Burning London, the Clash tribute album
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
Re: Burning London, the Clash tribute album
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
Re: Burning London, the Clash tribute album
In a message dated 4/29/99 12:59:31 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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. this piece of crap was guaranteed the above by the getting the mostly the lamest of bands to contribute. there are so many great rock'n'roll/punk bands (backyard babies, streetwalkin' cheetahs, hellacopters, nomads, dimestore halos, d generation, etc) that would have done so much of a better job, it's pathetic that this is what they came up with. just more proof (as if anyone needed it) that the major labels really have their heads up their collective butts. np-flatt scruggs-back to the cross
