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thenakedanddead

God, this thread is becoming as substantial as the great wall of china, isn't it?


Anyway

The Sex Pistols vs The Clash

Due to my rather limited knowledge base in the latter, I have to go with The Sex Pistols.

With a few persuasive arguments though, I might just become something of a clash dilettante. So fire

CDfm

The Sex Pistols were one hit Wonders really.

The Clash on the other hand were a real band and had a real career. Their bass player could play his instrument but really Topper Headon the drummer was one of the 70's & 80's unsong hero's and allowed the band extend their repetoire. Check out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx-277MRYuM

They were probably hampered by their leftist politics and released a lot of rubbish as filler on ill concieved double albums bother other than that accomplished more than Lydon & Co.

thenakedanddead

CDfm wrote: »

The Sex Pistols were one hit Wonders really.

The Clash on the other hand were a real band and had a real career. Their bass player could play his instrument but really Topper Headon the drummer was one of the 70's & 80's unsong hero's and allowed the band extend their repetoire. Check out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx-277MRYuM

They were probably hampered by their leftist politics and released a lot of rubbish as filler on ill concieved double albums bother other than that accomplished more than Lydon & Co.

Yes, classic

CDfm

thenakedanddead wrote: »

Yes, classic

Individually, the Sex Pistols had a great guitarist and front man. Sid & Malcolm killed the Pistols.

Lydons next band Public Image Limited shows he had talent and his mother being a Cork Woman means he is also a mean fiddle player. His Dad is a Lydon from Galway. Geldof in his book singles out Lydon as being very welcoming to the newly arrived Paddies off the boat in 1977

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfMng4JfVfM

And of course the infamous Judge Judy case

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvvx4vDr38o

Some trivia

The controversial group were due to play in the 1970s when they were at the height of their fame.
But the show was banned by the Gardai on the instructions of the Justice Department and Johnny Rotten received a six-month jail sentence for allegedly hitting a policeman at a pub along the Quays in Dublin.
He was released after a few weeks when Richard Branson, the Virgin boss, travelled to Dublin and paid pounds 10,000 into a charity fund.

The Boomtown Rats werecontroversial & well connected and a certain Mr J Lynch TD intervened for their concerts

But the Pistols, particularly Cork-born Lydon, who fronts a programme for the music channel VH1, are determined to play in the country he calls home.

Now you know God Save the Queen is really a traditional Cork song.

More hype on the 2001 St Paddies Day Appearence that did not happen.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20010211/ai_n14524191/

thenakedanddead

Pity this threads a bit dead

CDfm

thenakedanddead wrote: »

Pity this threads a bit dead

It is really as this kind of thing can be a lot of fun -especially as you can have a bit of trivia thrown in.

The Boomtown Rats versus the Undertones deserves to be done.

Probably followed by Gary Moore vs Van Morrison.

Cicero

CDfm wrote: »

It is really as this kind of thing can be a lot of fun -especially as you can have a bit of trivia thrown in.

The Boomtown Rats versus the Undertones deserves to be done.

Probably followed by Gary Moore vs Van Morrison.

Gonna go for Undertones on this one....much as I have great memories of looking at what I would consider (from memory) as being one of the first videos ever- "Don't Like Mondays"...confused the hell out of me it did,at the time...for consistency it's the Undertones....

CDfm

Good choice - John Peels favorite song was Teenage Kicks but while I like them , I reckon the Boomtown Rats pip them with 2 # 1 singles "Rat Trap" and " I dont like Mondays".

They also released the wonderful Tonic For the Troops as their second album featuring the wonderful " Like Clockwork"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3seTVyHVfVU

and this beauty " I never loved Eva Braun" - a pop song about Hitler

The Boomtown Rats were a real band and more pub rock like Dr Feelgood and the Stranglers then punk or new wave.