tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333056491858240180.post3656090708360540078..comments2024-03-23T07:38:39.165+00:00Comments on Aural Sculptors - The Stranglers Live: London Calling at 40!Musky03http://www.blogger.com/profile/14139009587198270829noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333056491858240180.post-27089658601341468552019-11-26T20:21:12.944+00:002019-11-26T20:21:12.944+00:00Thanks for the comments folks. jjr4, in the UK the...Thanks for the comments folks. jjr4, in the UK the London Calling album is for many a high point of British 'punk' and indeed British culture, up there with London's Swinging Sixties! It is funny however when organisers of prestige UK occasions, the 2012 Olympic Games, being a great example when the title track is belted out in stadiums as a statement of all that is great about Britain! If only they had spent the time to listen to the lyrics which tell of a city, post nuclear accident that is descending into lawlessness and despair..... more Brexit than the Olympics.... ooh I know controversial politics :-D Musky03https://www.blogger.com/profile/14139009587198270829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333056491858240180.post-30301712783046975152019-11-24T05:03:45.088+00:002019-11-24T05:03:45.088+00:00well, one remembers first times, and London callin...well, one remembers first times, and London calling was one, i was sixteen in a very boring french town called Toulon. The only escape was one record store in the part of town called chicago because of its hooker bars and various traffic spots, they had already introduced me to the doors, ramones, various early rock and punk french bands like little bob, and then they tell me i absolutely have to listen to this record called london calling; ok, i'll try... and that was it.<br />This said my absolute falling in love with the Clash as a concept came with sandinista, a triple album sold for the price of a standard LP was already incredible, but then when you went through it and you had your punk heroes going through an incredible range of musical styles and still being heavily political throughout was perfection. Thank you for this reminder.jjr4https://www.blogger.com/profile/14060371016477961388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333056491858240180.post-78480541600546276992019-11-21T05:47:01.028+00:002019-11-21T05:47:01.028+00:00Remember getting this around xmas 79 i was on firs...Remember getting this around xmas 79 i was on first impressions disappointed as I was only 13 i was expecting an album full of punky stuff in the similar vein to the title track I was not into the 2 tone scene at that time. Guns of brixton struck a chord with me though, years later I would of course come to love the whole album. magnum farcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01521913424640925437noreply@blogger.com