Not crap by a long shot. Certainly not their most consistent (I don't think we ever needed to hear Paul Simonon narrate), but it's got tunes, which I think redeems some of its faults. I think it gets trashed quite a bit because it wasn't any kind of "major statement" when compared with The Clash, London Calling, and Sandinista.
That said, it's not a favorite of mine, and I don't really care to listen to it on a regular basis. Not crap, nonetheless.
Album: Combat Rock
12One of the most overrated bands of all time....
...CRAP.
...CRAP.
Marsupialized wrote:Right now somewhere nearby there is a fat video game nerd in his apartment fucking a pretty hot girl he met off craigslist. God bless that craig and his list.
Album: Combat Rock
13You have the right... to NOT be CRAAAP...
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"You get a kink in your neck looking up at people or down at people. But when you look straight across, there's no kinks."
--Mike Watt
--Mike Watt
Album: Combat Rock
14not crap for know yr rights & straight to hell. both of these were on a mixtape that i listened to over & over & over back in the formative years...
Album: Combat Rock
15Chapter Two wrote:Know Your Rights is excellent. Straight to Hell is excellent. It's not my favourite Clash album by a long shot, but certainly not crap.
Good point. If I had not heard London Calling, Sandinista or Give 'em enough rope I would probably have liked it more. I haven't heard it in so long it's probably worth a listen again. Can't hold a candle to their earlier work but probably merits some, but not a lot of, attention by itself.
"Westway to the World" is great. Worth a watch if the band's greatness is appreciated.
Album: Combat Rock
16I have always like Combat Rock. In fact, it has always been second behind the S/T album. 'Ghetto Defendent' and 'Red Angel Dragnet' are great songs that get overlooked by a huge percentage of the people who like the Clash.
The real question for me is when will I learn to like Give 'Em Enough Rope, an album I have bought about six times, each time believing I would learn to like it, each time trading it in.
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The real question for me is when will I learn to like Give 'Em Enough Rope, an album I have bought about six times, each time believing I would learn to like it, each time trading it in.
Combat Rock
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Album: Combat Rock
17Combat Rock is my favorite Clash album.
Of course, I think Death of a Star and Sean Flynn are genius, so what do I know....
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Of course, I think Death of a Star and Sean Flynn are genius, so what do I know....
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Album: Combat Rock
19Ranxerox wrote:The real question for me is when will I learn to like Give 'Em Enough Rope, an album I have bought about six times, each time believing I would learn to like it, each time trading it in.
I've done the same thing, actually. Now, I have a lot of those songs on my computer, and I love some of them, but I don't like them on the album. I know CBS has fucked with the order a couple times too. But many of those songs I just can't take.
Album: Combat Rock
20garble wrote:The thread about giving records a 'second listen' got me thinking about the records that changed the most from first listen to 20th or 50th listen.
The Clash's Combat Rock seems to be a well known album of the crap variety. I wasn't old enough to know anything about music when it came out, and I know a lot of people who love the Clash but stopped listening to them after Sandinista, but for me Combat Rock is an album that has gone slowly from horridly incomprehensible shit to a really strange brand of greatness.
I think its hilarious to see the video of Rock the Casbah with all the camo and especially Mick's "face cloth" thing, but, radio play aside, some of the songs on Combat Rock, so weird, so good! Atom Tan? Red Angel Dragnet? (San Juan, you listenin'?) Ghetto Defendant? Car Jamming?
Not crap.
Not crap. I love Atom Tan.