Thirty years ago today, The Clash released London Calling - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 01-06-2010, 11:18 AM

It was on this date, 30 years ago, that the Clash’s London Calling was first released in the U.S. Three decades on, it remains an indisputable masterpiece. After all, the British band’s third (and best) album is a time capsule pinpointing the exact moment when punk rock grew up. While other bands like the Sex Pistols captured the f-you rebellion and catharsis of punk, the Clash on London Calling aimed higher. Anything was possible when they stepped inside the studio with producer Guy Stevens. The band fearlessly experimented with ska, reggae, and rockabilly beats. And Strummer’s lyrics took on a new political urgency. London Calling was proof that what some regarded as a gutter genre could be sophisticated and smart. In short, that it could be art. With classic tracks like “Spanish Bombs,” “Lost in the Supermarket,” “Clampdown,” “Train in Vain,” “Guns of Brixton,” and, of course, the call-to-arms title song, London Calling was a vinyl-pressed molotov cocktail.

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MickeyMac · 01-06-2010, 02:21 PM

Not only is this the best album from the whole punk era, but one of the best albums of all time. This should be in everybody's collection.

dlemond · 01-06-2010, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by MickeyMac

Not only is this the best album from the whole punk era, but one of the best albums of all time. This should be in everybody's collection.

I had this on cassette within a year of its release.
One of my favorites of all time and since the day I got it I recommended it.

I can still remember my friend Ed skipping down the hall in high school singing Spanish Bombs.
I was quite proud.

ABlairican Pie · 01-07-2010, 12:51 AM

I had that album on vinyl thirty years ago. I'd still like to find that on the double-vinyl record set.

MickeyMac · 01-07-2010, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ABlairican Pie

I had that album on vinyl thirty years ago. I'd still like to find that on the double-vinyl record set.

I got this on CD first. I took me some time but I finally got the double LP set.

01-06-2010, 11:18 AM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Thirty years ago today, The Clash released London Calling It was on this date, 30 years ago, that the Clash’s London Calling was first released in the U.S. Three decades on, it remains an indisputable masterpiece. After all, the British band’s third (and best) album is a time capsule pinpointing the exact moment when punk rock grew up. While other bands like the Sex Pistols captured the f-you rebellion and catharsis of punk, the Clash on London Calling aimed higher. Anything was possible when they stepped inside the studio with producer Guy Stevens. The band fearlessly experimented with ska, reggae, and rockabilly beats. And Strummer’s lyrics took on a new political urgency. London Calling was proof that what some regarded as a gutter genre could be sophisticated and smart. In short, that it could be art. With classic tracks like “Spanish Bombs,” “Lost in the Supermarket,” “Clampdown,” “Train in Vain,” “Guns of Brixton,” and, of course, the call-to-arms title song, London Calling was a vinyl-pressed molotov cocktail. http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/01/05/t...m-of-all-time/
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01-06-2010, 02:21 PM	#2
MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,006	Not only is this the best album from the whole punk era, but one of the best albums of all time. This should be in everybody's collection.