Best Clash song?

[Jack of Arcades]

I'm a pop junkie so I'm all over Train in Vain.

[CallMeIshmael]

Lost in the supermarket

[private joker]

Is it heresy to say their best song is a cover? "I Fought the Law" is seminal punk to me.

[InchoateHand]

Depends on mood. As unwilling as I am to mention it on this site, I've always had a soft spot for "The Card Cheat," if only because, well, because, its a [censored] awesome song.

I don't know why, but:

"
From the hundred year war to the crimea
With a lance and a musket and a roman spear
To all of the men who have stood with no fear
In the service of the king"

gets me every time.

To stay with LC, I'd add "Koka Kola" not for any political insights, but simply because I love the way
"In the gleaming corridors of the 51st floor
The money can be made if you really want some more" sets up a nice tight song.

Damn, neither of those are best song though.

I'm a sucker for "Up in Heaven" too, don't know why.

I like 'em all.

Actually, thats not true, but I like most of it most of the time.

[gorie]

my favorites are probably 48 hours and janie jones.
white riot is the one most likely to get stuck in my head.

[calmasahinducow]

My vote goes to Spanish Bombs

Today its "London Calling", tommorrow it might be
Clamp Down", the next day who knows?

[Tuco]

Best Clash song is like asking which is the worst Twisted Sister tune.

There are so many. Probably one of the five best bands of all time. My personal favorite is Guns of Brixton.

Side stoty: I saw a Pogues show where JS filled in after SM was kicked out of the band for being a drunk. JS was totally hammered and it still was one of the best live shows I ever saw.

Tuco.

[lighterjobs]

i'm in no position to say what the best song is but i like i fought the law and janie jones.

[istewart]

Death or Glory
Hate and War

Train in Vain is very good.

[nothumb]

This merits a serious response, so, my top five songs by The Clash are:

5 - London Calling
4 - I'm So Bored With the USA
3 - White Man in Hammersmith Palais
2 - Straight to Hell (live)
1 - Complete Control (live)

One and two are close to interchangable, and honorable mention goes to Career Opportunities, The Magnificent Seven, and Janie Jones.

NT

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Today its "London Calling", tommorrow it might be
Clamp Down", the next day who knows?

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I've played those two a million times and they're probably my two favorites.

Also a huge fan of Lost in the Supermarket and Death or Glory and Train in Vain and I Fought the Law.

Basically I used to listen to the London Calling album over and over again day after day.

[ClassicBob]

Am I the first to say Revolution Rock?

Does that make me lame?

[Hamish McBagpipe]

By each album I'll go...

The Clash - Clash City Rockers
Give em Enough Rope - Tommy Gun
London Calling - (If I have to pick one) Guns of Brixton
Sandanista! - Magnificent Seven
Combat Rock - Car Jamming/Ghetto Defendant in a tie.
Cut the Crap - This is England

[fnord_too]

Gorie did this not too long ago.

If I had to pick one, right now, it would probably be "Safe European Home". I could see myself picking "Lost in a Supermarket," "Spanish Bombs," Somebody Got Murdered," "Stay Free," "I Fought the Law," and probably a dozen others five minutes from now.

[Eurotrash]

Jack, you won't think this is kosher, but I like Rock the Casbah


edit: in fact, I know you really hate it.

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Jack, you won't think this is kosher, but I like Rock the Casbah


edit: in fact, I know you really hate it.

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So do I. Screw the hate.

[TheBlueMonster]

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"Lost in a Supermarket," "Spanish Bombs,"

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and "White Man..." from the self titled album.

[sfer]

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This merits a serious response, so, my top five songs by The Clash are:

5 - London Calling
4 - I'm So Bored With the USA
3 - White Man in Hammersmith Palais
2 - Straight to Hell (live)
1 - Complete Control (live)

One and two are close to interchangable, and honorable mention goes to Career Opportunities, The Magnificent Seven, and Janie Jones.

NT

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That's a damn fine list and 1 & 2 are near perfect bookends. Sing in tune you bastards.

[istewart]

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"Lost in a Supermarket," "Spanish Bombs,"

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and "White Man..." from the U.S. self titled album, which is much, much worse than the UK version .

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FYP

[Hamish McBagpipe]

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I like Rock the Casbah

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Great song with great indecipherable lyrics. One of the best early videos with the armadillo. I also believe that the version you hear on the radio now or on newer CD releases is different from the original. There is a "sonic" effect on "the jet pilots wailed" part that isn't on the first releases but I can't find a reference to the change. This kind of thing keeps me up.

[morello]

My vote goes to The Magnificent Seven.

[correia]

London Calling or White Man in Hammersmith Palais

[Maulik]

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Jack, you won't think this is kosher, but I like Rock the Casbah


edit: in fact, I know you really hate it.

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reminds me of great times at Trump w/ my friends sister

[Jack of Arcades]

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Jack, you won't think this is kosher, but I like Rock the Casbah


edit: in fact, I know you really hate it.

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Why would I hate it?

[Eurotrash]

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Jack, you won't think this is kosher, but I like Rock the Casbah


edit: in fact, I know you really hate it.

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Why would I hate it?

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i'm not sure. it hadn't been mentioned in the thread up until my post, so i figured it wasn't popular amongst the hardcore music fans like yourself.


plus, I just wanted to work in an extra line from the song.

[Blarg]

That album was thought of as the death of The Clash and their cross over into commercialism by a lot of people. And ROck the Casbah was by far their biggest selling song to that point. So many people symbolized the song and started hating the song as much as they hated the album.

[Eurotrash]

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That album was thought of as the death of The Clash and their cross over into commercialism by a lot of people. And ROck the Casbah was by far their biggest selling song to that point. So many people symbolized the song and started hating the song as much as they hated the album.

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I really didn't want to mention it in my previous post, but i had an inkling that nobody was mentioning it because it was too mainstream, not quite hip enough, etc. /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

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I really didn't want to mention it in my previous post, but i had an inkling that nobody was mentioning it because it was too mainstream, not quite hip enough, etc.

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I dunno about the rest of OOT, but I don't like it.

London Calling.

And I like Rock the Casbah.

Not a big punk fan. More of a classic rock guy, but "London Calling" is an amazing song from start to finish. Great hook. Great lyrics, and something I can't say about alot of songs: a sense of urgency.