DLC - Week 168

[sen_no_ongaku]

*The Clash - London Calling+
The Clash - Brand New Cadillac
The Clash - Jimmy Jazz [VO]
*The Clash - Hateful [KO]
*The Clash - Rudie Can't Fail+ [KV]
*The Clash - Spanish Bombs+ [V]
The Clash - The Right Profile [kV]
The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket
The Clash - Clampdown+
*The Clash - The Guns of Brixton [V]
*The Clash - Wrong 'Em Boyo [VO]
The Clash - Death or Glory [O]
The Clash - Koka Kola
The Clash - The Card Cheat+ [VO]
The Clash - Lover's Rock [VO]
The Clash - Four Horsemen [O]
The Clash - I'm Not Down
The Clash - Revolution Rock

The rest[1] of The Clash's seminal album London Calling.

Though I'm not a fan of punk, I have a lot of respect for The Clash; I wouldn't call them the most technically proficient of musicians, but they were inventive, erudite, willing to be weird, and often really funny[2].

And while I put down a lot of bands for being angry, what I'm really putting them down for is making loud, angry-sounding music while actually being kind of whiny at heart. But The Clash's anger strikes me as cold and focused -- and often full of mockery; and because of their political consciousness, it's often on behalf of others, which I can respect.
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(1) With the exception of "Train in Vain", which was DLC many moons ago.

(2) This from "Koka Kola" had me laughing:

"Your snakeskin suit and your alligator boots /
You don't need a launderette you can take them to the vet"