Joe Strummer can't play guitar (2001) | Tracks ARTE

Back in 2001, we met with the most rebellious subject of the British crown : Joe Strummer, singer and guitarist for The Clash, one of the pioneers of English punk rock. Learn why he named himself "strummer", how to make yourself at home in an abandoned house and why Joe hates the opera. The footage is barely edited, to give you the most genuine experience ! Enjoy.
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[@joekimberlin264]

that scene at the end was so sweet. for a man who played so ferociously, what a gentle, kind spirit he had.

[@ashe984]

He is always is a kind spirit

[@AlbPerNil]

lmao, what cartoon is playing in the background?

[@Ludovikokaine]

@@AlbPerNil At first it's a french cartoon about human biology called "Il était une fois la vie", but I don't know what is the second one with the pig, probably another french cartoon from early 2000s.

[@hanselmansell7555]

Learned to play the guitar the wrong way round, couldn't be arsed to unlearn it, started the best band ever... that's how he rolled... 👍

[@jamesdan6895]

This guy might be legit the coolest rockstar to ever have lived. The way he describes running from the police is actually so subversive of most typical 'badass' anecdotes, he loved playing music and expressing himself, and simply doing that is such a cooler act of rebellion than any riots or messes that typically accompany a rock front man.

I gave the thumbs down because there’s no doubt about it. He is the most legit, coolest Rockstar!

[@bimscutney1242]

Such a gentleman. Makes sure the lady gets the seat. That’s class.

[@enk333]

Beautiful

[@pariscribe5245]

Thats his "public school" and "diplomates son" upbringing !

[@juliettewilliams6818]

@@pariscribe5245 No, that's just common courtesy. Learned from his parents.

[@pariscribe5245]

I do agree , though both are true .

[@Scotlanz]

Well that's the first Strummer interview I ever saw. What a cool guy.

[@ericmack9593]

“And I keep on listening to the great Joe Strummer because through music we can live forever” -Rancid

[@cybertronian2005]

notice how he says 'if the Sex Pistols had not sworn on British TV' and the subs say 'if the Sex Pistols had not said 'fuck' on British TV' lol

[@garethjones6566]

A spokesman for a generation, sadly missed but his music will live on forever . We still miss you Joe. R.I.P Punkrockwarlord.

[@tintomara6209]

Wow,I have been a Clash fan for over 40 years and never knew Joe was left handed!

[@jford1]

LOL, me too! Thinking, OK I need to watch something and check that out, cos' I never noticed...!!!

[@mickbrown8249]

@@jford1 me too never knew!! luv him forever :))

[@sonerali3047]

Same

[@finnmoore4192]

I didnt know either, this interview actually helped cuz I was gonna get my first guitar, and im left hand but I was gonna get a right handed one because how hard can it be? And the lefties ones are like £50 more but then I heard his story and I new I had to get get the left handed 😂

[@flashingarrows]

This makes me sad, Joe should still be alive,

[@Ludovikokaine]

Il avait l'air tellement sympa et humble ! Tu nous manques Joe ! :'(

[@gwenhadu56]

Clairement tous ces gars partis trop tôt avec leurs valeurs humanistes.

[@jerry517]

j'adore ce type, sa musique, je l'ai découvert il y a peu de temps

[@brianstrummer8414]

tu nous manques tellement joe r.i.p my friand....

[@deletebilderberg]

I once sat around an open fire at Glastonbury with Joe - and a chicken.

[@jibicusmaximus4827]

If he could see the shit we are in now.... RIP a true legend.

[@finnmoore4192]

He would've wrote a song about it and it would be epic

[@JD-uq8iy]

@@finnmoore4192 Clampdown

[@Alsatiagent]

@@finnmoore4192 He might well have offered to play benefits for both Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn. Brexit would have appalled him.

[@anthonyporter4497]

Had a beer with Joe before a gig at the Barrowlands.

[@TRACKSARTEFr]

NIce ! How was it ?

[@royferguson3909]

how brilliant, was he nice to be with ? , lucky sod ! ( in a kind way)

[@sueblue3523]

Man i miss this guy...

[@brijones]

it was always the clash for me from 1978 i was so sad the day he died i remember seeing a headline punk legend dead later i found out it was joe strummer

[@navasaband]

You listen to the London Calling album and the sheer finesse of the music, it boggles the mind that it came from such rough beginnings. The Clash transcended punk rock by leaps and bounds. There will only ever be one Joe Strummer.

[@julosx]

I sort of leart to play bass on "London Calling"… I could play it as well as Paul Simonon after a couple of years.

[@finnmoore4192]

I always say that: The ramones started punk The sex pistols blew it up The clash saved punk and carried it on, if not for them it would've died the day the sex pistols disbanded

[@tristanfinch1014]

@@finnmoore4192 I'd say The Stooges started punk, but tis a matter of perspective

[@simonandthelyricalpoets]

A wonderful interview, and I learnt some things about Joe Strummer and The Clash which I never knew previously. Merci 🙂

[@Marleystrummer]

Viva la Joe Strummer ❤️

[@TheWaterboarders]

Bless. RIP Joe, the only musician I really miss.

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

stummer muscle + the electric leg

[@tintomara6209]

And the dental drill voice

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

@@tintomara6209 nah that's ben shapiro

[@mauricioamaro5698]

The real deal. That’s why the Clash were what they were.

[@ashe984]

He is the real deal

[@royferguson3909]

all of us old enough to remember, are The Real Deal Shalom

[@royferguson3909]

" this is total- Kosher "

[@banyasbeansofficial6484]

What a genuinely nice dude, really wish I could just sit and talk to him. Absolutely blessing, and a true man of class

[@BillLowenburg]

Joe’s autobiography is worth reading! His lyrics and music were a great inspiration to me and contributed a lot to my sensibilities as an artist. I had the great fortune to see The Clash perform twice - in Pittsburgh and in Philadelphia. Thanks, Joe! Peace and love to all.

[@kevinvest7513]

The best Strummer video is him at the Atlantic City boardwalk. He’s such a cool dude, so humble. I’ve watched it over and over. RIP Joe, I love you sir.

[@dmerls8571]

I thought the opposite, it showed how far Joe had fallen practically begging for people to watch him perform. Joe was one of the coolest people alive until about 1983. But then he lost the plot, fired Mick Jones and formed the horrible late version of the Clash. He became a selfish, corporate shill with nothing else to give or say.

[@madridista89]

​@D MERLS wow that's harsh. Joe certainly is to blame for some and he immediately knew and regretted it but Mick was on such an ego trip so there is that. Joe still deserved better than how it was for him after the clash till his death...

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Joe was the man... so miss the guy not being around anymore, his honesty & natural humility sort of remind me a bit of John Lennon, but a more gentler version!

[@LeGrandeOrange]

A more honest, genuine version.

[@royferguson3909]

Joe always had manners and grace. in my humble opinion

[@royferguson3909]

thank you, virtual friend are you in U.K too ? not that it matters Respect from Canterbury

[@adamwatson6916]

I domt know if humility is a word I would use to describe john lemmon. O love his music but he was kind of am ass .

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

@@adamwatson6916 humility is a word that I used, your choice of word was ‘ass’... I think it’s called “freedom of expression!” :-)

[@sanchopp]

Un groupe qui refusait que les billets de leurs concerts dépassent une certaine somme pour que tout le monde puisse venir les écouter et les voir, un groupe qui n'a jamais fait la p... Grand monsieur, grand groupe.

[@ichbin4122]

juste la pub des D'jeans...ahahah sorry...erm (Blame Mick Jones!)

[@chrisw1373]

No one told a story quite like Strummer. Rest in Power.

[@RobPerelman..]

Ha c'est toutes mes années collège (train in vain, lost in supermarket.. Merci ! super de voir ces images aussi longtemps après son départ on sent le type humain ça fait plaisir de voir que les artistes qu'on a aimé était pas des gros c** !

[@philippetaulen7305]

C' était un gros con

[@tintomara6209]

"Pictures of Strummer,that fell from the wall.Nothing is left where they hung..." (R.Frame)

[@Spellcheekswammablamma]

Excellent reference to a Aztec camera (Roddy Frame)

[@HOPEat]

My favorite artist of all time. R.I.P. Joe

[@dogcowrph]

This is probably one of Joe Strummer’s last interviews before he died on 22 December 2002.

[@klseytron]

wow, this is such a phenomenal, hilarious, beautiful interview - it captures him so well... VIVA JOE STRUMMER

[@ApolloSniperman]

So why’d you pick up rock and roll? “It seemed easier than running from the police” Yeah that checks out lmao

[@markporter1901]

LOVE Joe Strummer.

[@cherifihakim337]

miss you joe!!

[@humanbeing5300]

I got a buddy like joe, he just plays chords but he’s pretty good over the years. What The Clash lacked in musicianship they made up with pure spirit and heart!

[@honesty_-no9he]

Topper is a great musician and so is Mick.

[@davidkhoii4331]

The only band that matters......Still.

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

Humble Genius.

[@blabla5420]

"I'd start with Bizet"...That's funny. The first opera Nietzsche could attend years after being terribly disappointed by Wagner was a piece by Bizet.

[@Alsatiagent]

It really was Steve Jones taking offence to what the vulgar interviewer said to Siouxsie Sioux " you dirty old man, what a filthy rotter..." An amazing moment in broadcasting and music. Feel lucky to have seen both The Clash in 1981 and The Mescaleros not long before Joe's death. I cried out in anguish at work when I saw the news. "who's Joe Strummer?" was the reply from my younger colleagues.

[@imannonymous7707]

Haha if ya see the cops you can run.....totaly true...ya gotta live it to get it tho....no one said bein a rock stars gonna be easy.....gotta go pay my trespassing tickets now....later

[@krade5822]

the one and only joe

[@christopherschlacter4953]

The real Joe Cool.

[@mikehouse9952]

I had no idea he was actually left handed. A true legend, the reason I play and write music. R.I.P.

[@BadLuckLuke]

Picked up a book at 14 by Stathis Panagiotopoulos... Read Strummer's lyrics... That was it, my life was changed and I was educated the best way at last!!!

[@stevemelling9438]

One of the true legends.

[@jojolapraline]

Joe Strummer mais ne se rend pas.

[@supafur]

triste et drôle

[@paulcheeseman9307]

One of the greatest was Joe, maybe he was the greatest, he probably still is the greatest....

[@samdeware4786]

mdr j'suis mort y'a la série " la vie" a l'arriére-plan

[@TRACKSARTEFr]

Bien vu haha.

[@MrToonfish]

Mon héros, disparu beaucoup trop tôt ! RIP Joe.

[@kenwottowa6529]

"I can't go near any opera yet." Love it.

[@jpp282]

thank you Joe !! I miss you

[@lioneloconnor4785]

Thanks!🌷🌷 This is sooooo Great!🎵😁😁😁

[@tb8134]

Merci pour cette vidéo très touchante..... .

[@gigcast]

Lovely video. Captures Joe the man very well....

[@thislivingwreck1165]

Love Joe strummer!

[@strummercash5601]

Thank you for posting! I am the bastard love child of Joe Strummer and Johnny Cash in my best dream.

[@winstonasmith9398]

Johnny Clash

[@royferguson3909]

we all are, and a touch of Tom Waits,.....what a potent cocktail

[@strummercash5601]

@@royferguson3909 you’ve sure hit the trifecta here, my good man. I’ll be keeping an eye out for Tom Waits touring when live music is a thing again, if ever. Ugh. Toots and the Maytals usually played a summer show at an outdoor amphitheater at the zoo here in Minnesota. Sadly, Toots joined Joe and Johnny before I got to see one last show.

[@chrisgray9807]

Met him in late 80's in the cafe next to nu line builders merchants in Bayswater ,London.

[@jamesdavies5266]

What was he having?

[@chrisgray9807]

@@jamesdavies5266 a brew!

[@johnny3308]

Legend

[@volvoplz9209]

What a great soul. Dearly missed.

[@julesrenard6322]

Future is unwritten

[@tomasvanes]

This man is a hero.

[@davenewcombe2305]

R.I.P. JOE!! PUNK LEGEND!!

[@neilhannon737]

Cette voix ... magnifique !

[@ciudadanopatriotadechile5051]

Te echamos de menos joe, la muerte nos arrebató y nos privó de tú presencia...soñaba y anhelaba verlos reunidos nuevamente...pero no pudo ser. verte con tus compadres de banda haciendo giras para latinoamérica.eres mi mentor en la música 🎶 dejaron una gran huella THE CLASH...en especial tú R.I.P 😔😔😔😔 Joe strummer 1952 - 2002.

[@beefsoda1]

Love that guy

[@DanielC__]

Joe Strummer & The Clash = rebellion rock and roll

[@kevinvest7513]

I’m a complete conservative but I love Joe and The Clash and what they stood for. What an awesome fellow, I wish I could have seen him.

[@danielpuyol7643]

Cet artiste talentueux n'a pas eu de questions à se poser quand à sa fin de carrière , contrairement à d'autres ou leurs prestations en devient pathétique

[@ichbin4122]

comme qui ?

[@danielpuyol7643]

@@ichbin4122 la liste serait trop longue à énumérer

[@ichbin4122]

@@danielpuyol7643 vous pensez a ...Michel Sardou ?

[@GuyCybershy]

What a great time it was for music back then, and the Clash were the best there was.

[@christianheron-batard39]

Merci beaucoup pour cette interview.

[@pierrecorre4954]

Ce mec était un génie, autodidacte en tout genre. Un vrai comme il n y en a plus beaucoup. À 56piges, c'est mon groupe préféré. Pour les avoir vu, au festival Elixir....ça date 🤭🥴

[@vadermasktruth]

The only man that mattered...R.I.P. Joe.

[@deworldzlastpunk666]

Rest In Peace, Mr’ Strummer, my hero forever

[@mroliveiraprofhg1694]

En 2001...un an avant sa mort...T'es parti trop tôt Joe!

[@FC-de6je]

quelle belle personne il semblait être... le vrai punk rocker, simple, humble, sincère. Reconnaissance éternelle

[@SombraPiloto]

When I finally gain my superpowers the first thing I plan on doing is to bring back Joe Strummer and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

[@eljoedaz1]

J'aimerais tant ne pas savoir jouer de la guitare comme Joe... super interview pour un super rocker

[@blatoz2778]

Il était tellement cool...

[@dinahmythe53]

The Clash was my first favourite band

[@prchurch13]

Run like fuck...Joe was cool

[@michealcurrie8272]

Joe was always up front. Saw through the bulls hit. R.I.P

[@Tomtom-fy7tm]

Il avait la plus punk des telecaster.Rip Joe

[@davidwilkey7389]

Thank you for posting this.

[@brianfergus839]

This is great

[@ziapsp4167]

Love it..cartoons playing in the background.

[@henrygoleau]

I miss Joe Strummer.

[@guitarsarelikestupid7200]

I'd hoped he talked more about the sometimes physical pain and exertion in playing rhythm guitar. I always have had to contend with that.

[@LeeLee19901]

Very talented musician. I love the clash I enjoy their music I never get tired of listening. R.I.P. joe strummer

[@stevewithaphen]

After watching this interview I understand the lyrics now and where we got them for know your rights oh. You have the right not to be killed hey, murder is a crime. You have a right to food money, unless you don't mind a little investigation and humiliation. And most important of all, you have the right to free speech unless you're dumb enough to actually try it.

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

Joe Public Speaking RIP Joe

[@idiotsavant751]

Viva Joe!!!

[@balzadesbois8878]

Mon camion porte son nom ahaha merci pour le reportage

[@albanoespinoza6882]

The clash es lo maximo y Joe es una jodida joya viviente

[@c10_c10]

Thank you for posting this. This is a wonderful interview with legendary Joe Strummer.

[@supafur]

émouvant...

[@alberto9594]

I love Joe and the Clash but he couldn't be more off about playing the guitar. I'm left handed and it's easier playing it "the wrong way round"

[@wobblyashes9102]

Bravo! You gave us here a piece of Strummer as the true Strummer should be given. We owe him. Miss him. And thank you.

[@RachidOuajra]

The legend of punk a simple man i love the clash rip Joe WE will Always Love you ❤❤❤