New live Clash movie from Don Letts
The dude who made that killer Clash movie “Westway To The World”, Don Letts, has a new documentary called “The Clash Live: Revolution Rock” airing on PBS in March (check www.theclashonline.com for PBS air times in your market) and hitting stores as a DVD on April 15th. I haven’t seen it yet so I dunno if it’s good or not, but I’ll let you know how it is once Uncle Scott drags me to see it. Dig on what the press releases said….
“The film follows the live transformation of the band, incorporating footage from all phases of the Clash’s meteoric career, beginning with live-in-the-studio clips and climaxing with a blow-out performance at New York’s Shea Stadium in 1982. With rare and previously unreleased footage from all over the world, this film documents the history of the band by showcasing their incredible live performances, and will be a draw for both the new fan and their established passionate followers.”
Sounds killer to me. Here’s the trailer:
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February 27th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
you can stream dig, lazarus, dig @ nick cave’s space, but it’s actually kind of a bummer
http://www.myspace.com/nickcaveandthebadseeds
sorry, but you’d think the sound of someone reawakening from the dead would slay a lot harder than this
February 27th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Killer indeed. It’s funny how the awful Cut the Crap album from 86 or so has basically been erased from every Clash fan and filmmakers memory, like it never existed. Granted there was no Mick Jones on it. Looking forward to this one.
February 27th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
sound killer.
dudes, post some more DUKE SPIRIT mp3’s on the yahoo thing. I’m really really digging them. That chick’s voice is fucken prime. I am loving their sound. I mean, fucking love shat, but duke’s just doing it to me right now.
total sonic fellatio :p [that was for you aaron], plz don’t kill me for stealing it from boots. :)
February 28th, 2008 at 6:00 am
*gets DVR recorder ready
February 28th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
to find out times and schedule the clash live is going to be on pbs aka public broadcasting station go to http://www.legacyrecordings.com .it is under the clash l event. U might want to know your pbs stations call number. Either way it is listed by city and state near the call number.blah…blah..blah
February 28th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Don Lets also made a shitty generic disorganized documentary about punk rock called “Punk: A Revolution” or something. There was a colon in the title and the cover had a big mohawk on it to let you know it was about punk rock. Anyway, Donny put himself in the movie as an influential part of the punk rock movement because he had a radio show or something. I’m just wondering if he lets evryone know how important he thinks he is in this movie too.
February 28th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
That live version of ‘Complete Control” is the greatest thing Ive ever heard. Seriously, get “From Here to Eternity” and read all the liner notes. Those live cuts would make me want to explode. I can see why their concerts were as crazy as they were. Also, the flying squirrel man is very awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmZyB_ghpa0
March 2nd, 2008 at 5:31 pm
doods, did you see that killer Clash infomercial here on public attena TV (I know, totally slummin it, no DVR here!) in LA last night? It was fucking righteous, Clash CD’s for 75 bucks! The revolution WILL be televised!
I missed the Dylan one afterwards, bummmmmmmer.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:30 am
I’m not Don Letts’ PR guy or anything, but he did dj at the Roxy and is responsible for exposing alot of punks to Dub and Reggae jams. That’s kinda huge when you consider the Jamaican influence on the Clash musically, visually, and weed-ally. “Westway to the World” does also shit on whatever that last Strummer documentary was called.
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Punk: Attitude was pretty lame. Way too much Rollins for my tastes, and it included rap/metal for some reason that I could never understand. I thought American Hardcore was lame too. How the hell can you make a doc about American Hardcore and NOT include the Dead Kennedys or the Misfits?
March 4th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Well, apparently someone didn’t see the movie, ‘cuz Jello’s in the movie for an incredibly large amound, plus it shows live footage of DK performing “Nazi Punks Fuck Off”.
However, i was incredibly bummed out by the Limp Bizkit footage and the clowns from Agnostic Front. They’re the reason hardcore became a fraternity for jock-strapped meatheads.
March 4th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
That’s *amount*, although a mounds bar sounds good right now.
March 4th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
um…
I was talking about the American Hardcore movie not including Jello, not the Punk: Attitude doc. You might want to read a little closer.
March 5th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Touche. Well don’t i feel like an idiot.
March 5th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
No worries bro, it was my fault for mentioning Limp Bizkit in a post for The Clash. Rap/metal has a way of short circuiting logic and reason.
March 9th, 2008 at 3:24 am
so i’m disappointed that pbs didn’t show the whole documentary.i went off and bounced around in my apartment to the live stuff though.(its about time!) i like the dude doing the graffiti work while the band played on tom synder.now that is something we will not see today…at least it’s in closed caption.