I read the list of artists to appear on this a lil' while back and was pretty horrified...you've now confirmed my suspicions... morgan At 10:55 AM 4/29/99 -0700, you wrote: > >I know I was going on the other day about how dated the Clash sound >nowadays, but jeez, they certainly didn't deserve this abominable >"tribute" album. It kicks off with a cheesy rendition of "Hateful" from >No Doubt and then gets worse. The Urge's version of "This Is Radio Clash" >is laughable, Ice Cube should never, ever have attempted "Should I Stay Or >Should I Go," Third Eye Blind do a typically faceless, limp version of >"Train In Vain," the Indigo Girls transform "Clampdown" into gag-inducing >coffeehouse f*lk, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones sound like they're goin' >through the motions on "Rudie Can't Fail," 311 turn "White Man In >Hammersmith Palais" into harmless pop-ska, Silverchair do what sounds like >a Spinal Tap parody of "London's Burning," and Heather Nova and Moby join >forces for a sparse piano-and-synth dirge version of "Straight to Hell." >Rising above the stink are the Clash-inpired Rancid's gutsy, >straightforward version of "Cheat," and Cracker's countrified version of >"White Riot." Otherwise, this "tribute" album has to be one of the worst >tribute albums ever released by a major label. Blech!--don >
