Comments on: 42: The Clash release their seminal double album London Calling http://xponentialmusic.org/blogs/885mmmm/2007/10/17/42-the-clash-release-their-seminal-double-album-london-calling/ Just another Xponentialmusic.org weblog Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:06:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 By: pat http://xponentialmusic.org/blogs/885mmmm/2007/10/17/42-the-clash-release-their-seminal-double-album-london-calling/#comment-19435 pat Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:17:55 +0000 http://xponentialmusic.org/blogs/885mmmm/2007/10/17/42-the-clash-release-their-seminal-double-album-london-calling/#comment-19435 Did you know that the drum set used for the London Calling video was dumped into the Thames after the video was shot? There was a dispute on how much to pay the director, so they dumped his drums into the water. As of 4 years ago, Joe Strummer (right before his death he was talking about this on eMpTy V) was not sure if the drums were ever taken out of the water or not. Did you know that the drum set used for the London Calling video was dumped into the Thames after the video was shot? There was a dispute on how much to pay the director, so they dumped his drums into the water. As of 4 years ago, Joe Strummer (right before his death he was talking about this on eMpTy V) was not sure if the drums were ever taken out of the water or not.

]]> By: Ryan http://xponentialmusic.org/blogs/885mmmm/2007/10/17/42-the-clash-release-their-seminal-double-album-london-calling/#comment-19265 Ryan Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:49:49 +0000 http://xponentialmusic.org/blogs/885mmmm/2007/10/17/42-the-clash-release-their-seminal-double-album-london-calling/#comment-19265 On the air you Jim said that Train in Vain was "...written and recorded in the studio so late...". It is a cover; Mick Jones did not write this song! Yes, it was to be a flexi-disc for the NME. Brand New Cadillac is of course the other cover on the album. To me, the fact that they did not write Train in Vain is a more plausible reason for not considering it as "making the cut" until so late. On the air you Jim said that Train in Vain was “…written and recorded in the studio so late…”.

It is a cover; Mick Jones did not write this song! Yes, it was to be a flexi-disc for the NME. Brand New Cadillac is of course the other cover on the album. To me, the fact that they did not write Train in Vain is a more plausible reason for not considering it as “making the cut” until so late.

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