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Music Appreciation

marble falls

(68,548 posts) Wed Sep 17, 2025, 05:20 PM 19 hrs ago

Clash - London Calling

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Clash - London Calling (Original Post) marble falls 19 hrs ago OP

yeah eShirl 19 hrs ago #1

IMO, Their Best Song ProfessorGAC 17 hrs ago #2

Wasn't it Train In Vain that they were most critized for by those punks? highplainsdem 17 hrs ago #3

Probably, Yes ProfessorGAC 16 hrs ago #4

There's always that small 'purity' group that can find something to slag. This is my second favorite Clash song ... marble falls 4 hrs ago #5

eShirl

(19,636 posts)

1. yeah

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 05:31 PM

19 hrs ago

ProfessorGAC

(74,437 posts)

2. IMO, Their Best Song

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 07:50 PM

17 hrs ago

Of course, songs like this, Casbah, and Train In Vain got them slagged by the British punks.
They started caring too much about sounding good.

highplainsdem

(58,201 posts)

3. Wasn't it Train In Vain that they were most critized for by those punks?

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 08:03 PM

17 hrs ago

It's my favorite.

ProfessorGAC

(74,437 posts)

4. Probably, Yes

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 08:31 PM

16 hrs ago

Bur, all three of those went mainstream & the punks hated that.
Same thing happened in the US to Talking Heads & Television.
The American punks slagged on them when they started caring about precision, especially to TH, which is a bit odd since they were never punk. But, the Ramones fans at CBGB started hating on them after More About Buildings & Food.
Lots of bands go through that, I guess. Even Van Halen got slagged by the hard rock crowd when Eddie bought an Oberheim.

marble falls

(68,548 posts)

5. There's always that small 'purity' group that can find something to slag. This is my second favorite Clash song ...