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I don't mean to be negative about Idol, but I think the legacy of the Clash is stronger.

Agree 100%

I agree too. But I suspect Billy sold a lot more records.

You suspect correctly. The Clash only really broke through with record sales here in the States with Combat Rock. Rock The Casbah made it to number 5 in the charts. Should I Stay Or Should I Go had to be released twice before peaking at number 39 and disappearing. Before that, Train In Vain may have been top 20 or top 30. I think it made number 14 in 1980.

Billy Idol made you want to buy his records and sing or hum along to his melodic pop hooks. The Clash made you want to form a band of your own.

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I don't mean to be negative about Idol, but I think the legacy of the Clash is stronger.

Agree 100%

I agree too. But I suspect Billy sold a lot more records.

You suspect correctly. The Clash only really broke through with record sales here in the States with Combat Rock. Rock The Casbah made it to number 5 in the charts. Should I Stay Or Should I Go had to be released twice before peaking at number 39 and disappearing. Before that, Train In Vain may have been top 20 or top 30. I think it made number 14 in 1980.

Billy Idol made you want to buy his records and sing or hum along to his melodic pop hooks. The Clash made you want to form a band of your own.

Correction on chart placings. The three charted U.S. singles: Train In Vain no. 23; Rock The Casbah no. 8; and Should I Stay Or Should I Go? no. 45. So, Braincapers, Should I Stay Or Should I Go? was number 1 in the UK? Well, it was always number 1 with me.

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Billy Idol made you want to buy his records and sing or hum along to his melodic pop hooks. The Clash made you want to form a band of your own.

That's a great summing up. Although I did briefly want to be Billy's guitarist Steve Stevens after the Rebel Yell video because he looked so cool.

Dead Boys and GGAllin, thats punk. Blondie up my arse

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So, Braincapers, Should I Stay Or Should I Go? was number 1 in the UK? Well, it was always number 1 with me.

It's brilliant and a true classic. But it got to no.1 10 years after it was recorded only after being used in a TV ad.

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Billy Idol never opened for the Who.

Maybe, but he played with them during the '89 Tour. He was cousin Kevin in Tommy at LA & London.

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Billy Idol never opened for the Who.

Maybe, but he played with them during the '89 Tour.

Yes, but so did Phil Collins.

Ofcourse it started all in the US with Stoogies and the Ramones, developed further in the UK at the end of the 70's, but reached it's zenith in the early 80's with the Nederpunk.