at least that's what Geldof is saying.

Irish rocker SIR BOB GELDOF has accused his former contemporaries THE CLASH of being a s**t band who faked their punk image.

The ex-BOOMTOWN RATS star is still bitter the SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO hitmakers came to epitomise the serious punk revolution in late 1970s Britain, while his band were marginalised.

Geldof rages, "The Clash had outfits designed for them. But somehow they were supposed to have more integrity? Why? This ersatz passion was just b**locks.

"I didn't like their records until LONDON CALLING (1979 album). I said 99 per cent of the music is s**t and I was right. It hasn't survived.

"All that 'Hey right! The revolution!' tripe drove me mad! F**k off, you c**t. JOE (STRUMMER) and MICK (JONES) wanted to be MICK (JAGGER) and KEITH (RICHARDS)!

"Plain as f**king day! Yet we were frozen out."

http://www.contactmusic.c...0were%20st

I'm listening to the Clash right now as a matter of fact!!

Chico319 said:

bitter bitch

I like the Clash, their probably overrated, but their music is awesome, so is the pre- london calling stuff. I like Geldoff and he can say what ever the fuck he wants, he was there when the whole shit went down.

Stax said:

lilgish said:

Yeah, Geldof was there and I do like the Rats, but its not like their music "survied" any more than, say, Give em Enough Rope.
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Bob will be remembered for his charity work.

lilgish said:

and not for his music.

I kinda agree with him.

Everyone knows they're The Eagles of punk music, but you can't deny that their songs have lasted.

bob is one of my fave human beings , i loved the rats (they wer never a punk band) , but for once he is talking shit !!! mick jones did aspire to be a rock star which didnt fit with strummer and simonon ! , but there music,.....

the pistols were the benchmark in that era, the clash smashed the benchmark to smithereens !!!

bob if your out there ,... let me see you dance,.....

the CLASH were funky !!
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Stax said:

Bob Geldof is an exceptionally decent even heroic man. He is also, however a fourth rate musician who wrote third rate songs and fronted a fifth rate band. The Boomtown Rats had five good songs and influenced no one. The Clash made five great albums, three of which are timeless. Sandinista and Combat Rock were so ahead of their time it took bands twenty plus years to even begin to match their scope and ambition.

Bob's just bitter that he's got plenty of respect but no musical credibility.
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CinisterCee said:[quote]Everyone knows they're The Eagles of punk music, but you can't deny that their songs have lasted.


Great line, but please expand on it and tell us why.

Well, to be honest, at times the Clash's politics turns me off, but to suggest that the Boomtown Rats were equal to the Clash is silly. There's a reason that people remember the Clash and not the Boomtown Rats!

CinisterCee said:

Say what?

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The ex-BOOMTOWN RATS

Supernova said:

co

Axchi696 said:

Still waiting for that explanation myself. I suppose CC means The Clash were the "easy listening version of punk", or some such rubbish.

yea ,.... no reply as yet, maybe theres no reply,.... because to suggest the clash were easy listnin (if thats what was meant) couldnt be further from the truth the clash challenged their followers when they released ,.....

london calling

sandinista

combat rock

i remember myself buying LC and thinkin what the fuck is this !!! i was used to the kinda almost straight punk fast and furious tunes of the first 2 albums ! (and yea i kno there was a reggae flavour to some o the early stuff too). after a few spins LC became my fave album of all time !!! as u can see by my avvie.

this thread title should be changed to,.....

THE CLASH WERE SHIT HOT !

lilgish said:

He's just a one hit wonder with his heart in the right place.

danielboon said:

I first read The Clash were THE shit. Cuz they were.

HamsterHuey said:

What was their one hit?

heartbeatocean said:

Huey's probably thinking of "I Dont Like Mondays."

Other than the charity work, does anyone else consider 'The Wall' to be Bob Geldof's definitive work? I can't watch him without thinking of the scene where he shaves his eyebrows off or the one where he's the Nazi rock star.

Stax said:

Oh yeah!

Axchi696 said:

Well, now that you mention it, yes.

Axchi696 said:

Actually, not quite. The Boomtown Rats hit No 1 in the UK with a song called "Rat Trap" in 1978. It was like The Eagles playing a version of Bruce Springsteen's "Jungleland" for fragile old folk.

In 1978 The Clash released (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais, one of their finest ever singles. It didn't even make the Top 75 then, but who's playing "Rat Trap" now?

Shapeshifter said:

nice 1