Advantages: Some iconic stuff here. Disadvantages: Couple of weak tracks.
~~~~~~~~**Story of The Clash Volume One**~~~~~~~~
Joe Strummer (Lead vocals, guitar), Paul Simonon (Bass guitar and backing vocals) and Mick Jones (Lead guitar and backing vocals) were the consistent members of the Clash. During their 10 year line up they had different drummers.
They are described almost universally as a punk group, but in my opinion they were a bit different. For a start the main characteristics of most punk of the day was that of anarchism and destruction. The Clash were different they were socially aware, left wing, anti racists.
My two favourite bands of 1978 - 1982 were the Clash and the Jam. I think there were real similarities; songs with meaning, fast drums and guitars and brilliant catchy choruses. The thing that the Clash had that I liked most was a tendency to play with a reggae bass line, and even ...
Advantages: Good lyrics,Good sound and a good tone,What else to say..? Disadvantages: None in my opinion
The Clash are one of my favourite bands and this is one of my favourite albums by them.
This review's about the UK version.The track listing's-
Janie Jones,Remote Control,I'm So Bored With the U.S.A,White Riot,Hate and War,What's My Name,Deny,London's Burning,Career Opportunities,Cheat,Protex Blue,Police & Thieves,48 Hours and Garageland.Personally my favourite tracks are White Riot,Hate and war,Career Opportunities and Garageland,Couldn't chose between the 4 ;) I first heard the album when i was 14(18 now) and it meant alot to me,And i think it got me thinking more politically in a more human way.Before i viewed punk as crude and useless ,But the clash had a good sound,intelligent and thought provoking lyrics,They were good at songwriting and good at their instruments and they opened a new world of music to me so this album will always ...
Advantages: A complete tour around the world of The Clash Disadvantages: They included one or two naff singles
Fore runners of the British Punk scene, The Clash have been one of very few bands who actually survived the disintegration of Punk and leapt successfully into the eras that followed. New wave, as we know, had been the watered down, commercial idea of the media to calm Punk down. What society had failed to do was disperse the crowds of adoring fans that still hung desperately onto their Punk heroes. The Jam, The Stranglers and The Damned remained true to their roots only on a handful of occasions daring to step gingerly over to the world of commercialised pop just to make a buck or two out of the British charts.
Born from an era of futureless lives, Punk had been the 'anarchic noise' that the youth had wanted to hear. It was bands like The Clash, that fuelled the rebellion of the young who were faced with unemployment and bland ...
