London Calling

[ChrisRawk]

I'm with you, Mike.  I've loved that album since I was a teenager.  Every song is just perfect. 

[Stupornaut]

I love this album and the band more and more with every listen.

"There’s that old cheese greater
Rubbing me down"

minus 100 points from Henry from Chucklet for this tweet:
"There is no punk band more overrated than The Clash. If they weren't on Sony, they'd have aged as well as any given bar band. FACT."

"I can no longer shop happily"

Also, Henry Chunklet thinks The Jesus Lizard are geniuses despite piles of evidence to the contrary. So factor that in.

He also totally overproduced the last couple Patton Oswalt albums. Dial it down a notch, Mutt Lange.

[Christina]

Also, Henry Chunklet thinks The Jesus Lizard are geniuses despite piles of evidence to the contrary. So factor that in.

He also totally overproduced the last couple Patton Oswalt albums. Dial it down a notch, Mutt Lange.

How so? I am ape-eared and curious.

[ChrisRawk]

Also, Henry Chunklet thinks The Jesus Lizard are geniuses despite piles of evidence to the contrary. So factor that in.

He also totally overproduced the last couple Patton Oswalt albums. Dial it down a notch, Mutt Lange.

How so? I am ape-eared and curious.

They could have lost the string section, for one thing.  And all the overdubs on the KFC Bowls joke kind of ruins it.

[masterofsparks]

Also, Henry Chunklet thinks The Jesus Lizard are geniuses despite piles of evidence to the contrary. So factor that in.

He also totally overproduced the last couple Patton Oswalt albums. Dial it down a notch, Mutt Lange.

How so? I am ape-eared and curious.

They could have lost the string section, for one thing.  And all the overdubs on the KFC Bowls joke kind of ruins it.

If you listen on headphones, you can hear Henry's commentary track playing ALONGSIDE Patton. At least restrain yourself enough to put that in the special features on the DVD, Owings.

[buffcoat]

He put himself in the crowd noises, too, right?  I swear I could hear him say "Patton Oswalt is a genius; subscribe to Chunklet" every time the applause started.

[Steeley Chris]

I should also mention that I really don't like it when they (or, really, any punk band besides The Ruts) tries their hand at reggae

You like The Ruts*, but not the Clash? Yer nuts.








*not questioning you liking The Ruts - they're great, but c'mon.

[masterofsparks]

I should also mention that I really don't like it when they (or, really, any punk band besides The Ruts) tries their hand at reggae

You like The Ruts*, but not the Clash? Yer nuts.








*not questioning you liking The Ruts - they're great, but c'mon.

What I actually said was that I think the Ruts do a better job at reggae than The Clash. I'm not generally a fan of punk bands throwing a reggae tune onto their albums (it seems to me like the punk equivalent of the hair metal power ballad), but I think The Ruts are the exception since I generally enjoy their reggae cuts.

[Smelodies]

Amazing how reggae brought so many disparate rock groups together.  Simon and Garfunkel, Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, The Police, they all gave reggae a shot.

[Christina]

Amazing how reggae brought so many disparate rock groups together.  Simon and Garfunkel, Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, The Police, they all gave reggae a shot.

Also punk tango. I loved that song "I'm Gonna Kill You, You Bitch".

[buffcoat]

What I actually said was that I think the Ruts do a better job at reggae than The Clash. I'm not generally a fan of punk bands throwing a reggae tune onto their albums (it seems to me like the punk equivalent of the hair metal power ballad), but I think The Ruts are the exception since I generally enjoy their reggae cuts.

I think Gwen from No Doubt would be singing a different tune.

[Pat K]

"The Card Cheat" is the lost gem of that record.

Buffcoat dropping the TRUTH BOMB, as usual.

The best parts about London Calling for me, all these years later, are all of Joe Strummer's goofy vamps and ad-libs in between verses and during the outros and stuff all through the album. So much great stuff. He does that on every other Clash album, too, but London Calling is like ground zero for it.

They could have lost the string section, for one thing.  And all the overdubs on the KFC Bowls joke kind of ruins it.

I heard that Patton was going to be issuing something called "Frankensteins and Gumdrops...NAKED", but until now I assumed that was going to be something completely different.

[Steeley Chris]

The best parts about London Calling for me, all these years later, are all of Joe Strummer's goofy vamps and ad-libs in between verses and during the outros and stuff all through the album. So much great stuff. He does that on every other Clash album, too, but London Calling is like ground zero for it.

He did a lot of that in the 101ers, too. I highly recommend checking them out if you're not adverse to pub rock.

[Pat K]

He did a lot of that in the 101ers, too. I highly recommend checking them out if you're not adverse to pub rock.

Joe Strummer: Even in his own tunes, he could never keep his mouth shut.

[nec13]

"Death or Glory" has to be one of the five or ten greatest songs ever recorded. Unbelievably good.