maybe mike peters should weigh in on this tender subject as he is an artist who has not only written songs but also covered them and has been covered himself.
young people? do you think the guy who wrote it would appreciate his artistic effort being labeled as someone else's?
people will continue to think of it as a clash song if you keep up the charade.
even the "original hit" was a cover as the bobby fuller four had the first hit with it, but they didn't write it. the crickets version didn't do as well as the bff version.
tell me why this man,, sonny curtis, doesn't deserve his day on youtube.
The Clash, and others who have covered his work mean the songs go far beyond the Sonny Curtis fan base.
I credited it to the Clash as the style and spirit the song is performed in is 'punk' rather than perhaps the country style Sonny originally intended it to be, as such a Clash fan will enjoy this cover but a Sonny fan probably will not.
Sonny Curtis wrote some great stuff I'm sure he enjoys seeing the various intrepretations of his work.
Mike Peters is a great singer.I like this version !!!!!!
walesspiritof76 4 years ago
More like the original than the clash version.
GreaserDub 4 years ago
kennedYs
realbrrring 4 years ago
Yeah Yeah I know - it was a long day...
bloater999 4 years ago
kennedies? KENNEDIES?
realbrrring 4 years ago
No! DK replacing the line "I fought the law and the law won" with "I fought the law and I won"
pjoef 4 years ago
I've heard it - years ago mind you
"I fought the vaughn.."
bloater999 5 years ago
have you heard the original?
me thinkest not.
maybe mike peters should weigh in on this tender subject as he is an artist who has not only written songs but also covered them and has been covered himself.
vaughn2lose 5 years ago
Anyone who says things like 'Me thinkest not' should not be allowed to have an opinion.
6stringsandthetruth 5 years ago
5dayoldpostersshouldavoidflamewarsbtwthisismynonpostingaccount
vaughn2lose 5 years ago
which people do you refer to?...idiot people?
young people? do you think the guy who wrote it would appreciate his artistic effort being labeled as someone else's?
people will continue to think of it as a clash song if you keep up the charade.
even the "original hit" was a cover as the bobby fuller four had the first hit with it, but they didn't write it. the crickets version didn't do as well as the bff version.
tell me why this man,, sonny curtis, doesn't deserve his day on youtube.
vaughn2lose 5 years ago
The Clash, and others who have covered his work mean the songs go far beyond the Sonny Curtis fan base.
I credited it to the Clash as the style and spirit the song is performed in is 'punk' rather than perhaps the country style Sonny originally intended it to be, as such a Clash fan will enjoy this cover but a Sonny fan probably will not.
Sonny Curtis wrote some great stuff I'm sure he enjoys seeing the various intrepretations of his work.
Didn't mean to upset you so much!
bloater999 5 years ago
You've got to relax a little more. Does it really matter who wrote it? Just enjoy it.
6stringsandthetruth 5 years ago
yo! s.s.&.t.t., did you see the original title od the video before bloater changed it?
vaughn2lose 5 years ago
Let's just agree that it's a great song, and DMW do a more than decent rendition of it!
bloater999 5 years ago
the clash did NOT write this song
vaughn2lose 5 years ago
I know they didn't - personally I preferred the Dead Kennedies version - but people know it as a Clash song...
Alan
bloater999 5 years ago