Post by Fuggle on Sept 26, 2004 6:49:01 GMT -5
Vintage Clash still amazing after all these years
Write to clash@thecitizen.canwest.com and tell us your favourite tracks and what you think of the LP. We'll give away one album and print some of your responses (include your name, address and daytime phone).
Ottawa Citizen
September 24, 2004
CREDIT: CP PHOTO/AP/David Handschuh
Members of the British rock group 'The Clash' are shown arriving in New York at JFK Airport May 26, 1981. From left: Paul Simonon, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, Topper Heyton. The Clash's London Calling album is being reissued in a 25th anniversary special edition.
Cover art from the Clash's groundbreaking album, London Calling.
The following is an excerpt from Peter Simpson's review inside today's Citizen.
As one Ottawa musician says on page 3 of today’s Citizen Arts section, to call London Calling a “punk record” is just plain absurd:
The 19 tracks spread over the two discs of the original release showed a range of styles and voices that were unprecedented in the popular music of the day, punk and otherwise. Such reach has been memorably achieved only rarely in rock ’n’ roll - the Beatles’ White Album, Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti, the Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street.
Twenty-five years later, and remastered for the 25th anniversary edition, the sheer scope of it all remains astonishing, from the gutsy rock of the anthemic, opening title track and songs like Clampdown and Death or Glory, to the reggae/ska roots of Jimmy Jazz and Rudie Can’t Fail, to the historical vignettes of Wrong ’em Boyo and Spanish Bombs, to the capitalist-consumerist misgivings of Lost in the Supermarket and Koka Kola.
There is not a single moment on London Calling that sounds dated. And with the blessing of digital tools, none of it has ever sounded so good.
We want you to tell us your favourite track from London Calling. Send a few words about the legendary record to clash@thecitizen.canwest.com, and we’ll publish a selection of comments in next Saturday’s Arts section.
We’ll even give one reader a free copy of the 25th anniversary edition of London Calling. Be sure to include your full name, address and daytime phone.
Write to clash@thecitizen.canwest.com and tell us your favourite tracks and what you think of the LP. We'll give away one album and print some of your responses (include your name, address and daytime phone).
Ottawa Citizen
September 24, 2004
CREDIT: CP PHOTO/AP/David Handschuh
Members of the British rock group 'The Clash' are shown arriving in New York at JFK Airport May 26, 1981. From left: Paul Simonon, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, Topper Heyton. The Clash's London Calling album is being reissued in a 25th anniversary special edition.
Cover art from the Clash's groundbreaking album, London Calling.
The following is an excerpt from Peter Simpson's review inside today's Citizen.
As one Ottawa musician says on page 3 of today’s Citizen Arts section, to call London Calling a “punk record” is just plain absurd:
The 19 tracks spread over the two discs of the original release showed a range of styles and voices that were unprecedented in the popular music of the day, punk and otherwise. Such reach has been memorably achieved only rarely in rock ’n’ roll - the Beatles’ White Album, Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti, the Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street.
Twenty-five years later, and remastered for the 25th anniversary edition, the sheer scope of it all remains astonishing, from the gutsy rock of the anthemic, opening title track and songs like Clampdown and Death or Glory, to the reggae/ska roots of Jimmy Jazz and Rudie Can’t Fail, to the historical vignettes of Wrong ’em Boyo and Spanish Bombs, to the capitalist-consumerist misgivings of Lost in the Supermarket and Koka Kola.
There is not a single moment on London Calling that sounds dated. And with the blessing of digital tools, none of it has ever sounded so good.
We want you to tell us your favourite track from London Calling. Send a few words about the legendary record to clash@thecitizen.canwest.com, and we’ll publish a selection of comments in next Saturday’s Arts section.
We’ll even give one reader a free copy of the 25th anniversary edition of London Calling. Be sure to include your full name, address and daytime phone.