Reverend Jax Posted February 2, 2005 Posted February 2, 2005 Originally I was going to make this just The Ramones and The Clash, but then I remembered, we have a whole bunch of obnoxious British people on this board, and if there's one thing obnoxious British people look up to, it's anyone more obnoxious and obnoxiously British than themselves, and The Sex Pistols fit that bill like nobody's business.
MyLeakyBucket Posted February 2, 2005 Posted February 2, 2005 While I love the Sex Pistols, I'm a Clash fan through and through. Those guys released a couple crap albums along the way, but you get some kind of best of and you won't stop air-guitaring for days Plus, does music imagery get more iconic than the cover of London's Calling? I think not!!
King of Snake Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 Never took to the Sex Pistols even tho SoF did and good tho the Ramones were it's gotta be the Clash. "Spanish Bombs" Spanish songs in Andalucia The shooting sites in the days of '39 Oh, please, leave the ventana open Fredrico Lorca is dead and gone Bullet holes in the cemetery walls The black cars of the Guardia Civil Spanish bombs on the Costa Rica I'm flying in a DC 10 tonight [Chorus] Spanish bombs, yo te quiero infinito yo te quiero oh mi corazón Spanish bombs, yo te quiero infinito yo te quiero oh mi corazón Spanish weeks in my disco casino The freedom fighters died upon the hill They sang the red flag They wore the black one But after they died it was Mockingbird Hill Back home the buses went up in flashes The Irish tomb was drenched in blood Spanish bombs shatter the hotels My senorita's rose was nipped in the bud [Chorus] The hillsides ring with "Free the people" Or can I hear the echo from the days of '39? With trenches full of poets The ragged army, fixin' bayonets to fight the other line Spanish bombs rock the province I'm hearing music from another time Spanish bombs on the Costa Brava I'm flying in on a DC 10 tonight Spanish songs in Andalucia, Mandolina, oh mi corazon Spanish songs in Granada, oh mi corazon No contest...
Reverend Jax Posted February 3, 2005 Author Posted February 3, 2005 Those guys released a couple crap albums along the way Like Cut the Crap :ill: Plus, does music imagery get more iconic than the cover of London's Calling? I don't know, I think Pete Townshed smashing his guitar is more iconic. Then they're Hendrix burning his guitar. It's up there though. "Spanish Bombs" Oh man, I was watching Conan a few weeks ago and the Max Weinberg 7 started playing Spanish Bombs and I fucking flipped out! On of my favs of London Calling (maybe Rudie Can't Fail, maybe the Right Profile, maybe Wrong 'Em Boyo...so hard to pick a fav off that album).
Ganny McVagflaps Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 The Ramones are my favorite band of all time. The Clash are definitly up there but the Pistols....bah. I don't rate "Never Mind the Bollocks" when listening all the way through but take it track by track every now and again and it's the goods.
Jont Posted February 22, 2005 Posted February 22, 2005 "This year I’ve lost some friends" "Some friends? what friends?" "I dunno, I ain’t even noticed" Clash all the way. In fairness I don't know the other bands album material that well, but realy, what's to know? Scary fact, while searcing for Clash lyrics, I learned that No Doubt covered Hateful.
TulipO Posted February 22, 2005 Posted February 22, 2005 I have to go with The Clash, then the Ramones. Sex Pistols? Eh. They have some high points but mainly these days, their famous because their guitar player was a junkie who killed his girlfriend.
Reverend Jax Posted February 22, 2005 Author Posted February 22, 2005 Well, if you read my first post, I was going to just make it Clash Vs Ramones, but I threw the Sex Pistols because...well, you can read the reason yourself.
Jont Posted February 23, 2005 Posted February 23, 2005 "Originally I was going to make this just The Ramones and The Clash, but then I remembered, we have a whole bunch of obnoxious British people on this board, and if there's one thing obnoxious British people look up to, it's anyone more obnoxious and obnoxiously British than themselves, and The Sex Pistols fit that bill like nobody's business." Refresh my memory, but apart from Bucket, who's british on this board? Unless... Tulip, did you get that European citizenship you were after?
Reverend Jax Posted February 23, 2005 Author Posted February 23, 2005 Man, you people can't get it through your head! Everyone in Europe who speaks English is British. English, Scotish, Irish, you're all the same to me!
Ganny McVagflaps Posted February 23, 2005 Posted February 23, 2005 I have to go with The Clash, then the Ramones. Sex Pistols? Eh. They have some high points but mainly these days, their famous because their guitar player was a junkie who killed his girlfriend. Ah to be fair they did more than that. If it weren't for them Joe Strummer'd still be playing pub rock with the 101ers.
Ganny McVagflaps Posted February 23, 2005 Posted February 23, 2005 Is playing pub rock with the 101ers really alive....? Then again no Pistols no "cut the crap" or at least 2/3rds of Sadistinananananotgonnaevenbothertryingtospellit.
TulipO Posted February 23, 2005 Posted February 23, 2005 Sandinista? And no Jont. Haven't had anyone bite yet. I thought for sure someone would try to rescue me after the most recent election, but alas, I'm still a yank.
Ganny McVagflaps Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Sandinista? Yeah, that's the ticket! Damn, who needs Google when you've got Tu?
Jables Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Tha's cool. I'm the first person to vote the Sex Pistols... Music-wise the Ramones, but the thing with Punk is it's more a philosophy. One which was lived highly by Johnny Rotten(Sid Vicious to a lesser extent 'cause you can never be sure how much was valid existentialism and how much was a fuckin' put on.). Rotten kept it real tho...
Ganny McVagflaps Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Kept it real with Mountain Dew comercials and reality TV shows.....
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