Clash

[Fonz]

No

[Rayge]

Not any more, on account of death and heroin, but they had their moments

[Brickyard Jack]

Great

[naughty boy]

their five best:

1977
Janie Jones
Complete Control
Safe European Home
Rudie Can't Fail

[clive gash]

1977

White Riot (A side) 9/10
1977 10/10
Janie Jones 9/10
Remote Control 9/10
I’m So Bored with the USA 8/10
White Riot 8/10
Hate and War 10/10
What’s My Name 8/10
Deny 8/10
London’s Burning 9/10
Career Opportunities 9/10
Cheat 7/10 (incl. 1 point for the phasing)
Protex Blue 8/10
Police and Thieves 7/10
48 Hours 8/10
Garageland 9/10
Capital Radio 7/10
Listen 5/10
London’s Burning (B side) 8/10
Complete Control 9/10
City of the Dead 9/10

[clive gash]

1978

Clash City Rockers 7/10
Jail Guitar Doors 7/10
(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais 9/10
The Prisoner 9/10
Tommy Gun 7/10
1-2 Crush On You 6/10
Safe European Home 9/10
English Civil War 9/10 (for Mick’s playing)
Julie’s Been Working For the Drug Squad 8/10
Last Gang in Town 9/10
Guns on the Roof 6/10
Drug-Stabbing Time 7/10
Stay Free 8/10
Cheapskates 8/10
All the Young Punks 9/10

[clive gash]

1979

Pressure Drop 7/10
I Fought the Law 9/10
Groovy Times 9/10
Gates of the West 9/10
Capital Radio 8/10
London Calling 8/10
Armagideon Time 8/10
Brand New Cadillac 9/10
Jimmy Jazz 7/10
Hateful 8/10
Rudie Can’t Fail 9/10
Spanish Bombs 8/10
The Right Profile 7/10
Lost in the Supermarket 10/10
Clampdown 9/10
The Guns of Brixton 8/10
Wrong ‘Em Boyo 6/10
Death or Glory 9/10
Koka Kola 8/10
The Card Cheat 9/10
Lover’s Rock 8/10
Four Horsemen 6/10
I’m Not Down 8/10
Revolution Rock 6/10
Train in Vain 9/10

[Count Machuki]

Lost in the Supermarket 10/10

what? no way

[clive gash]

1981

Radio One (5/10)
The Magnificent Dance (7/10)
This is Radio Clash (8/10)
Radio Clash (8/10)
Outside Broadcast (5/10)
Radio Five (6/10)

[clive gash]

Lost in the Supermarket 10/10

what? no way

You can’t give it 11 Count!

[Belle Lettre]

Wrong 'Em Boyo really isn't great, is it

[Count Machuki]

Wrong 'Em Boyo really isn't great, is it

Heard the original?

[naughty boy]

Lost in the Supermarket 10/10

what? no way

he's taking the piss. He knows it annoys me.

It's the worst thing on the album, the limpest piece of music they recorded.

[clive gash]

Troll

[naughty boy]

[Count Machuki]

Lost in the Supermarket 10/10

what? no way

he's taking the piss. He knows it annoys me.

It's the worst thing on the album, the limpest piece of music they recorded.

And I fell for it!

Oddly, LIMP was exactly, exactly the word that came to mind when I thought I'd have to write a defense of hating it.

[WG Kaspar]

Yiu are dead to me Count. Again.

[Count Machuki]

death or glory maaan

[Matt Wilson]

Wrong 'Em Boyo really isn't great, is it

Heard the original?

Wow, I couldn't even get through that.

[Count Machuki]

I love it in its weird, shambling way but I know what you mean
There's a reason many don't realize it's a cover!