Joe Strummer, Mescaleros - Global a Go-Go

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Music Review: Joe Strummer: 1952-2002
Rating: 4 Stars

25 years later Joe Strummer is still carrying rhe punk rock torch while other fellow punkers have lost the true meaning of what it's all about. Johnny Rotten is off living in his mansion and re-uniting the Pistols for tours that cost $40-$50 to get into and MTV has their own brand of punk that just sees it all as a image. Sure Joe's solo stuff sounds nothing like the Clash did (well some of his earlier solo stuff on Earthquake Weather, which is his best solo album and needs to be re-released had some Clash sound)but Joe was just one member of the Clash! Mick Jones' band Big Audio Dynamite sounded nothing like the Clash but they still had minor success (though it was with songs that sounded like Should I Stay Or Should I Go). The album cover says Joe Strummer not the Clash just like John Lennon's albums said his name and not the Beatles. I will say that not everyone that is into what Joe because known for will like his two recent albums with the Mescaleros but name me one former punk that's kept their sound fresh and new over the years and has not sold out and re-did the same songs over and over. Joe was truly an original. Global A GO-GO to be is a good album but I really can't compare it to the last one. Both are totally different and even feature different members because the original Mescaleros line-up isn't all there anymore. The first album was basically them getting their feet wet and now with one album out of the way and tons of touring (I was lucky enough to see Joe's first U.S. show in 10 years back in 1999 in DC and it was amazing)they are now more comfortable. Yes once again people looking for The Clash will be letdown though there are hints of the Clash on this album. At The Border,Guy is pure Sandinista! and has the same feel as Bankrobber did, which is one of the best Clash songs ever. I actually think that if the Clash were still making music today that this is what it would sound like. All of the members have moved on from the pure punk sound of the early days, which actually was only featured on the first album. Joe still was hanging around the scene until his death two weeks ago and still helped out old friends and took the newer bands under his wing much like Joey Ramone did until his death in 2001. Joe Strummer is gone but like all musicians that have passed away their music will live on forever. It's even more bittersweet to think that The Clash were ready to acutally re-form for the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame show in 2 months ( they were going to play White Riot without Topper but original drummer Terry Chimes was gonna play behind the kit)but since Joe is gone the world will never get that much needed Clash re-union. We will always have the music that Joe gave us. Joe may not be here to give us more music but we can help his legacy live on by spreding the word around about what this man did and letting the future genrations listen to what real music with real heart and soul actually sounded like. It's sad that the real artists have to be taken from us while there is so much [junk] polluting the musical world these days. We need Joe Strummer, the world needs Joe Strummer!
Thank You so much Joe, for everything!

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Alternative Rock CDs

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