“Johnny Appleseed”
by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
“Clampdown”
by The Clash
3 thoughts on “VOLUME 24.2.1”
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros – Johnny Appleseed
Just about what I expected based on what I’ve previously heard from J.S. & the Ms. A little Pogues-esque – a toe tapper fer sure. Welcome accents of fiddle and some sort of pipe/recorder. Plant the seeds all.
The Clash – Clampdown
London Calling may make it on my Desert Island Discs list. Nice to give this a fresh, separated listen.
Wall of sound. Unrelenting, marching beat. And then the delicious middle. Had to look up the lyrics – a little tough to glean from just a listen. “We will teach our twisted speech to the young believers” (according to Genius – I sometimes hear “unbelievers”). Chilling.
“Anger can be power” – dangerous in the wrong hands of course.
“Johnny Appleseed”/J. Strummer and Mescaleros. The great doc on Strummer called “The Future is Unwritten” pleasingly spends a fair amount of time on his post-Clash years, when he kept searching for community and kept making cool music like this, much in the same spirit (but a good deal more acoustic than the Clash usually were). I didn’t know this one; Joe had a knack for writing evocative lyrics whose specific meaning might be mysterious but whose overall intent — usually standing up for human rights, or the downtrodden — was clear, and this is a great example. Strumming, indeed!
“Johnny Appleseed” by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
Love it. I would put this in my perfect band song category. Makes me want to play guitar. Had to look up lyrics to get the connection to the round theme. His cadence and vocal delivery land for me and love the band vocals in the chorus.. Top notch
Clampdown by the Clash : raucous fun. Classic clash sound. Excellent Track. The little bongo bridge changed up dynamic nicely . Noice
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros – Johnny Appleseed
Just about what I expected based on what I’ve previously heard from J.S. & the Ms. A little Pogues-esque – a toe tapper fer sure. Welcome accents of fiddle and some sort of pipe/recorder. Plant the seeds all.
The Clash – Clampdown
London Calling may make it on my Desert Island Discs list. Nice to give this a fresh, separated listen.
Wall of sound. Unrelenting, marching beat. And then the delicious middle. Had to look up the lyrics – a little tough to glean from just a listen. “We will teach our twisted speech to the young believers” (according to Genius – I sometimes hear “unbelievers”). Chilling.
“Anger can be power” – dangerous in the wrong hands of course.
“Johnny Appleseed”/J. Strummer and Mescaleros. The great doc on Strummer called “The Future is Unwritten” pleasingly spends a fair amount of time on his post-Clash years, when he kept searching for community and kept making cool music like this, much in the same spirit (but a good deal more acoustic than the Clash usually were). I didn’t know this one; Joe had a knack for writing evocative lyrics whose specific meaning might be mysterious but whose overall intent — usually standing up for human rights, or the downtrodden — was clear, and this is a great example. Strumming, indeed!
“Johnny Appleseed” by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
Love it. I would put this in my perfect band song category. Makes me want to play guitar. Had to look up lyrics to get the connection to the round theme. His cadence and vocal delivery land for me and love the band vocals in the chorus.. Top notch
Clampdown by the Clash : raucous fun. Classic clash sound. Excellent Track. The little bongo bridge changed up dynamic nicely . Noice