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Welsh Gazza
06-05-2007, 07:13 PM
A new film bio,has just come out in the UK about Mr Strummer called Joe Strummer,The future is Unwritten.[cert 15....125 min]
This illuminating film[5 star rating]by Julien Temple ,uses cocert footage,and tapes of his radio appearances,plus affectionate tributes from the likes of Bono,and Johnny Depp, to construct a compelling portrait of a great artist,and unrepentant idealist.
strangler
06-05-2007, 08:56 PM
Thats new!?!-I figured it had been out awhile when I saw the soundtrack in a used CD store afew weeks back.
showsomeskin
06-07-2007, 07:14 PM
Thats new!?!-I figured it had been out awhile when I saw the soundtrack in a used CD store afew weeks back.

it just came out here. I heard the soundtrack was amazing, alot of rare stuff.
weknowhowtolive
06-07-2007, 08:37 PM
Fuck that that sound track blows balls. Unless you dig a bunch of weird crap thats rare for a reason.
lardcore
06-08-2007, 09:24 AM
joe strummer was the man... gotta say it...
Welsh Gazza
06-09-2007, 07:30 AM
I met Joe,,when he was singing for the pogues ,at the Upper Canada brewery in Toronto.Must say,he was a true gent.
I read a few months back,that after eveyone had taken there slice ,his wife was left with 2 million pounds ,not a lot when you think about it.
MarkSociety
06-09-2007, 12:59 PM
His movie Hell W10 is awesome. I'll definitely check this one out.
WH Jay
06-09-2007, 01:00 PM
I met Joe,,when he was singing for the pogues ,at the Upper Canada brewery in Toronto.Must say,he was a true gent.
I read a few months back,that after eveyone had taken there slice ,his wife was left with 2 million pounds ,not a lot when you think about it.

Quite a lot for someone who once did a 'Rock Against The Rich' tour though....

You're right though....nice guy....always had time for people...
strangler
06-09-2007, 04:42 PM
I met Joe,,when he was singing for the pogues ,at the Upper Canada brewery in Toronto.Must say,he was a true gent.
I read a few months back,that after eveyone had taken there slice ,his wife was left with 2 million pounds ,not a lot when you think about it.


This Sufi I once worked with told me that he heard another Sufi proclaim (while listening to "Rock the Casbah")that Joe Strummer had written that song after hanging out with them and becoming one himself.Was Joe Strummer a Sufi?
Welsh Gazza
06-09-2007, 07:19 PM
I know he realy came from a well to do family,and that his dad had been a British ambassador[though I cant remember to which country] at some point.
circlestorm
06-10-2007, 05:30 AM
I know he realy came from a well to do family,and that his dad had been a British ambassador[though I cant remember to which country] at some point.

egypt and syria
WH Jay
06-10-2007, 05:40 AM
Wasn't he born in Ankara though...?
Thought his father worked in Turkey...
circlestorm
06-10-2007, 01:18 PM
Wasn't he born in Ankara though...?
Thought his father worked in Turkey...

Yeah we was born in Ankara, his father worked egypt and syria as well, sorry i didn't read the above posts properly and thought turkey had been mentioned.

Jay i've burnt your cd tonight, i'll pop it in the post tommorow if you message my your address :wink:
strangler
06-13-2007, 01:49 PM
So its true that the Clash were a good bunch of extremely tasteful/talented well off art student guys who cashed in on the beauty of angry proletarianism.
pxscooterskin
06-13-2007, 02:04 PM
So its true that the Clash were a good bunch of extremely tasteful/talented well off art student guys who cashed in on the beauty of angry proletarianism.

Haha - if they were unemployed, it's because they didn't want to work. If they lived in squats, it because they chose to. They had choices that others of their generation, and later ones, didn't...

Edit - and sang of having no choice.
WH Jay
06-13-2007, 02:07 PM
Haha - if they were unemployed, it's because they didn't want to work. If they lived in squats, it because they chose to. They had choices that others of their generation, and later ones, didn't...

I don't think Paul Simonon was born with a silver spoon though...
pxscooterskin
06-13-2007, 02:19 PM
I don't think Paul Simonon was born with a silver spoon though...

His old man a squaddie, an insurance agent and then run a boo shop. His mum was a librarian. Until they split up.

I just don't think they were the underdogs they made themselves out to be. They were all intelligent people... unlike the pistols. :smile:
WH Jay
06-13-2007, 03:07 PM
I just don't think they were the underdogs they made themselves out to be. They were all intelligent people... unlike the pistols. :smile:

Are you trying to tell me that Steve Jones was thick..?:smile:


I never really knew that much about their backgrounds...just Strummer really...and Mick Jones lived with his nan by the Westway...
You learn something new everyday...
pxscooterskin
06-13-2007, 04:13 PM
Are you trying to tell me that Steve Jones was thick..?:smile:


I never really knew that much about their backgrounds...just Strummer really...and Mick Jones lived with his nan by the Westway...
You learn something new everyday...

Well, not thick. But with his childhood/background you couldn't see him in a 9 to 5.

And, going back to the Clash, Topper's the son of two Primary school head teachers. So there's hardly a maelstrom of proleteriat angst, there either.