Thanks for this ! I've been a Clash fan since I was 13. That was 30 years ago. And I've never heard this track. Very very happy to hear this. As for those who say the Clash 'sold out', I have two comments: Joe Strummer said: 'We were never your monkey to begin with.' And Mick Jones said: 'What's a sell-out? Well, that's when you put up a certain amount of tickets up for sale. And when all the tickets are sold, and there are no more available. That's called a sell-out.'
Sorry guys, I've tried to listen Jessie J's "Do it Like a Dude" (which is so controversial) and just had to listen to some good music. I was feeling suicidal... In a world that rejected the Clashes, Zappas and Velvet Undergrounds of today, this remains the only place where I can find people who actually CAN understand music.
@highschoolmusical841 It is a real shame about the Cut the crapLP because when it was first played live the material sounded good, when the LP came out it was surprising because it was so different, I saw them play the c.t.c tunes two or three times and it sounded much like their 78-80 era music. Do you know if there are any bootlegs about from that period? Id like to see (hear) if my memory has put rosy earmuffs on the gigs.
>"the tracks that made it onto 'Combat Rock' are top-notch, and that's why they're on there": try telling that to Joe Strummer who hated Rock the Casbah -- or didn't you know that? :>
>"do you merely like THIS song better because it's more obscure?" ah, so i'm the enemy of all that is right & proper because (God forbid!) I dare to like an "obscure" recording... if u had lived in Nazi Germany i'm willing to bet you'd be reporting yr neighbours to the Gestapo for listening to "jew music" like Mendelssohn. Some of the greatest music out there is obscure... a pity ur too ignorant to realize it.
>"Perhaps you need to open YOUR mind": ironic words coming from u...
>"Kill Time is poppier than Rock the Casbah": ur one pathetic dude... poppy music is music u can dance to & RTC was a Top Ten hit on the dance charts... on the other hand, try "discoing" to Kill Time. I won't spell out the conclusion...
>"Rock the Casbah' is an unlikely hit": ur fucktarded beyond belief! RTC was an _intentional_ hit & had all the hallmarks, including an insanely catchy & danceable tune with laser-gun sounds thrown in for good measure ---comment continued
This is totally cool. They always showed their Jamaican influence. If you cant groove on this then your soul is dead. ANY Clash is awesome.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@njlacrosse9 When they first played that Lp's tracks live they sounded totally different, actually quite good and dare I say it, typical Clash, the LP sounded nothing like the tunes live. So on that merit alone I'll stick up for that LP. Bootlegs of that era show how different they are.
But yeah, I hadnt thought of that LP it is pretty rubbish.
Amen to that. I remember riding my bike down the tracks to Penguin Feather Records to buy this on cassette. Mom saw it on the stairs and gave me grief for listening to war music. :D If she only knew.
Actually this is my first time hearing this. I was responding to the Combat Rock talk. Loving this. Didn't know there was any Clash flavors I hadn't tried yet.
I'm actually downloading Street Rats right now, but I was under the impression that the Kill Time version on Street Rats was an outtake, which sounds to me at least as if it is recorded in a studio.
But I've yet to actually listen to it, so I cannot say for certain.
Actually, it seems the first half of the song is a recorded version of Kill Time, and then it changes into a live version of Walk On The Wild Side! WTH?
Unfortunately this little gem is apparently on Youtube, and it's not by the whole Clash, just Joe.
millwallr1: And how exactly do you define "good enough?" A song with a poppy tune that will help sell lots of records, right? Perhaps u should be working as a music executive for CBS records or something because that's exactly the same greedy narrow-minded MTVesque attitude as they have. Fact is, this song is astonishing -- far better than some of the songs that *did* make it onto their records (like Rock the Casbah). Do yourself a favour & open your mind you establishment tool!
AppoCC119: your belligerent (look it up)*attitude* is what's silly here, not my comment. Fact is, the tired old "musical taste is subjective" excuse is nothing but a fallacious cop-out used by those who ignorantly refuse to recognize the obvious and intrinsic superiority of some music (and songs) to others. Deal with it!
"Obvious superiority"?! My gosh! Such a terrible attitude. You would have everyone acknowledge the same music as superior? Nay sir, music, as all art, is subjective. Through, someone who argues that The Dave Clark 5 made greater music than the Beatles will seem quite silly, but for this person it is perhaps so, and as such, from a certain point of view, that person is correct. And all art must be discussed from a certain point of view, unless we wish to become robots with no emotions.
"A poppy tune that will help sell lots of records..."?? Come on, bud; 'Kill Time' is poppier than 'Rock the Casbah'! If you ask me, 'Rock the Casbah' is an unlikely hit, albeit a top-notch song. Siulungkevin, do you merely like THIS song better because it's more obscure? Perhaps you need to open YOUR mind (or your ears..?); the tracks that made it onto 'Combat Rock' are top-notch, and that's why they're on there.
These are some really interesting outtakes from The Clash. Think of how cool this album would've been if it were released in the form of RPFFB. Kinda similar to the way Prince's Sign O' The Times would've been released in the form of his previous project, "The Dream Factory".
@Pinkneyknows I like Car jamming.
alastairjr40 5 months ago
Thanks for this ! I've been a Clash fan since I was 13. That was 30 years ago. And I've never heard this track. Very very happy to hear this. As for those who say the Clash 'sold out', I have two comments: Joe Strummer said: 'We were never your monkey to begin with.' And Mick Jones said: 'What's a sell-out? Well, that's when you put up a certain amount of tickets up for sale. And when all the tickets are sold, and there are no more available. That's called a sell-out.'
Love and Light to all :)
icaltrin 6 months ago
Sorry guys, I've tried to listen Jessie J's "Do it Like a Dude" (which is so controversial) and just had to listen to some good music. I was feeling suicidal... In a world that rejected the Clashes, Zappas and Velvet Undergrounds of today, this remains the only place where I can find people who actually CAN understand music.
Thank you guys.
Greetings from Istria.
Kurbisa 8 months ago
where can i get this??
stuartandtheavenue93 8 months ago
@stuartandtheavenue93 It's on a bootleg which was supposed to be Combat Rock, called "Rat Patrol from Fort Bragg"
Kurbisa 8 months ago
@Kurbisa aw, i hope they do a 30th anniversary edition of combat rock with some of the unreleased songs and demos, like they did with london calling
stuartandtheavenue93 8 months ago
@stuartandtheavenue93 It would be cool, man.
Kurbisa 8 months ago
@highschoolmusical841 It is a real shame about the Cut the crapLP because when it was first played live the material sounded good, when the LP came out it was surprising because it was so different, I saw them play the c.t.c tunes two or three times and it sounded much like their 78-80 era music. Do you know if there are any bootlegs about from that period? Id like to see (hear) if my memory has put rosy earmuffs on the gigs.
dortyhoor 1 year ago
@Vireo
>"the tracks that made it onto 'Combat Rock' are top-notch, and that's why they're on there": try telling that to Joe Strummer who hated Rock the Casbah -- or didn't you know that? :>
siulungkevin 1 year ago 2
@Vireo
>"do you merely like THIS song better because it's more obscure?" ah, so i'm the enemy of all that is right & proper because (God forbid!) I dare to like an "obscure" recording... if u had lived in Nazi Germany i'm willing to bet you'd be reporting yr neighbours to the Gestapo for listening to "jew music" like Mendelssohn. Some of the greatest music out there is obscure... a pity ur too ignorant to realize it.
>"Perhaps you need to open YOUR mind": ironic words coming from u...
siulungkevin 1 year ago 4
@Vireo
>"Kill Time is poppier than Rock the Casbah": ur one pathetic dude... poppy music is music u can dance to & RTC was a Top Ten hit on the dance charts... on the other hand, try "discoing" to Kill Time. I won't spell out the conclusion...
>"Rock the Casbah' is an unlikely hit": ur fucktarded beyond belief! RTC was an _intentional_ hit & had all the hallmarks, including an insanely catchy & danceable tune with laser-gun sounds thrown in for good measure ---comment continued
siulungkevin 1 year ago 3
This is totally cool. They always showed their Jamaican influence. If you cant groove on this then your soul is dead. ANY Clash is awesome.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
zenphil 1 year ago 2
zoom zoom
Imsohighrightnow2 1 year ago
I thought combat rock was their worst LP.
dortyhoor 2 years ago
@dortyhoor really? even with cut the crap on the table? i love all of their albums except that one
njlacrosse9 1 year ago
@njlacrosse9 When they first played that Lp's tracks live they sounded totally different, actually quite good and dare I say it, typical Clash, the LP sounded nothing like the tunes live. So on that merit alone I'll stick up for that LP. Bootlegs of that era show how different they are.
But yeah, I hadnt thought of that LP it is pretty rubbish.
dortyhoor 1 year ago
Sooo nice, I really love that !!
RottenAndVicious 2 years ago 2
Sell out? What a bunch of nonsense! "Yeah, I play in a band to make a living for other people." STUPID STUPID STUPID.
SonyVor 2 years ago
Sellout? No one who wishes to sell out would ever place Ghetto Defendant, Sean Flynn and Straight In Hell on their album.
The Clash kept expanding their horizons and did one single AC/DC-rock track and one dance rock track and suddenly they're sellouts.
AppoCC119 2 years ago 9
Amen to that. I remember riding my bike down the tracks to Penguin Feather Records to buy this on cassette. Mom saw it on the stairs and gave me grief for listening to war music. :D If she only knew.
SunLoveification 2 years ago
Actually this is my first time hearing this. I was responding to the Combat Rock talk. Loving this. Didn't know there was any Clash flavors I hadn't tried yet.
SunLoveification 2 years ago
wow, that is what i always say
appo you are my new friend
codylewis17 2 years ago
Quite so. Nugent used Go Cat Go in one of his most famous songs and if I am not mistaken, one of the very songs that he wanted to jam with The Clash.
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AppoCC119 2 years ago
ive got a live version of this on 'street rats'
track8fodderstompf 3 years ago
I'm actually downloading Street Rats right now, but I was under the impression that the Kill Time version on Street Rats was an outtake, which sounds to me at least as if it is recorded in a studio.
But I've yet to actually listen to it, so I cannot say for certain.
AppoCC119 3 years ago
I ment outtake * lol
Yeh, i just downloaded it from rapid share.
I just got RPFFB too : D
track8fodderstompf 3 years ago
Actually, it seems the first half of the song is a recorded version of Kill Time, and then it changes into a live version of Walk On The Wild Side! WTH?
Unfortunately this little gem is apparently on Youtube, and it's not by the whole Clash, just Joe.
Well...I'll find that hidden gem some day.
AppoCC119 3 years ago
yeah i got that version too...not bad but i really want this version
Onimbus 2 years ago
millwallr1: And how exactly do you define "good enough?" A song with a poppy tune that will help sell lots of records, right? Perhaps u should be working as a music executive for CBS records or something because that's exactly the same greedy narrow-minded MTVesque attitude as they have. Fact is, this song is astonishing -- far better than some of the songs that *did* make it onto their records (like Rock the Casbah). Do yourself a favour & open your mind you establishment tool!
siulungkevin 3 years ago 10
Heh. Fact is, musical taste is subjective, and so your comment is quite silly.
AppoCC119 2 years ago
AppoCC119: your belligerent (look it up)*attitude* is what's silly here, not my comment. Fact is, the tired old "musical taste is subjective" excuse is nothing but a fallacious cop-out used by those who ignorantly refuse to recognize the obvious and intrinsic superiority of some music (and songs) to others. Deal with it!
siulungkevin 2 years ago
"Obvious superiority"?! My gosh! Such a terrible attitude. You would have everyone acknowledge the same music as superior? Nay sir, music, as all art, is subjective. Through, someone who argues that The Dave Clark 5 made greater music than the Beatles will seem quite silly, but for this person it is perhaps so, and as such, from a certain point of view, that person is correct. And all art must be discussed from a certain point of view, unless we wish to become robots with no emotions.
AppoCC119 2 years ago
"A poppy tune that will help sell lots of records..."?? Come on, bud; 'Kill Time' is poppier than 'Rock the Casbah'! If you ask me, 'Rock the Casbah' is an unlikely hit, albeit a top-notch song. Siulungkevin, do you merely like THIS song better because it's more obscure? Perhaps you need to open YOUR mind (or your ears..?); the tracks that made it onto 'Combat Rock' are top-notch, and that's why they're on there.
Vireo 2 years ago
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siulungkevin 1 year ago
These are some really interesting outtakes from The Clash. Think of how cool this album would've been if it were released in the form of RPFFB. Kinda similar to the way Prince's Sign O' The Times would've been released in the form of his previous project, "The Dream Factory".
therealsoulproduct 3 years ago
I dind't know this song. awesome!!!
hebert777 3 years ago
is there anyway to get this album?
Onimbus 3 years ago
I don´t think it´s actually sold anywhere, no. I believe you´ll have to download it of the internet.
It was never released after all.
AppoCC119 3 years ago
i figured...mind telling me where you got it? i cant seem to find it.
Onimbus 3 years ago
Search for "Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg" on The Pirate Bay, and it´ll be the first that comes up.
Okayed bootleg, so should be no legal (or moral) problems.
AppoCC119 3 years ago