dougdeep
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The Clash?
- Thread starter Basil Fawlty
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NewtownRoad
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Stinky Kat said:
I was also at this concert assuming it is the tour when suicide were supporting. Not that they lasted very long on stage!
The Clash were brilliant and I don't think Hastings pier has ever been so hot.
KPTF
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The Combat Rock Brighton gig is up there with my top 3 gigs of all time and there's always a Clash cd in the car (albeit not Sandinista or Cut The Crap).
My kids absolutely love them & my eldest boy (10) wanted the 25 year anniversary London Calling cd for Christmas. Every time we get in the car, my youngest (4) wants Janie Jones on. There's something catchy about the tunes that appeals to the kids.
Personal faves are Safe European Home, Complete Control, Bankrobber & Stay Free. (The kids like the latter as well but that's because of the rude words!).
Having said that, I read Last Gang In Town a while back (supposedly written by a fan) and it made them out to be quite phoney, particularly in their early days. They were very opportunist and Punk happened at the right time for them (Strummer previously living like a hippy pre-101ers).
Musically, they definitely left their mark but I'm glad they split when they did otherwise they'd have ended up a supergroup like U2 and that would never have done!
My kids absolutely love them & my eldest boy (10) wanted the 25 year anniversary London Calling cd for Christmas. Every time we get in the car, my youngest (4) wants Janie Jones on. There's something catchy about the tunes that appeals to the kids.
Personal faves are Safe European Home, Complete Control, Bankrobber & Stay Free. (The kids like the latter as well but that's because of the rude words!).
Having said that, I read Last Gang In Town a while back (supposedly written by a fan) and it made them out to be quite phoney, particularly in their early days. They were very opportunist and Punk happened at the right time for them (Strummer previously living like a hippy pre-101ers).
Musically, they definitely left their mark but I'm glad they split when they did otherwise they'd have ended up a supergroup like U2 and that would never have done!
Braders
Abi Fletchers Gimpboy
great. 
simple as that really..
simple as that really..The Auditor
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NewtownRoad said:
and me
Stinky Kat
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I thought it was the slits supporting at that gig - did suicide open - I may have missed them due to my Mum making me do my homework or something
Deportivo Seagull
I should coco
Codner's Crackpipe said:
Same here, first album was class.
Pat McCrotch
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Too young to comment.
Deportivo Seagull
I should coco
Digweed said:Too young to comment.
you poor sod, being a teenager around '77 was f**king great ..
Pat McCrotch
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Deportivo Seagull said:
Being 5 in 1977 was quite good too.
Behind Enemy Lines
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KPTF said:
That gig at the Centre was absolutely brilliant. I'll never forget Joe Strummer walking on stage and saying " Ok Brighton, London's Calling" and then ripping into the song followed by Complete Control wasn't it?? Musical heaven. Nothing has ever come close since. What were your other top gigs then?
Trufflehound
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Deportivo Seagull said:Same here, first album was class.
First two are class. Give 'em Enough Rope just edges it for me on the strength of Safe European Home.
Trufflehound
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Deportivo Seagull said:
KPTF
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Sneaky George said:
Tremendous intro - none of this poncing about for 10 minutes with a moody noise building into a crescendo, dry ice, blah blah!
My other 2 were The Undertones at the Top Rank - played for about an hour & a half in total but loads more than that due to bomb scares - the absolute dog's in my eyes, and SLF (I think at the Suite again). Happy days!
Braders
Abi Fletchers Gimpboy
yet you are older than me,interesting...Digweed said:Too young to comment.