wondering if The Lothars would want to contribute. I think we're going to cover "The Call Up".
Cool!
And Sandinista came out in Dec. 1980.
Man were the Clash in a groove! They were really cranking it out AND it most of it was great (a shockingly high percentage given how fast they were going.) The cover (click the links below) was the first hint that they were staking a claim to rock's history & their place in it. (As opposed to a radical break.) Does that make them/it not true punks? Don't know & don't care. "Wrong 'Em Boyo" uses a false start a la Elvis's "Milkcow Blues Boogie" & "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream" and then uses the "Sea Cruise" horn chart to do a reggae "Stagger Lee". Use the great stuff from the tradition & extend it by adding your own touch. Fabulous! Christgau on the 1980 Pazz & Jop Winner:
1. The Clash's London Calling: Oh yeah, and then there was the Clash. If this [1980] was the Year of the Lollapalooza, the Clash was the Lollapalooza of the Lollapalooza. Their triple-LP, Sandanista!, finished 55th as an import and is sure to come in a lot higher next year, and they also put out a 10-inch "EP" that had 34 minutes of music on it. But this was the biggest one, supported by all but the bared-teeth brigade and the shameless sticks-in-the-mud. It generated an urgency and vitality and ambition (that Elvis P. cover!) which overwhelmed the pessimism of its leftist world-view. And it was good for an actual hit single. I mean, what else is there?
