'The Card Cheat' is the best song by The Clash. [Archive]

mickill

10-14-2005, 12:55 PM

That was the best 5 post exchange ever. Bravo, gentlemen.

And on that note, you are both wrong.

TonsOfFun

10-14-2005, 01:02 PM

Jimmy Jazz

abcdefz

10-14-2005, 01:25 PM

Boy; I dunno.

Narrowed down to one?

I dunno.

Career Opportunities needs definite consideration.

Maybe Stay Free?

I dunno.

You could probably make a great case for The Call Up.

mickill

10-14-2005, 02:17 PM

Train In Vain, Guns Of Brixton, Clash City Rockers, Complete Control and I Fought The Law would be my top 5.....this week, anyway.

abcdefz

10-14-2005, 02:19 PM

I Fought The Law

Hmmm.... I was thinking of "by the Clash" as a song also written by them (or Strummer/Jones, anyway).

If authorship is thrown out the window, this might very well be the one.

EN[i]GMA

10-14-2005, 02:27 PM

Discuss.

Agreed.

Amazing.

mickill

10-14-2005, 03:16 PM

They were going for a Phil Spector feel on The Card Cheat. They achieved the wall of sound effect by multi-tracking most of the instruments. There was a second drum track played on top of the first, a second track of piano, and so forth. I'm sure you guys already knew, but yeah..

Freebasser

10-14-2005, 05:54 PM

Train In Vain

Rancid_Beasties

10-14-2005, 08:54 PM

London Calling, Clash City Rockers, Train in Vain, White Man in Hammersmith Palais, White Riot

In that order

Why isn't this a poll?

DroppinScience

10-15-2005, 12:06 AM

It's gotta be "(White Man In) Hammersmith Palais"

In terms of cover versions, they've done amazing covers, but I got a soft spot for their cover of "Every Little Bit Hurts" (it's an old R&B song, I'm not familiar with the original). It's a previously unreleased track found on the "Clash on Broadway" set. (y)

mickill

10-15-2005, 03:49 AM

In terms of cover versions, they've done amazing covers, but I got a soft spot for their cover of "Every Little Bit Hurts" (it's an old R&B song, I'm not familiar with the original). It's a previously unreleased track found on the "Clash on Broadway" set. (y)
Brenda Holloway did the original, and it's much better than the Clash version in my opinion.

Darko

10-15-2005, 10:43 AM

I've always been a sucker for Straight to Hell

abcdefz

10-15-2005, 11:37 AM

I really dig "Gates of the West," too.

When I had the first album (the US version), it came as a 45 packaged with the record. "Gates of the West" b/w "Groovy Times" (a nice throwaway). (y) (y)

DroppinScience

10-15-2005, 12:30 PM

Brenda Holloway did the original, and it's much better than the Clash version in my opinion.

I'll have to search for that one...

SobaViolence

10-15-2005, 11:06 PM

Rebel Waltz, followed closely by Straight to Hell

zorra_chiflada

10-15-2005, 11:09 PM

i'm sick of stay free. maybe lost in the supermarket, train in vain or london's burning

i do like rock the casbah though. come on, admit it, you all do.

DroppinScience

10-15-2005, 11:19 PM

i do like rock the casbah though. come on, admit it, you all do.

Of course! I even like Will Smith's sampling of the song on "Willennium" :o

Documad

10-15-2005, 11:46 PM

i do like rock the casbah though. come on, admit it, you all do.
Cool people never admit that they listen to Combat Rock!

Rock the Casbah was my favorite video when it came out. You didn't see many bands wearing boots on MTV back then.

mickill

10-16-2005, 12:38 AM

Of course! I even like Will Smith's sampling of the song on "Willennium" :o
Ok, you went a bit too far now.

Rock The Casbah is right up there with the other great Clash tunes.

DroppinScience

10-16-2005, 12:48 AM

Ok, you went a bit too far now.

"Rock the casbah... and do what with it?"

:)

Mr.Right

10-16-2005, 04:07 AM

1. The Magnificent Seven
2. Rock the Casbah
3. Radio Clash
4. White Man (In Hammersmith Palais)
5. Police and Thieves

abcdefz

10-17-2005, 08:56 AM

To me, Combat Rock was like Sandinista shrunk down to one record.

I loved Sandista, but in minature form, it's really, really weak.

To my credit, I never heard Cut the Crap.

Or Velvet Underground's Squeeze. Heh.

DroppinScience

10-17-2005, 11:14 AM

To my credit, I never heard Cut the Crap.

I've actually been considering getting "Cut The Crap" for quite awhile. Not because I'll enjoy it, but only so I can say that I have a complete Clash collection. ;)

mickill

10-17-2005, 11:39 AM

I've actually been considering getting "Cut The Crap" for quite awhile. Not because I'll enjoy it, but only so I can say that I have a complete Clash collection. ;)
Pretentious twit.

Yeah, I own it. You'd love it, DS.

DroppinScience

10-17-2005, 11:45 AM

Pretentious twit.

Yeah, I own it. You'd love it, DS.

Why would I love "Cut The Crap"? :confused:

mickill

10-17-2005, 11:47 AM

Because.

abcdefz

10-17-2005, 01:27 PM

I've actually been considering getting "Cut The Crap" for quite awhile. Not because I'll enjoy it, but only so I can say that I have a complete Clash collection. ;)

Awwww..... you're not that close to having the complete collection.

Let's see your "Radio Clash" 12" single.

Your Black Market Clash 10" mini-LP AND the 12" version.

C'mon. Prove me wrong. (y)

DroppinScience

10-17-2005, 03:18 PM

Awwww..... you're not that close to having the complete collection.

Let's see your "Radio Clash" 12" single.

Your Black Market Clash 10" mini-LP AND the 12" version.

C'mon. Prove me wrong. (y)

Oh shut it. I've got a complete enough collection via the CD editions (i.e. "Super Black Market Clash" in lieu of those original "Black Market" releases). :D

mickill

10-17-2005, 03:20 PM

Black Market Clash is available on CD. I have it and Super Black Market Clash....Why don't you?

DroppinScience

10-17-2005, 03:23 PM

Black Market Clash is available on CD. I have it and Super Black Market Clash....Why don't you?

Wouldn't I just be getting the same songs over again?

mickill

10-17-2005, 03:31 PM

Wouldn't I just be getting the same songs over again?
You're not much of a completist afterall, are you?

Well, it's got Capitol Radio One, which is much better than Capitol Radio Two. And yeah, the song's available on Clash On Broadway. But that's not really the point, is it?

DroppinScience

10-17-2005, 03:35 PM

You're not much of a completist afterall, are you?

Well, it's got Capitol Radio One, which is much better than Capitol Radio Two. And yeah, the song's available on Clash On Broadway. But that's not really the point, is it?

I'm more completist in the sense of "do I have all their songs?" rather than trying to get every single release (which would mean getting some of the same songs many times over... which I try to minimize... somewhat).

And I do have both versions of "Capital Radio," so I'd prefer to spend my time getting some music I've never heard before.