Playlist 10 Feb
Many things inspire great records but how many have been written because of pique ? That's the first time I've ever written 'pique' without 'fit of' in front of it. I refer to the reaction of The Clash, lovely bunch of fellas, who were signed to CBS in 1977. CBS, to you and I, were a record company who deliveredÌýDavid Essex and Bob Dylan records to shops across the UK.Ìý To the Clash, they were the heartless corporation who forced them to accept a large amount of cash, herded them into a recording studio and stole theirÌýsouls through magnetic tape recordings. They then released (as a single) an average song from their first LP called 'Remote Control' without consulting the band!! It turned out to be the best thing ever to happen to the Clash, as it so annoyed Joe Strummer that he wroteÌý'Complete Control'. It was released by CBS in September 1977. Of course it didn't wipe clean the extent of their crimes, but you can't have everything.
Adverts - One Chord Wonders
XTC - Are You Receiving Me?Ìý
Joy Division - Wilderness
June Brides - Sunday To Saturday
The Upstarts - Head Over Heels
Orange Juice - Louise Louise
Human League - Being Boiled
Clash - Complete Control
Glaxo Babies -ÌýPolice State
Hagar The WombÌý- Armchair Observer
Lowell George & The Factory - Candy Cane MadnessÌý
Lurkers - Go Go Go
Electric Eels - Cyclotron
999Ìý-ÌýRael Rean
REM - Life And How To Live It
Comment number 1.
At 9th Jun 2011, Richard Coleman wrote:Their best song. First heard it on Peel going straight into B Side "City Of The Dead" I thought it was the same song as I had recorded it on my cassette recorder.
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