The Clash U S Version Music Cd

Clash - The Clash U S Version

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The Clash (U.S. Version)      Artist : The Clash      List Price : $11.98 USD        Your Price : $7.97 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2000-01-25      Studio : Sony      Label : Sony      Avg. Customer Rating : (71 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for The Clash U S Version      COPY SUCCESS!!!      Rating:      I think the only reason I like this album is because it sounds exactly like THE RAMONES. They totally copied them after their England performances in 1976, as did many other "punk" bands like the Sex Pistols, etc. The funny part is that RAMONES were not punk, and it is obvious listening to future Clash albums that they were really not true punks either. But everyone needs a starting place. This is the only Clash album I can listen to without hitting the skip button. Everything is up beat, catchy and rockin...even if I can't understand a thing they are saying! Other albums I bought that sound like this are: Sloopjohnd , Ramones and Give 'em Enough Rope     Customer Reviews for The Clash U S Version Cd      Attitude and intelligence come together      Rating:      People who are after a one album purchase will prefer the US version. It includes a number of other hits that were circulating around that time and leaves off some of the weaker numbers off the UK album. I'm sure purists or completists will not agree with me on this point. To me, this album is punk (along with London Calling). This album belongs in an era which will never, can never come again. It is a product of its time but has aged extremely well. The songs which are on this version but not on the UK version are all strong, and were either singles, B-sides, or rerecorded later - Clash City Rockers, Complete Control, White Man in Hammersmith Palais, Jail Guitar Doors, and the cover of "I fought the Law". Completists will get the UK version and the singles collections, but for someone who wants a really strong songlist - this is the one to get. Joe Strummer's voice pulses with feeling. The lead guitar breaks are all short and choppy like an optimistic birdsong of hope in a new nihilistic world. The drums pedal along like soft hoofbeats of a galloping horse. As the song "Garageland" says - a response to critics who said they were a garage band that should be returned to the garage, preferrably with the car still running(!) well we all know who was right in the end!