Joe Strummer
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- BRNK0
Horp, you continually deride the Clash for their perceived obsession with their image yet at the same time you are stuck on their image as well. According to your definition Punk must necessarily be an economic/social condition more akin to the phrase "working class" rather than a genre of music because one needs to be "hard as fuck" and from the lower class (I assume this because you continually cite the Clash's middle class upbringing as a detractor.). I think if you could stop obsessing about how they offend your idea of the punk aesthetic, you'd realize that they wrote some good songs, which is really what matters. Being stuck on someone's image is small minded. I'm sure you'd paradoxically both agree and continue to rant about.
Furthermore, I'd argue that The Clash's real redeeming value is not their "punk/NOT PUNK!!!" music, but rather their willingness to explore genres and styles as well as Strummer's song writing.
- Well said BRNK.p-mac
- Okay, I stopped obsessing, had another listen, and...Horp
- nope, I still think they sound like a bunch of chinless cocks emulating rock and roll.Horp
- You're probably 25 years old and from 1000's of miles away.Horp
- LOL. You know Horp, while I may disagree with you about The Clash, you're dead on with that last one.BRNK
- BRNK= 25 yrs old, in Minneapolis, MN. You are good, sir.BRNK
- On export, 30 years after their time, I'm sure they sound great.Horp