[QUOTE=guns_of_brixton]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.[/QUOTE]

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

[QUOTE=Coma_Girl]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[/QUOTE]


"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

[QUOTE=combatrock*bass]yeap thats my fav part. of the whole movie..and the part were it shows a clip of them playing "whats my name"[/QUOTE]
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..."

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

[QUOTE=combatrock*bass]yeap thats my fav part. of the whole movie..and the part were it shows a clip of them playing "whats my name"[/QUOTE]

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

"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

[QUOTE=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[/QUOTE]


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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

[QUOTE=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.[/QUOTE]


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 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.

[QUOTE=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.[/QUOTE]

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

[QUOTE=SlappedByTheClash]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.[/QUOTE]

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

[QUOTE=guns_of_brixton]Yea, bassists with five times more talent that him can't come up with basslines half as good as Paul's.[/QUOTE]


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:

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

Thats why I suck!

[QUOTE=SlappedByTheClash]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:[/QUOTE]

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.

[QUOTE=SlappedByTheClash]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.[/QUOTE]

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

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

nah, I love the Zep

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....

[QUOTE=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[/QUOTE]

I also like What is and What Should Never be.

[QUOTE=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.[/QUOTE]
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.

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?

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

whaaaaaaaaaaaaa? which one was that?

rudy ska

That song is okay.