Fun Online Polls: The Clash, R-Patz & K-Stew

How time flies when you are having fun! I've just noticed that this is the 8,000th post on this here 'blog. My thanks to BobE, The Stigler and Lola for contributing to this magnificent total.
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The results in last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows:

Which is your favourite Clash albums?

London Calling - 38%
The Clash (UK version) - 21%
Give 'em Enough Rope - 6%
Sandinista! - 4%
Cut The Crap - 2%
The Clash (US version) - 0%
Cost of Living EP - 0%
Combat Rock - 0%
None of the above - 29%

It was a low turnout for a fairly specialist topic, but thank you everybody who took part. If you are into The Clash, it's difficult to choose just one, but this were a Dessert Island Discs* type scenario where you can only take one Clash album with you, I'd choose "London Calling" as well.

* That's not a typo. Their drummer was called Topping Headon.
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To those who prefer the UK version to the US version, in the words of Prisoner Fooble:


Here's the track listing for the UK version:
Janie Jones
Remote Control
I'm So Bored With The U.S.A.
White Riot (the crap mono version)
Hate And War
What's My Name
Deny
London's Burning
Career Opportunities
Cheat
Protex Blue
Police And Thieves
48 Hours
Garageland

Here's the track listing for the US version:
Clash City Rockers
I'm So Bored With The U.S.A.
Remote Control
Complete Control
White Riot (the great stereo version with the guitar solo)
White Man In Hammersmith Palais
London's Burning
I Fought The Law
Janie Jones
Career Opportunities
What's My Name
Hate And War
Police And Thieves
Jail Guitar Doors
Garageland
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And lo, to this week's Fun Online Poll.

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Fun Online Polls: Newfangled social classes & The Clash

Thank you everybody who took part in last week's Fun Online Poll, another good turnout. Results as follows:

In which, if any, of the BBC's newfangled social classes do you consider yourself to be?

Elite - 11%
Established middle class - 9%
Technical middle class - 19%
New affluent workers - 2%
Traditional working class - 6%
Emergent service workers - 4%
Precariat - 8%
None of the above - 40%

I don't know how many people bothered to do the test at the BBC and how many just gave their own opinion/guessed, but it doesn't seem to matter, the test results seem to be fairly haphazard. FWIW, I ended up as "technical middle class".

It's reassuring to see forty per cent refuseniks, that's the main thing.
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I started listening to The Clash again about ten days ago, for no particular reason. Once everybody started banging on about the early Thatcher years, it seemed to be an appropriate musical back drop so I have been listening to them fairly full time. Inevitably, I find myself wondering which my "favourite" Clash album is, and predictably enough, I find myself concluding: "Well, if I had to choose just one, I think it'd have to be London Calling."

So that's this week's Fun Online Poll, which is your favourite Clash album?

Vote here or use the widget in the sidebar.