Comments | jedophile: More Bands That Weren't as Great as we want them to have been

jedophile

More Bands That Weren't as Great as we want them to have been

Nov 23, 2008 13:35

The Clash. Dude, totally the Clash. Of course there's "Straight To Hell", their best song, and one of my favorite songs of all time, and yes, there are a handful of other great ones, but overall-and look, I've heard every Clash song there is like a thousand times- the catalog of tunes is somewhat....mediocre. There's a pleasing musicality to a lot ( Read more... )

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vulgarlad November 23 2008, 19:43:53 UTC

You should keep this list going. I am enjoying it.

Also, you should turn it into a book. Call it something like '101 Bands You Misremember'. I'll buy a copy...provided that you also autograph it, so that when some rabid, disgruntled fan shanks you on the subway, I can then sell it on Ebay.

~the lad

d jedophile November 23 2008, 19:59:08 UTC

hahaha. Thanks. Yeah, that's a really good title, actually. I might do that. Not the being shanked, that is.

chrisomatic November 24 2008, 05:26:18 UTC

I love some Clash songs but I agree that they're often overrated. I'll think I love the hell out of them and then I realize I just love the hell out of the 10 random songs of theirs I have in my iTunes.

c jedophile November 24 2008, 18:26:40 UTC

EXACTLY.

craig_pulsar November 24 2008, 09:49:47 UTC

As Sick Boy says on Trainspotting: "They've got it, then they lose it, and they never get it back again."

s jedophile November 24 2008, 18:26:13 UTC

Yup. I ken a coupla fellas like that.

The Clash frommynoggin November 24 2008, 15:21:41 UTC

While I recognize that arguing the greatness of a rock band is similar to getting upset about the judge's scores for figure skating, I'm going to weigh in on this one and say that The Clash had at least 22 GREAT songs, and many more that were pretty good.

Here are the great ones:

"Capital Radio One"
"London Calling"
"Hateful"
"Rudie Can't Fail"
"Spanish Bombs"
"The Right Profile"
"Lost in the Supermarket"
"Clampdown"
"The Guns of Brixton"
"Death or Glory"
"The Card Cheat"
"Train in Vain"
"Should I Stay or Should I Go"
"Rock The Casbah"
"Straight To Hell"
"Somebody Got Murdered"
"Janie Jones"
"I'm So Bored With The USA"
"Bankrobber"
"Safe European Home"
"English Civil War"
"Tommy Gun"

Re: The Clash jedophile November 24 2008, 18:24:20 UTC

You forgot Jimmy Jazz.

whatmakeshim November 25 2008, 01:22:50 UTC

I'll agree with the Clash, plead ignorance on the Pogues, and disagree on Lou ( ... )