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Cope vs. The Clash
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machineryelf
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Re: Cope vs. The Clash
Dec 14, 2009, 13:41
hard to believe this is still going on, it was obvious the Clash couldn't walk the walk the day 'Give Em Enough Rope' came out, and even by that point punk had shot itself in the mouth enough times for anyone to realise that it wasn't the great messiah it was meant to be
They made some decent records if you like that sort of thing, they opened a few peoples eyes to politics, reggae and stencils. History has its way and the Pistols are the band everyone thinks of when you say punk, the Damned had the first single etc etc, they occupy the same space as Hermans Hermits,Diamondhead or Alice In Chains,runners up in the history of rock
If anything it was the music writers of Q et al who built them up at the end of the 80s, start of the 90s with the constant claims of their cultural significance which were more to do with the writers lack of adventure than any greatness on the part of the Clash
Still i'd rather listen to the Clash than Radiohead who seem to have inherited their mantle
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