What Are You Listening To?

^Agree….but I didn't hear it til many years later which is so weird since I was one of those people desperately buying anything Pavement related.. the only thing I can figure is that the first thing I bought by the Silver Jews I did not like at all and stopped buying their stuff? I used to have the Arizona record but got rid of it.. still over the years without intending to looks like I picked up most of their stuff.. I prefer American Water by miles over Brighten the Corners or Terror Twilight..

also by the time American Water came out maybe I was no longer obsessive about Pavement… and had moved into my Bob Dylan obsesso phase.. anyways crazy to have slept on such a great album

Yada wrote:
American Water is perfection.

Happy Passover

wow I must be subconsciously getting in touch with my inner Jew…

Yada wrote:
I'm sure INKWYC backs me up on what an amazing album this is…

http://diffuser.fm/clash-debut-album/

yeah, but UK or US version?

hutch wrote:
Love- False Start


Call me crazy but I really like this one and can't stand Forever Changes…stylistically completely different…much more rock and less hippy dippy

ok, but that's not hendrix on the everlasting first.

dyecraig wrote:

hutch wrote:
Love- False Start


Call me crazy but I really like this one and can't stand Forever Changes…stylistically completely different…much more rock and less hippy dippy

ok, but that's not hendrix on the everlasting first.

I've read that…and that was my instinct..

I just happen to not get Forever Changes.. I really can't bear to hear it..

dyecraig wrote:

Yada wrote:
I'm sure INKWYC backs me up on what an amazing album this is…

http://diffuser.fm/clash-debut-album/

yeah, but UK or US version?

the US version is THE version
The US didn't get to have all the singles and such, so the US version is such a good compilation of what they were doing

concertorium wrote:

dyecraig wrote:

Yada wrote:
I'm sure INKWYC backs me up on what an amazing album this is…

http://diffuser.fm/clash-debut-album/

yeah, but UK or US version?

the US version is THE version
The US didn't get to have all the singles and such, so the US version is such a good compilation of what they were doing

precisely why the UK version is the only one to get.. the US version is not an album but a compilation.. if you want a compilation plenty of great options.. if you want a landmark punk album full of visceral energy get the UK one.. I mean the US release has stuff from 1978 and 1979 while the UK one is their first album from 1977…

Black Angels - Indigo Meadow

Neil Young- Chrome Dreams II

hutch wrote:

concertorium wrote:

dyecraig wrote:

Yada wrote:
I'm sure INKWYC backs me up on what an amazing album this is…

http://diffuser.fm/clash-debut-album/

yeah, but UK or US version?

the US version is THE version
The US didn't get to have all the singles and such, so the US version is such a good compilation of what they were doing

precisely why the UK version is the only one to get.. the US version is not an album but a compilation.. if you want a compilation plenty of great options.. if you want a landmark punk album full of visceral energy get the UK one.. I mean the US release has stuff from 1978 and 1979 while the UK one is their first album from 1977…

true
but opening with Clash City Rockers ….just blew my 12 year old ears out of the water
and the inclusion of Complete Control and (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
just make it a masterpeice IMO

I didn't know that Initial copies of the US version also came with a bonus 7-inch single which featured "Groovy Times" and "Gates of the West".
GotW is probably one of my favorite deep cuts "Little Richard's in the kitchen playing spoons and plates. He's telling the waitress he's great"

I Fought the Law- freakin classic…no idea that it had been recorded in May of 79!


the song left out were not that great
Deny, Cheat, Protex Blue, and 48 Hours

Cheat was great and ended up appearing on Black Market Clash
Those two US releases have soo much good stuff compiled prior to the LC/Sand/CR

but agreed…it's a compilation, but God damn if it's not one of the best I've ever heard

Am I the only person who thinks the Clash haven't aged well at all? Loved some (nowhere near all) of their stuff back in the day, but it hasn't stood the test of time. At least to my ears, anyway.

StoneTheCrow wrote:
Am I the only person who thinks the Clash haven't aged well at all? Loved some (nowhere near all) of their stuff back in the day, but it hasn't stood the test of time. At least to my ears, anyway.

I have had this thought too..

I definitely listen to them a lot less… and I think some of it has aged very poorly or has been beaten to death so much I can't take it… then again, Sandinista which has not been beaten to death and is rather experimental at times I can still listen to.. but if I hear I fought the law or Should I stay or should i go again i'll run for the hills…

StoneTheCrow wrote:
Am I the only person who thinks the Clash haven't aged well at all? Loved some (nowhere near all) of their stuff back in the day, but it hasn't stood the test of time. At least to my ears, anyway.

Assuming you're in your mid 30's or older, I think unfortunately they've just fallen victim to a band that you've heard every single day/week/month since you were 10 years old. There are so many classic bands that I can't even bear to hear due to those reasons.

Chicano Batman- Freedom is Free

DMZ- DMZ

cool punk album from 1978 on Sire.. around this time Sire was putting out all the great punk..Ramones, Dead Boys, The Saints, Radio Birdman , Talking Heads you name it…. these guys fell off the radar.. i think the lead singer went on to form the Lyres… I sort of collect Sire records.. Its amazing how Seymour Stein turned a shitty label putting out Renaissance, Climax Blues Band and Focus into the punk label..it seemed to all get started when he put out the Ramones…

J Geils Band- Blow Your Face Out

Brazilian Girls - NYC