Is it me or does the Clash kinda suck?

[MyOneAndOnly]

Originally Posted by Run To Me

I'm with fuzz n Poots n Johnny in that clash doesn't do much for me despite given em plenty chances

But hey, you never know, my feeling is there's gotta b something 2 it I'm just not getting, so I'll circle back and give em another chance in a few yrs. Certain shit hits u mad different at different shitstages of life.

For example I never really got Springsteen (other than Dancing In the Dark, Hungry Heart, Born2run, obvs) but put on a cheap used copy of Tunnel of Love recently and lost my shit: in both lyrics and sound, it fits/describes/enhances my understanding of where I'm at in life and I can't get enough of it

And now I'm a huge Springsteen fan, I guess

anybody with real respect for music has to admit that The Boss is a genius musician.

[MyOneAndOnly]

saying that the American Hardcore scene produced a lot of mediocre bands is missing the point. it was a reaction against establishment authority, which included the trappings of professional musicianship and the entire music industry. It was as much a spontaneous political statement as it was DIY entertainment. That's all it was. it was very much the opposite of what most post punk bands were doing or meant to do.

apples and oranges

[myosis]

with scotty on this one

[Elphenor]

Originally Posted by scottytheoneand

saying that the American Hardcore scene produced a lot of mediocre bands is missing the point. it was a reaction against establishment authority, which included the trappings of professional musicianship and the entire music industry. It was as much a spontaneous political statement as it was DIY entertainment. That's all it was. it was very much the opposite of what most post punk bands were doing or meant to do.

apples and oranges

This is true of every wave of punk

DIY/small indie labels were very important to the majority of post punk

I'm talking musically post punk takes more rules off the table while hardcore starts adding them

[Cool As Ice Cream]

Originally Posted by Poots

Please go to the punk penalty box and wait until the next Ramones box set.

bahaha

[brutechinasky]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

I'm talking musically post punk takes more rules off the table while hardcore starts adding them

more broad generalizations, please

[teh b0lly!!1]

dissecting punk subgenres is extremely punk.

also, bruce springsteen.

thank you.

[brutechinasky]

cbs promotes the clash
but ain't for revolution it's just for CASH

[Elphenor]

its not like The Germs cranked up to 11 isn't one of the best things in music just most the cliches people joke about are mainly relevant to hardcore

[Elphenor]

Post punk jokes are like South Park Goth kids I suppose though

[slunken]

Happy birthday Bruce Springsteen aka the boss aka the king. RIP in peace.

[Elphenor]

Henry Rollins gets it

[slunken]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

Henry Rollins gets it

Things no one said ever

[run2pee]

Elph just needs to take a break from posting and go finish earthbound. Don't be scared when the UFOs give you a cold. Remember call your mom

[slunken]

That game was too hard. The battle system seemed to make no sense.

[Elphenor]

It's old school in that when you die you have restart a lot of stuff and it makes me quit

I'm weak

[redbreegull]

I've been watching Stranger Things and Should I Stay or Should I Go or WHATEVER the fuck that song is called is a motif. I hardly know the Clash's music so this is not a judgement on them overall, but that is honestly one of the most obnoxious songs I can think of, ever, in popular music.

[ilikeplanets]

This indecision me molesta!

[Elphenor]

A D G A
It's always tease tease tease
A D G A
you're happy when I'm on my knees
A D G A
one day it's fine and next it's black
A D G A
so if you want me off your back

come on and let me knowww

[redbreegull]

if they didn't torture prisoners at Abu Ghraib with that song, they should have cause the war might be over now

[Elphenor]

lol it's the first song I ever learned in its entirety

[Elphenor]

followed by Lou Reed's Vicious

[Elphenor]

The King

[redbreegull]

back before I was really at the point where I could learn a song with chords all the way through, I used to hit nonsense way up high on the neck and pretend I was doing the solo to november rain

[redbreegull]

or I would hit nonsense low on the neck and pretend it was the guitar riff from the kids aren't alright by offspring

[redbreegull]

JENNY HAD A CHANCE WELL SHE REALLY DID
INSTEAD SHE DROPPED OUT AND HAD A COUPLA KIDS

[ilikeplanets]

I think my first song was Basket Case. There's not even a solo to pretend to play.

[Elphenor]

I've never learned a real solo all the way through playing that way is excruciatingly boring

I only like to play stuff where I can easily pick it up by ear

Otherwise I'll just play my own stuff

[Elphenor]

Yeah from begin to end I'm good at guitar

So good

[crabshack]

Hello hello hello hello