Re: Curry and the Clash (was Re: Weller's Prime

1999-04-13 Thread Jeff Weiss
At 01:44 PM 4/13/99 -0700, you wrote: > >On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, BARNARD wrote: > >> I'm not so hard on Sandanista as Don (even though, as a rule, I >> do generally do prefer alcohol records to reefer records...). > >I think it had to be something stronger than reefer that convinced >Strummer that he

Re: Curry and the Clash (was Re: Weller's Prime

1999-04-13 Thread Don Yates
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, BARNARD wrote: > I'm not so hard on Sandanista as Don (even though, as a rule, I > do generally do prefer alcohol records to reefer records...). I think it had to be something stronger than reefer that convinced Strummer that he could rap. He could very well be the least f

Re: Curry and the Clash (was Re: Weller's Prime

1999-04-13 Thread Carl Abraham Zimring
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 13-Apr-99 Re: Curry and the Clash (wa.. by Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] > And sure a number of their > reggae experiments were better, but I don't think they were nearly as good > as some folks will tell you. Junior Murvin kicked their ass on "Police > and Thi

Re: Curry and the Clash (was Re: Weller's Prime

1999-04-13 Thread Don Yates
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Carl Abraham Zimring wrote: > Speaking of Murvin, I only know of one of his albums, the 1976 LP which > "Police & Thieves" came from. Does he have anything else out, and is it > any good? He's released a number of albums, but since I'm not a Murvin expert, I wouldn't know

Re: Curry and the Clash (was Re: Weller's Prime

1999-04-13 Thread Morgan Keating
At 01:55 PM 4/13/99 -0500, you wrote: >I'm not so hard on Sandanista as Don (even though, as a rule, I >do generally do prefer alcohol records to reefer records...). heh heh... > >But it's interesting you think Clash haven't aged well. I honestly think >they've aged better than Jam and as well a

Re: Curry and the Clash (was Re: Weller's Prime

1999-04-13 Thread William F. Silvers
Don Yates wrote: > On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Jerry Curry wrote: > > > The Clash did absolutely nothing for me. I NEVER understood the critic's > > fascination with this group and I absolutely never understood my cohort's > > slavish devotion to them either. > > Ya know, a few years ago I would've g

Re: Curry and the Clash (was Re: Weller's Prime

1999-04-13 Thread BARNARD
I'm not so hard on Sandanista as Don (even though, as a rule, I do generally do prefer alcohol records to reefer records...). But it's interesting you think Clash haven't aged well. I honestly think they've aged better than Jam and as well as Sex Pistols. But of all punk, my personal notion is

Curry and the Clash (was Re: Weller's Prime

1999-04-13 Thread Don Yates
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Jerry Curry wrote: > The Clash did absolutely nothing for me. I NEVER understood the critic's > fascination with this group and I absolutely never understood my cohort's > slavish devotion to them either. They always sounded like a second-rate > bar band to me. Always lik