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?

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.

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.

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.

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

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

I would really appreciate an up for this!

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

No problem :D

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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.

Muchos Grassy Arse Amigo!

I'm suprised no one has mentioned Train In Vain.

I have a soft spot for Rock the Casbah.

police and thieves.

This one is not high on my list. I think the original is better.

who's it by?

i'm also adding hate & war to my list.

Agreed

London Callin Of Coarse!!!

Ever since I watched The Future Is Unwritten i've been meaning to download Cut The Crap , just to see if it really is that bad.

Someone stop me :(

I like how they are a punk band that doesn't even play punk.

How punk is that.

It works surprisingly well for them considering punk sucks.

Oh dear are you bored tonight?

^ Twatted.

Why is twat the ultimate put down? love that word.

Did he post that after he got banned o.O?

Your Favourite Clash Song?
 

Apologies if this thread has appeared before but i've failed to find it. The Clash being my favourite Punk Band who i listen to probably Daily i'd be interested to hear your favourite tune and close runners from them :)

At the moment it would have to be Train in Vain for me, cannot get enough of it, closely followed by I'm not Down.

Hmm, this a tough question, but I gotta say 'Rudie Don't Fail' or 'Safe European Home'. Both are very good songs I think. But they have so many great ones.

"Stay Free" or "Clampdown" or "London's Burning."

My list could be totally different next week ... so many great songs.

Well some things you can explain away
But my heartaches in me till this day

"London Calling" (not very original, I know), followed by "Train In Vain" and "This Is Radio Clash."




* still mourning the passing of Joe Strummer *

Me too
Always liked the arcade machine noises
And the chorus..
Ivan meets
G.
I.
Joe

This Is England from Cut The Crap. Lousy album but fookin' great song.

The Magnificent Seven.

White Man at Hammersmith Palais, Clash City Rockers, Magnificent Seven, Midnight To Stevens and Clampdown would all make my short list. Probably give the edge to White Man for essentially giving birth to a whole sub genre of punk.

guns of brixton

The Card Cheat, probably.

White riot I wanna riot white riot a riot of my own.

1 - Straight To Hell
2 - Police On My Back
3 - This Is England (A shining moment from an otherwise flawed album)
4 - This Is Radio Clash (Don't know why, but it's powerful to me)
5 - Clampdown
6 - Guns of Brixton
7 - London Calling
8 - Janie Jones
9 - The Magnificent Seven
10 - I Fought the Law