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blindsuperhero:
Well, I can't imagine anything on the first album being commercially successful or appealing to a large audience. I think 95% of people would dismiss it as just an angry noisy racket. I think maybe the fact that it has so many well-written songs, played in a noisy-racket style, may make you consider it more radio-friendly-sounding than it actually is.

a pack of wolves:
Quite possibly. The fact that I think Mens Recovery Project (who were once described by Fracture as being the musical equivalent of chewing on tinfoil) have some damn catchy tunes may also have something to do with it...

Johnny C:

--- Quote from: bucky_2300 ---The Clash are actually classified among most of the circles I frequent as borderline pop-punk, but in a Ramones way, not blink-182 or some such. The reason being that most other (forgive me for using this term) "real" punk bands, such as Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Partisans, Choking Victim, Leftover Crack, Crass, Subhumans, Dr. Know, D.O.A., etc. have a much much much harder sound, with often more intensely political lyrics.
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I don't want to sound rude, but I wouldn't classify the lyrics of those bands listed as being more intensely political; the Clash wrote some damn political songs. The difference between those bands and The Clash, I guess, is that Joe Strummer had heard of something called "subtlety."


EDIT: Bold'd.

Inlander:
A list of just a few of the political songs by the Clash:

"London's Burning"
"Career Opportunities"
"Spanish Bombs"
"Clampdown"
"The Guns of Brixton"
"The Magnificent Seven"
"Ivan Meets G.I. Joe"
"The Leader"
"Something About England"
"The Call Up"
"Washington Bullets"
"Koka Kola"
"Know Your Rights"
"Rock the Casbah"
"Straight To Hell"

etc.  Yes, sometimes they wrote about politics with a definite smirk (Marx and Engels scrounging for change at the 7-11, anyone?) but they wrote about it.  Sure, they wrote about a lot of other stuff as well (thank god), but to say they weren't political is nonsense.

hooligan:

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I still say that the Clash were quite radio-friendly. Take the song "Complete Control", for instance.
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It's sort of funny that you listed that song, which was an intentional slight of the music industry.

Or to put it another way...
Don't go blaspheming round here.  Your opinion is wrong.

When London Calling came out it was the only album I listened to for about 3 years.  It just sat in my radio playing front to back over and over again.

They may sound "Pop" now-a-days, but that is only because they have been such a huge influence on music since they came out.  

I grew up with all the Crass/Hardcore punk stuff, and I was totally into it, but in hindsight it just doesn't hold water when compared to the Clash.

No you want to talk about an over-rated band, let's talk Nirvanna.

[cred] I saw the Clash in '83 [/cred]

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