Joe Strummer

[dublinrambler]

http://www.nme.com/news/joe-strummer/27982

[firehazard]

http://www.nme.com/news/joe-strummer/27982

Great soundtrack!

[body-of-an-american]

This must be my fave pic EVER

Yeah mine too. It has two of my favourite people ever.

[Irishrose]

From the Irish Voice;
The Clash: Live at Shea Stadium CD

http://www.irishabroad.com/news/irish-v ... 01008.aspx

A Clash at Shea
October 30, 2008

Off the Record by Mike Farragher



WITH the demolishing of the old Shea Stadium, Queens is losing not only a famous ballpark but a venerable concert venue as well.

Billy Joel recently gave the place a grand sendoff with some farewell concerts, and of course, Shea was the epicenter of Beatlemania when the Liverpool Moptops played there in the sixties.

But for Generation X-ers like me who were in high school on October 13, 1982, Shea played host to a changing of the guard in musical history.

The Clash were riding high on the charts with their hit album Combat Rock, and they had nabbed a spot opening for The Who at Shea on their umpteenth comeback.

“They’re the only band that matters now,” Pete Townshend declared at the time.

With the release of The Clash: Live at Shea Stadium, that defining moment in punk rock has been immortalized online and on CD. Once you take the disc for a spin, you could see why Townshend heaped such praise on the band’s head.

The Clash played a tight set that was heavy on the hits. “Magnificent Seven” sports a rubbery groove on record, but in this open air environment it sounds like corrosive punk-funk.

“Armageddon Time” finds the band shifting effortlessly into reggae, proving this band could play anything.

“Right away when we heard we were going to play there we thought about the Beatles at Shea,” guitarist Mick Jones recalled recently. “Everybody knew about it.”

Other than the huge influence he had over Bono and the boys, Joe Strummer would not have yet set his sights on Irish music; he would later fill the huge shoes of Shane MacGowan after his messy divorce from the Pogues and then apply what he learned with the Pogues into his Celtic global gumbo recipe with the Mescaleros.

For this moment in time, he was ushering in a new British invasion on the coattails of the old British invasion through sheets of rain that fell on Queens that night. It was arguably the Clash at its peak.

The band had a few radio hits by then, like “Rock the Casbah,” “Train in Vain” and “Should I Stay Or Should I Go,” and each was hauled out to impress a stadium-sized audience.

The band played to a hostile crowd waiting for The Who, which peeled the pop sensibilities off of these radio hits in favor of a defiant punk energy that is electrifying to hear.

Sadly, this would be one of the Clash’s last shows, but buying this piece of history means this great music will live on in your mind for years to come. Try getting this off the CD player once it lands — I dare you!


Irishrose

[Low D]

First off, thank you anon. for that Strummer/Shane picture. That is amazing, i may try & make a poster out of it.

I'm wondering if anybody knows if the instrumental "Ocean of Dreams" that Joe recorded with Steve Jones has ever had any sort of official release? I used to have an MP3 of it downloaded from somewhere, but i've misplaced. Just wondering if it ever made a b-side or anything, google gives me nothing except that it was supposed to be on "Rock Art..."

[mike1]

Good week for Clash fans ahead;
On Thursday Channel 4 screens "The Future is Unwritten"
On Friday BBC 4 hosts "Westway to the World" and "Revolution Rock".

[mike1]

Time to correct my previous post- The Future is Unwritten is on Wednesday on Channel 4.

[Maldoror]

From the Irish Voice;
The Clash: Live at Shea Stadium CD

http://www.irishabroad.com/news/irish-v ... 01008.aspx

A Clash at Shea
October 30, 2008

Off the Record by Mike Farragher

I just won the dvd on a radio game. Yay!

[Low D]

let me mention that i understand this product is not actually endorsed in any way by anyone, joe's guitar was merely the inspiration. but i must say if it were me i'd be a-spinning in my grave!

http://niketalk.yuku.com/topic/2037/t/N ... -pack.html

[firehazard]

Tonight (Friday 28th November) is Clash Night on BBC Four TV:

21.00 Westway to the World
22.00 The Clash Live: Revolution Rock

[Broad Majestic Jimmy]

RIP Joe.

[Woody]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRkbZGx_SW0

What a great video with Joe.I love the way he plays the piano.

[Woody]

Here is a another cover vision of London Calling.
Sorry,I love the original but this cover vision is a shame.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiSQIbNx ... re=related

[Clash Cadillac]

Here is a another cover vision of London Calling.
Sorry,I love the original but this cover vision is a shame.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiSQIbNx ... re=related

I rather enjoyed that video...

[mike1]

There is a great new DVD out of 2 live performances by the Clash. The first show is Paris 1980 and is the usual top notch live Clash. The second is from Tokyo Jan 1982, about 6 months before Topper left. This Japan show is a must for Clash fans- the band really stretch out the songs and throw pretty much everything into the mix- the influence of hip hop/reggae really makes itself heard- I suppose this is when every song did develop "into a raga".
The DVD is produced by Apocalypse Sound- called Live Riots & if you ignore the occasional Japanese sub-titles of excellent quality.