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themoche t1_j93pxjw wrote

Reply to comment by OzzieLeonheart in Train in Vain - The Clash, why am I just now hearing this great tune? by Hessian-Ghost

I’m a huge clash fan… but Sandinista is a challenge at times. I don’t think I’d ever recommend a new clash listener to check it out before Combat Rock. There’s a lot of gold in it, but making it a triple album left a lot of fat that should have been trimmed as well.

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TomSwirly t1_j95py3h wrote

Combat Rock is also pretty weird, and nowhere near as good.

Sandinista! is an epic journey, and if you removed the less "important" songs it would be too intense. A mature, large scale work needs to "breathe": not everything has to be overamped at all times.

If I had the choice, I wouldn't remove one second from Sandinista!, not even the jokes.

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themoche t1_j99atha wrote

I feel like Sandinista is more the band openly experimenting and combat rock is more of a focused end product of weirdness. I’m not trying to knock Sandinista too much, but I wouldn’t recommend it to someone new to the band. I would however recommend a lot of songs from it, which are so unbelievably good that I imagine would lead to diving right into it.

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TomSwirly t1_j99s0w4 wrote

Agree strongly. If I want to introduce someone to the Clash, it's London Calling.

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methcache t1_j986fo5 wrote

Totally wrong on Combat Rock. Every song is a complete jammer, barring Overpowered By Funk. That one I will always skip. It’s got such a vibe production wise. Unlike any other record. Sandinista to me is the lead up to their swan song masterpiece. Both are great, but the tightness of CR wins out for me. Plus it has Straight to Hell and Ghetto Defendant on it, just such mood pieces

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TomSwirly t1_j99rza9 wrote

I didn't say I didn't like Combat Rock, because I do. I saw the tour for it at the time, and I still listen to it at times.

However, Sandinista! is a much stronger album IMHO.

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methcache t1_j9ao92g wrote

Fair enough, was just being music nerd drama man. I once did my own edit of Sandinista and took out all the songs I didn’t like and put it on cassette. Did the same for the white album, then realized I took out most of Paul’s songs haha

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dhbuckley t1_j98i6vs wrote

With respect, “totally wrong” in matters of artistic taste is totally wrong… :-)

For example, I think Overpowered by Funk is amazing. ”Don’t you love our Western ways?”

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methcache t1_j9anxqv wrote

I know, I’m just being dramatic. Sometimes wrong is just wrong though. For example, if you think that Machine Gun Kelly is good music, for example

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