Joe Strummer R.I.P.

[vansmack]

14 years ago today.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqyN3-bpGug

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came up in my fb feed and was very sad
glad Kilsally isn't here to poop on this
As JS was the fuckin man and up there with the likes of Bowie and Prince IMO

[hutch]

hey tell us stories about seeing him live!


I had a friend who saw him with the Clash at GW....

[evilizac]

I was crushed when it happened, coming out of my littler Punk Rawk end of teenage years. . . Now, I'm nostalgic.  I rarely listen to the Clash or the Mescaleros (mostly just listen to NPR or Pandora), but have a soft spot for Strummer's mixing of political statement, art and style. I like to think he could have had a great late era career, especially with the right producer. Maybe I'll pull up some Mescaleros or Sandinista.

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TIL (thanks Hutch)...Feb 7th is  International Clash Day

DC council even approved it

This is anti-racist, anti-fear.
This is pro-solidarity, pro-unity, pro-inclusion. This is a public service announcement with GUITARS.

This is International Clash Day 2018, and all day long, all across the globe, we're celebrating music as a tool for social consciousness, and a band that made it sound so damn good.

[vansmack]

#neverforget

[evilizac]

Happy (in a way) to see this thread pop up. I'm at work and think I'll make a playlist of some Mescaleros and Clash.
I really enjoy(ed) Joe's delivery on his late era material. There was a mature sense of exasperation that to me felt warm and inviting while still questioning the state of the world and his, and as a listener our own, place in it.

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happy clash day
an a pox on your houses for slagging joe and co in the stuperbowl thread

[Relaxer]

I'm just finishing this. It's very good. Basically a 50/50 split between chronicling the great UK miners strike of the early 80s and the final years of the Clash. Almost the entirety of the Clash part focuses on the years after Mick Jones was booted out, and that's a period of the band I knew very little about. And this historical stuff is super interesting as well.

[challenged]

happy clash day
an a pox on your houses for slagging joe and co in the stuperbowl thread

thanks for the reminder; and yeah: no slagging Joe! I remember first hearing the Clash as probably a 13 year old. Definitely was world-changing.

[vansmack]

Never felt the need to defend my tastes in music.

I am who I am and I like who I like.

[Bagley]

thanks for the reminder; and yeah: no slagging Joe! I remember first hearing the Clash as probably a 13 year old. Definitely was world-changing.

Did you receive any Clash records as bar mitzvah gifts?   Or did your introduction to their music, in itself, constitute your entry in to manhood?

[Space Freely]

I was aware of the Clash in high school, but it was actually the first Big Audio Dynamite album, which came out when I was a college freshman, that was the one album that I can cite that most influenced my dive into "alternative" music.

[hutch]

Of course

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Big Audio Dynamite

Why won't Mick tour with them...I can understand not 'rehash clash' without joe...but BAD in 2011 did a few fest dates and dates in the UK...then no more
The 9-date tour was a commercial and critical success.
would LOVE to see BAD at the anthem