Disc of the day
The Meters - The Meters
Kings of Nawlins "fonk" go it alone. Cue incurable itch in sacroiliac.
Features Disc of the day
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
Global A Go-Go
(Hellcat/Epitaph 2001)
Clash man spins the dial, travels the world on his last LP in this lifetime.
As his solo career didn't properly get in motion until 1999's Rock Art And The X-Ray Style, Joe Strummer didn't overdo it when The Clash finally expired in the mid-'80s. But if the quiet years meant he was backing up with an excess of music, much of it must have burst out on Global A Go-Go, where punk mentality achieves fusion with massed global flavours and other ethno-hoedown-techno moves. As the effervescent Bhindi Bhagee, where Strummer exults in the variety of international cuisine he can get on his west London high street, says, this music is; "Ragga, Bhangra, two-step Tanga (sic), Mini-cab radio... Brit pop, hip hop, rockabilly, Lindy hop, Gaelic heavy metal fans fighting in the road..." With old busking pal Tymon Dogg's violin to the fore, Strummer tells stories in that familiar phlegmy bark; woeful protest song Shaktar Donetsk empathises with an immigrant who got to Britain in the back of a lorry, Johnny Appleseed considers the working man crushed by labour, and Magnificent Seven/Radio Clash-alike Cool 'N' Out gabbles urban beat poetry and decides "what's it all about? ...punk rock what it's all about." It's a remarkable record for a man who was pushing 50, and as the closing, wordless 17 minute traditional tune Minstrel Boy moves from waltz to flamenco to silence, his loss seems ever more acute.
Ian Harrison
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 18/05/2009
Further Listening
The Clash – Sandinista! (CBS, 1980)
Mano Negra – Puta’s Fever (Virgin, 1989)
The Wailers – Burnin’ (Island, 1973)
Previous Disc of the day
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The Meters - The Meters
Kings of Nawlins "fonk" go it alone. Cue incurable itch in sacroiliac.
6:00 AM GMT 06/11/2009
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Blur - Blur
Sun sets on Damon Albarn's Little England. "Look inside America," he urges. "She's alright."
6:00 AM GMT 05/11/2009
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The Congos - Heart Of The Congos
Roots reggae's Lee Perry-produced Pet Sounds!
6:00 AM GMT 04/11/2009
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