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Monday, April 16, 2007

Clash Week, Pt. 4: Everybody They Wanna Go Home



To finish off Clash Week in this blog, here's one of the highlights from the last album they recorded in their original line-up, Combat Rock.
The Clash have always been politically outspoken, as is Straight To Hell – a song which tackles a number of social issues ranging from drug abuse to immigration.

The Clash: Straight To Hell (unedited version)
The Clash: Straight To Hell (live)
Amy Loftus and Will Kimbrough: Straight To Hell
Emm Gryner: Straight To Hell
Josh Rouse: Straight To Hell
Moby feat. Heather Nova: Straight To Hell
Phil Cody: Straight To Hell
Red Letter Day: Straight To Hell
Skinnerbox: Straight To Hell

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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Friday, April 13, 2007

Clash Week, Pt. 3: I Guess My Race Is Run



And another song, not written by any of the members of The Clash. This one could even have been considered a classic by the time The Clash recorded their own version, as it had been recorded by The Crickets in 1960 and been made popular by The Bobby Fuller Four in 1964.
Written by Sonny Curtis, the guitarrist of The Crickets, I Fought The Law was included on the first album the band released after the death of their former lead singer Buddy Holly.

The Crickets: I Fought The Law
Bobby Fuller Four: I Fought The Law
The Clash: I Fought The Law
The Clash: I Fought The Law (live)
The Pogues feat. Joe Strummer: I Fought The Law (live)
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros: I Fought The Law (live
Dead Kennedys: I Fought The Law
Stray Cats: I Fought The Law
Nanci Griffith: I Fought The Law
Mike Ness (Social Distortion): I Fought The Law
Waco Brothers: I Fought The Law
The Oyster Band: I Fought The Law (live)
Mano Negra: I Fought The Law (live)
Gene October (Chelsea): I Fought The Law
Hank Williams Jr.: I Fought The Law
Green Day: I Fought The Law
Henry Kaiser and David Lindley: I Fought The Law
Yo La Tengo: I Fought The Law
Bryan Adams: I Fought The Law (live)
Status Quo: I Fought The Law (live)
Birdland with Lester Bangs: I Fought The Law (live)
Claude François: J'ai Joué et J'ai Perdu
Ace Andres and the X-15's: I Fought The Law
Left Alone: I Fought The Law
Roy Orbison: I Fought The Law
The Freddy Steady 5: I Fought The Law
Tom Bee: I Fought The Law
Voodoo DeVille: I Fought The Law

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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Thursday, April 12, 2007

Clash Week, Pt. 2: Won't You Help Me Find The Speed I Lack?



There are songs that you associate that much with one band, you are stunned to find out they haven't been written by this band.
Even so, if the original version of the song is by someone you only know from a couple of poppy reggae tunes from the 80s.
Eddy Grant, who was the main singer and songwriter for the British pop/reggae-group The Equals before he went solo, wrote "Police On My Back" and the band released the song as a single in 1968.

The Equals: Police On My Back
The Clash: Police On My Back
The Deadcats: Police On My Back
Asian Dub Foundation & Zebda: Police On My Back
Die Toten Hosen: Police On My Back
Levellers: Police On My Back
Micky Fitz: Police On My Back
Pressure Point: Police On My Back
The Hated: Police On My Back
The Rocketz: Police On My Back
Willie Nile: Police On My Back

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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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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