This is Curriculum Clash
Good Morning, and enjoy the holiday (my American friends) and happy Saturday (rest of the world). July 4th is a funny time to be English in the States, I’ve used the standard “I just sit in a dark room, it’s a sad day for me” reply when people ask about it. While in truth….who doesn’t like fireworks!? As a kid watching fireworks on a cold damp night in early November was always bleak, Americans have it right..let’s move Bonfire Night to the Summer post haste.
That Bernie Rhodes piece got me thinking last night and I found some interviews with Joe and Paul after Jones was booted out, things were definitely odd with The Clash Mk II. I’ll expand more on the next post.
Some lighter fare this morning and both topics relate to using the Clash for education. Ryan Deschamps from Halifax (not the one in Yorkshire) posts a blog about how ‘Clash City Rockers’ demonstrates excellent music form. It’s actually really fun to watch, give it a few minutes as he explores the structure of the song and where the lyrics fall. I don’t think I can ever listen to that track again and not see his ‘W’.
Then, from developingteachers.com we have the course materials for a Joe Strummer Lesson Plan, why did we not have this in school….I would have paid far more attention. I especially like the comprehnsion questions. Good stuff indeed.I seem to recall reading that different elements of rock history (I hate that phrase) are now college credit classes. Do these include the Clash or did I dream that?
July 4 – 31 years ago, The Clash played the Glasgow Apollo supported by The Specials and Suicide. That night led to Paul and Joe being arrested and more Clash folklore. There’s been many versions of the incident and then fans singing The Prisoner to them in the jail cells that night – I still like this account from the Glasgow Apollo site.
That’s all I’ve got for now – Tim at Clash Blog
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Hi, Tim — I’m home too this holiday really doesn’t excite me even though I’m a lifelong New Jerseyan. I am considering a drive to the city later to see the famous fireworks over Manhattan. I really like the website, I’ve been bouncing around, there’s so much here! I’m looking forward to exploring it thoroughly. Anyway, Who is in the picture? Is it Joe all the way to the right, or is that his brother? I’m having a hard time figuring it out. Thanks.
Thanks for the mention – I’m looking at editing down the front-end of that post due to extensive babbling. It’s the W stuff that’s fun at about 1:30 on – please bear with me, I’m still learning how to do video! :)
It’s a great piece, a small edit might keep people more engaged. If you study music I’d love for you to break apart ‘Spanish Bombs’ in the same way. Thanks for getting back to me.
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