tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post6547689038080485839..comments2024-03-15T17:41:26.645+00:00Comments on Sport Is A TV Show: Clash in the playground: how football fuelled London CallingFredorrarcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03660428641031747616noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-58010284721750072542009-12-05T17:33:22.870+00:002009-12-05T17:33:22.870+00:00Fred,
Just found this post. Great background; I ...Fred,<br /><br />Just found this post. Great background; I had no idea. I personally, can I just inject some hyperbole here, I personally think that LC is maybe one of the finest cultural statements of the 20th century.Tedhttp://runningdownhill.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-3211010572245463522009-08-27T23:16:19.689+01:002009-08-27T23:16:19.689+01:00Is that a "you've used my photo without m...Is that a "you've used my photo without my permission, you cheeky sod!" kind of thank you or just a normal kind? <i>(He asked nervously...)</i><br /><br />In any case -- thank you.Fredorrarcihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660428641031747616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-925558438063953222009-08-27T23:05:20.306+01:002009-08-27T23:05:20.306+01:00Thank you for using my photo !!
Regards,
DonThank you for using my photo !!<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Dondonhttp://www.theclash.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-16034844676214203452008-08-12T23:30:00.000+01:002008-08-12T23:30:00.000+01:00It does surprise me how many people seem to prefer...It does surprise me how many people seem to prefer the first album to London Calling. Perhaps I'm being unkind, but perhaps many who hold this opinion are similar to Steve's friend, testing it against the standard of the supposed purity of punk. Mick Jones has made the point about how ridiculous it was when punks would criticise the Clash for straying from the newly-established orthodoxy, when punk was meant to be about freedom of expression, not narrowing one's horizons. <BR/><BR/>The first album's still great, though.Fredorrarcihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660428641031747616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-88582872188549613702008-08-11T21:58:00.000+01:002008-08-11T21:58:00.000+01:00I think the first album is overrated!* But as far ...I think the first album is overrated!* But as far as I'm concerned London Calling could be the soundtrack of heaven. Great post.<BR/><BR/>*exclamation point added as a barricade for the sentence to take cover behind as it's pelted with bottles and rocks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-75102383975951364832008-08-09T18:23:00.000+01:002008-08-09T18:23:00.000+01:00I totally agree with you on London Calling. I don'...I totally agree with you on London Calling. I don't think the Clash ever lacked umph. The first album is great, of course, but to me, London Calling captures them at their best time: as you said, their playing had come along so well (plus they'd added Topper, without whose skills it's doubtful whether the record would have been so good), and they were happy and focused. They kind of lost the run of themselves with Sandinista - I like it, but it could easily have been pared down to a single album (try doing the same with London Calling).Fredorrarcihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660428641031747616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-61042275640338085992008-08-08T15:51:00.000+01:002008-08-08T15:51:00.000+01:00London Calling is one of my top choices, too. An ...London Calling is one of my top choices, too. An ex-pat English friend of mine told me about how in his spiked hair days he used to love seeing The Clash at his favorite punk clubs. To his mind, they had lost their raw energy by the time of their commercial success. The guy's a banker now and wears navy pin-striped suits, so I suspect he was trying, in part, to establish his street cred. I myself thought London Calling had plenty of umph to go with their burgeoning musicianship. They hadn't left it all in those punk bars, or on the playground pitch.<BR/><BR/>Your side stories about Guy Stevens and Liam Brady were interesting. Leave it to you to work Arsenal folklore into the thread.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com