Encounters with Musical Heroes

[AndyM]

If you're good, maybe I'll tell you about the time I almost slept with Lindsey Buckingham

Well, if you go out on the town dressed like Stevie Nicks, you reap what you sow.

[Jonathan E.]

Oh, it was long before Stevie was around. She stole my look, you know.

[AndyM]

So much falls into place!!

[Jonathan E.]

So to speak.

It might have been more a matter of rising than falling.

[AndyM]

One never likes to assume anything about the minutiae of the mechanics.

[Jonathan E.]

That's age speaking!

I hasten to add that I once shared a . . . not exactly a girlfriend, but a New York model with Bryan Ferry.

[Ted]

O no. Who awakened the sleeping beast? Not the collective Clash obsession again...

OK. Here's mine.

I was standing next to Mick Jones and Chrissie Hynde at The 100 Club (not having the faintest clue who either of them were, this being mid 1976) when someone I now know to be Sid Vicious started a fight close by. In my hurry to escape I mistakenly gave Jones the impression that I was protecting him. "Thanks mate" he said.


Is that enough?

[will vine]

Good story about your meeting with The Clash Adam. There was recently a series of short films on bbc; One directed by Kathy Burke had, at its centre her younger self in an influential chance meeting with the very same band. Occasionally one feels a bit outside this forum, I mean we don't all dig the same stuff,and that's ok but I must say one never feels quite so out of it as when people eulogise The Clash. They just unaccountably went straight past me..............what you miss, you miss.............tough.

[Jonathan E.]

O no. Who awakened the sleeping beast? Not the collective Clash obsession again...

Ted, it's beauty that sleeps while beasts slumber.

I am curious as to why you regularly respond with such disdain to any mention of the Clash. I'd guess that after your anecdote here that you had no further unpleasant or close encounters with them, which is what I used to think might cause your distaste. Do you think they're just generally overrated? Boring? Sellouts? Don't like revisiting the past in general? Something else?

I'd describe myself as only a moderate fan of theirs, definitely not obsessed I'd say, but they did have a significant journey through society and music— and they're a hell of a lot more interesting and suited to discuss than, say, Led Zeppelin.

[Ted]

I am curious as to why you regularly respond with such disdain to any mention of the Clash.

Its really not disdain. I feel very much at home amongst people who were obsessed with The Clash when they were young. Just that they must be about the most over-analysed band of all time. Certainly by me. I'm always happy to read anything about them, but I haven't read anything with a fresh perspective on them for a very, very long while. I certainly haven't got anything new or interesting to say about them.

have a significant journey through society and music— and they're a hell of a lot more interesting and suited to discuss than, say, Led Zeppelin.

For sure. See above.

[howard male]

How about this one: Cambridge Corn Exchange, 1976. I was so busy staring at Paul Simenon, only a couple of feet away watching whoever were supporting the Clash that night, that I failed to notice one of my best mates was getting off with my first girlfriend. I was better off without her anyway. She's a Born-Again Christian these days, for Christ's sake!

And by the way – what nonsense that London Calling is over-rated. Go and play it now, very loud, and you’ll see how absurd this statement is, Andy. And as for using that pseudo punk album 'Never Mind the Bollocks' as evidence for the persecution: I thought you were a man of taste, intelligence and fine judgement. How wrong I was!

[Jonathan E.]

. . . Just that they must be about the most over-analysed band of all time. Certainly by me. I'm always happy to read anything about them, but I haven't read anything with a fresh perspective on them for a very, very long while. I certainly haven't got anything new or interesting to say about them. . . .

Got it. Thanks.

[Jonathan E.]

. . . that pseudo punk album 'Never Mind the Bollocks' . . .

Ha, ha! Very funny — but true.

And that's why it's as classic as it is.

[Adam Blake]

. . . that pseudo punk album 'Never Mind the Bollocks' . . .

Ha, ha! Very funny — but true.

And that's why it's as classic as it is.

Overcooked is all. They shoulda let Dave Goodman produce it.

[taiyo no otosan]

In Amsterdam once, my girlfriend and I had dinner with the Jazz Butcher and his girlfriend. It was a rijsttafel.

I suspect the latter part of that thrilling revelation will be of more interest to most of you than the former.