Listened: Tuesday September 7
If you asked me to name an album released in the year of my birth, London Calling is the only one I can think to name. How many more do you need to know?
This album was pretty big in my high school music life, probably because of the punk and ska revival happening at the time. Live 105 used to play The Clash pretty often, even 15 years after most of their songs were first released. I remember loving London Calling and Train In Vain.
The album cover was also very recognizable to youth at the time, probably because the photo is one of the most perfect expressions of rock and roll in existence. I wasn’t aware until very recently that the pink and green framing type was borrowed from Elvis Presley’s debut album. It’s new and old joined to equal more than the sum of their parts, which is the way it should be.
Emily's Albums A to Z 
[…] However, even other English punk bands of the era did not achieve the anger/catchy balance as well. The Clash came close, but they still couch their anger and disdain in well-crafted […]
[…] Carbon Bubble was a free download. If you aren’t familiar, Carbon/Silicon is Mick Jones and Tony James, two grizzled, seasoned punk rockers. The music is old school punk in tone. The […]
[…] the current world oil crisis, the widening gulf between rich and poor). The subject matter genes of The Clash are very clear […]
[…] can hear the Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana influences pretty clearly in the guitars, as well as the Clash and the Ramones in the […]