Main menu
Fretplay home Submit tabs

The Clash
The Clash tabs The Clash discography

Channels
Guitar channel Bass channel Guitar videos Reviews

Message Forum
Guitar forum Bass forum Bands and artists Promote your band Recent discussions All categories

Fretplay.com

The Clash guitar tabs

CD reviews

Clash on Broadway

The Clash - Clash on Broadway Audio CD

A fair review of the The Clash "Clash on Broadway" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all The Clash reviews here, or go back to the The Clash tabs.

Band: The Clash
Title: Clash on Broadway
Rating:

Release Date: 2000-02-08
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Janie Jones [Demo Version] 2: Career Opportunities [Demo Version] 3: White Riot [A-Side Single Version (U.K.)] 4: 1977 5: I'm So Bored With the U.S.A. 6: Hate & War 7: What's My Name 8: Deny 9: London's Burning 10: Protex Blue 11: Police & Thieves 12: 48 Hours 13: Cheat 14: Garageland 15: Capital Radio One 16: Complete Control 17: Clash City Rockers 18: City of the Dead 19: Jail Guitar Doors 20: Prisoner 21: (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais 22: Pressure Drop 23: 1-2 Crush on You 24: English Civil War [Live][#] 25: I Fought the Law [From Rude Boy][Live] 26: Safe European Home 27: Tommy Gun 28: Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad 29: Stay Free 30: One Emotion [#] 31: Groovy Times 32: Gates of the West 33: Armagideon Time 34: London Calling 35: Brand New Cadillac 36: Rudie Can't Fail 37: Guns of Brixton 38: Spanish Bombs 39: Lost in the Supermarket 40: Right Profile 41: Card Cheat 42: Death or Glory 43: Clampdown 44: Train in Vain 45: Bankrobber 46: Police on My Back 47: Magnificent Seven 48: Leader 49: Call Up 50: Somebody Got Murdered 51: Washington Bullets 52: Broadway 53: Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) [Live][#] 54: Every Little Bit Hurts [#] 55: Stop the World 56: Midnight to Stevens [#] 57: This Is Radio Clash 58: Cool Confusion 59: Red Angel Dragnet [Edited Version] 60: Ghetto Defendant [Edited Version] 61: Rock the Casbah [US Single Version] 62: Should I Stay or Should I Go [US Single Version] 63: Straight to Hell [Unedited Version] 64: Street Parade [*]

DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL DON'T TOUCH THAT DIIIIAAALLL!!!
Get _London Calling_, and get this. Well, here it is - your Clash collection. You will be set for a good couple of years, maybe for good. It's not often that I tell people to basically forget about buying an artist's albums and go straight to the boxed set, but in this case, it's the way to go. The compilers have done a great job, and there are just too many essential b-sides, promo tracks, etc. to possibly collect any other way.

If you decide down the road that you want to be a completist, _Sandanista_, _Super Black Market Clash_, _Combat Rock_, and _Give 'em Enough Rope_ will be out there waiting for you. But don't be surprised if you find that you've heard most of the best tracks already. . . they're on here.

Oh yes, and download a copy of "Remote Control" too. That's the one major item missing from this set.

Almost perfect...
In fact, I'm not sure why a few tracks from the LP's were included here. Forget about the LP tracks. What matters is the rare stuff.

This set compiles all kinds of awesome rarities, like the EP tracks and B-sides found on "Black Market Clash" and "Super Black Market Clash. " You get the original versions/mixes of classics like Armagideon Time, Bankrobber, and This Is Radio Clash, plus other amazing non-album tracks such as The Prisoner, City of the Dead, Gates of the West, etc.

Also, when this came out, it was pretty much the only way for us Americans to get our hands on the tracks from the Clash's debut LP that were left off the American version - Cheat, Protex Blue, 48 Hours etc. Now the UK version has been reissued in the States, so that takes the advantage away from Clash on Broadway in this regard.

Broadway also includes a cuople phenomenal tracks that had never been released before: "One Emotion" and "Midnight to Stevens. " Essential Clash listening, only available here.

The only thing this comp is missing, oddly, is the instrumental "Listen," and the classic "Capital Radio Two"! That song was WAY better than "Capital Radio One" - way louder, way tougher, and with a way better and funnier ending. These songs are only available on "Super Black Market Clash. "

So, the conclusion is, if you pick up this compilation, Super Black Market Clash, and all the Clash's full length albums, you'll have everything you need. And you do, definitely, need it all.

The Best of One of the Best Bands Ever!
They are the greatest punk band of all time. Since the release of their debut album in 1977, The Clash has become one of the most important and influential bands in rock history. They may not have been the most punk. There is a big difference between being the most punk and the greatest punk band (I just wanted to point that out), and The Clash is the greatest punk band. No band from 1977-1983, with the possible exception of The Ramones, has had such an impact on rock music as The Clash. Here's the part where I justify this claim: The Police and U2 (many people would consider these two bands as the greatest of 1977-1983) are a couple of the greatest bands ever; we all know that. They were more commercially successful, but how many people decided to start a band after hearing either of those guys. How many successful bands had a direct influence from either the Police or U2, or tried to create a sound much like theirs. The numbers don't even compare to The Clash. The Clash did so much for music and were one of the most important and popular bands of one of the most important movements in rock.

The point of the above paragraph is to give a good idea of the impact and importance of The Clash. Not only that, they were talented musicians, probably the most talented of all the famous bands of the original Punk movement. Their music, combined with the political edge they gave, is shown throughout the entire "Clash On Broadway". This box set shows better than all other greatest hits cds, that The Clash deserve the spot in rock history. In the "Clash On Broadway", there is the snarling early punk they started out playing, to the more artistic and masterful works they created later on in their incredible career. All the greatest songs from all the albums are here, including the great Eps. Just about every song from the debut album is here, and so is most of "London Calling". Eleven out of the nineteen songs are on this set, but it's enough to give anyone the idea of what the album is like and about. "Clash On Broadway" gives an incredibly detailed look at all the different musical styles The Clash played: from straight-up punk rock (just about all of CD 1), to the more experimental and studio demanding songs that are on "London Calling", "Sandinsta", and "Combat Rock".

The other great thing about this set is that along with the three Cds, there are two big booklets. One is of all the lyrics, and the other has all kinds of great information, including quotes from the band members and others about each song. I would highly recommend "Clash On Broadway". Even for people who don't like punk, this is just great music, and I think anybody could really enjoy and appreciate this.

Stand Out Songs: The list is just too long .

Great Box Set
Better than any of the greatist hits collections and comes with a nice booklet on them. This set may not have every realevent Clash song but it is an excellent overview of their career. .

Wake Up -- Get off you Butts

As a 50s and 60s person I grew up with Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddly, Bob Dylan, and the Stones. After the last US election we all have to wake up to injustice and the need for the compassion of the Dalai Lama and the Passion of The Clash (no pun intended). You can imagine my consternation when Disco hit the big time -- I skipped most of the 70s -- then I heard The Clash.

They were great punk band. They were a great rock band. They were earnest, truthful, forceful. More importantly, unlike some of the punk and rock icons, they had a real soul. In a world drowning in Ronald Reagan's war against "welfare queens" while he transferred wealth to corporate drag queens -- they were alive and focused on the real issues. In a business full of stars only interested in sex and drugs they gave us a third way. They, like Dylan addressed the problems of the day -- racism, economic opportunity, poverty, nuclear war, terrorism, injustice.

Hey, about this record -- just get it and listen to White Riot, What's My Name, Career Opportunities, London Calling, the Clampdown, Guns of Brixton, and Straight to Hell -- just try to not care -- try to go back to your old ways and habits -- you will not be able to go back -- you are now The Clash and your are on a mission to make the world a fairer and more decent place -- No fear brothers and sisters.

Sure U2 is great, Pearl Jam holds their own. I am not sure of Green Day will emerge as the band of the 2000s -- they all have a long way to go even carry the Clash's luggage.

.

You can see a complete list of all The Clash discography, or go back to the The Clash tabs. There is also a good guide on how to read guitar tabs here.