&ot absonderpop: Clash Week, Pt. 1: The Money Feels Good

Monday, April 09, 2007

Clash Week, Pt. 1: The Money Feels Good



The Guns Of Brixton was the only song written by Paul Simonon (who's now in The Good, The Bad And The Queen) ever to be released on an album of The Clash. There must be a gazillion cover versions of this one and the bassline has crossed over into mainstream pop via the sample used by Norman Cook's Beats International (before he became Fatboy Slim).

Interestingly enough, the song was released way before the Brixton Riot of 1981.

The Clash: The Guns Of Brixton
The Clash: The Guns Of Brixton (live)
Arcade Fire: The Guns Of Brixton
Calexico: The Guns Of Brixton
RTZ Global: The Guns Of Brixton
Nouvelle Vague: The Guns Of Brixton
Jeff Klein: The Guns Of Brixton
Rancho Deluxe: The Guns Of Brixton
The Bandits: The Guns Of Brixton
Blaggers ITA: The Guns Of Brixton
The Honeydippers: The Guns Of Brixton
Dropkick Murphys: The Guns Of Brixton
Die Toten Hosen: The Guns Of Brixton (live)
Die Toten Hosen feat. Gentleman: The Guns Of Brixton (live)
The Anacondas: The Guns Of Brixton
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs: The Guns Of Brixton
Enrico Ruggeri: The Guns Of Brixton
Bolchoi: The Guns Of Brixton
Inner Terrestrials: The Guns Of Brixton

Bonus (listen, and you'll know…):
Cypress Hill feat. Tim Armstrong: What's Your Number?
Soilent Grün: Spitz wie Lumpi
Beats International: Dub Be Good To Me

If you happen to have another version of this song, feel free to send it in and I'll include it in this list.

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2 Comments:

Blogger Ryan Spaulding said...

Bravo

2:09 AM  
Blogger Jorge said...

really nice..... keep the good work!

7:12 PM  

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