I saw The Clash at the Santa Monica Civic in February 1979. You mentioned the opening band The Dils. That band would later move to Austin and become one of the first and best cow-punk bands, Rank and File

@thirdcoast5755

9 ай бұрын

I remember them! Didn’t realize they started as the Dils

I was at The Commodore show in Vancouver, they had a patchwork world flags backdrop. They blew us away!

Mad how The Cramps were better known in the UK than they were in the USA at that time, even up till their end they were popular, last time I saw them the venue was sold out like most times they played the UK. The Cramps are another band that will be missed.

@brendanmccabe1

Жыл бұрын

I read somewhere that between their first and second album, Blondie was described as a European band even though they're from NYC. The same could be said about the cramps. American audiences just weren't ready for that. Thanks for watching. Maybe I'll do a story about The Cramps in the future. What do you think?

@SweetJimmyNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Since the "Goo Goo Muck" dance seen in Wednesday there was an up tick in streams for the Cramps. Hardcore fans seem annoyed about it. But it fit the scene so well and has opened up the band to a new audience.

@matthewjdouglas6471

Жыл бұрын

They were an excellent band, they wrote some brilliant tunes and had a great look. I love the gig at the home for the mentally ill in california usa 1978?? I think 🤔

@lucasroche8639

Жыл бұрын

@@brendanmccabe1 fuck yeah.

That is very interesting. What a tour! Bo Diddley! I would have loved to have seen THAT!

@SweetJimmyNetwork

6 ай бұрын

Me too. I have a soft spot for all the blues men. Howling Wolf, Muddy Waters little Walter.

This is the second video I’ve watched after the battle of Waterloo. I’m loving it! Keep ‘em coming

@SweetJimmyNetwork

9 ай бұрын

Hey man, thanks for watching. We try to bring stories that haven't been told. Check out the Crass episode fascinating story whether one likes the band or not.

@davesleyer9393

9 ай бұрын

@@SweetJimmyNetwork I happen to have a crass tattoo over my heart

@SweetJimmyNetwork

9 ай бұрын

@davesleyer9393 Then you probably know most of it already. It covers their first tour in New York and goes into the bands origins.

Great story - I had no idea about Bo Diddley opening for the Clash. Brendan is getting better and better at the storytelling, and Jimmy's visuals are getting more and more clever. Great teamwork, fellas.

@SweetJimmyNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Actually Brendan provided the visuals as well. The guy has chops!

@davehoward22

Жыл бұрын

Heard j strummer say bo diddly used to buy a ticket for his guitar on the plane when he flew

YeS,Dis DuDe IS AlwayS,ImPorTanT FoR PaSsIoNaTeLy RecoRdinG PunK!ThanKs!Jcs

Very well done and informative. Thank you!

@SweetJimmyNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching. We try to tell stories that have never been told.

I knew Joe, he was a lovely bloke, miss him 😢 🇬🇧

Guys this was bloody nice. When Joe Strummer died my world crashed I'm still not over his passing through to the happy hunting grounds 😢

I saw the return leg, which they still called Pearl Harbor ’79. The Undertones opened with Bo Diddley second on the bill. They all went down well in Chicago but I guess the Clash had a rough crowd in Detroit, according to the Creem magazine coverage.

@SweetJimmyNetwork

9 ай бұрын

I love the undertones!! That is like a dream show for me. Love Bo Diddly too.

I love it!!!! Your style and understated competence....humour.

@SweetJimmyNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks so much for watching! We strive to be unique.

@julianbrowne7026

Жыл бұрын

@@SweetJimmyNetwork Pleasure to subscribe all the way from lil' ol West London Town

@SweetJimmyNetwork

Жыл бұрын

England that's awesome. You must have some great punk stories. We did a British peice a few months about the Futurama festival. The so called birth Place of goth.

@julianbrowne7026

Жыл бұрын

@@SweetJimmyNetwork I was a first regular at the Bat Cave.... caught being brought through toilet window at a famous club at time CharingX by Pete Murphy Bauhaus.....many tales ....

1st live band I ever saw was the clash opening for the who Oakland California 1982.

@SweetJimmyNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Live at Shea Stadium was taken from that tour. I really like that record. Thanks for watching.

@davidtingley9978

Жыл бұрын

​@@SweetJimmyNetwork that live album kicks ass, and it's not even The Clash at their best

@SweetJimmyNetwork

Жыл бұрын

@@davidtingley9978 It has my preferred version of "Police on my Back" The "Clampdown" is pretty darn good too.

From my article on the top 15 punk albums The Clash. Released April 7, 1977. Peaked at #12 on the U.K. charts. The Clash sprang to life in London in 1976, a razor sharp band ready for positive action. Joe Strummer said, " We had group discussions and Bernie (Bernie Rhodes, their manager) would say, “An issue. An issue. Don't write about love, write about what's affecting you, what's important.” We were strict. We'd look at everything and think " Is this retro?" I painted this shirt that said, ‘Chuck Berry is dead’. If it was old, it was out." The band released their first single on March 18.1977, the incendiary "White Riot" bw "1977". A month later their stone cold classic debut album hit the stores. Fourteen intense tracks charging out, including one long reggae song for some relief, a cover of Junior Murvin's "Police and Thieves", which in Jamaica at the time was the biggest selling 7" single ever. Strummer is terrific, his anger and disgust are almost palpable as he bellows out the lyrics. The kids in Europe ate it up but CBS America refused to release it here. They believed the LP was too raw, too crudely produced and wouldn't sell. It finally saw the light of day in America in July, 1979, more than two years after its release. Give 'Em Enough Rope turned up in America before their debut so most of us Yankee kids thought ….Rope was their first album. One more thing. When Epic finally released it in America, they added some tracks and deleted others. But kids, if you want to hear the album as the band intended it to be, take it from me the, ahem, punk professor, the British version, starting with "Janie Jones" is the one to own. Songs about unemployment, American imperialism and race problems fill the LP. In "Janie Jones," Strummer hates his boring job but does love sex, drugs and rock and roll. "White Riot" references the Notting Hill Carnival riots when blacks fought the police in the streets. It's a call for white people to get involved in action. " Black man gotta lotta problems but they don't mind throwing a brick/ White people go to school where they teach you how to be thick." "London's Burning" speaks to the bored youth in Britain who wind up driving their cars up and down all night long." All across the town, all across the night/ Everybody's drivin' with full headlight/ Black or white you turn it on, or face the new religion/ Everybody's sittin' ' round watchin' television" England was the new punk kid on the block and there was plenty of dissing of America going on there. "I'm So Bored With The U.S.A." piles on. "Yankee dollar talk to the dictators of the world/ In fact it's giving orders an' they can't afford to miss a word." The song ends with a reference to Starsky & Hutch and Kojak, two American TV shows popular in England at the time. Mick Jones guitar, Paul Simonon bass and Tory Chimes drums are super solid. The Clash was billed as "The Only Band That Matters." Not quite, Punky Brewster, but this album is magnificent in every respect.

@SweetJimmyNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Willie! Great article. Where can we see the rest of the list?

@willieluncheonette5843

Жыл бұрын

@@SweetJimmyNetwork Thanks mate.. Just google "The Top 15 Punk Albums" I've also written 4 articles on Jamaican music--one on ska, two on rock steady and one on the deejays. If you're interested I can give you the links also.

@matthewjdouglas6471

Жыл бұрын

You absolutely nailed that, brilliant comment. When I first heard it I was 13 in 1992. I was hooked. Clash definitely made my life a lot better than it was. Great songs. Amazing energy.

@matthewjdouglas6471

Жыл бұрын

Was topper on the cover of the debut, or not. Did topper record any drums on the debut album??

@willieluncheonette5843

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewjdouglas6471 Thanks for your kind words. Appreciate it. Yes, these bands could make your life better for sure. For me it was Minor Threat and Stiff Little Fingers. They both changed my life.

Going to see Clash documentary"On Resistance Street" in Belfast in a couple of weeks. Filmed in London Belfast and New York. How music and youth movements fed rebellion and a led anti racist anti facist movements.

@SweetJimmyNetwork

9 ай бұрын

I am gonna watch out for that. That is if it comes to the states. Fascinating band

I don't have any grandkids but I saw a lot of kick ass rock and roll, including the Clash at Bonds, 2 nights of insanity. also at the pier, in the pouring rain.

Jimmy you shot a bull's eye on this video History... amazing interesting

@SweetJimmyNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Hey man thanks. Paul does the writing. What i love about Paul is he goes beyond the Wikipedia page and gets quote from old zines and biographies. Thanks so much for watching.

@brendanmccabe1

Жыл бұрын

It's the other McCabe brother.

Next talk about how Van Halen got DOA to open for them in Vancouver, because Diamond Dave is the fuckin man

@SweetJimmyNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Now that sounds like a story.

I saw the Clash at the Palladium Oct '79. Joe Ely opened for them and they had to endure a hailstorm of spit. Ely's band filled up a big plastic trash can with water and dumped it on the audience. Some guy behind the keyboard was berating the crowd and my brother found a sneaker on the floor and threw it from over 60 feet away and JUST missed his head by about 10 inches. The Clash came on and with a minute their clothes were covered in jiggling loogies. It was really disgusting. They berated the crowd, too. The spit just kept flying.

@SweetJimmyNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Yikes!!

The heart breakers was on that tour too lamf best punk album ever recrded

@davedennison7386

Жыл бұрын

I dunno about that but it's a fuckin great lp...

@mj.l

Жыл бұрын

​@@davedennison7386 nah they're right

Wonder what no Diddley thought of them

@SweetJimmyNetwork

Жыл бұрын

He wasn't a fan of the loud amps. I am sure he was happy for the payday.

JusT GivinG BacK in AppRecIaTioN!Dats CooL,nah!Jcs

The clash broke up after the us festival

Please tone down your microphone settings

Toronna

So many errors man

@SweetJimmyNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Can you difine the errors?

@paulelmer

Жыл бұрын

@@SweetJimmyNetwork Mick Jones did not smash his guitar on stage. It was Paul Simonon. You know the guy on the front of one of the world's most iconic album covers?

@jeanscrivener5554

Жыл бұрын

Define

@SweetJimmyNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Technical? Editorial?

@SweetJimmyNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Look closely at the Graphic. It says "Not Mick Jones" Not Washington

⭐️THE CLASH⭐️.X