# The Top 5 From the Only Band That Matters **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397 "2005-03-20T05:53:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iggy\_popov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@iggy\_popov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iggy_popov)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397/1 "2005-03-20T05:53:27Z")
So right now I’m drinking some vodka’s and listening to The Clash(yeah thats right there is a “The” in the name) and it occured to me that I really really really love The Clash. After all I do have the london calling cover as a tattoo. So all you City Rockers, what are your top 5 Clash songs. Mine are as follows in no particular order, 1-Police & Theives 2-Rudie Can’t Fail 3-White Man(in Hammersmith Palais) 4-Tommygun 5-Atom Tan So lets here your Top 5 from the four horsemen ---
**Author:** ![Shana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Shana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shana)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397/2 "2005-03-20T07:25:10Z")
Hm, that’s a tough one… Safe European Home Train in Vain Police and Theives Straight to Hell This is Radio Clash Just a few of my favs, but hard to choose! ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397/3 "2005-03-20T10:47:41Z")
English Civil War I Fought The Law Tommygun Protex Blue White Riot Complete Control London Calling {if only for the bit where Strummer barks “Now get this!”} ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397/4 "2005-03-20T11:19:42Z")
White Riot Janie Jones White Man (In Hammersmith Palais) Lost In The Supermarket Spanish Bombs ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397/5 "2005-03-20T12:10:43Z")
1-2 Crush On You London Calling This Is Radio Clash Tommy Gun Should I Stay or Should I Go (for it’s effervescent ordinariness) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397/6 "2005-03-20T15:28:10Z")
Hitsville UK Clampdown Car Jamming I’m So Bored with the USA The Card Cheat…no, Death or Glory…no, The Right Profile…no, wait, Washington Bullets… ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397/7 "2005-03-20T16:00:27Z")
From the Poll 51 - Week 33 From The Old [Top 6@6 Clash/BAD Poll](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=147594&highlight=clash) 1979 \*\* London Calling \*\* - 18 Votes 1979 \*\* Train In Vain \*\* - 17 Votes 1977 \*\* I Fought The Law \*\* - 14 Votes 1977 \*\* White Riot \*\* - 11 Votes 1979 \*\* Rudie Can’t Fail \*\* - 11 Votes 1982 \*\* Rock The Casbah \*\* - 10 Votes 1982 \*\* Should I Stay Or Should I Go? \*\* - 10 VotesAs selected by 35 Dopers with 6 Votes Each. Seeing that the phenomenon know as The Clash is history…my guess is those results would vary much ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397/8 "2005-03-20T18:56:17Z")
White Riot Janie Jones Rudy Can’t Fail Clampdown Lost in the Supermarket London Calling Oh, wait, I’m already over… regardless…bonus track Jimmy Jazz ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Bianca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@Miss\_Bianca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Bianca)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397/9 "2005-03-20T22:35:15Z")
Jimmy Jazz / Brand New Cadillac / Hateful (I’m counting these as one song because they come consecutively on _London Calling_, and you can’t stop me!) What’s My Name I’m So Bored with the U.S.A. Hate & War Career Opportunities ---
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397/10 "2005-03-20T22:50:38Z")
I’m making my top 5 list before I read the replies(not in order): Let’s Go Crazy Every Little Bit Hurts White Man In Hammersmith Palais Guns Of Brixton One More Time Wow Iggy, That has to be the coolest tat I ever heard of. Got a pic? There’s a couple songs off Cut The Crap (an album thats a million times better than Combat Rock) that would have been amazing if the arrangment/production wasn’t so horrible. Someone should take the rough mixes from that album and make a masterpiece out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397/11 "2005-03-21T01:18:59Z")
**London Calling** (oh, the ominous tones of that opening bass line…) **Guns of Brixton** (ditto) **Lost in the Supermarket** **Clampdown** \*\*Should I Stay or Should I Go? \*\* ---
**Author:** ![colour\_wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@colour\_wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colour_wolf)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397/12 "2005-03-21T12:07:23Z")
1. White man in Hammersmith Palais 2. Complete Control 3. Garageland 4. London Calling 5. Rudie can’t fail ---
**Author:** ![TitoBenito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2acd7d/32.png) [@TitoBenito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TitoBenito)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397/13 "2005-03-22T00:46:18Z")
1. Safe European Home 2. Career Opportunities 3. Lost in the Super Market 4. Capital Radio 1 or 2 I dont remember 5. Rudie Can’t Fail ---
**Author:** ![iggy\_popov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@iggy\_popov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iggy_popov)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397/14 "2005-03-22T01:03:30Z")
You know I never thought of getting a picture of any of my tattoos. I think that I will attempt to do so in the near future. Well heres another of my top 5 faves from the last gang in town 1-Guns on the Roof 2-Complete Control 3-Armagideon Times 4-Cheat 5-Garageland ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397/15 "2005-03-22T07:27:50Z")
1. White Man in Hammersmith Palais 2. Complete Control 3. Rudie Can’t Fail 4. The Guns of Brixton 5. Train in Vain With “Hateful” and “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” as bonus tracks (especially the part in "SISoSIG where it speeds up). ---
**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397/16 "2005-03-22T08:32:45Z")
I think mine’s going to be a bit weird - Hitsville UK Bankrobber (esp. the 10" dub version) Tommy Gun White Man (In Hammersmith Palais) This is Radio Clash (tied with) The Magnificent Seven ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397/17 "2005-03-22T12:35:32Z")
Complete Control Capitol Radio One London Calling Rudie Can’t Fail Death or Glory or maybe Janie Jones White Man (in Hammersmith Palais) Cheat City of the Dead Clampdown Honorable mention to The Street Parade & Straight to Hell, which always get me right there. I must admit I get a little misty when I see the Strummer mural on Avenue A and 7th. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397/18 "2005-03-22T13:53:28Z")
Stay Free White Man (In Hammersmith Palais) Safe European Home Spanish Bombs Hitsville UK ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397/19 "2005-03-22T18:09:35Z")
In no particular order: London Calling Train in Vain White Man in Hammersmith Palais The Guns of Brixton Know Your Rights ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397/20 "2005-03-22T18:20:29Z")
\ I once played bass in an informal “band” that did “Wrong 'em Boyo” as a waltz. With harmony vocals. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-5-from-the-only-band-that-matters/295397.md?page=2)