In his first full-length documentary, I Need A Dodge: Joe Strummer On The Run, English filmmaker Nick Hall investigates what seems like a nearly impossible task to find Strummer’s car, a Dodge GT3700, lost in Madrid more than 20 years ago. Why search for the Dodge? Because Strummer — who died 13 years ago — loved the car. It transported him from Madrid to Granada and the rest of Spain during his creative crisis. But the car is simply, well, a vehicle. The film’s real aim is to document Strummer’s search for a new identity. It captures his devastation as The Clash disbands for good, then follows his recovery as he dedicates himself to producing a record for 091, a young and unknown band from Granada. The tale of Strummer’s 18-month “Spanish period” is told mostly through the memories of other musicians, who were first enamored by The Clash leader, then became his friends and collaborators.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 25 July 2015 13:47 (eight years ago) link
Sounds interesting if a little reaching
― calstars, Saturday, 25 July 2015 18:32 (eight years ago) link
Yep, that's how it was
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 26 July 2015 18:11 (eight years ago) link
Not all flattering re Strummer--he only races back to London from Granada at one point because his significant other has called him (via a bandmate) and said that she's about to give birth and would like him there in the hospital. He had gotten so wrapped up in doing something new musically (producing the obscure band 091) after his version II of the Clash disentegrated (and folks were giving him grief for the dismissal of Mick Jones and more) that he lost track of stuff.
Oh, and it does sound like "Spanish bums" sometimes...
― curmudgeon, Monday, 27 July 2015 13:26 (eight years ago) link
Pleasantly surprised by "Janey Jones" at a Five Guys this morning.
― a shomin-geki poster with some horror elements (WilliamC), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 02:27 (five years ago) link
Circa 1999, I was well known for my hilarious parody song, “I’m in love with the Jenny Jones Show!
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 03:08 (five years ago) link
Ha
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 13:03 (five years ago) link
I thought those were the actual words, for longer than I would care to admit.
― Pwn Goal Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 12 July 2018 02:38 (five years ago) link
My wife always thought Mick Jones was saying Oh my car is on throughout Spanish Bombs
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 12 July 2018 04:16 (five years ago) link
shareef don't like it, lock the taskbar
― meaulnes, Thursday, 12 July 2018 17:25 (five years ago) link
I used to think it was a song about walls.
The rock and roll wallThe Ghetty Stone wallThe ginnyjone wall
etc
― Mark G, Friday, 13 July 2018 09:17 (five years ago) link
lmao mark. that's good.
― meaulnes, Friday, 13 July 2018 12:45 (five years ago) link
haha mark otm, i used to think that too!!
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 13 July 2018 14:30 (five years ago) link
*bump*
― TS: Kirk/Spock vs. Hitchcock/Truffaut (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 9 February 2020 01:36 (four years ago) link
classic
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 9 February 2020 03:00 (four years ago) link
Always
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 9 February 2020 03:03 (four years ago) link
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/sandinista-188352/
We can still use that stubborn Sixties morality, and we would do well to remember the missed opportunity of punk — the revolution that wasn’t — without the simple postures of either of those underachieved countercultures. But we also need these post movement, postideological, private and public “count me out — and in” complications of identification and distance, of participation in and respite from the varieties of violence in the world and the inequalities that cause them. If I were younger, I’d write something on a bathroom wall. It’d be a lot shorter and more to the point. Maybe Lennon lives, Clash rule and rock against Reagan. And I wouldn’t worry about the improbabilities.
― j., Sunday, 9 February 2020 03:17 (four years ago) link
I had a blast last night at an International Clash Day dance party & art show. Some local players did a one-off cover band focusing on material up through London Calling (plus the two hits).
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 9 February 2020 03:59 (four years ago) link
classic, then and now
― let's talk about gecs baby (sleeve), Sunday, 9 February 2020 04:07 (four years ago) link
burn all early-ILX UK contrarians at the stake
― let's talk about gecs baby (sleeve), Sunday, 9 February 2020 04:08 (four years ago) link
Even Ned?
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 9 February 2020 04:08 (four years ago) link
Lol
― TS: Kirk/Spock vs. Hitchcock/Truffaut (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 9 February 2020 04:10 (four years ago) link
I said "UK", 1st poster "Omar" specifically
― let's talk about gecs baby (sleeve), Sunday, 9 February 2020 04:12 (four years ago) link
I'm sure Ned has realized the error of his ways :)
― let's talk about gecs baby (sleeve), Sunday, 9 February 2020 04:13 (four years ago) link
omar was dutch? or spanish iirc
― j., Sunday, 9 February 2020 04:18 (four years ago) link
I stand corrected, before my time. But yeah these old threads really double down on the sacred cow mutilation, to their detriment.
― let's talk about gecs baby (sleeve), Sunday, 9 February 2020 04:20 (four years ago) link
NED IS A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 9 February 2020 04:20 (four years ago) link
“ Why? Because the voices are shit” is one of my all-time favorite ILX lines
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Sunday, 9 February 2020 04:48 (four years ago) link
Did anyone listen to the Spotify miniseries history (hosted by Chuck D)? It was predictable hagiography, but still worth it imo. Lots of archival interviews. Last episode did a nice job of ending with the Joe/B.A.D. reunion, instead of the back-to-roots Clash mark 2 show. (I have a boot of the Latino Rockabilly War first show where they cover a few songs from the 2nd BAD record.)
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Sunday, 9 February 2020 22:29 (four years ago) link
Started to because a friend of mine mentioned it but got derailed/distracted. What I heard was pretty good. Obviously Chuck is burning his as well as their legend though.
― TS: Kirk/Spock vs. Hitchcock/Truffaut (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 9 February 2020 23:36 (four years ago) link
Ha. Maybe. Both groups always wanted legend + mainstream success though. No doubt one of the reasons they're both interesting, but also why many the children of the double IPA generation are too good for them.
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Monday, 10 February 2020 13:38 (four years ago) link
I liked that podcast in the predictable ways I would, as both a Clash and PE fan. I did learn a fair amount. My favorite episode was the recording of Sandinista, which made me revisit it. It sound like it was fun to make.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 10 February 2020 14:20 (four years ago) link
Burning=burnishing
― TS: Kirk/Spock vs. Hitchcock/Truffaut (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 February 2020 14:21 (four years ago) link
what's the best book about the Clash
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 19:03 (four years ago) link
Last Gang In Town, probably
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
that was my guess but hard to tell from rando internet reviews
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 19:42 (four years ago) link
got it from the library - am learning a lot and generally enjoying it, but Grey's fixation on the band's various inauthenticities ("Joe Strummer's family life was not as terrible as he initially made it out to be!" or whatever) is kinda irritating/stupid
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 16:49 (four years ago) link
yeah I thought of caveating, but it doesn’t change the fact that the reporting is goodhe gets really cranky & bitter abt selling out later on, iirc
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 17:02 (four years ago) link
lol I suspected as much
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 17:08 (four years ago) link
Yeah, but wasn't 'Sandinista!' their 'Kid A'?
― tarden, Wednesday, 6 June 2001 bookmarkflaglink
lol
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 11:01 (three years ago) link
I really don't want to hate-listen to Sandinista but this might've pushed me over the edge
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 11:02 (three years ago) link
Something interesting I just discovered: the US version of the debut album has been memory-holed.
To recap, for those who don't know... the Clash's debut came out in the UK in 1977, but CBS in America hated it, so it didn't come out here until after Give 'Em Enough Rope, and the track listing was radically altered. "Deny," "Cheat," "Protex Blue," and "48 Hours" were removed, and post-album singles "Clash City Rockers," "Complete Control," "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais," and "I Fought The Law" were added, and the single mix of "White Riot" was swapped for the LP version. But if you pull the album up on Spotify in the US now, you get the UK version.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 2 August 2021 20:32 (two years ago) link
Black Market Clash gone too
― Citole Country (bendy), Monday, 2 August 2021 20:44 (two years ago) link
Now you have to go into the comps and box sets to make a playlist version.
― “Heroin” (ft. Bobby Gillespie) (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 2 August 2021 21:35 (two years ago) link
Although people already have
― Mark G, Monday, 2 August 2021 21:48 (two years ago) link
But if you pull the album up on Spotify in the US nowThis is a very specific and miniature memory hole
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 02:19 (two years ago) link
Appalling. Here you go: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5JaaajKZNOxriOZCJIZqB7?si=8f3a26cf911c4341
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 02:50 (two years ago) link
needs the 7" version of White Riot
― bovarism, Tuesday, 3 August 2021 10:14 (two years ago) link
I wanted to check Discogs before saying that Black Market Clash was "memory-holed" twenty-eight years ago when Super Black Market Clash came out worldwide, but an Omaha bar / Star Wars t-shirt shop did license a 5,000 copy 10" pressing from Sony in 2011
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 14:39 (two years ago) link
The weirdest thing about Super Black Market Clash was that it left off so many tracks from the original. I love the meandering b-sides, but it seems like those missing tracks would have still fit on the CD.
― Citole Country (bendy), Tuesday, 3 August 2021 15:13 (two years ago) link