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It's a great little exhibition; lots of old posters and memorobilia, a couple of Joe's teles, some amps, a couple of basses (including the one being smashed on the cover of London Calling) and one of Mick's Gibsons. there is also a white (well more like cream) gibson hollow body (??) that I believe was Joe's.
Downstairs there is a guy from Fender with some teles you can play through Fender Mustang amps; he is very helpful and knowledgeable about all sorts of stuff.
If you're a Clash fan it is great, if you just like teles , well you can sit and play to your heart's content. If you like both it is an experience to not be missed !!
Oh yeah and it is all free !!
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triceratops
Celebrate is not a word that goes well with "The Clash". What did the Clash ever celebrate? They were into anger and driving propulsion.
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NoCode0680
I'm in. Love me some Clash. I've never been able to get into Sandinista though, except a couple songs like Police On My Back and The Magnificent Seven, though I prefer the live version of that one from Shea stadium where they do it as a medley with Armagideon Time.
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michaelsavage
They made a big mistake with Sandinista - which lead to their infighting and ultimate breakup. Should have been a single album - they got too full of themselves which was surprising. That said, hard to top the previous releases.
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Munichhilton
Sandinista! is an acquired taste, but you gotta love the fearless experimentation...The Leader, Sounds Of The Sinners, In Heaven (not just here), and of course the inimitable Lose This Skin!!
All great tunes...
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Munichhilton
Sandinista! is an acquired taste, but you gotta love the fearless experimentation...The Leader, Sounds Of The Sinners, In Heaven (not just here), and of course the inimitable Lose This Skin!!
All great tunes...
fearless experimentation... make that "hey Paul I have a half-baked "riff" that I came up with on my way to the studio... LET'S PUT IT ON THE ALBUM!!!!"
I certainly prefer the "hey Mick let's play this riff for 5 days straight (no sleep) and see if it's any good" Keef way of doing things...
Btw I love the Clash but Sandinista...
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triceratops
Celebrate is not a word that goes well with "The Clash". What did the Clash ever celebrate? They were into anger and driving propulsion.
The Clash isn't celebrating...they're closing out their vaults and their legacy...Simonon himself said he's so glad to be done with it he never wants to hear White Riot again...
it is us that are celebrating...have a drink...
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triceratops
Celebrate is not a word that goes well with "The Clash". What did the Clash ever celebrate? They were into anger and driving propulsion.
The Clash isn't celebrating...they're closing out their vaults and their legacy...Simonon himself said he's so glad to be done with it he never wants to hear White Riot again...
it is us that are celebrating...have a drink...
So they are having a going out of business sale? A garage sale.
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NoCode0680
Wait a minute. The Amazon description says "this boxset contains the band's 5 seminal studio albums". I know Cut The Crap is pretty much universally disliked, and it's basically a Joe solo album with Paul appearing on 1 track, but like it or not it's part of the discography. "This Is England" is a good song, and it seems like there was 1 other song on there that caught my ear once but I forget what it was. I wish they would have just made it complete.
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NoCode0680
Wait a minute. The Amazon description says "this boxset contains the band's 5 seminal studio albums". I know Cut The Crap is pretty much universally disliked, and it's basically a Joe solo album with Paul appearing on 1 track, but like it or not it's part of the discography. "This Is England" is a good song, and it seems like there was 1 other song on there that caught my ear once but I forget what it was. I wish they would have just made it complete.
Cut The Crap wasn't seminal...it didn't fit the description...plus I believe the band officially disowned it at a happy hour that got out of hand...can't change that now, but yes This Is England was and is brilliant. Disowned and homeless but brilliant...
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otonneau
Sandinista is a fantastic album. How can you say it's full of half-baked riffs? It's full of highly original arrangements and wonderful lyrics. Even the songs that are less perfect (Crooked beat, Junkie slip) are always interesting attemps and add to the mood. An incredibly athmospheric record.
Something about England, Magnificent Seven, Washington Bullets, Charlie don't surf, Let the music talk, Corner Soul, Version city, Street parade, The Leader, One more time, Police on my back... Any album containing these gems is a masterpiece. They come wrapped up in original, adventurous sounds and people complain...
It's maybe not a rocker's album: a lot of musicians from triphop, hip hop, electro have confessed to having been greatly influenced by it.
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michaelsavage
Sandinista was a big mistake. It is full of half-ideas, no ideas, some real good ones -- and quite frankly there is a lot of nonsense. It is WHY they ultimately broke up.
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Munichhilton
We need another beer run by the way...
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Munichhilton
NoCode gets it too, except saying 'To hell with beer' in Texas is frowned upon...you should already know the rules of this great state...one that the Clash was especially partial to by the way...
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Munichhilton
NoCode gets it too, except saying 'To hell with beer' in Texas is frowned upon...you should already know the rules of this great state...one that the Clash was especially partial to by the way...
Well, not always to hell with beer. I do love beer, always have at least 3 types of Shiner in the fridge. But The Clash are a band that I just don't get into drunk. I have to be sober or stoned. They're just not drinking music to me.
Were they partial to Texas? I know they filmed the Rock The Casbah video here, but that's the only Texas connection I knew of.
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Munichhilton
Off the top of my head all the Combat Rock promo shots and LP cover were shot in Austin. Topper died briefly on Buddy Hollys grave before being revived...and they used to hang with Joe Ely here a lot! Joe has some stories...
There are many more Texas connections...I fergit 'em...