12-01-2017, 08:36
First Thank You for the "no obvious mis-hits", that's really what matters. Sometimes there's just one or two notes that are wrong. Most people can hear them except for the person that sang them.
I LOVE the Clash and I also hear nothing that annoys me in their music. I'm driving to the studio with a singer who is going to do background vocals and she says "what do you want me to do?", I put on the Clash's The Prisoner and have her listen to the BG vocals (which I LOVE) and she says "you want me to sing out of key and flat?" I was shocked. But, she understood what I meant. So, we might not hear it...
On another Clash note. When they played NYC for their Sandanista tour, they had 8 shows at Bonds. I had tickets for all 8. Opening night the place was double packed (Tickettron sold a full house and the box office sold a full house for each show) I was close to the front being crushed, people were passing out and had to be lifted to the stage where they were carried off by security. The first opening act was Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, they sucked so bad I told my friend who was drinking a bottle of pre-mixed vodka and orange juice to throw it at them. He did, one of the Furious five started yelling at the audience who booed them off stage. Leaving after the show, at every exit was a fireman. The following morning it was announced The Clash had doubled the amount to shows to make up for double the ticket sales. It was a pain in the ass finding out which nights my tickets were valid for (no computers). But, all the shows were excellent.
If you've never checked them out, Mick Jones and Tony James (Sique Sique Sputnick and Generation X) formed a band Carbon - Silicon. Loved B.A.D also.
I LOVE the Clash and I also hear nothing that annoys me in their music. I'm driving to the studio with a singer who is going to do background vocals and she says "what do you want me to do?", I put on the Clash's The Prisoner and have her listen to the BG vocals (which I LOVE) and she says "you want me to sing out of key and flat?" I was shocked. But, she understood what I meant. So, we might not hear it...
On another Clash note. When they played NYC for their Sandanista tour, they had 8 shows at Bonds. I had tickets for all 8. Opening night the place was double packed (Tickettron sold a full house and the box office sold a full house for each show) I was close to the front being crushed, people were passing out and had to be lifted to the stage where they were carried off by security. The first opening act was Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, they sucked so bad I told my friend who was drinking a bottle of pre-mixed vodka and orange juice to throw it at them. He did, one of the Furious five started yelling at the audience who booed them off stage. Leaving after the show, at every exit was a fireman. The following morning it was announced The Clash had doubled the amount to shows to make up for double the ticket sales. It was a pain in the ass finding out which nights my tickets were valid for (no computers). But, all the shows were excellent.
If you've never checked them out, Mick Jones and Tony James (Sique Sique Sputnick and Generation X) formed a band Carbon - Silicon. Loved B.A.D also.
