I’ve tried like mad not to resort to this but bloody hell a lot of stuff gets uploaded to you tube. If you like this -- send me a message -- if you don’t, send me a message -- but I’ll commit to doing a semi regular you tube Clash roundup. You never know what you’re missing and I’ll try and help you out by catching the good, the bad and…well have a look.

#1 -- This is just bizarre. An original interpretation by the Dithyramb french duet (Dame Bérénice de la Trouffinière and Dame Culnégonde de la Garde Montée). Recorded in Paris, September 5, 2009. Full details here about these two, if tu parle francais please write in and explain more!

#2 Cover of “Should I stay or should I go” by The Clash. Performed by Hybrid, Live @ The Rum Shack in Weymouth September 2009. Not bad but where is the camera…on a ceiling fan?

# 3 -- These lads need a bass player, a vocalist and should not be playing in the middle of the road. It sounds a bit Pavement to me….I actually love it.

# 4 -- The Kooks *I’ve since been advised it was a Kook (the singular) playing Police and Thieves with Mick Jones for Strummerville event at the R+R Public Library

Cheers then ~ talk tomorrow.

Good Morning Sinners…well the search continues and thanks for all the voting the last few days. We will get through round one eventually and 4 new Clash songs go before you today. First though a couple of lopsided results.

1-2 Crush On You beat Dictator 36-7

Radio Clash beat Midnight To Stevens 40-8

No major shocks there but was nice to see Midnight To Stevens get a bit of support. I’ve seen a trend where a few people vote in one poll but not the other…is that due to the landslide aspect? Don’t forget the best supported runners up can stay in the cup. So on to the next 4 to ponder, and there are some good ones today!

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Member of the Last Gang

The first match is as tough as can be, I hope both get 20+ votes and hopefully both will remain. The second pairing seems a bit less tricky. As always more info and a chance to see or hear the songs is below. Thanks for taking part!

The Prisoner – Few songs performed live had the ferocious energy of The Prisoner and the version I’ve linked just gets my blood zipping (was also the first time it was played live). This was the B-side to White Man in… could you possibly ask for more on a 7″ record? I think not.

The Card Cheat -The Phil Spector wall of sound meets the Clash. The simple explanation being that everything is double tracked. An epic Clash song and another testament to the variation on show throughout London Calling. This song used to make me sad as a teenager….am I alone in that?

The Sound of The Sinners – Poor luck to be matched with the track below. This track does have it’s fans and I confess the lyrics are pretty brilliant. Holds the strange place as being Elvis Costello‘s favourite Clash song, so if you’re visiting the blog Elvis…here’s your chance. Can the Clash do gospel….why bloody not eh?

Last Gang In Town – For variation’s sake I’ve included a demo version that I’ve dug out. It’s slower and more bluesey but still great to hear. One of the better Clash ‘stories in a song’ this was the song that made ‘gangs’ hold a certain appeal to the 13 year old me that never really left to this day.

Any questions? Cheers…Tim

Good Day ~ A few Clash updates as I’ve been spinning a little finding time to write. I know a lot of people like the Global A Go Go page – and I’ve just updated it. Lovely to see how much of the globe is covered and the UK/US total traffic is really close – a difference of less than 50 visits. So come on England or America..!!

Been thinking of adding a gallery page or audio (mp3) player to the site….not sure which has more value to you lot? I might even bore you with some of the other bands I’m keen on. Speaking of other songs, I wanted to hear this based on the title - ‘Joe Strummer’s House’ - by a chap called Rozinante. I’ll let you make your own mind up, a tribute, a warning sign, name dropping? You decide.

If I had some friends who had a baby in the house I’d now know what to buy them. Cut the crap comes to mind….but almost adorable.

Joe and the Mescaleros

Six years since the ties with the Mescaleros were effectively cut short  it’s great to see Martin Slattery and Antony Genn making music. The Hours new (2nd) album See The Light is getting great press and I like all I’ve heard. Please check out their page – and also the video interview therein where inevitably Joe Strummer is briefly discussed. I’ll hunt down the album and provide more info soon, in the meantime they are doing alright supporting u2 of all people. Unofficial rumour that a live Joe Strummer and Mescaleros album might be in the works, will keep you posted.

There’s been a lot of polls on the blog lately so with some interest I had a look at this one for ‘Best Clash Album’ and although the result doesn’t shock me the winning margin does. Wondering if our results here would be similar.

Right, bed time for me (3am…crap!) and more to follow.