are probably covers.

that makes me sad, but they're still amazing

[sketchyjoe]

Little Bitch
Ghost Town
A Message To You Rudy
Free Nelson Mandela
Too Much Too Young
Blank Expression
Too Hot

I make that 3/7.

[Forest_Fire]

:(

::mumbles incoherently::


but the point was, i remember seeing a post in this forum a whilke back with all the specials covers, and it was a lot. most of the songs i liked were covers

[TheNowhereman42]

Little Bitch
Ghost Town
A Message To You Rudy
Free Nelson Mandela
Too Much Too Young
Blank Expression
Too Hot
Night Klub

I make that 2/8 :-p

[TheNowhereman42]

which for all you math savvy, is 1/4

oh btw, Coma_Girl, I was wrong about Redemtion Song, I was tihnkging of something else. The Cash/Strummer duet is great

[CombatRock]

johnny cash and joe did a duet?

[SlappedByTheClash]

Yes, they did.



And I think the world stopped and cheered when they finished their song.

[Forest_Fire]

ive never heard it. :(

i feel so ashamed

[guns_of_brixton]

Yea, its weird how whoever covers Redemption Song always dies. Anyways, its an amazing cover.

[CombatRock]

what song did joe and johnny do together

[guns_of_brixton]

Redemtion Song

[dropkickstreetpunk]

Yea, its weird how whoever covers Redemption Song always dies. Anyways, its an amazing cover.
everyone dies.

[SlappedByTheClash]

But Redemption Song singers die early deaths.



And it saddens me, for I have covered that song many a time. :upset:

[CombatRock]

RIP steve

[AIRIC]

Wow, I heard that cover like..saturday on the radio. Blew my f'ucking mind. It was amazing.

[guns_of_brixton]

But Redemption Song singers die early deaths.



And it saddens me, for I have covered that song many a time. :upset:

We'll miss you Steve :upset:.

[TheNowhereman42]

is the one from streetcore just Joe, or is it with Cash as well? I just heard it on the Cash box set.

[CombatRock]

wow i just downloaded cash,strummers duet..i loooooooove it, im going to show my dad it cos my dad hates strummer/clash, but loves cash..maybe he will repect joe after he hears this song

[guns_of_brixton]

is the one from streetcore just Joe, or is it with Cash as well? I just heard it on the Cash box set.

The one on Streetcore is just Joe.

[TheNowhereman42]

yeah, I just heard it, I don't like it as much

[guns_of_brixton]

I like them both.

[CombatRock]

me, i personlly like redemption song when its just joe

joes version>bobs version>joe and johnny verison

[guns_of_brixton]

Yea, its just a great song.

[Coma_Girl]

wow i just downloaded cash,strummers duet..i loooooooove it, im going to show my dad it cos my dad hates strummer/clash, but loves cash..maybe he will repect joe after he hears this song
that's how i got my father to listen to the mescaleros for the first time and he asked me to burn him a copy of my streetcore cd. :thumb: He doesnt hate Joe anymore

[Coma_Girl]

which for all you math savvy, is 1/4

oh btw, Coma_Girl, I was wrong about Redemtion Song, I was tihnkging of something else. The Cash/Strummer duet is great
ahhhhh steve! :lol: you know I'm always right!

[El_Shiznit]

ahhhhh steve! :lol: you know I'm always right!
You won bitch. Now go make your acceptance speech. That's way more important than some whats-his-face from that one band.

[Coma_Girl]

You won bitch. Now go make your acceptance speech. That's way more important than some whats-his-face from that one band.
i won? :confused:

EDIT: WOOOO.awesome!I won something!

[El_Shiznit]

Look on the first page.

[TheNowhereman42]

ahhhhh steve! :lol: you know I'm always right!

steve?

[TheNowhereman42]

Bob with band > Bob w/o band > Strummer/Cash > Joe

they're all really great though

[SlappedByTheClash]

steve?


Me llamo Steven.

[sketchyjoe]

:(

::mumbles incoherently::


but the point was, i remember seeing a post in this forum a whilke back with all the specials covers, and it was a lot. most of the songs i liked were covers
I made that post:

Original Artist *Interpretation of
Gangsters* Prince Buster Al Capone
Message to you Rudy Dandy Livingstone
Too Much Too Young* Lloyd Charmers Birth Control
Guns of Navarone Skatalites
Longshot Kick the Bucket Pioneers
Liquidator Harry J Allstars
Skinhead Moonstomp Symarip
Maggies Farm Bob Dylan
Do The Dog Rufus Thomas The Dog
Too Hot Prince Buster
Monkey Man Toots & The Maytals
Stupid Marriage* Prince Buster Judge Dread
You’re Wondering Now Andy and Joey with The Skatalites
Enjoy Yourself Various inc Prince Buster and Doris Day
Sock it to ‘em JB Rex Garvin and The Mighty Cravers

[WorryRocker921]

yessss Spanish Bombs just came on the radio and me and my mom were dancing to it. haha

[skateMASTERbater2]

oh dear

[WorryRocker921]

yeah it was getting werid she asked me "oh is this Green Day?" I said...no deffenitly The Clash....

[Coma_Girl]

once i stopped in front of a bar, and rock the casbah was playing...so me and my friends stay there and danced...and looked really stupid.but it was fun.


the only song of the clash i heard on the radio was magnificent 7 and it was a long time ago.i didnt even know it was a clash song back then.but i knew it was joe's voice, so when i came back home, i dwled it.

[CombatRock]

i have never heard a clash song on the radio before, expet for XM radio

[guns_of_brixton]

once i stopped in front of a bar, and rock the casbah was playing...so me and my friends stay there and danced...and looked really stupid.but it was fun.


the only song of the clash i heard on the radio was magnificent 7 and it was a long time ago.i didnt even know it was a clash song back then.but i knew it was joe's voice, so when i came back home, i dwled it.

I've heard Rock the Casbah, Train in Vain, London Calling, Should I Stay or Should I Go, and surprisingly, Police and Theives on th radio.

[WorryRocker921]

Yeah I heard Train In Vain once to. It surprised me considering most radio stations around here are rap or country.

[CDR_Cool]

Should I Stay or Should I Go was on The Rugrats Go Wild. it made me laugh. alot. then cry. a little. I hear that on the radio alot, and Train in Vain

[guns_of_brixton]

THe radio station here plays it like at least once a week.

[guns_of_brixton]

Should I Stay or Should I Go was on The Rugrats Go Wild. it made me laugh. alot. then cry. a little. I hear that on the radio alot, and Train in Vain

I really almost did cry when I saw the preview. I bet Joe was rolling in his grave.

[CDR_Cool]

hehe I can imagine Joe popping out his grave to feed on the brains of the living. I should go make a movie about that. Joe Strummer Versus The Wild Thornberrys

[Coma_Girl]

i hate when people make joe roll in his grave.it makes me sick. :upset: stupid people who ruin his work!awwww!

[Forest_Fire]

:upset:


this is depressing now

[Coma_Girl]

let's make it less depressing.

"Looord, there's gonna set the car on fire"
:lol:

[CombatRock]

Jimmy’s outside but you can’t take him back for the drama of design
They hit him in the back and see the long arm dropped over the school cuisines
They say now back and hands facing the sidewalk as they slowly click on

the very beginning of clampdown...the part nonoe can understand...well there you go

[Coma_Girl]

where did you find it? :amaze:
i love you

[CombatRock]

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Clampdown-lyrics-The-Clash/999326BD3DA58C3C482568AB002D4481

[Jessizzle]

I wonder if you 3-4 will ever run out of Joe Strummer things to talk about.

[sketchyjoe]

I doubt it.

[CombatRock]

I wonder if you 3-4 will ever run out of Joe Strummer things to talk about.

somone will close this thread before we run out of things to talk about







2,000 post

[Forest_Fire]

yay cr*b

I dont think any of them will ever get tired of talking about joe. i only peek in every once and a while, and this thread is hella awesome

[Jessizzle]

Its Cool, but i have little to contruibute. well, almost none.

[HiP-h0p |\|4zi]

what kind of guitar did strummer use

[CombatRock]

fender telecaster, i think he had 2..a both black, one with a rosewood fretboard, and another with a maple

paul simonon used a rickenbacker early on but hated so went on to use a white/black fender with a maple fretboard,,which is the famous one he smashed, he also used a white/black fender with a rosewooed fretboard
and in the video for "the call up" and " london calling" he can be seen usign what looks liek an ibanez hollow body bass..paul got his fender basses from CBS


mick jones used a gibson lespaul..cherry sunburst, and he also had a moroon looking one, he had a yellow double cut away along with a red one..and in one video he was using a all black fender stratocaster

i dont no what drums topper used though

[HiP-h0p |\|4zi]

How about Amps, or effects

[Forest_Fire]

awesome information.


im pretty sure paul played with the tone all the way down, but thats all i know about their performance notes

[Coma_Girl]

woah travis.i didnt know all that!except for the joe part.


and for those who are interested, i have some translation problems with my mescaleros profil. :upset:

[guns_of_brixton]

I wonder if you 3-4 will ever run out of Joe Strummer things to talk about.

never

[guns_of_brixton]

fender telecaster, i think he had 2..a both black, one with a rosewood fretboard, and another with a maple

paul simonon used a rickenbacker early on but hated so went on to use a white/black fender with a maple fretboard,,which is the famous one he smashed, he also used a white/black fender with a rosewooed fretboard
and in the video for "the call up" and " london calling" he can be seen usign what looks liek an ibanez hollow body bass..paul got his fender basses from CBS


mick jones used a gibson lespaul..cherry sunburst, and he also had a moroon looking one, he had a yellow double cut away along with a red one..and in one video he was using a all black fender stratocaster

i dont no what drums topper used though

Just too add a little info, Paul like the P-Bass because it felt more like a weapon, and the Rickenbacker was too flat.

And thanks for finding the beginning of Clampdown, rep+ if I can, even though I probably can't.

[guns_of_brixton]

How about Amps, or effects

I remeber reading it somewher but I'm not quite sure where. I'll try and dig it up.

[Coma_Girl]

Paul like the P-Bass because it felt more like a weapon
i was pretty sure someone would say that :p i dont know why, but i noticed that when we get into paul's bass subject, someone say that

[guns_of_brixton]

Yea it always comes up. And Paul wanted to put 4 legs on the Rickenbacker and make it into a table.

[Forest_Fire]

hmmm... thats always a solution for what to do with my squier. :upset:

[HiP-h0p |\|4zi]

hmmm... thats always a solution for what to do with my squier. :upset:
You could just get New pick-ups OR amp

[CombatRock]

How about Amps, or effects


i know paul hated his bass trebly, he liked it bassy...with some mids in... he also used a calliegen kruger amp..im preety sure about that

joe and mick didnt use pedals that much..just clean or with distortion and maybe some reverb...i dont no what amp mick used, but in a video he was using some amp called "boogie" and joe used a fender amp

[Coma_Girl]

Yea it always comes up. And Paul wanted to put 4 legs on the Rickenbacker and make it into a table.
:lol:thats awesome

[CombatRock]

some more usefull info about the clash gear is

paul hated his bass being all nice, he would always beat it up and throw it around on stage..on his bass he smashed in new york that bass had his name painted, pressure painted on it, a checker board painted on and paint splants on the pick gaurd

and on another one of his basses he painted the headstock black and had a sticker on it

micks gutiars were always clean and no paint oin it, expet one les paul he had , he put a sticker on it

and everybody knows joe with his tele..aged bytime and with a bunch of stickers

[AdictAddict]

interesting

[Forest_Fire]

my bass has tons of scratches on it becuase i just leave it laying around. i want to get a bass like pauls; its sounds so good.

[Coma_Girl]

and everybody knows joe with his tele..aged bytime and with a bunch of stickers
it makes me kinda saad to think about his guitar.it was such a cool guitar.he used it so many years...he must miss his guitar now :upset:

[guns_of_brixton]

You guys probably know this, but Paul had 2 Fender basses, a good-sounding one and a bad one. The one he smashed in NY (london calling cover) was the good one, and he regretted it for years.

[guns_of_brixton]

it makes me kinda saad to think about his guitar.it was such a cool guitar.he used it so many years...he must miss his guitar now :upset:

I'm sure he's got it with him, wherever he is :).

[WorryRocker921]

yeah he migt regreat it...but it made for a kick *** picture that people remember them by.

[TheNowhereman42]

anyone got streetcore on slsk?

[TheNowhereman42]

wasn't there a funny story about how Joe got the 100-odd dollars for his guitar?

[Coma_Girl]

I'm sure he's got it with him, wherever he is :).
i'm crying now.it's not even sad.i'm so gay

[Coma_Girl]

wasn't there a funny story about how Joe got the 100-odd dollars for his guitar?
i heard that today on some website.i'll try to find it

[guns_of_brixton]

i'm crying now.it's not even sad.i'm so gay

Its ok *offers shoulder to cry on*

[Coma_Girl]

anyone got streetcore on slsk?
no but i have it on a cd :D

[Coma_Girl]

Its ok *offers shoulder to cry on*
:upset: thanks

[CombatRock]

You guys probably know this, but Paul had 2 Fender basses, a good-sounding one and a bad one. The one he smashed in NY (london calling cover) was the good one, and he regretted it for years.
yea why he liked the one he smashed so much is it was a heavier model and more expenisve model,but the basses CBS gave im were cheap and light weight

[TheNowhereman42]

Yeah I randomly saw a Joe Strummer thing on Biography or some other channel.

There was some story about it.

[CombatRock]

story about waht?

[guns_of_brixton]

http://www.geocities.com/jendave/art_down_beat_12_82.html

I found an article if you guys are interested. Somewhere in there it talks about their equipment.

[guns_of_brixton]

I had no idea Paul used a frettless bass, or at least he did whent this interview was done.

[CombatRock]

no no, thats false, i know paul never used a fretless, for one, his bass lines dont even sound like they were used by a fretless

[Coma_Girl]

i was looking for the guitar thing tom asked, but i found this instead on the same website.
http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1446683/08152001/strummer_joe.jhtml

it's really ****ing awesome.go read it.

[TheNowhereman42]

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[guns_of_brixton]

no no, thats false, i know paul never used a fretless, for one, his bass lines dont even sound like they were used by a fretless

Yea, on London Calling you can hear the rumble of the frets when Paul slides up the neck of the bass.

[TheNowhereman42]

i was looking for the guitar thing tom asked, but i found this instead on the same website.
http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1446683/08152001/strummer_joe.jhtml

it's really ****ing awesome.go read it.

theres a link on that page to the guitar thing

[guns_of_brixton]

i was looking for the guitar thing tom asked, but i found this instead on the same website.
http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1446683/08152001/strummer_joe.jhtml

it's really ****ing awesome.go read it.

This is probably one of last interview Joe did before he died :upset:.

[CombatRock]

aaawwww..the last question was sad...:(

[Coma_Girl]

maybe...he didnt get the chance to do interviews for streetcore :upset:

[CombatRock]

what did somone say about getting a guitar for a 100 dollars or somthing like that

[guns_of_brixton]

Was the telecaster that Joe used the original guitar that he started playing on?

[CombatRock]

no at the beginning of the clash he had a hollowbody guitar, prolbey some gibson hollowbody, and it was a big guitar

[Coma_Girl]

Was the telecaster that Joe used the original guitar that he started playing on?
i don't know.i think his first guitar was white.

GoB..what's your name?i forgot it:upset:

[CombatRock]

alex, i think?

[Coma_Girl]

i'm mad right now.some bastard from his family sold his car on ebay saying things like:
the car in the exact condition in which he left it, this includes a pair of his signature sunglasses, a flashlight and a half-smoked packet of his favorite Rothmans cigarettes!! The car has a carpet dash cover which Joe put in himself, three bumper stickers Joe stuck on, and a small dent on the rear quarter panel which Joe put on himself too!!
and
other incredible Joe Strummer personal memorabilia (with lots of signatures) including his actual California Drivers License, two AAA cards, English voting card, the written portion of his driving test, a whole bunch of receipts and records for his ’55 Cadillac and even a speeding ticket he picked up in Santa Barbara.
what a ****ing bastard.i can't stand it for some reasons...no respect. :angry: i dont think joe would be happy to see that.

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/donwhistance/theclash/Thunderbird.htm

[HiP-h0p |\|4zi]

Actually, Joe maybe would of bougth a better car by now

[Coma_Girl]

he loved old stuff.he loved his car.

edit: and i dont think he would be happy to know that someone sold his drivers liscence and everything for a lot of money.it's so stupid.the money didnt even went to strummerville.

[guns_of_brixton]

no, I'm Sean :).

[HiP-h0p |\|4zi]

he loved old stuff.he loved his car.

edit: and i dont think he would be happy to know that someone sold his drivers liscence and everything for a lot of money.it's so stupid.the money didnt even went to strummerville.
Just hope the new owner will treat in like strummer, sorry to go off topic but what time is where you live coma

[guns_of_brixton]

he loved old stuff.he loved his car.

edit: and i dont think he would be happy to know that someone sold his drivers liscence and everything for a lot of money.it's so stupid.the money didnt even went to strummerville.

I bet Joe would hit that guy on the head with his guitar :).

[Coma_Girl]

Just hope the new owner will treat in like strummer, sorry to go off topic but what time is where you live coma
9:51 pm

[HiP-h0p |\|4zi]

9:51 pm
Hmmm its 9:43 pm where I live

[Coma_Girl]

I bet Joe would hit that guy on the head with his guitar :).
:lol: joe wasn't mean.i think... :confused:
i dont know this story about joe hitting a guy with his tele.
the only stories like that i've heard are sid vicious hitting people with his bass.

[HiP-h0p |\|4zi]

I bet Joe would hit that guy on the head with his guitar :).
lol!

Did you know there a secert compartment in that car use to suggle drugs?

[Coma_Girl]

Hmmm its 9:43 pm where I live
oh well, my computer is ****ed up.it's 9:43 then.it's just the minutes that are not at the right time.

edit:are you serious about that drugs thing in his car?

[HiP-h0p |\|4zi]

:lol: joe wasn't mean.i think... :confused:
i dont know this story about joe hitting a guy with his tele.
the only stories like that i've heard are sid vicious hitting people with his bass.
Of course sid did him couln't play it so what do you do when you can't play you hit people to take out your anger

[guns_of_brixton]

lol!

Did you know there a secert compartment in that car use to suggle drugs?

:lol: did joe use it?

[HiP-h0p |\|4zi]

:lol: did joe use it?
When new owner finds out he might have some aged hash on his hands

[guns_of_brixton]

:lol: joe wasn't mean.i think... :confused:
i dont know this story about joe hitting a guy with his tele.
the only stories like that i've heard are sid vicious hitting people with his bass.

I wouldn't mind hitting Sid Vicious with his bass, but that's off the point.

[guns_of_brixton]

When new owner finds out he might have some aged hash on his hands

:lol:

[CombatRock]

:lol: joe wasn't mean.i think... :confused:
i dont know this story about joe hitting a guy with his tele.
the only stories like that i've heard are sid vicious hitting people with his bass.
you dont know the story

well at a gig in germany...the crowd really sucked and it was a bad gig, and i think it the a fan did somthing to mick (im not sure about this part) but the fan did somthing bad then out of anger/fustration joe hit the kid upside the head with a tele

[HiP-h0p |\|4zi]

you dont know the story

well at a gig in germany...the crowd really sucked and it was a bad gig, and i think it the a fan did somthing to mick (im not sure about this part) but the fan did somthing bad then out of anger/fustration joe hit the kid upside the head with a tele
Holy Christ! That must of hurt I know I hit my self in the head a couple times with my fender squier and it hurt like a bitch, only this sounds x10 more hurtful

[CombatRock]

the kids diserved it for messing with the clash though

but now the guy gets to be ffamous for being the guy joe hit in the head with a guitar

[guns_of_brixton]

For some reason that story makes me think of Joe talking about wanting to punch Mick and then run for it when he first saw Mick and Paul.

[CombatRock]

are you talking about the first practice with the band?

[guns_of_brixton]

No, the part in Westway when Joe was talking about when he first saw them.

[Coma_Girl]

well at a gig in germany...
in the song midnight jam on streetcore joe says:
"name every jail in germany, i've been there while touring with the band" or something along those lines.

he died before he finished the vocals for this song, so there's no lyrics, just parts of joe talking that they took in the radio show he used to host (London Calling).The song starts with "this is london calling..calling...calling".The echo is really cool.

[CombatRock]

i need to get me a mescaleros cd!!

[guns_of_brixton]

Since this is my 666th post, I'd like to comment on how evil Terry Chimes (Lamborghini guy :evil: ) is. Good night, and long live the Strummer thread!

[Coma_Girl]

For some reason that story makes me think of Joe talking about wanting to punch Mick and then run for it when he first saw Mick and Paul.
when i listen to westway with the french subtitles, it says (the traslation of what it says in french):
"and yeah...i thought i'd punch joe first...'" instead of "..mick first.." and it's joe talking...

[Coma_Girl]

Since this is my 666th post, I'd like to comment on how evil Terry Chimes (Lamborghini guy :evil: ) is. Good night, and long live the Strummer thread!
:lol: :lol:
from now, we should call terry chimes 'the lamborghini guy'.
heeey.i first started to call him that way.woooo! :cool:
good night sean!

[CombatRock]

whats everyones fav instrumentilist (sp) in the clash

mine would be paul....i llllllllooooovvveee his basssss llliinnes

[Coma_Girl]

it's because you're a bass player :cool: but yeah, the bass is awesome

honestly, my favorite part in the clash is the lyrics. (must be cause i'm a writer heh?)

they were all good at their instruments.topper was a really good drummer.mick an awesome guitarist and paul and awesome bass player.joe's voice is the greatest and same for his lyrics.

[TheNowhereman42]

I wouldn't nessecarily call them good talent wise, just writing wise.

Bit like The Beatles, none of their stuff was hard technically, just really well written

[CombatRock]

yea..difficutly dosent mean a thing if it doesnt sound good..

i love topper when he is playing the clampdown live on dvd..when joe gets up and stands next to the drums..its such a cool beat

[SantaDuJuan]

whats everyones fav instrumentilist (sp) in the clash

mine would be paul....i llllllllooooovvveee his basssss llliinnes


Percussion you fool.


Listen to Lovers Rock and Revolution Rock. Best second percussion I have heard in a while.

[CombatRock]

what? ^^

[white_riot]

there is a Joe Strummer biograpghy on the biography channel in the Uk on March 3rd and 4th.

[CombatRock]

would it show in america to, or just the uk

[WorryRocker921]

Geez American sucks. We need to get some of those UK channels :(

[white_riot]

well i live in australia and they are not showing it here which sucks and i dont think they are showing it there either

[CombatRock]

then how do you know about this?

[guns_of_brixton]

My favorit instumentalist in the Clash was Paul. Paul rules :D.

[white_riot]

i was on punk77.co.uk and went to their forums and there was a thread about it.
this has info about it
http://www.visionofahomeland.com/45964.html

[WorryRocker921]

Well I think they all were great instumentalists but I love Paul the best simply because I'm a bassist myself. I also love all of the lyrics of Joe and Mick. Oh, they just rock at everything.

[Forest_Fire]

Paul ****ing rules.

:: plays Brand New Cadillac bass line ::

[WorryRocker921]

I play that song all the time I think it botheres the guys in my band.

[Forest_Fire]

haha. but its soooo cool and fun.

[CombatRock]

im not much into that song...rudi cant fail has a sweet bass line in it

[guns_of_brixton]

Brand New Cadillac guitar part> Brand New Cadillac bassline, but both are great. Has anyone heard the original, which I believe is by Vince Taylor.

[CombatRock]

nope..infact i have never heard of vince taylor

[Forest_Fire]

according to windows media player, it was indeed composed by vince taylor

[CombatRock]

cool, wonder what the orginal version sounds like?

[Forest_Fire]

i dont't know, i looked up the clash on allmusic, and under the "performed music by" section there was his name, so i clicked on it. however, i didnt find a song named anything close to "Brand new Cadillac" and it didnt have any sound files for him anyway

[CombatRock]

ooh..they sure did allot of covers

brand new cadillac
pressure drop
armagideon time
pressure drop

what else?

[Forest_Fire]

hmmm...

i fought the law (duh)
police and theives
police on my back

thats all i can think of to add on to your list. i think black market clash some covers on it too

[CombatRock]

i didnt know police on my back was a cover...who did they cover it from

[Forest_Fire]

"Police on My Back" was written by Eddy Grant when he was leader of the Equals, a British group who fused rock, reggae, and soul rhythms; the band's sole international hit was the admirably eccentric groover "Baby Come Back," but the Clash picked up on one of the group's minor British hits, "Police on My Back," while recording their fourth album

thats what it says on allmusic

[CombatRock]

thanks allmusic

[Forest_Fire]

i dont know where i'd be without it

[Forest_Fire]

This is really bothering me, go to the link and the last song on there is called "Untitled". Im fairly sure ive heard it before, but i dont know what song it is or where ive heard it. any help?

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47819DE46A57E20E5A11C45C7A061F705D263 D3800D294D5DC89713068E027BFD6BD698A9B5A906B235ACE0 2DBB580FD3CFA257FDD66739378DEAB60045&sql=10:47d3vwrwa9uk

[TheNowhereman42]

perhaps the song acctually has no title, I know Oasis and Against Me! both have songs without names, Oasis has like 4 I think

[Forest_Fire]

i know, it just bothers me becuase i know ive heard that song before, but none of my clash albums have an "Untitled" song on there

[CombatRock]

yea, i have never heard of a clash song called untitled

[sketchyjoe]

It's probably not a music track.

[WorryRocker921]

Brand New Cadilliacs a cover...right?

[Forest_Fire]

i believe. it was compsed by vince taylor (see top of page)

[TheNowhereman42]

may have just been writeen by him but performed origionally by The Calsh

[SlappedByTheClash]

Nah, I'm sure Vince Taylor sang it first.

[TheNowhereman42]

never herad of him

[SlappedByTheClash]

I think he was some old 50's singer or some s'hit.


I really haven't bothered to look into it, so I wouldn't know.

[guns_of_brixton]

Somebody tried to tell me Wrong 'em Boyo was a cover, but I don't believe it is. And Bankrobber is also kind of a cover, but the Clash changed it alot.

[SlappedByTheClash]

Wrong Em' Boyo IS a cover unfortunately, I think Stagga Lee wrote it.


What a great song.

[guns_of_brixton]

Yea, I knew Bill Haley and the Comets did a song called Stagger Lee, which probably sounded nothing like the Clash's, seeing as first wave ska wasn't around in the 50's.

I have no idea why I posted that :confused:.

I think it was by a ska band though.

[CombatRock]

i never knew wrong em boyo was a cover, what else is a cover!

[Forest_Fire]

brand new cadillac
armagedeon time
pressure drop
i fought the law
police and theives
police on my back
wrong 'em boyo

i think thats our list so far

[CombatRock]

ooh..why were talking about covers...what are some good covers of clash sogns you have heard...i acctuly think theres a whole cd of clash covers

i know rage against the machine did a cover of clampdown. i would love to hear that

dkm-carrear opprotuines
dkm-white riot
dkm- guns of brixton(horrible cover)
311-white man in hammersmith palais

what else is there

[WorryRocker921]

green day did i fought the law...I guess that's sorta a cover of a cover so I don't know if that counts.

[Forest_Fire]

the dkm ones were the only ones i could think of. im looking into it though

[CombatRock]

i really dont like dkm versions..but no one can close to the clash

[Forest_Fire]

i dont like the guns of brixton cover. i was going to cover career oppritunities with my frineds for a school show, but it didn't work out.

i finally found another cover: Manic Street Preachers covered Train in Vain.

and it sucked a lot

[CombatRock]

i dont like clash's train in vain that much, to me its a boring song

[Forest_Fire]

i usually skip it if im thinking about it, but sometimes it comes up when i have it on shuffle, and im usually digging it by the end of the song

[CombatRock]

train in vain and lovers rock are my least fav. clash songs

[SantaDuJuan]

Lovers Rock is my favorite Clash song. F00ls!

[Forest_Fire]

yeah, lovers rock is kinda boring, but still kinda good too. i dont like The Street Parade and Stop the World.

[CombatRock]

does anyone own sandinista..i always wanted to get it but never have?

[Forest_Fire]

i dont have it... ive only heard negative things about it. except that it has a lot of tracks and they wanted the price to be cheap.


well, its a quarter past twelve. **** im tired. see you tomorrow joe strummer thread

[CombatRock]

im getting off too..later yall..i will make sure to bring this thread up from the 2nd page again

[IMONXTC]

they have a whole clash tribute cd with the bosstones (rudie cant fail), rancid (cheat), and crappy bands like no doubt. go on interpunk.com and look for it, it should be there.

the list of songs the clash covered:

Police and Thieves (junior murvin)
Brand New Cadillac (vince taylor? not sure of the guys name)
wrong 'em boyo (i think the clash wrote and added the stagger lee part though)
revolution rock (willie williams)
armagiddeon times (willie williams)
pressure drop (toots and the maytals)
i fought the law (his name escapes me)
junco partner (101ers cover...does that count?)
jail guitar doors (another 101ers song)
look here (very bad song)
Police on my Back (i forget)
time is tight (booker t and the MGs)

"the clash: the return of the last gang in town" by marcus gray...excellent book on the band

i hope ive been helpful

[guns_of_brixton]

I think the Indigo Girls (some crappy lesbian band) bid a cover of Clampdown and it was horrible. And I don't own Sandinista, but I plan on getting it sometime.

[IMONXTC]

decent songs from sandanista:

junco partner
up in heaven (not only here)
somebody got murdered
charlie dont surf
police on my back
something about england
corner soul
let's go crazy
one more time
the call up

then theres 'magnificent seven' if ur into that stuff, personally im not

[Forest_Fire]

magnificient seven is amazing.



/is a bassist

[CDR_Cool]

has anyone seen the music video for Redemption Song? I watched it last night, and it was cool. the song was recorded a few weeks before he died, and the video was made posthumously. the video centers around some people painting a mural of joe and putting flowers and candles and stuff under it. I saw a glimpse of lars frederiksen and tim armstrong too.

[guns_of_brixton]

I've heard/ downloaded nearly all of Sandinista, and I like pretty much all of it.

The Magnificent Seven is amazing, it show how well Joe could write.

/is not a bassist, but stole my brother's bass to play Magnificent Seven

[guns_of_brixton]

I refuse to let this thread fall off of the first page.

[Forest_Fire]

ill help with that when i can. where has coma girl been? she wins n00b of the omnth and then leaves for a while?

[WorryRocker921]

I like songs like Magnificent Seven and Rock the Cashbah but I'd prefer to listen to the ealier stuff. The video for Rock the Cashbah is kinda funny too.

Redemption song is great, but I've never seen the video. Sounds interesting though.

[sketchyjoe]

wrong 'em boyo (i think the clash wrote and added the stagger lee part though)
I've got the Rulers version on a Trojan Boxset (It's called Wrong Embryo) and The Clash covered it pretty faithfully. They didn't add anything.

[SantaDuJuan]

Thats good, I only wish they could done that with Pressure Drop.

[WorryRocker921]

Oh Wow....I just watched the video on Launch...deffently pulled on the heartstrings and made me very emotional. wow....

[SlappedByTheClash]

Police and Thieves (junior murvin)
Brand New Cadillac (vince taylor? not sure of the guys name)
wrong 'em boyo (i think the clash wrote and added the stagger lee part though)
revolution rock (willie williams)
armagiddeon times (willie williams)
pressure drop (toots and the maytals)
i fought the law (his name escapes me)
junco partner (101ers cover...does that count?)


These should all legally be Clash songs, because I think a lot of them are better than the original's, but that's just me talking.


Anyone hear that cover of Junco Partner on Give Em The Boot 4?


The Mescaleros did it live, it was great.

[sketchyjoe]

I prefer The Rulers version of Wrong Embryo but with the others The Clash did them better.

[Forest_Fire]

ive never heard the original Wrong em boyo

[SlappedByTheClash]

I prefer The Rulers version of Wrong Embryo but with the others The Clash did them better.


I've never heard that one.


D'amn, I need SLSK like whoa. :upset:

[guns_of_brixton]

Didn't the Clash even take the "start all over again" part from the original?

[sketchyjoe]

Yes.

[guns_of_brixton]

I remeber somebody posting that a few months ago, and I believe it was you.

[sketchyjoe]

Probably.

[EightMilesHigh]

I just bought Combat Rock today. Good stuff.

[SlappedByTheClash]

Know Your Rights!

[guns_of_brixton]

All 3 of 'em

[IMONXTC]

i actually like the maytals "pressure drop" better. for those of you who play GTA it's in San Andreas. i think i just played out the clash version.

[sketchyjoe]

Toots & The Maytals kick arse.

[Forest_Fire]

Toots & The Maytals kick arse.

amen. i saw them on SNL once. they played pressure drop i think

[Anxious]

finnaly got around to reading this profile. good stuff.

[IMONXTC]

I've got the Rulers version on a Trojan Boxset (It's called Wrong Embryo) and The Clash covered it pretty faithfully. They didn't add anything.

your absolutely right. my b.

my girlfriend cried during "titanic" and i was like, "why? i dont get it". we watched the redemtion song video (i think its still on ON DEMAND, so you should definately watch it). anyways, i let a tear or two out and she made fun of me. **** that ****.

[WorryRocker921]

my girlfriend cried during "titanic" and i was like, "why? i dont get it". we watched the redemtion song video (i think its still on ON DEMAND, so you should definately watch it). anyways, i let a tear or two out and she made fun of me. **** that ****.

Redemtion Song was sadder than than Titanic. Joe Strummer was a real, amazing, guy who died and leonoardo and his ugly face tried had some one night stand with a girl...and that's so sad they couldnt' be together.suuuure.

[guns_of_brixton]

Joe> Titanic

[SlappedByTheClash]

Joe> Titanic

123, but then again, Sid Vicious>Titanic



5 posts away from 1,000 posts.


One for the record books, fools.


I feel really cool. :cool:

[WorryRocker921]

I dunno, I just get more emotional hearing songs than watching romance movies. That's just me..

[guns_of_brixton]

123, but then again, Sid Vicious>Titanic



5 posts away from 1,000 posts.


One for the record books, fools.


I feel really cool. :cool:

Uncharted territory... 4 digits :thumb:

But Titanic>Terry Chimes AKA Lamborghini Guy

[Forest_Fire]

i feel left out... make the 1000th post telling me about lamborghini guy

[guns_of_brixton]

The Lamboghini Guy was Terry Chimes (or Crimes), the Clash's original drummer. He wasn't into the music, and was quoted saying that he was in the band so he could make some money and buy a Lamborghini. He was an arse, to say the least.