Radio Clash home video

My tribute to the one and only Clash. I made this in 1983 using Super 8mm footage from as far back as 1977. I filmed the TV and everything else back then. Contains live footage from May 1981 when they announced the postponement of the Clash shows at Bonds and we all stopped traffic in Times Square. Look for a quick glimpse of a U2 1981 show poster next to the Clash posters on a building. Also look for the late Jessica Savitch. Sorry for the poor quality, Super8 to VHS to Quicktime to YouTube.
P.S. I've come to HATE this corny jump-cut newsreel video format but it was new back in 1983.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• radio
• clash
• times
• square
• bonds
• joe
• strummer
• nyc
• 1981
• sandinista

[JoesRamone]

the change from "This is Radio Clash" to "Radio Clash" at the middle, it was brilliant!

[ulysses1904]

Thanks a lot!

[hoofer1]

Yep, back when Times Square was XXX central.

[ulysses1904]

Yeah, it was fun back then, especially 42nd between 7th and 8th, my favorite block.

[brunofj]

Really good work my friend! A genuine version of the original one! Congratulations

[ulysses1904]

Thanks amigo. Strummer was my hero for years, he still is. I got to meet him briefly in NYC, when he toured with the Pogues in 1991. Got his autograph and told him I really liked the soundtrack he did for the movie "Walker". That meant everything to me, to chat with him for a second. Glad you liked the video.

[tainoaz]

This Video is a Freaking MASTERPIECE!! Thanks.

[rainbowsandwar]

Holy man, this is golden! Please never remove it.

[Sebcio58]

very good song, joe 4ever!!!!!!!!!!!

[ryanspeed]

@djpixie84 Agreed!!!  This is REAL PUNK!!! Not that ripoff rap crap!!

[djpixie84]

This is not rap...This is Punk...REAL PUNK..Only reason it sounds liek rap is because rap stole all the stuff they do from every other genre of music......and Blondie is just a sell out...lol

[Charliecomet82]

Thanks for including Jessica Savitch. Nice to see that someone else out there remembers her!

[hartbung]

long live joe

[georgmund]

really amazing. the clash rule!

[pl3ksi]

great job........

[pfonyt]

Hey dudes! "Another One Bites the Dust" is a funk-rock song that ripped the bassline of "Good Times" by the Chic. "This Is Radio Clash" is a rap, dance-punk song influenced by the Sugarhill Gang and Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5! They were the first white band to record a rap song, "The Magnificent Seven", jointly with Blondie's "Rapture" (that is 2/3 rock and just 1/3 rap).