What is your favorite Clash song? (1 Viewer)

[timschochet]

Lost in the Supermarket 

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Spanish Bombs

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Spanish Bombs

Maybe Death or Glory

 

[Binky The Doormat]

 

[Hov34]

Clampdown

 

[17seconds]

Clampdown by a nose over Train in Vain

 

[timschochet]

Maybe Death or Glory

I really do love that song. 

 

[lod01]

'Hillary's an Idiot'. You need vinly and have to play one of their songs backwards to hear it. You'll have to figure out which one by yourself.

 

[timschochet]

'Hillary's an Idiot'. You need vinly and have to play one of their songs backwards to hear it. You'll have to figure out which one by yourself.

You seem a little obsessed. 

 

[Willie Neslon]

Hateful, The Right Profile, Clampdown.  Too close to call.  Could make cases for 4-5 others.

 

[Eephus]

I have an irrational love for "The Street Parade" which got buried at the end of side 5 of Sandinista!

 

[Dickies]

Spanish Bombs

 

[Osaurus]

Been liking Magnificent Seven a lot lately, but Train in Vain is my favorite.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Rock the Casbah

 

[Insomniac]

Magnificent Seven 

 

[Brony]

Rudy Can't Fail

 

[baymen]

Maybe Death or Glory

This for me

 

[Hov34]

Rudy Can't Fail

or Rudie maybe?

 

[Jefferson the Caregiver]

Guns of Brixton 

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Guns of Brixton

Know your Rights

and I'll be THAT GUY.   London Calling is still a great song even if you don't want to pick the obvious.  

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Straight to Hell

Also a good choice.  

 

[msommer]

Should I stay or Should I Go

ETA: I Fought the Law, London Calling, Rock the Casbah in a second tier

 

[ffldrew]

White Riot

Charlie Don't Surf

Guns of Brixton

 

[lod01]

You seem a little obsessed. 

 If there was ever a post of  you just took the award.

 

[kevzilla]

London's Burning

Career Opportunities

the field

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Spanish Bombs

This 100%

 

[massraider]

Lost in the Supermarket 

Rudie Can't Fail a good call

 

[timschochet]

Others that I love that haven't been mentioned: 

Safe European Home

Janie Jones

White Riot 

White Man In Hammersmith Palais

Lose That Skin

Washington Bullets

This Is England

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Others that I love that haven't been mentioned: 

Safe European Home

Janie Jones

White Riot 

White Man In Hammersmith Palais

Lose That Skin

Washington Bullets

This Is England

Way to start a thread asking for one and then list like nine.

 

[timschochet]

Way to start a thread asking for one and then list like nine.

Well too bad. I could list a whole lot more. 

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Well too bad. I could list a whole lot more. 

Of course because they rule

 

[mr fancypants]

Another vote for clampdown

 

[Fariq]

Way to start a thread asking for one and then list like nine.

He is a little hard of hearing

 

[northern exposure]

Lots of great ones already mentioned. I vote for Train In Vain. One not mentioned yet is Hitsville UK.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Should I stay or Should I Go

ETA:  Rock the Casbah 

JFC

 

[HellToupee]

Love Clampdown & Supermarket but Complete Control is my favorite . It's a big FU to the record industry and has one of my favorite guitar riffs 

 

[Jalapanose]

Straight to Hell with GoB and M7 close

 

[Eephus]

London Calling did a lot better in the 2008 poll. 

Thanks Obama

 

[saintfool]

"Know Your Rights" without question. It gets me all jacked up every single time.

 

[Quint]

Ruide Can't Fail because "feckless". totally underrated word.

 

[Restricted]

are we allowed to include Big Audio Dynamite?

 

[eoMMan]

RocK The Kasbah wasn't their only song?

 

[Fariq]

RocK The Kasbah wasn't their only song?

No. They had some other ones.

 

[timschochet]

are we allowed to include Big Audio Dynamite?

I do like Medicine Show but #### no. 

 

[El Floppo]

Straight to Hell

For me, this.

I'm a fan of MIA almost exclusively for paper planes

 

[The Kansas Comet]

London Calling, Police on My Back, Brand New Cadillac

 

[rockaction]

Atom Tan deserves mention. Smooth groove, great riff. Nice backing vocals, nice content in the vox. 

 

[17seconds]

 London Calling is still a great song even if you don't want to pick the obvious.  

Years ago this would have been my favorite but tired of it at this point.   Up there with Welcome to the Jungle as best opening album track ever.

 

[Sconch]

Teaching summer school to a bunch of semi rich kids.  I play my Spotify playlist when they're doing pen-paper work. "London Calling" comes up.  One kid, after like 7 seconds says "that's the Clash".   After 10 minutes I decide to test him.  I put on "Spanish Bombs".  It takes him half a song but he says "that's the Clash too, right?"

Kid gets an automatic "A".

 

[The Future Champs]

Kinda like picking your favorite Beatles song, but... Complete Control probably takes #1 on my list, with Rudie Can't Fail as another contender.

I'd also like to mention The Card Cheat.   It's not my favorite, but it ends an incredible run.  Side 1 of London Calling is fantastic, side 2 has a few less FM ready hits, but it expands and diversifies their sound, and side 3 finishes the run.  By the time you get to The Card Cheat you're just awed.

Side 4 blows, with the obvious exception of Train In Vain.

Btw, just found this out tonight, and thought I'd share:  London Calling's cover was a homage to Elvis