Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Streetcore
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Artist: Joe Strummer & the MescalerosEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-10-21
Music Label: Hellcat Records
Soundtracks:
- Coma Girl
- Get Down Moses
- Long Shadow - Joe Strummer, Hormel, Smokey
- Arms Aloft
- Ramshackle Day Parade
- Redemption Song - Joe Strummer, Marley, Bob
- All in a Day
- Burnin' Streets
- Midnight Jam
- Silver and Gold - Joe Strummer, Bartholomew, Dave
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Music Review: Oh Joe..... Why did you have to go??
Rating: 5 Stars
So many great musicians have left their marks across the history of the music I (and millions more)love. The King, John&Paul(no last names necessary) Jimi, Kurt and many other greats.
Joe Strummer deserves a spot when listing the ones who changed the music world for the better. If by some chance you are reading this review with out benefit of knowing who Joe was or his life story, then you need to get some Clash CDs and do some internet reading. Joe and the Clash meant the world to many of us and I write this review of Joe's last album before his sudden passing with the heaviest of hearts. The Clash was THE BEST punk group ever, because they were the most musically talented. Many punk fans think that the point of punk was /is simply fast and furious. While that is certainly part of the appeal, there is another aspect that is more important. Independence! freedom from those who would pigeon hole you and tell you that you must continue to play music this way. Punk was first and foremost a big SCREW YOU! to the established music industry that had forgotten that rock music was born in rebellion. The fast and furious style is the manifestation of the anger of guys who are developing musically. The Clash matured into a great band that like a roman candle lite the world for a short time.
After the candle burned out the members went down the paths that life took them. Joe continued to do various things i.e. soundtracks,a little acting and even put out a great first solo album (89's "Earthquake Weather) in the late 90's he began to work again on albums with a new band (The Mescaleros) two wonderful albums of music full of various styles were produced ("Rock Art and the X-Ray Style" and "Global A Go-Go") Then the hammer fell. In December 2002 Joe was lost to all his present fans and his future fans. This album was completed by his friends and band members as a final tribute to a truncated life.
It is the finest memorial I could ever dream to be, for a man who just loved music. Don't take my word for it, read other reviews and go to various web sites to read of his passion. However if you really want to know his love and passion, then REALLY listen to his music. You will find all the love Joe had for music, in his music.
The songs on the album have been discussed in other reviews, so read them for a better understanding, as some people have written some beautiful things about Joe's final salute. All I want to say is that this is such a shame because the albums shows that Joe was really getting into a groove and what the future might have been. If you're a fan of Joe Strummer and you don't have this album, shame on you, GET IT NOW!! If you are becoming a fan then you can't miss with this FINE work.
The only fault I would have is not a fault at all. You see if you're like me and you think the world of Joe, when the album reaches it's climax you may feel sadness as Joe sings a cover of "Silver and Gold" a song lamenting the need to do so much in life before it ends.
Joe sings the line "going to take a trip around the world, going to kiss all the pretty girls,going to do everything silver and gold.....and I 've got to hurry up before I grow to old" This song now chokes me up when I hear it and think of Joe and that is my only fault with this beautiful album.
Joe may have had a weak heart physically, but the soul of his heart was a SUPERNOVA.
Description of Streetcore
Third Hellcat release for Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, recorded just weeks prior to the beloved rock legend's death on December 22, 2002. Digipak. 2003.General CDs
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