Joe Strummer: - I don't like music

[@honeycatacomb1191]

Joe: I can play all six strings, or none. Paul: And I play four Lmao

[@asGstywdeyascddqybaq]

Arlene the Electric Bass 😂😂

[@davidwhite4874]

He couldn't even play that, bless him ...

[@RENCHANDBASS]

I love Paul lol

[@Francesco_Skip]

ahhahahahahahaha

[@mentalmickey1459]

hahaha, so spinal tap

[@chip9649]

Quality looks great for 1984!

[@eivindstaal]

Filmed by Nrk ( Norwegian national broadcasting )

[@chip9649]

Eivind Staal what camera was being used.

[@eivindstaal]

Sorry I don`t know

[@dodzik07]

I thought it was in like 2000 or something

[@DerekHundik]

i thought it was yesterday

[@eldong5250]

"you gotta do a lot of work to even do any of your own thinking"

[@alelollipop1903]

Amen

[@richardfinlayson1524]

that was the most profound thing he said in the whole interview

[@bmccabe1767]

I was a big clash fan but I must confess I walked out of the gig at Brixton academy with this line up. It was never the same after topper and then finally mick were sacked.

[@shable1436]

What you mean

[@NattyBeGood]

How come they were sacked?

[@Jeremycool562]

​@@NattyBeGood I believe mick was very hard to work with, and topper was kicked pit because of addictions.

[@daniellawlor7876]

What Joe is saying is still very relevant now

[@steventhomas231]

Daniel Lawlor imagine a modern artist saying something like this. No chance. Intelligent music in the main stream is dead.

[@wwbuirkle]

I don't even know what he's talking about half the time

[@advancedraymondology2914]

How? Everyone "cool" already watches and listens to independent artists. All he had to say was "wake up, wake up." Same shit artists are saying now and have been saying forever. Wake up to what? SJW politics? No thanks. Great voice on Joe, cool songs, but enough with the shit where he was a philosopher or something. Wow, "think for yourself." What a wholly original concept.

[@advancedraymondology2914]

You want to be a rebel today, put your phone down and read a book.

[@skineyemin4276]

You can basically say the same thing about any style of music from any decade starting from Louis Armstrong jazz innovation, but.. really, from the beginning of the Bebop era onward.

[@anguswalsh2387]

This was when the clash were falling apart around 1984-1986. Still the greatest band and the band that got me to play guitar and got me into music.

[@miracles4u]

Got u into being a degenerate probably

[@StratsRUs]

" There's a fine line between Clever and Stupid "

[@YesOkayButWhy]

Yep! These hired hands who had nothing to say or weren't willing to didn't help.

[@CJWilcox109]

The Clash was over the second Topper was out.

[@ondgek6630]

Strummer was a hypocritical fool

[@markdennison6345]

I honestly have never heard 'Cut the Crap'

[@forbsey0785]

@@markdennison6345 fucking awful which is just sad. Carving your band up like that never works out for the better. You needed jonesy and topper because of their character. Also these new gizas were just shite

[@shepherdstone1801]

This is England slaps.

[@Anglovox]

....or at least 70% done....and THE REST of the way, COMPLETELY FINISHED when Mick Jones was fired!

[@nickbarratt5493]

I've never noticed Joe's demon ears until now

[@as3cs3]

Topper called him Woody because he thought he looked like woodywoodpecker (but he didn't know he'd previously been called Woody - after Guthrie)

[@miracles4u]

Demon is right. Sold his birth right?? How empty is music. And who exactly are the muses???

[@michealophigoid6215]

Ha ha that's it now

[@demetriusbadua4037]

Punk rock Elf

[@as3cs3]

"make-up music from England" hahahahahaha.

[@jamesgretsch4894]

as3cs3 The Blitz Kids like Boy George or Steve Strange he’s referring to.

[@jamesgretsch4894]

Erik Ruiz I love Culture Club so I agree.

[@kerchmusic7201]

So ironic that Joe criticized "overproduction" right before allowing Bernie Rhodes to create that overproduced abomination known as CTC. Joe is one of my favorite people of all time, but he was way too far up his own arse during this period. As he himself would later admit.

[@FT-op4do]

It's not that good but it's not an abomination come on man

[@electricleg207]

The Clash without Jones and Headon were good but nowhere near as good . Former Clash roadie Johnny Green went to a show and Strummer remarked that he was wearing a `crap suit` . Green replied `it`s not as crap as your band ` .Strummer just said `i know`. as you know doubt know he regretted sacking Topper and Mick . I reckon they (the classic line up ) could have made at least another one or maybe even two credible albums.

[@daytona955joop]

He tried, he got a bit lost but if you listen to what he said then he had a point. Really, this incarnation of The Clash should have been what the Mescaleros became. Joe had the right idea.

[@electricleg207]

From The Clash to Combat Rock was a short time span ,i don`t think any groups could do that now. They were a 24 hour group . They had it all ,the songs the look the commitment. Sadly something as good as that can`t last .Although i reckon they could have maybe done at least one more `classic ` album with Jones.

[@markwither796]

Kerch Music the fact is once CTC was finished Joe learnt his mum was dieing of Cancer. He then took time out and in his absence Rhodes post produced the album and released it without Strummers approval. Joe never hear the album until it was already out.

[@stevefearon9337]

Over production hides the fact there is no song there... this was 1984.. a prophetic analysis of a so much music since. I enjoyed watching this 👍👍

[@pistu72]

SUCH A GREAT PERSONALITY, IN A MOMENT DOMINATED BY A GREAT EGO! STILL I AGREE WITH THE MESSAGGE! LOVE JOE! APUNK ROCK WARLORD! FROM URUGUAY!

[@radzo1675]

I love Joe but he's trying so hard to keep it going here knowing deep down that the band is done. He's spot on about a lot of things here but at the same time this is hard to watch. Especially with the "New" guys looking like they'd rather be anywhere else.

[@christianmeza4529]

Well said. I think it must have been the lack of commitment and contributions from the other musicians, except for Paul.

[@bilbobaggins3464]

I mean, I don't blame the new guys. This speech was very cringy, they were probably like ''oh hell, what the heck r u talking about''

[@teachereliandro9656]

The new guys didn't even know what to say because apparently Joe and Paul's ideas were ironic for them. Y'know, they were young and probably willing some money and fame. Joe and Paul already had that fame.

[@sonicjet7759]

Joe Strummer was a really smart thinking intelligent punk rock rebel man, god bless his soul, he knew music wasnt really about entertainment, it was about communication and a sense of understanding the world and fixing its problems. Plus Joe was a great tap dancer 5:15 😏😃💐💋🌈

[@lorenzomoro9286]

sonic jet Love your comment. You perfectly got the point of his speech.

[@sonicjet7759]

thank you

[@siriusandthesunrises]

Yes you say what I was thinking. I am happy to read your comment now.👍💖🎸

[@wwbuirkle]

smart but naive

[@ashe984]

sonic jet really tap

[@CoolFellaProductions]

Joe: Intorduces everyone but Paul. Paul: All I see before me are familiar faces...

[@WGPblackmagicSPECIAL]

This feels like a comedy, like something you'd see in the office.

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Joe & the Clash definitely communicated to so many people, it was almost like they were your best mates even though you never knew them personally... and yet somehow, you did!

[@zyxwut321]

Joe just seems to be making it up as he goes along. LOL

[@nyahhbinghi]

yes

[@JeromekJerome1972]

Joe is talking up a good game but they were all at sea without Mick. Joe was such a great man and sad to see him entering his wilderness years here. So great he got his dues and mojo back before he passed. The fucking Clash man, never defeated, never bettered.

[@duffbaker9554]

For me, some days it's The Clash, other days it's The Jam.

[@Chrisdrumz]

The Clash as a brand and all of them fully aware of it. Joe and Paul knowing they need Mick and Topper back and the 3 "other" guys knowing their days are numbered.

[@reversefulfillment9189]

I grew up looking up to Joe, now I'm 6 years older than he was when he pushed off of this mortal coil. Most of my heroes are gone 😢

[@leighdonoghue9266]

Prophetic words, what he said about music being overproduced to hide the fact tht there is no song there blew my mind, so so true it's unreal

[@lambrattle]

Joe dropped some serious bombs, "1. you've been brainwashed since birth"

[@sharonbre9347]

I love Joe Strummer ♥, so intelligent , well - spoken and independent charismatic leader of '70's Brit punk.

[@allsystemsgo8678]

Mick Jones is so irreplaceable that we need to guitar players to take his place.

[@JMarinelli]

...and they STILL couldn’t replace him.

[@spaceengineer1452]

TWO is what he meant....

[@BennieTarrMusic]

Same thing when Buckingham quit Fleetwood Mac - they had to hire 2 guys to play his parts!!

[@pit2ryan3]

@@BennieTarrMusic - Early Fleetwood Mac had 3 guitarists (Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer)...

[@vespasiancloscan7077]

He was the only talented guy in the band. Whatever power trip Strummer was on didn't last long after Mick left.

[@SuperMasterfatman]

Almost 40 years!! Today, they come across as prophetic. Their points are clear, obvious and comprehensible for everyone who opens their eyes. The sad thing is though, people still haven't understood it!!

[@andres.escalante98]

For someone who 'doesnt like' music he was part of some of the catchiest tunes at the time ( or well at least for me )

[@silvar4399]

He's talking a load of bollocks in this interview, the clash were all fantastic music obsessives as much as political activists

[@Benjiroyoface]

simonon lookin like anakin in attack of the clones

[@sebastianrodriguez2934]

A true genious. I so miss him!!

[@publicrelations9612]

Age and nostalgia is what makes this profound. It’s mostly bollocks in itself.

[@wwbuirkle]

TRue.Love the Clash but Strummer could go on some rubbish tirades

[@DaedalusCommunity]

"mostly"

[@Jamesp1972]

The kind of random independence that made fools vote for Brexit

[@publicrelations9612]

@@Jamesp1972 someone wants attention 👀

[@wwbuirkle]

@@Jamesp1972 Yes such a sin to want to be independant

[@bobertrobertson130]

once mick jones got canned it was over, he was the main contributor to the song writing and composition

[@jdh9676]

And Joe proved the "music is not the point" with Cut The Crap😅

[@paulkielty3800]

What a shit album.

[@hellbenderdesign]

_Cut The Crap_ just doesn't count... Just forget it exists.

[@surelock22]

Isn't this from the Cut the Crap years?

[@MYNAMACHEF]

@@surelock22 yes this is the cut the crap lineup

[@diananascimentofreire1361]

This man is the essence of punk rock! Great Joe Strummer! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@patriciagullickson2046]

The true essence of punk rock is the man or woman breaking their rear end to make a living and feeding their family.....or a guitar player starving on the streets to put out a message.. that's punk

[@achintobe5410]

@@patriciagullickson2046 yeah,. Instead of privately educated elitist playing up for the camera. He's so far up his own fkn arse in this interview

[@wyverntheterrible]

Yeah, full of shit

[@leahflower9924]

The funny thing about strummer going off on america I'm so bored with the USA is that his biker greaser style couldn't be any more American!

[@leahflower9924]

@@wyverntheterrible yup gotta admit though his hair looked good on him

[@PACE_OUT]

Give this man a podcast

[@x77punk77x]

New-wave pop / MTV era... The most creative New Wave was good, artistic, experimental & original and was related to the aesthetic ferment of fertile late-punk/postpunk period but he’s spot on about the ascendance of pop by then and the persistent corporatization of rock.

[@crookedbraincrookedbrain9874]

No,it already happened in the 70s with pop rock band like pink floyd,led zeppelin,fletwood mac and co,in fact punk was already a reaction to that,problem is that clash were not punk,they were pop rock.

[@Mod-rw9cw]

Joe, Mick, Paul an Topper that was The Clash . Once they lost Topper that was it the heart of the band was removed and both Joe and Mick knew that.

[@greglyons2526]

liked the Jam much better myself

[@Mod-rw9cw]

@@greglyons2526 Me too mate but I really liked The Clash as well.

[@prodigalretrod]

Music can have no words at all and still be sincere, because it's an abstract language. I love the Clash but it's also fine to connect with music entirely viscerally, rather than filtering the meaning through your brain.

[@lucasbobechko5185]

prodigalretrod listen to orion exactly

[@smkxodnwbwkdns8369]

This was when the clash was breaking up and only joe strummer was left. Mick jones was the musical heart of the band, and he was fired.

[@shable1436]

Music can be interpreted million ways, and not one is the right way

[@carringtonndhlovu6145]

These guys were ahead of their time. Fascinating.

[@buckbumble]

Mick Jones was the music of the Clash. Fact! Joe had the lyrics but without the music, regardless or genre, you don’t have anything. See Cut the Crap. They seemed to avoid their own advice there.

[@silvar4399]

Exactly. If you have a duty to communicate a message its never going to get across without putting the same effort into making the music great

[@paul-1875]

what he say still stands today

[@maileetherton5567]

The Clash is my all time favorite band! However, they stopped being The Clash the day Mick was gone. Such a tragedy!

[@kylecduncan]

I knew it was the end when Joe sacked Mick. I bought “Cut the Crap” anyway, but other than “This Is England,” I was disappointed. I’m happy for Mick as his brilliance as a lyricist and vocalist played out with BAD. Even some of his stuff with Carbon Silicon. As for Joe, so happy that he got his mojo back with the Mescaleros.

[@user-do9id6xl5k]

When I was 16 the Clash and Nathalie were the two most important things in my life

[@JoeAndNickgs]

God I love this man ❤️

[@samsoceans]

London Calling, to take an example, communicates to me, yes.. It communicates a great musical experience, with incredible voice performances and great adaptations. So yeah, music.. it IS the point, dear Joe, before any other meaning. But I love you.

[@LOLOLULU72]

Very clean and precise way of thinking music should be… communication… love that period

[@Renee2day598]

"Know Your Rights" changed my life! Sadly in '84 i was 6 y/o... found The Clash through my punk/alt stage even as early as 13. RIP Joe Strummer

[@owenstunes5804]

It sounds like he's talking about the 2000's not the 1980s

[@sookmajoaby]

If he was still alive today and saw the state of everything including the industry...he'd top himself!

[@patriciagullickson2046]

He saw it when he was alive.... He knew it was all b*******... And he was part of the game too.... That's right the reason he knows so much about it is because he was in it...

[@seanlandonclarke]

It's interesting to watch a musician do an interview when they know it's over.

[@siriusandthesunrises]

Thanks for uploading this amazing video!

[@timothyd9543]

I looked through the comments and didn't see it, but in the opening seconds of Big Audio Dynamite's "E=MC2", a voice can be heard saying 'I don't like music.' I often wondered who/what that is. It seems to be from this interview. Mick busting Joe's chops.

[@jonstrummer6930]

'I don't like music' is sampled from the movie Performance. It's Mick Jagger speaking.

[@theflyintheointment]

I dearly love Joe Strummer and The Clash, but almost every interview around Cut The Crap time he comes out with so many David Brent from The Office type statements. The other guys in the band, particularly Nick Sheppard, actually look a bit embarrassed. I get the impression even Joe didn't believe a lot of what he was saying around this time.

[@VanHellsing12]

So glad I was around back then! We had it too good!

[@xraystyle6172]

Joe forever...

[@nigelcarren]

I think this might be the most interesting and highest quality, most intelligent music-industry 'indie' discussion recorded in the entire 1980's, It seems like it could almost be Nirvana and not The Clash. Sad I only found it in 2019.... But happy I found it all the same. Thank you for the upload. I now see Mr Strummer in a whole new light. BRAVO 🏆

[@subhashxrecord3131]

Kurt was just starting music in 84; it's funny to think about the lack of integrity he's talking about the honest wave did indeed wash back over; Rejecting corpo label despite being on Geffen was the attitude

[@kevinr2261]

He is both right and wrong at the same time. All music has a message, that includes metal. Grant it that not all of it is profound, but it's still communication.

[@allsystemsgo8678]

"that includes metal". Because we know what great messages from pop or dance music.

[@michaelrantanen4312]

Nah

[@guitaristssuck8979]

Message from metal at the time: horror movies/war imagery

[@herrtutorial2.07]

He can be glad that he doesnt need to suffer through modern pop music

[@NattyBeGood]

5:10 That's the truth!!! I don't fin d myself rushing out to buy a new record either. Why? Because the music of today 2022/2023 is a mess. Give me bands like The Clash anyday. I'd rather look for and buy second hand albums than most of the modern bands today.

[@MatthewClise]

That was way more intelligent than I was anticipating. I feel this has way more relevance now than it did back then.

[@patriciagullickson2046]

And completely b*******t... He loves music... And he was part of the game too... That's why he's doing a damn interview !.…

[@luizemanuel2849]

For today's standards, what Strummer is saying in this video might seem vague and pretentious, but considering that he was saying these things in the 80s, when people got their information mainly through newspapers, radios, and, of course, music, it makes perfect sense to think that way. Even so, he is wrong to reduce music, as an art form and language, to a secondary role, especially when we consider how The Clash has so many catchy and radio-friendly songs.

[@AlexSimpson1967]

By the time this interview was made, the Clash, as we knew and loved them were done. Combat rock was decent in parts, Cut the Crap should have stayed as studio demos and never been released. they, to quote the pistols were "flogging a dead horse" by this point - just sad. Thankfully Joe went on to better things in his solo career - this to me will never really be called the Clash...

[@pr9062]

All music communicates...even if Shareef don't like it.

[@redbeki]

Siouxsie said the same ..saying something with meaning to people who are listening 😀... R.I.P Joe

[@raybbaby]

This was a sad point in the band's "career arc" or whatever you want to call it. Still love the first 3 or 4 albums. This video should be titled Joe and Paul and three dudes who AREN'T the Clash. Christ, watching Joe struggle to remember these dudes' names is agony.

[@michaelweinstein3056]

Such a stark example of how far popular music has fallen

[@MarkLsixtyseven]

Good interview . Was talking sense . Stop giving your money to corporate rock.

[@TranceMasterJack]

the clash were on epic. a cooperation id love to be so fartunate. corporations can be benificial. ya feel me? cooperatives can be too. community loving u all.

[@davetommo4739]

I asked Joe for a support to The Clash, he said "Do I look like a promoter?" What's the name of your band? I said 4 Minute Warning.. He replied "4 in the mornin' eh? True story from one of the many times we met. love this blokes honesty and hate of the pop world.RIP Joe

[@MurphyKargesBass]

I love original thinkers

[@FS-qi1kj]

ugh love this love them

[@pauljakubiak9495]

Fascinating, but what happened to these other 3 yobs?

[@DubZenStep]

Still ongoing thing. Love this attitude!

[@challengemusictv]

we need Joe today ... we need his insight .. what would his msg be today ?

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

...still missing you, Joe!

[@deeppurple883]

London calling was the pinnacle. Joe Strummer the Clash King's. ☘️🇮🇪

[@ricknieto64]

I cant watch this whole thing, it's too painful to see this train wreck leaving the station. Cut the Crap indeed.

[@WillCavalier829]

I always wondered what happened to the Clash as they were so great and successful and rightfully so and now I know.....Guess that's why he died so young God bless him....

[@iandemontfort4276]

Loved the music but in reality, the Clash were stage managed from beginning to end. They like all the rest are and were part of the entertainment complex. It really is all a load of bollox. The really rebels and misfits in this world are never written about, or remembered.

[@greglyons2526]

prefered the Jam

[@AsaPhelps]

Looks like a scene off spinal tap, pure delusion, but fair play to them, if this mindset actually helped them to do what they have.

[@richardfinlayson1524]

i suppose you have to make a living in a capitalist world, might as well do that and say what you think at the same time, i dunno more fun than working in a factory....its not that easy to live outside the system

[@JohnSmith-rk6jy]

Very accurate comment. End of the day. It’s all show business. If your music makes people want to dance, (Whatever the lyrical content is), kids will dance. Think you’ve got political power in your music? You’re a dreamer.

[@crookedbraincrookedbrain9874]

There were real indipendent punk rock bands at the time,just not the clash.

[@bonnerscott5374]

''I don't like music'' mick put it on the intro to E=MC2. Joe = talent is worth waiting for about mick jones later on after this didn't work you should have cut the Crap Joe and continued with Mick. big mistake all though I do love the Mescaleros see them twice both times where cheap tickets [in today's money like $65 dollars good seats] in Vancouver and then in Hull Yorkshire 2hours long at least he was talking to the audience asking people were there from and what life like there very inquisitive guy. RIP JOE you made the world think or at least you fucking tried. Gone way too soon it's true only the good do die young.

[@globaloptimatarot3676]

Please come back Joe 😘😘😘😘

[@kylecduncan]

“You’ve got to do a lot of work to even do any of your own thinking.” That revelation epitomizes Joe for me. This thought-for the 16-year-old kid I was in ‘78-radically changed my life. White Riot. Gates of the West. Armageddon Time. Cheers to you, Joe.

[@paulamiller6109]

JS totally changed my life too. My hero.

[@kylecduncan]

@@paulamiller6109 Cheers to that, mate. For me the same.

[@pit2ryan3]

If music is not important, why they tried 200 drummers before finding the right one? Why Norman Watt-Roy played bass on their records?

[@joeblow166]

Big fan of the The Clash here, and especially of the great John Mellor. This is one of the rare moments, however, where he is 100% full of shit. This is the first time I've seen this interview. If you peel away the thin veneer of this nonsense, I think you'll see that Paul and Joe are still on shaky ground, unsure of themselves and where they're going with their post-Jones Clash incarnation. Let's take a couple of specific points from this interview. Paul asserts that Mick was content with Combat Rock and wanted to keep producing music in that manner (in fact he wanted to be even more pop oriented, as evidenced by BAD), while he and Joe were "just getting started" and eager to elevate their music...well...not "music" apparently...their Clashness, let's say, to new heights. And just how firm was that conviction? This unit churned out one great single and an album that was self-referential in its apt title. Joe couldn't even arrange for the new crew to play on CTC. It was a disgrace. Within a year and a half or so the Clash dissolved for good. Some new direction. Then you have Joe claiming that The Clash aren't "musicians," and that he doesn't really like music. Yeah, sure. Just how many Clash fans would there be if it weren't for the great music, mainly arranged by Mick Jones? I mean "music" as most reasonable people consider it. Would y'all have loved The Clash just as well if Joe mainly ranted on the albums like he did at the US Festival? Joe in this entire interview sounds like a guy who's desperately trying to convince himself that The Clash has a long future in store, full of revolutionary new ideas that will transform the social fabric of the entire world. I mean, God bless Joe for his spirit, but this is just rubbish.

[@inhalerofmoistmeals2931]

Well said.

[@aliofly]

fair

[@jackiediaz746]

you miss the point buddy the music biz is like the government controlled by a few mega corporations who lay down the law and say that no popular music should have any real meaning. that is the Reagan and Thatcher era reality of the Clash and the current Bojo and Adolf Trump era. The clash were not musicians, they were social revolutionaries, who saw how corrupt our AMERIKKKAN CAPITALISTIC SOCIETY WAS AND STILL IS. SO WAKE UP SUCKER, JOE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH, THE TRUTH THAT YOU YUPPIE WANNABEEES STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND. SMOKE THE HOLY HERB, LISTEN TO THE CLASH AND REVOLT AGAINST THE RICH PIGF ELITE THAT CONTROL OUR BODIES AND MINDS.

[@Thompsdan]

The dire nature of Cut the Crap is certainly proof that Joe didn’t like music at this point.

[@thankgodforpunkrockbandaid8903]

Miss you Joe

[@fredfat1606]

strummer is right on the mark

[@deadlegification]

The band that fell to every last cliche in the book.

[@Ukedc259]

Lovely Joe. Speaking the truth.

[@nonnayoubuzinnes1669]

The new band members look so uncomfortable. Topper and Mick were the musicians in the band, Joe was the lyricist, it was never going to work without them.

[@tedgegi155]

After listening to this interview, I now fully understand the title of The Clash's final album, "Cut The Crap".

[@bsx121]

He's full of it..he was signed to a major record label

[@C0ltrane]

Part of what he said is so well said and some of it isn’t well said at all but the main message is still very intelligent way of thinking abt the clash and punk in general

[@leyla.007]

They were so good looking like hell why they didn't continue with this line up???

[@renatokobashigawa7025]

I think this is a very relevant point today, not by the point itself, but by its existence since music became an industry. Saying that the music of today is simplistic, bad or too commercial is ignoring that music has always been simplistic, bad and too commercial. Even at that time Joe Strummer was pointing out overproduction as an issue with artists, not caring much about live performances. It has always been this way, but it seems that music from yesterday was better due to pure survival bias. Simply put, bad music has always been made. It's just been washed away with time, along with being less noticeable because music wasn't as accessible as it is today.

[@scotttrent4721]

I wish they’d made a record at this point that lived up to what they were trying to be about.

[@Gerardoooooooo]

“I don’t like music, I just like maxism.”

[@alexanderrobertnewby]

What's maxism?

[@SUP3RKAPON]

When you try to say "marxism"

[@adderon]

Take it to the max with maxism

[@jthomeskillet]

Music is the medium from which their sonic art is communicated, just as visual art on canvas or film

[@beefsoda1]

Legendary

[@shaheedharun445]

Nothing Joe says makes a damn bit of sense. But a very unique individual indeed he was

[@archie1420]

Course what he said made sense. His music is just as relevant now.

[@shaheedharun445]

@@archie1420 He sounds like a nihilist. But that was the punk rockers viewpoint

[@blackmore4]

_"And it's nothing to do with A minor 7th chord"_ But it's fair to say that 'London Calling' had everything to do with that F major seventh chord though surely.

[@duffbaker9554]

Ha- the same chord that opens up "Rocky Raccoon'!

[@alexjewell2351]

In 2020 you look back and see that Strummer knew his shit in 1984.