03. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Rudie Can't Fail

Live At The Bridgewater Palace Theatre, November 17th, 2002. The band would go on to play four more shows before Strummer's death a month later.

This concert is notable for the airing of several infrequently played songs: Coma Girl, Get Down Moses, 1969 (an Iggy & The Stooges cover), and a somewhat retooled Police & Thieves.

Also, there's nothing I can do about the compression problems with the video. Compression artifacts are inherent to the source, as is the mild high-end audio distortion.


Set List:
-Shaktar Donetsk,
-Bhindi Bhagee,
-Rudie Can't Fail,
-Bummed Out City,
-Yalla Yalla,
-Mega Bottle Ride,
-White Man In Hammersmith Palais,
-Tony Adams,
-1969,
-Get Down Moses,
-Cool 'n' Out,
-Johnny Appleseed,
-Coma Girl,
-I Fought The Law,
-A Message To You, Rudy,
-Police & Thieves,
-Bankrobber,
-London's Burning.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Joe
• Strummer
• Clash
• Mick
• Jones
• Tymon
• Dogg
• Mescaleros
• Rudie
• Can't
• Fail
• Punk
• Rock
• Ska

[cotey4]

I was lucky enuff to see the Clash in Grand Rapids Mi. in 1981, when I was 17 I had only been a concert goer for 5 years at the time but seeing the Clash made me realize why all those other bands used lazers, fog machines, flash pots and all the other crap.They needed it, the Clash didnt. period. With the Clash it wasnt"Please look at me". It was, "Please listen to what we are saying". They didnt need a lazer beam for you to know you were seeing something special. My fave band of all time!

[brokefinger3]

On the route of the 19 bus!!!

[JanieJones85]

How can anyone dislike this?!!

[BEARARMZ]

awesome. i thought i would never see a clip of joe singing this song. love the album & and the clash.

[greenday96fin]

Rest in peace Joe ♥♥♥♥):

[ABITTERSWEETGIRL]

my fav Clash song, just one of the best.... this just made my saturday so much better..

[mollytower]

youre right, the fact that it appears on the album london calling as "Rudy Can't Fail" is a huge mistake. Dumb ass. Rudy, is short for rude boy, which is a term for Jamaican juvenile delinquents and criminals, it started around the 1960s. There are countless ska, reggae and punk songs that talk about Rudy. So, maybe the next time you call someone a silly bitch, you'll know what the hell your talking about.

[ehodakowski]

Silly Bitches! The song is called Rudy can't FADE! It's about a guy Joe met at a bar who drunk him under the table. Joe was cranked up on speed and was ready to drink. Apparently the amphetamines wore off before this guy's resilence did.

Hopefully, Rudy's still alive and having a drink to Joe's health.

Joe Strummer-R.I.P.

[wolfthedave]

What I need - I just can't have (oh no!)

Lol, bless you Johnny

[SpikyMagpie]

YEAH!! One of the best songs EVER!! Love it

[irishspades]

joe was so f*ckin great -- bd

[conawillvlog]

they both sang it.