Dustin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You ruined the mystery...............

well, this name doesnt exist in quebec.
that's my lame excuse for not remembering it :upset:

[QUOTE=GhettoBox]Joe Strummer is a hero to me as well. :) And I have had the pleasure of meeting him. (the ,escaleros)[/QUOTE]

C'mon, lets hear it!

[QUOTE=Coma_Girl]well, this name doesnt exist in quebec.
that's my lame excuse for not remembering it :upset:[/QUOTE]


My grandma told me Dustin is a french name!



But it's okay, she's really old and I don't believe a word she says

[QUOTE=Ska_Pirate]My grandma told me Dustin is a french name!



But it's okay, she's really old and I don't believe a word she says[/QUOTE]

:lol:

Old people know nothing.

Except Joe. He did. Although he wasn't exactly old.





*Tries to move thread back on course so it won't be closed

[QUOTE=Ska_Pirate]Except Joe. He did. Although he wasn't exactly old.





*Tries to move thread back on course so it won't be closed[/QUOTE]

True, but 50 isn't very old. And I'm listening to Death or Glory right now. Also, congrats on 100 posts in the thread. :thumb:

/does his best to help save the thread

they wouldnt close this thread if we got allitle of topic would they? you woudlnt want htat to happen though soo stay on track...

uh..joe strummer is cool

If it was closed, I'd beg them to re-open it.

Also, does anyone know what Ivan Meets G.I. Joe is about? Its avery strange song indeed.

[QUOTE=guns_of_brixton]:lol:

Old people know nothing.[/QUOTE]
wrong.they know everything...they just forget a lot.


I think Joe would have been awesome at politics.With Joe Strummer as a president, the world would be safe and (almost) perfect.have you ever thought about it?seriously. :amaze:

[QUOTE=Coma_Girl]wrong.they know everything...they just forget a lot.


I think Joe would have been awesome at politics.With Joe Strummer as a president, the world would be safe and (almost) perfect.have you ever thought about it?seriously. :amaze:[/QUOTE]

I'm not so sure. He said "If Karl Marx couldn't make the world a better place, how can 4 guitarists from London?" But you never know, Joe was a very humble guy.

Joe is too much of a "True" guy to be in politics. Nobody would like him, because he wouldn't be telling everyone want [I]they[/I] wanted to hear. I think he delevired his messages in the perfect way though

Yea, I think Joe was too true for politics. Complete Control might work well as a campaign song though :D.

EDIT: Holy crap, I've got 302 posts in here.

quick update on that:


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guns_of_brixton 302
Coma_Girl 286
combatrock*bass 218
SlappedByTheClash 136
Ska_Pirate 105
TheNowhereman42 103

Wow, I'm a Clash whore.

I'm not saying he would have liked being president, and that people (except us) would have voted for him, but he had great ideas.I've read something in a french magazine....The readers voted Joe as the artist they would have wanted for president.Joe answered with his 'electoral program' and it was really good.I need to find it and to scan it...I wonder if he ever realized he is so important to some people...maybe Sean is right...he was too humble to know it.or at least to know just how much he had an impact on younger generation

[QUOTE=guns_of_brixton]Wow, I'm a Clash whore.[/QUOTE]
:upset: you beat me.

True, I don't think any of the Clash knew how "big" they were until Joe died. I think White Riot posted a Topper quote about that.

yea..with out Joe i think they would just be another rock and roll band...i dont think Mick would have led the clash in the direction that Joe did

yeah your right , but Jones was a great bandleader who had great songwriting abilities. Mick was the tunesmith while Joe was mostly the heart and soul of the music that the clash made , a true rock rebel

I think the combination of Mick , Joe , Paul and Topper was magical and one in a million. Mick brought great musicianship and songcrafting , Joe brought his passion and heart to it , Paul brought diversity to the music because of his upbringings in brixton , Topper brought musicianship and diversity and precision to the table as well.

The sum of the Clash was much greater than the value of its parts.

without any of them the Clash would not be Clash , that definently includes Paul and Topper.

I wouldn't argue that Topper was an integral part of the group but he didn't play on 'The Clash' and that's a great album.


Oh, and someone claimed that Terry Chimes was one of the three guys who joined Joe and Paul on Cut The Crap and actually it they were Nick Sheppard, Vince White, and Pete Howard. Chimes was just a stand-in when Topper quit/was sacked.

[QUOTE=White Riot!]yeah your right , but Jones was a great bandleader who had great songwriting abilities. Mick was the tunesmith while Joe was mostly the heart and soul of the music that the clash made , a true rock rebel

I think the combination of Mick , Joe , Paul and Topper was magical and one in a million. Mick brought great musicianship and songcrafting , Joe brought his passion and heart to it , Paul brought diversity to the music because of his upbringings in brixton , Topper brought musicianship and diversity and precision to the table as well.

The sum of the Clash was much greater than the value of its parts.

without any of them the Clash would not be Clash , that definently includes Paul and Topper.[/QUOTE]

your very right...i mean without paul the clash would have little or no reggae influnce..which was a major part of the band

[QUOTE]The sum of the Clash was much greater than the value of its parts.[/QUOTE]

Right on, man.

And Paul was definetly a huge part of the Clash. On the first album his basslines were the only thing holding the music together, and like Travis said, gave them the reggae influence. And without Topper we wouldn't have Rock the Casbah or Revolution Rock for sure. And as far as drummiing abilities go, Topper>Chimes.

i didnt know topper wrote revolution rock

I don't think he wrote the words, just the music. And the percussion in that song is great.

That entire song is great. Why does no one talk about it much?

It was my favourite clash song at first

I think it might be the Clash's longest song. But agreed, its an amazing song, and I liked the laid back feel of it.

topper is preety good..i aboustly love the video of the clash when there playing "clampdown" life..and topper is doing some cool stuff near the end of the song

what a great song