[Music] The Clash Appreciation Thread

[Return of the Rev]

Having packed all my cds away I have been left with one cassette (give em enough rope) been playing it non stop. Loved the clash saw them on Hastings pier, Crawley leisure centre, Brighton top rank, conference centre all great concerts and Joe Strummer Latino rockabilly etc at the dome. Fav band along with joy division.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Steve North posts on here and is a Clash nut. He wrote and toured with a play called Meeting Joe Strimmer which was a great watch.'

Did he work as a gardener?

 

[Albion my Albion]

https://www.youtube.com/thebigclash

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

As an aside I said I never saw The Clash, but I have seen all the components live:

Terry Chimes - drumming for post Hanoi Rocks band Cherry Bombz
Joe Strummer - solo.
Paul Simonon - Gorillaz, The Good The Bad The Queen
Mick Jones - half time tombola at Loftus Road. Gorillaz.

 

[pearl]

As an aside I said I never saw The Clash, but I have seen all the components live:

Terry Chimes - drumming for post Hanoi Rocks band Cherry Bombz
Joe Strummer - solo.
Paul Simonon - Gorillaz, The Good The Bad The Queen
Mick Jones - half time tombola at Loftus Road. Gorillaz.

 

[pearl]

My first memory of that day was Patrick Fitzgerald getting about 30 seconds into his gentle set then being hit square in the face by a can of lager thrown by some feral c*** skinhead down the front. Hated those low IQ Nazi scum then, hate them to this day. Pure trash.

You've lived down south a long time then, when did you leave Scotland? Out of interest .... (OK, I'm a nosey busy body)

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

You've lived down south a long time then, when did you leave Scotland? Out of interest .... (OK, I'm a nosey busy body)

1970ish. You know that famous line "they **** you up, your mum and dad". Mine did worse. They uprooted us to go and live in the ****ing Medway Towns. Sake!

 

[pearl]

1970ish. You know that famous line "they **** you up, your mum and dad". Mine did worse. They uprooted us to go and live in the ****ing Medway Towns. Sake!

Oh blimey! How sh*t. I sort of presumed you'd moved down for employment reasons

 

[neilbard]

Stay Free

 

[Garage_Doors]

Not even The Damned or Stiff Little Fingers? (or the Buzzcocks? Only kidding folks!)

Gotta admit they were really good and put on a great live show. Love "Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad".

Kid all you like, Buzzcocks were a lot better than the Clash in my opinion. Probably the best band i have ever seen live. and i have seen a lot over the last 40 years.

 

[Return of the Rev]

 

[studio150]

Released this day in 1977

 

[studio150]

Released this day in 1977



I was going to ask favourite track, but suspect most would just say the entire album

 

[Lower West Stander]

Card Cheat - one of my all time favourite songs....


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[wigman]

Absolutely loved them and was very fortunate to see them play live.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Thought I would bounce this thread just to share this photo.



Advertising a Clash exhibition on at The London Museum

 

[Screaming J]

First of my 5 Clash gigs was on that tour that Return of the Rev has posted a flyer of, in Cardiff Richard Hell was just about the loudest group I've EVER heard. The 3rd group on the bill was an all female French Punk Group called (from memory) The Lou's.

Also saw them at RaR at Vicky Park in Hackney.

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

48 Hours

 

[studio150]

Video footage of The Clash at Sussex University in 1977

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-clash-punk-perfection-sussex-university-1977/

 

[joydivisionovengloves]

Without doubt my favourite band of all time and London Calling is my fave album and probably the biggest cultural influence on the younger me.
They introduced me to new styles of music, references in songs have introduced films, actors, authors and politics.

I saw them twice, although the second time was the 'Cut The Crap 'version but they didn't disappoint and Strummer's gigs were always great.
I met Strummer in the old Virgin Records on Western Road the day of the Dome gig in the late 80's, he was signing copies of Earthquake Weather and the teenage me was so star struck
I was lucky last summer to spend a splendid half hour chatting and drinking coffee with Paul Simonon back stage at Glastonbury. I still grin my face off when I think about it. He was every thing you want a hero to be.
Even now in my 50's I still a fanboy !