Well, that might depend on how generous you are or not with their work. I love it myself- I think of it as sweet excess.
One of the stories behind it (which I tend to believe) is that they wanted out of their CBS contract and had three albums left to deliver so they thought that they could put out a triple album and be done with it. CBS didn't but it though and they were stuck with them until they broke up.
Best,
Jason
N.P. Roberto J. Rodriquez "El Danzon de Moises"- great record
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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 11:03:25 -0700
From: skip Heller <velaires@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Sandinista
> One of the stories behind it (which I tend to believe) is that they wanted out
> of their CBS contract and had three albums left to deliver so they thought
> that they could put out a triple album and be done with it. CBS didn't but it
> though and they were stuck with them until they broke up.
>
Other scuttlebutt -- they really resented Springsteen getting all the
attention fr CBS and, as a reaction to the double-disc THE RIVER, said, "If
he's so important to be putting out a double, we're more important, so we'll
put out a triple."
Personally, I think the Springsteen stuff has aged better (sacreligious tho
it is to say). My qualm with the Clash -- other than advertising themselves
as "the only band that matters" -- is that their ability to gel as a band
was never on par with their songwriting. They never sounded unified as a
band the way the Ramones, the Pistols, or most especially, the Jam (groups
of the period all) all sounded. And, for my dough, their forays into
reggae-based territory were just plain weak, whereas the Slits' journeys
into that stuff were, for me, really fresh and atmospheric.
skip h
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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:32:08 EDT
From: TagYrIt@aol.com
Subject: Re: Sandinista
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Well just in general, I've always though this was a beautiful sprawling mess
of a record.
Dale.
In a message dated 4/17/2002 11:00:42 AM Eastern Standard Time,
zsteiner@butler.edu writes:
> A friend of mine told me that I had to listen to the Clash's Sandinista
> as soon as possible. I picked it up on his recommendation and am
> confounded by it. Was the Clash just really confused or were they
> making some kind of statement, if so what? I enjoy moments of the
> album, but there are other times I scratch my head wondering what they
> were thinking. Can any one illuminate the album for me?
>
> Zach
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<BR>
Dale.<BR>
<BR>
In a message dated 4/17/2002 11:00:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, zsteiner@butler.edu writes:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">A friend of mine told me that I had to listen to the Clash's Sandinista<BR>
as soon as possible. I picked it up on his recommendation and am<BR>
confounded by it. Was the Clash just really confused or were they<BR>
making some kind of statement, if so what? I enjoy moments of the<BR>
album, but there are other times I scratch my head wondering what they<BR>
were thinking. Can any one illuminate the album for me?<BR>
<BR>
Zach</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:34:21 EDT
From: TagYrIt@aol.com
Subject: Re: Sandinista
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Not full of shit at all!! This sounds to me like the VERY definition of what
punk was meant to be!
Dale.
In a message dated 4/17/2002 11:29:30 AM Eastern Standard Time,
crumpw@bellsouth.net writes:
> an
> incredibly limited English/Rock/Punk background from which to start, but
> with a truckload of enthusiasm.
>
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<BR>
Dale.<BR>
<BR>
In a message dated 4/17/2002 11:29:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, crumpw@bellsouth.net writes:<BR>
Highly recommend the Whitney Bi-Ennial now going on in New York- I've seen it twice already and will probably need to go again.
After seeing the Christian Marclay and Destroy All Monster exhibits, I started thinking of music (or its tools/components) being used in a visual medium as in galleries/musuems. Any other examples of that off-hand that anyone can think of?
Best,
Jason
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 10:11:46 EDT
From: Nvinokur@aol.com
Subject: Re: Music as 'visual art'
Years ago, the Stranglers had a song called "Aural Structure"
