The Clash - Pressure Drop [Single]

[shaneh1983]

great song

[Icix1]

this is a shit cover, but I like the clash

[youtubbs67]

I love the Clash but this is not a very good cover.

[patkebra]

Merde je ne l'ai pas celui là!:)

C'est quelle année?

[jaz3553]

@patkebra

Salut, se titre est sur l'album "Black Market Clash" album dub raggea 1980.

V.O de Pressure Drop: Toots

[patkebra]

Merde je ne l'ai pas celui là!:)

[akastalin]

『動物農場』



[akastalin]

『１９８４』

[ath8]

Kortatu!!!

[jesusfuckingchrist4u]

excellent tune

[cookieman38111]

Toots was probably one of the most overrated "entertainers" of all time.

[cookieman38111]

Much better than Toots and the Maytals version.

[Nellvis00]

@cookieman38111 no.

[blagem]

B-side to English Civil War....Another great song

[wrightyally]

love seeing the the old covers of the 45,s brings back so many memories of going out and actualy buying the record

[nignogs]

it was the b side to the single english civil war released in feb 79

[edwould22]

the 3 people who dont like this must ither be tapped in the head or some full on toots an the maytals fans!

[Treadsoftly14]

meh. not the best cover.

sorry 

[shugw63]

Strummer was a genius.............This proves it!

[als660]

Clash version Better than Toots!!

[ambinautic]

toots and the mytals did the original

[Oilisdeathtomany]

Got to be one of the best of the small handful of covers that 'The Clash' has done. Love this song.

[Naoczny2]

The idea of the cover comes from "The Animal Farm" ... a good source. What a pity that Clash prefered rather the Communist symbols than Orwell's visions

[PunkSkaOi]

You're aware Orwell was a socialist who fought in the Spanish Civil War with the Marxist POUM, right? Animal Farm is not criticizing 'communism', it's criticising the ways the Bolsheviks tried to implement socialism in Russia. Like most leftists, he was a critic of the USSR for betraying the revolution. Read 'Homage to Catalonia', and you'll see "Orwell's vision" was a socialist one.

[wirebead]

I think even though Orwell was a socialist most true conservatives hold him in high regard if for no other reason than ANIMAL FARM is a tale of why limited government is best. Its not at all at odds w/ the libertarian philosophy if you think about it.

[PunkSkaOi]

Most conservatives like to spin his words to mean an overall anti-communist message, but he was opposed to Marxist-Leninism (authoritarian socialism), not communism in general. "Libertarian" at that point in history was synonomous with anarcho-communist and anarcho-syndicalist; In some places, it still is. Animal Farm, and Orwell's beliefes in general, are completely at odds with what is now known as "libertarianism". The message is that socialism must come from below, not be imposed from above.

[Naoczny2]

But notice that after the war Orwell got mature and became the British agent whose activity was against the USSR. The next thing is that Stalin sentenced him to death already during the civil war. You don't know the reality of ex-socialist countries and can not understand Orwell's writing as it should be ... Communism is the same regime or even worse as fascism.

[PunkSkaOi]

Um, what? Your ass is not an accurate source for information. Stalin wasn't a 'communist', he wasn't even a 'socialist'. The Soviet Union was state-capitalist, as in the state owned the means of production. Socialism is when the workers own the means of production. Communism is stateless, classless socialism. The USSR worked against the anarchists and Marxists in Spain, for they feared a TRUE socialist revolution would take place in the USSR. Fascism is on the other end of the political spectrum

[Naoczny2]

My ass you say? I hope you don't wear capitalist products like Fred Perry, Doc Martens, Lonesdale, etc. as a real communist? My last explanation for all naive red ideas' followers from western countries: rasism - white man good, black man bad; communism - poor man good, rich man bad.

[NoTimeLikethePast]

this is in that damn car commercial. i knew it was the clash, no one believed me. so ha, suck on that everyone, suck on that.

[fredandgingerfan]

Neds Atomic Dustbin, not quite in the same league as The Clash! I saw them live in Bristol a long time back, they were good and Godfodder is a great Album! Saw The Clash in Bristol too, they were awesome!!

[siitrom]

hey Clash fans, if you dig this and other Clash tunes check out a band called Neds Atomic Dustbin.....

i think some of you may like them.....

peace

[55mandreck]

Animal Farm by george orwell a great book-- not just a great cover . joe sure had good taste in reading matter , think he turned a lot of us on to reading relevant and important stuff !! good old joe r.i.p.---

[JasonBrouwers]

@55mandreck

actually, the image on the cover of this single is taken from the movie adaption, not from the book itself.

though I do agree that its a great book :)

[wirebead]

There's a bit of punk ehtos in that book. Its about being able to identify hypocrisy & bullshit when you see it. If you don't call it out then you'll end up like the horse "boxer."

[CTZippy]

I don't know about any of that. I just know that I love it.

[mthai66]

@CTZippy I love it too :D

[mthai66]

Aww, did atomic realize how late to the party he actually is?

[Thrashslashedmashedp]

rather than flash your "awesome knowledge" around, how about can it. Enjoy the music and know that we're all fucking equal, who cares who knows what. Music like this brings people together mate.

[mthai66]

@Thrashslashedmashedp If you go back and read I was just responding to a claim that the original was "Ska" instead of Reggae. Atomic is the one who started saying I was "fucking full of shit". Sorry but I do not like to see people spreading innacuracies around the internet.

[dukowski1965]

diff than black market cool one

[sandro28grizz]

I love this cover, IMO better than Toots' original

[completecontrol77]

best band ever! wish i i was lucky enough to have seen 'em =(

[mthai66]

Saw 'em =)

[mcliptrick]

FEEL IT!

[DaddyJack69]

best band of all times.

[bodywhomp98]

can a blue man sing the whites? the clash were so amazing. I love the original, too, when it plays behind Jimmy Cliff in the harder they come. I also prefer the cover to the original; even I Fought the Law. and I loved bobby fuller, but ...back in the day the US didn't have EP's, and that black market clash 10 inch was one of my longtime favorite party discs. Wish we had a music scene now as fantastic as the UK had decades ago. damn I miss great music like this.

[mthai66]

I think E.S.W. wasd the flip. I might be wrong. Its been a long time since I owned the 45.

[Mozzer232]

One of the very few covers that I like better than the original. That was until that overplayed car commercial. Now Toots reigns supreme again! HA. In all seriousness though, great song and great cover!

[dons4europe]

Brillaint stuff ....

I love The Clash and the Specials but Toots is the best.....

[robertsm1k3]

the specials also done a version of this have a listen its great

[watevapoo]

this is alright... but you cant beat the original one by toots and the maytals

[johnnyicantsee]

ehh, you can if you're not crazy about reggae, in which case this is perfect

[Murple333]

I'd consider the original one ska not reggae. Most of the Maytalks stuff is ska. The Clash version rocks, but it's not very different from the original. I don't know how you can like one and not the other. I also don't see how you can fully appreciate the Clash without liking at least some ska and reggae since that's some of their main influences.

[mthai66]

You're crazy. The original is pure Reggay. If you can't tell the difference, you need to listen a lot more closely.

[arghzombies]

original is pure ska not maaaaan

[mthai66]

If you think the original is "Pure Ska", you need to go back to school.

Its pure *Reggay*

[atomic116090]

the original was late trojan ska, ur the one that needs to go back to school

Toots & Maytalls started as a trojan ska group with much populairity under the trojan skinhead movement of '69-'77, these are basic art history facts

[mthai66]

The original was my favorite song when Gerald Ford was still president. I saw the movie several times a month during 1975-6 at the Orson Welles theater where it *opened* when my mom's boyfriend worked there, and I founded the very first Skinhead Reggay band in the US in 1990. I know the difference between Ska, Rock Steady, Reggay and Reggae. Don't try to lecture me on something you know only a little about.

[atomic116090]

American skinhead reggay band in '90? Come on.. at that time everbody went on with Oi! and Streetpunk, ur fucking full of shit

[mthai66]

@atomic116090 Sorry but I'm not. Mr Cranky was formed 6/16/90. If you need evidence go to /mrcranky1990 on myspace.

We were a streetpunk band in the *80's*. You lose.

[mthai66]

@atomic116090 Reading over your comment again I realize that you aren't getting what I mean when I say "Skinhead Reggay". I mean "Trojan Reggae", not Skinheads playing Reggae. Not everyone in Mr Cranky was a Skinhead; Some of us were punks, skunks and herberts. Most of us were in our mid 20's and "retired" to a sloppy post-skinhead scruffy Herbert mode.

Get this through your head: "Skinhead Reggay" and "Trojan Reggae" are the same thing. "Trojan Ska" is something completely different.

[SouthPhillyHooligan]

@Murple333 The difference is this is a faster and rougher, less melodic version of the original, hence I like it better. But hey, the original kicks ass too!

[GallantMegapenthes]

well said my friend, This just doesn't come close

[huskernation9]

Even so this is a top 15 clash song

[rocketscience21]

you're a fucking brainless fag

[GlamorousTurd]

@watevapoo The original is great, but fundamentally I'm a punk rocker, I like the sound rough, fast and loud-- so I prefer this version.

[SidStooge]

I've not heard this song before. What record was it on?

[Tilfeldig123]

As far as I know, it wasn't featured on an album, only released as a single and later included on various collections, including the Clash on Broadway.

[concretespecial]

@Tilfeldig123 You are correct sir.  I have it on Clash on Broadway.

[BurnBritain]

Its on black market clash

[SidStooge]

Thanks.

[Tilfeldig123]

Yeah it is but Black Market Clash is a collection.

[waluyoh7]

@Tilfeldig123

its a 10 inch ep that came out like in 1980

[waluyoh7]

@Tilfeldig123

it got rereleased as super black market clash as cd, with a bunch of other songs,

either or is a must have!

[nignogs]

@BurnBritain it was the b side to english civil war released in feb 79

[stubbiekat]

I don't know if this counts, bu it was on an album I have called "Black Market Clash", which was a compliation of singles & B sides.

[mthai66]

There are two versions of this song which are different mixes of the same session. This one is the single, and the other was on the original (not "Super") Black Market Clash EP. This is the good one.

[jemimasixpence]

Super Black Market

[Mack624Sr]

@SidStooge Grosse Pointe Blank Soundtrack. It sounds a little better on the CD from the movie.

[pvw1966]

class (sic)....

[johnnyicantsee]

nice dude, 10 points at least

[Johnoco66]

I can see where the maytalls fans are coming from but for mine, this is the best version!

[rawsz4e]

This kicks!

[leeraconteur]

This song dates back from the very earliest Clash gigs when Levene was in the group in the late summer of 1976.

[psykosel]

i wanna know why no one has posted the specials version of this its fucking good also, not as good but what ever

[Asterix20006]

How about you do it then?

[LTandDS]

The Specials version is all over Youtube, just look for it.

The Clash version is by far the best. Actually a lot of people have covered this great song but the Clash version is the best.

[WhiteRiotClash]

this song is amazing just mind blowing great and great again, love it one of my fav songs ever!!!!!!!!!!!!

[joestrummer999]

The guitaring is fucking immense.

RIP Joe

[gotbass7]

i love the clash, but, i mean, come on. toots and the maytals. at leasts its a better reggae cover than sublimes smoke two joints

[applesauceman]

this song is originally by toots and the maytals..and i think it is much better performed by them (toots) as well

good try though

[harveybullocks1281]

ever find it funny that this version ended up in a Nissan commercial? still, gotta love the Clash.

[jimmyb8]

From the LP "Black Market Clash" great song. I love the entire album.

[RudieCantFail1977]

is this direct from the 45? It sounds like it. I play mine over and over. ;)

[whiskeychainsaw]

Never heard this version from studio, only live recordings. Sounds great w/o the distortion from bad feeds.

My fav version of the song is still The Specials version...

[LolaZanna]

What a nice song!

I really LOVE The Clash!!!

[clash532]

not as much as me lol i gave you a positive vote

[watchmedunk5]

how does this only have 250 views the clash is awsome

[Tilfeldig123]

Pretty recently uploaded ;)

[zempone1]

gotta love the clash