Re: [bomp] Re: Clash Overrated?

[David Minuk <davidmin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry to beat a dead horse, so to speak, but there are some who feel that the Clash were reactionary and formalistic, especially compared to the Pistols.  That is to say, the Clash represented a return to "real" i.e., ernest and natural-sounding rock, vs. the punks who wanted to destroy all music, especially rock.  This was the real stylistic influence of the Clash for early U2 (as earlier mentioned).  I don't expect many on this board to agree, but there are people more on the arty side of punk who think so.  

David

On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 22:54:35 EST, you wrote:

>
>In a message dated 12/31/02 5:02:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
>owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes:
>
>> Does anyone on this list believe The Clash
>> >were overrated? 
>
>I used to hate them when I was younger, then again I wasn't too informed 
>about them. I grew to like them over time. I couldn't understand all the hype 
>about them when London Calling came out. It seemed that the people that liked 
>them where I grew up were people I couldn't stand, so unfortunately, they 
>kind of slipped through the cracks. By the time I got into them, they were 
>winding down. 
>
>The thing I don't understand is that they're in the Rock and Roll Hall of 
>Fame, but Alice Cooper, to my knowledge, isn't!?!? 
>
>MJ 
>
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