Joe Strummer was with a band called the Clash, which is well worth listening to. I suggest their song, 'Police & Thieves'. Once upon a time the Clash were known as, 'the only band that matters'. . .Cash had a vacation home down in Jamaica, right next door to Bob Marley's house, & the 2 of them were close friends & would run around together. I'd also recommend doing a reaction to the song, 'The Wanderer', by U2, with Johnny Cash on lead vocals.
The Clash was an incredible band (already stated - but yeah, they were known as the only band that mattered), it may take time to sink in but someday run all 3 records of Sandinista! Somebody got murdered, Washington Bullets, Police on my back (penned by Eddie Grant). If you ever get through their library - check out Joe Strummer and the Mescalaros. Keep on keeping good music alive.
I accidentally stumbled upon this a few days ago. There is a purity in the solo Marley version. A gentle, soulful plea against oppression. But this! It drags into the light that oppression is everywhere. Southern Appalachia country. London punks. Bonding together over Reggae. Not only are Johnny & Joe fronting this. Tom Morello is on guitar (Rage against the Machine), and Rick Rubin (Def Jamm) in the studio producing. This is an epic jewel in the rough. They happened to all be at the same place. They were all fans of Bob Marley and knew this song. And we are all richer for it.
Joe Strummer is one of the singers of The Clash, a UK punk band. Much of their music was about social injustice. They were a big influence on Rage Against the Machine. Check out “London Calling”, “(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais”, “Armagideon Time”, “Spanish Bombs”, “Clampdown”. The Clash is amazing!! Once described in the 80s as “The Only Band That Matters.”
Rage against the machine is now raging for the machine. Sad really, I was never a foo fighters fan but they are a prime example of selling out. Rhcp all day
That's a helluva combination. I hadn't heard this one before. A mix of Country and Punk Rock mixed with an original Reggae song. All three singers were amazing and rest in piece to them all.
There’s a good article about this recording on Far Out Magazine. Apparently Strummer was hanging around the studio while Johnny was recording what turned out to be his last album which featured the song Hurt. Joe just wanted to get to hear Johnny sing. During some down time, they chatted together and decided to record this song together.
Strummer was in the Clash... you gotta check out some of their stuff! 'London Calling', 'Rock the Casbah', 'The Magnificent Seven', 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go' ... many more.
Two massive legends from both ends of the spectrum, but with the same mindset. Both gone too soon. The world could benefit from their wisdom right now. RIP
Three legends all incorporated into one song. I wouldn't be who I am today, if I hadn't heard Joe Strummer in my youth. I have a tattoo of him for a reason. That being said, check out 'Bankrobber' by The Clash. Very strong reggae vibes. Good reaction, man. Love your channel.
Uncle BOB KNEW WHAT WAS UP when asked why he wrote punky Reggae party his answer was classic .... because PUNKROCK music and REGGAE music is REBEL MUSIC
So the thing about Legends, is that Marley is Legendary, Cash is Legendary, and Strummer is the Legendary Punk. Lead singer of the Clash. occasional Fill in for Irish Poet Shan McGowan. " If you can find an Afghan Rebel that the Moscow Bullets Missed, Ask them what they think of Voting Communist. Ask the Dalai Lam in the Hill so Tibet, How monks did the Chinese Get. In a war torn swamp stop any Mercenary and Check the British Bullets in his Armory."
I want to highly recommend one more cover of this song. In 1983, Manfred Mann's Earth Band released an album called "Somewhere In Afrika", which preceded "Graceland" by three years in using African singers, instruments, and rhythms to protest Apartheid. Anyway, the first song on this album is a radically reworked version of "Redeption Song", with Africans singing "No Kwazulo, No Lebowa, No Transkei" -- referring to the tribal "homelands," or Bantustans, to which the White minority confined the Black majority. The whole album is incredibly powerful, but that song deserves your reaction.
Joe Strummer is my IDOL definitely rect to the clash at some point 😊 check put complete control (the music video is best) cuz I know you like to see the band performing
OMG, if my search is correct you haven't reacted to (Joe Strummer's band) The Clash?!?! They're a top five band for me. To get some BIG VIEWS check out Rock the Casbah, Should I Stay or Should I Go, London Calling, Train in Vain. Then check out some of their most well known deeper tracks...Magnificent Seven, Know Your Rights, Police and Thieves, Straight to Hell. Bigtime uptapped well for you!!!! Cheers!
If you want to hear a couple more of some of Cash's more obscure and beautiful covers like this one, I highly recommend both "Sea of Heartbreak" (old Don Gibson)and "Father and Son" (Old Cat Stevens). Amazing recordings.
Jamal, I have enjoyed your reaction videos and there are several Albums that Johnny Cash did with Rick Rubin and he does several cover songs including Nine Inch Nails song Hurt, apparently Trent Reznor said after hearing the Cash version, This song no longer belongs to me, I think it's because Johnny Cash makes a song his own Entity when he covers a song. Rusty Cage by Soundgarden is my Fav after this song. Few artists could make Covers their own Jimi Hendrix doing Dylan songs are one of the few that come to mind. What they all had in common was that the songs they did original or cover came directly from the Heart
Hey Jamel, have you done a reaction on King Crimson? I suggest you start with the song "Elephant Talk", see if you can find a studio version, it will be clearer on the lyrics and instruments. Every one of their songs is unique, so some may be too trippy for you, but I think you'll enjoy quite a few of them. Just maybe you shouldn't do a reaction on UA-cam of "Detachable Penis", but that's a fun one as well. Didn't know where to suggest this so I'm putting this in one of your latest posts.
Please hope you read this and I guess I'll find out ,like many said Joe was in THE CLASH ,seen a couple of tunes you did about them but please 🙏listen to THE CLAMPDOWN, BANKROBBER ,AMIGIDEAN TIME ,OH and che k out Bruce Springsteens version of THE CLAMPDOWN he did when Joe died 🙏
Since you're listening to covers you have to react to the one Stevie Wonder did - Blowin' in the Wind (Bob Dylan) I can't stop getting emotional every time I hear it
Man you should check out pearl jams cover. They do an amazing job. I do need to ask about you saying it is awesome that Mr. Cash covered the song. But how did the Marley family and the Wailers feel about it. They might feel like Johnny stole the song. Unless it was solely paying homage.
Pretty sure this is a mash-up of their solo covers, I do not think Johnny & Joe ever recorded together and that sounds like Joe's solo version. Might be wrong but I don't think so
I was just thinking the same thing and all three of them i could listen to ALL DAY EVERY DAY IT WOULD TAKE A CUPPLE OF DAY'S TO HEAR THE SAME SONG AGAIN
It's such an unsuspecting but obviously beautiful match: Johnny Cash singing Bob Marley. Both artists whose lyrics are rooted in gospel (Johnny in Christianity, Bob in Rastafarianism), but transcend religion and genre. Those last six Johnny albums, starting with American Recordings and ending with American VI: Ain't No Grave, are just a gold mine for gorgeous covers by Mr Cash; his time was running out, he wasn't on a major label anymore, so Rick Rubin just put him in a recording booth and asked him to play all the songs he wished he'd recorded before. His version of "Personal Jesus", featuring John Frusciante from the Chili Peppers on guitar, is just gorgeous!
Yes! So many of these songs from the "Unearthed" series were surprising in the context of "Hey, I'm Johnny Cash"...and yet not. When you look at Johnny's values (especially post sobriety) and how he treated people and wanted everyone to have a voice...many of those songs are NOT surprising at all.
The Clash are amazing. There is a video called The future is unwritten. It's about Joe's life and told by those he influenced. I've always looked up to Joe and the Clash for the way they carried themselves in the industry and world. They walked the walk. Jamal definably do some clash reactions!!
There's a story that Johnny Cash asked about why the line is "o pirates, yes they rob I, sold I to the merchant ships", and the producer Rick Rubin explained it was Jamaican patois and that they could always change it to "me" instead of "I", and JC said firmly "no way - that's how Bob Marley wrote it, that's how I'm gonna sing it." Class act. Strummer also did a solo version of this which is nearly identical and was the first version I remember hearing. My mother claims that this song was the only one she could play on a guitar and was how she learned to tune them.
Joe was the singer of the Clash who were part of the early British Punk scene but the Clash were much more than Punk, like Bob Marley and Johnny Cash they were story tellers and social commentators so for me it all fits.
You definitely need to do a deep dive into the Clash! White man in Hammersmith Palais, Magnificent 7, anything from London Calling, Police & Thieves, and so many more greats (you've probably heard Rock the Casbah and Should I stay or Should I Go)
Many years after The Clash, Joe Strummer had a band called Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros. If you only hear one song from Joe's later life, you absolutely must hear Johnny Appleseed.
Kia ora (hello) from Aotearoa new zealand. hay cuzz Joe Strummer is as close to a hero as it gets for me Named my oldest son now 15 year's old Strummer clash Palace i still get tears hearing his voice please check out Joe's song Coma girl it's Joe near the end of his life and a great Song
I'VE ALWAYS HAVE SAID THAT MR.CA$H HAS THAT GREAT STORY TELLING TALKING KIND OF VOICE THAT COULD SHUT UP A ROOM OR A BOMB·FIRE PIT AND HAVE YOU IN ALL FULL ATTENTION GREAT REACTION THANKS JAMEL_AKA_JAMAL ✌🏼& LO💚E MY BROTHER
Love this. Love all three. Joe Strummer is a favorite for me because I LOVE The Clash! Complete Control by The Clash is relevant today, "I'm controlled in the body, I'm controlled in the mind"
I think Bob Marleys sing is more true and felt deeply simply because of BMs way and accent when singing it ... history and fact and more of an understanding. Bit it doesn't stop all of us realising the fact that it was wrong and inhuman to enslave a fellow man or woman or child .... Same as the fact you don't have to be Jewish to be abhorred by the holocaust, ...
My daughter works at Reggae Festivals. She knows all the Marley's and The Whalers. I've had Seniors in English classes to choose Marley for Senior Projects. Johnny Cash is perfect to cover Marley. He covered "Hurt" and did better job than the band who first recorded it.
Nine Inch Nails, and that is subjective. Cash's cover is interesting but it changes the feel of the original song. The song is about drug addiction and how it affects the user n those around them, the use of dissonant chord progression to recreate the uncomfortable feeling paired with the subject matter of the song; while Cash's version strips away the dissonance and is more about an elderly person reflecting on the life they once led and what life they have left. Same lyrics but two completely different feelings, and perhaps I'm biased having grown up in the 90's but I prefer the NIN version over Cash's. Don't get me wrong, I love Cash's music, but this cover I'm just not a fan. I feel it got the hype it did from being played repeatedly over FX original content like Rescue Me or S.O.A.
May I suggest that you react to some of The Clash’s music (Joe Strummer was the lead singer)? This version of Redemption Song is a fine homage to the greatest reggae artist who ever lived by a great country artist and a genius (in my opinion) from the punk rock era.
His name became synonymous with reggae but to me his music represents the best of us. Johnny Cash similarly gets pegged as country, but he was the voice for the downtrodden at every opportunity, just a perfect match for Marley. I wish Bob Marley's spirit had washed over the whole of humanity.
He mentions Nate Dogg. Now I can understand not knowing who Nate Dogg is but not knowing Strummer is I find amazing. By the way, who the fk is Nate Dogg
How the hell have you never heard of Joe Strummer. Are you kidding me? I guess you never heard of the Clash. Wow. I can't get over the statement of not know Strummer
Joe Strummer was with a band called the Clash, which is well worth listening to. I suggest their song, 'Police & Thieves'. Once upon a time the Clash were known as, 'the only band that matters'. . .Cash had a vacation home down in Jamaica, right next door to Bob Marley's house, & the 2 of them were close friends & would run around together. I'd also recommend doing a reaction to the song, 'The Wanderer', by U2, with Johnny Cash on lead vocals.
"Police and Thieves" was originally by Junior Murvin, a great cover by The Clash.
Guns of Brixton or white man in Hammersmith palais
@@kaughtphyre a lyric video for White Man would be perfect. One of my favorite single Strummer lines is in that.
The Clash was an incredible band (already stated - but yeah, they were known as the only band that mattered), it may take time to sink in but someday run all 3 records of Sandinista! Somebody got murdered, Washington Bullets, Police on my back (penned by Eddie Grant). If you ever get through their library - check out Joe Strummer and the Mescalaros. Keep on keeping good music alive.
Definitely need some Clash reactions. I'd add "London Calling" to the list, and "Should I Stay or Should I Go".
I accidentally stumbled upon this a few days ago. There is a purity in the solo Marley version. A gentle, soulful plea against oppression.
But this! It drags into the light that oppression is everywhere. Southern Appalachia country. London punks. Bonding together over Reggae.
Not only are Johnny & Joe fronting this. Tom Morello is on guitar (Rage against the Machine), and Rick Rubin (Def Jamm) in the studio producing.
This is an epic jewel in the rough.
They happened to all be at the same place. They were all fans of Bob Marley and knew this song. And we are all richer for it.
And here I am, a Southern Appalachian Punk who's brought to tears every time I hear any version of this song ❤
Joe Strummer is one of the singers of The Clash, a UK punk band. Much of their music was about social injustice. They were a big influence on Rage Against the Machine. Check out “London Calling”, “(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais”, “Armagideon Time”, “Spanish Bombs”, “Clampdown”. The Clash is amazing!! Once described in the 80s as “The Only Band That Matters.”
Guns of Brixton was my personal favorite after Clampdown
For me it's COMPLETE CONTROL AND FOR ME THE CLASH ARE STILL THE ONLY BAND THAT MATTERS my oldest son is called Strummer Clash Palace
@@scottgalloway345 Yes! Guns of Brixton is one of my favourites, sampled by many, also Know Your Rights, I'd love to see Jamal react to these two.
The Clash are amazing ..a news giving group as Mick Jones once said.
Rage against the machine is now raging for the machine. Sad really, I was never a foo fighters fan but they are a prime example of selling out. Rhcp all day
That's a helluva combination. I hadn't heard this one before. A mix of Country and Punk Rock mixed with an original Reggae song. All three singers were amazing and rest in piece to them all.
And Tom Morello on guitar (Rage against the Machine), and Rick Rubin (Def Jamm) in the studio producing.
This is an epic jewel in the rough.
Joe was the lead singer of The Clash. Having these two do this was a gift. Thank you for sharing.
Johnny has such a soothing voice, especially in his old age. I listened to him reading the whole New Testament because it sounded so beautiful
There’s a good article about this recording on Far Out Magazine. Apparently Strummer was hanging around the studio while Johnny was recording what turned out to be his last album which featured the song Hurt. Joe just wanted to get to hear Johnny sing. During some down time, they chatted together and decided to record this song together.
Johnny Cash morphed into the coolest human on the planet. This and Hurt are just epic. John shows his soul is a beautiful light.
Thank you for this one. I had not heard this version. One Love.
Joe Strummer brought a lot of reggae and ska into both The Clash and The Mescaleros.
Greatness recognizes greatness. 2 great songwriters covering another
Joe and Johnny :) Amazing
As a Jamaican, this warms my heart.... Respect!
Aaaaahhhh could listen to Jonny Cash aaaaalllll day. His voice sounds like a great oak tree singing & all will be well in the world.
Johnny Cash had a home in Jamaica… loved him some Jah time
Strummer was in the Clash... you gotta check out some of their stuff! 'London Calling', 'Rock the Casbah', 'The Magnificent Seven', 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go' ... many more.
Two massive legends from both ends of the spectrum, but with the same mindset. Both gone too soon. The world could benefit from their wisdom right now. RIP
Oh I had forgot about this version. So glad you reminded me of this greatness!
Johnny definitely made a song his own. R.I.P to The Man in black.
Three legends all incorporated into one song.
I wouldn't be who I am today, if I hadn't heard Joe Strummer in my youth. I have a tattoo of him for a reason.
That being said, check out 'Bankrobber' by The Clash.
Very strong reggae vibes.
Good reaction, man. Love your channel.
This is from Johnny Cash "Unearthed". Released in November of 2003. If I'm not mistaken, it would have been posthumously for both of them.
"I've never heard of Joe strummer", I almost fainted. But that's what this is all about. Discovering new good stuff 👍
Man, I love your reactions. Also, your wall decor looks amazing.
Uncle BOB KNEW WHAT WAS UP when asked why he wrote punky Reggae party his answer was classic .... because PUNKROCK music and REGGAE music is REBEL MUSIC
And Johnny was Outlaw country. All three of them didn't fit the mold, and thrived.
Never heard this cover. Wow. Cool. Joe Strummer was the front man for the Clash. A 1970s and 80s UK punk band.
Also took over as lead singer of the Pogues while Shane McGowan took an absence from the band to deal with his demons.
@@egadgo sure did👍
The Clash. London Calling. You'll be hooked.
Love a song that is sung because of passion for the message and not profit
So the thing about Legends, is that Marley is Legendary, Cash is Legendary, and Strummer is the Legendary Punk. Lead singer of the Clash. occasional Fill in for Irish Poet Shan McGowan.
" If you can find an Afghan Rebel that the Moscow Bullets Missed, Ask them what they think of Voting Communist. Ask the Dalai Lam in the Hill so Tibet, How monks did the Chinese Get. In a war torn swamp stop any Mercenary and Check the British Bullets in his Armory."
I want to highly recommend one more cover of this song.
In 1983, Manfred Mann's Earth Band released an album called "Somewhere In Afrika", which preceded "Graceland" by three years in using African singers, instruments, and rhythms to protest Apartheid. Anyway, the first song on this album is a radically reworked version of "Redeption Song", with Africans singing "No Kwazulo, No Lebowa, No Transkei" -- referring to the tribal "homelands," or Bantustans, to which the White minority confined the Black majority. The whole album is incredibly powerful, but that song deserves your reaction.
I love The Clash. Changed my whole life!!!
True Punk has its roots in Reggae.
Joe Strummer is my IDOL definitely rect to the clash at some point 😊 check put complete control (the music video is best) cuz I know you like to see the band performing
The father, the son and the Holy Ghost ❤
Rock the Kasbah by The Clash is, although some disagree ...one of their foot thumping fist pounding songs ...
"I've never heard of Joe Strummer before"
Me: *facial twitch intensifies*
Try James Brown and Pavarotti doing a duet on "This Is A Man's World". Another goose bump generator. It's incredibly beautiful.
OMG, if my search is correct you haven't reacted to (Joe Strummer's band) The Clash?!?! They're a top five band for me. To get some BIG VIEWS check out Rock the Casbah, Should I Stay or Should I Go, London Calling, Train in Vain. Then check out some of their most well known deeper tracks...Magnificent Seven, Know Your Rights, Police and Thieves, Straight to Hell. Bigtime uptapped well for you!!!! Cheers!
There’s another version of Stephen Marley with Playing For a Change you should check out ☮️💜. ( Johnny Cash did it in 1980)
Class never heard this before cheers fir the tunes
Outstanding! Next, check out Johnny Cash's cover of "Personal Jesus,"
Stay Free: The Story Of The Clash narrated by Chuck D of Public Enemy will tell you everything you need to know about Joe strummer
Joe Strummer was in The Clash
If you want to hear a couple more of some of Cash's more obscure and beautiful covers like this one, I highly recommend both "Sea of Heartbreak" (old Don Gibson)and "Father and Son" (Old Cat Stevens). Amazing recordings.
Excellent, love it.
Jamal, I have enjoyed your reaction videos and there are several Albums that Johnny Cash did with Rick Rubin and he does several cover songs including Nine Inch Nails song Hurt, apparently Trent Reznor said after hearing the Cash version, This song no longer belongs to me, I think it's because Johnny Cash makes a song his own Entity when he covers a song. Rusty Cage by Soundgarden is my Fav after this song. Few artists could make Covers their own Jimi Hendrix doing Dylan songs are one of the few that come to mind. What they all had in common was that the songs they did original or cover came directly from the Heart
You should also hear Lauryn Hill and Ziggy Marley version. Ziggy is the son of Bob Marley and Lauryn is, if I am not wrong, a niece.
Joe strummer was the lead singer of the clash.
Check out Hot Summer Night, If You Wanna Make a Fool of Somebody by the group called Night!!!
thanks j!
Try Willie Nelson covering Cash in a Reggae cover of his Worried Man.
You really should listen to anything by the Clash - Joe Strummer’s band.
Hey Jamel, have you done a reaction on King Crimson?
I suggest you start with the song "Elephant Talk", see if you can find a studio version, it will be clearer on the lyrics and instruments.
Every one of their songs is unique, so some may be too trippy for you, but I think you'll enjoy quite a few of them.
Just maybe you shouldn't do a reaction on UA-cam of "Detachable Penis", but that's a fun one as well.
Didn't know where to suggest this so I'm putting this in one of your latest posts.
Can't believe you've not reacted to a Clash song. Try " Know Your Rights" to get the feel of them 😄
SUGGESTION: Elvira by the Oak Ridge Boys
time to go down the clash rabbit hole
Redemption day
Johnny Cash
Cantata da lui
You should react to Short People by Randy Newman. Great song. That or I Love L.A. which is also by Randy Newman.
all ever had.
Check out the Clash
You gotta react to nous Sommes du soleil by yes, it’s a masterpiece
Please do a Rockin' Down the Highway by the Doobie Brothers next I will not stop bugging you until you do it please do it !
How long shall they kill our profits. I wonder if he was thinking of John Lennon who was murdered only months before Marley recorded this song. 🤔
Please hope you read this and I guess I'll find out ,like many said Joe was in THE CLASH ,seen a couple of tunes you did about them but please 🙏listen to THE CLAMPDOWN, BANKROBBER ,AMIGIDEAN TIME ,OH and che k out Bruce Springsteens version of THE CLAMPDOWN he did when Joe died 🙏
Please react to Benjamin Tod's "Using again".
Since you're listening to covers you have to react to the one Stevie Wonder did - Blowin' in the Wind (Bob Dylan) I can't stop getting emotional every time I hear it
Man you should check out pearl jams cover. They do an amazing job. I do need to ask about you saying it is awesome that Mr. Cash covered the song. But how did the Marley family and the Wailers feel about it. They might feel like Johnny stole the song. Unless it was solely paying homage.
All 3 gone.....
You need to listen to The Clash! Straight to Hell, boy!
You do an awesome job on your music reaction but also Stevie Wonder did a copy of Bob Marley Redemption Song to check Stevie Wonder version of
can you do a reaction to 3744 James Road by Groundhogs
Recorded at different times, they both died within a year of each other. Joe was way too young.
Pretty sure this is a mash-up of their solo covers, I do not think Johnny & Joe ever recorded together and that sounds like Joe's solo version. Might be wrong but I don't think so
the clash- stop the world
it's so weird hearing this song when all 3 singers are now gone. Puts a new spin on 'haunting'.
I was just thinking the same thing and all three of them i could listen to ALL DAY EVERY DAY IT WOULD TAKE A CUPPLE OF DAY'S TO HEAR THE SAME SONG AGAIN
It's such an unsuspecting but obviously beautiful match: Johnny Cash singing Bob Marley. Both artists whose lyrics are rooted in gospel (Johnny in Christianity, Bob in Rastafarianism), but transcend religion and genre. Those last six Johnny albums, starting with American Recordings and ending with American VI: Ain't No Grave, are just a gold mine for gorgeous covers by Mr Cash; his time was running out, he wasn't on a major label anymore, so Rick Rubin just put him in a recording booth and asked him to play all the songs he wished he'd recorded before. His version of "Personal Jesus", featuring John Frusciante from the Chili Peppers on guitar, is just gorgeous!
Oh don't forget his cover of "Hurt" by Nine inch nails. His version gives me goosebumps.
@Prestin Hurshberry You never know man reggae could be the gospel of that nation.
Yes! So many of these songs from the "Unearthed" series were surprising in the context of "Hey, I'm Johnny Cash"...and yet not. When you look at Johnny's values (especially post sobriety) and how he treated people and wanted everyone to have a voice...many of those songs are NOT surprising at all.
Rubin did the world a favor by getting Cash to do those albums. His Verizon of Soundgarden’s Rusty Cage is just amazing
The Clash are amazing. There is a video called The future is unwritten. It's about Joe's life and told by those he influenced. I've always looked up to Joe and the Clash for the way they carried themselves in the industry and world. They walked the walk. Jamal definably do some clash reactions!!
There's a story that Johnny Cash asked about why the line is "o pirates, yes they rob I, sold I to the merchant ships", and the producer Rick Rubin explained it was Jamaican patois and that they could always change it to "me" instead of "I", and JC said firmly "no way - that's how Bob Marley wrote it, that's how I'm gonna sing it." Class act.
Strummer also did a solo version of this which is nearly identical and was the first version I remember hearing. My mother claims that this song was the only one she could play on a guitar and was how she learned to tune them.
I recommend Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros song, “ Johnny Appleseed “.
Global a go, go....coma girl, get down Moses....so many great songs by the Mescaleros
Joe was the singer of the Clash who were part of the early British Punk scene but the Clash were much more than Punk, like Bob Marley and Johnny Cash they were story tellers and social commentators so for me it all fits.
You definitely need to do a deep dive into the Clash! White man in Hammersmith Palais, Magnificent 7, anything from London Calling, Police & Thieves, and so many more greats (you've probably heard Rock the Casbah and Should I stay or Should I Go)
Many years after The Clash, Joe Strummer had a band called Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros. If you only hear one song from Joe's later life, you absolutely must hear Johnny Appleseed.
First!
This cover and that whole ' Unearthed' boxed set was my gateway to Johnny Cash..
Joe Strummer was in the Clash and one of their hits was Rock the Casbah. From England.
Did Jamel actually say that he'd never heard Joe Strummer before ... surely my old ears must be mistaken!
Ahhhhh...Jamel.
I've loved Johnny Cash since I was a kid but Bob Marley wins.
Thank you for keeping great music alive. 👍
Kia ora (hello) from Aotearoa new zealand. hay cuzz Joe Strummer is as close to a hero as it gets for me Named my oldest son now 15 year's old Strummer clash Palace i still get tears hearing his voice please check out Joe's song Coma girl it's Joe near the end of his life and a great Song
I'VE ALWAYS HAVE SAID THAT MR.CA$H HAS THAT GREAT STORY TELLING TALKING KIND OF VOICE THAT COULD SHUT UP A ROOM OR A BOMB·FIRE PIT AND HAVE YOU IN ALL FULL ATTENTION GREAT REACTION THANKS JAMEL_AKA_JAMAL ✌🏼& LO💚E MY BROTHER
Love this. Love all three. Joe Strummer is a favorite for me because I LOVE The Clash! Complete Control by The Clash is relevant today, "I'm controlled in the body, I'm controlled in the mind"
I think Bob Marleys sing is more true and felt deeply simply because of BMs way and accent when singing it ... history and fact and more of an understanding. Bit it doesn't stop all of us realising the fact that it was wrong and inhuman to enslave a fellow man or woman or child .... Same as the fact you don't have to be Jewish to be abhorred by the holocaust, ...
My daughter works at Reggae Festivals. She knows all the Marley's and The Whalers. I've had Seniors in English classes to choose Marley for Senior Projects. Johnny Cash is perfect to cover Marley. He covered "Hurt" and did better job than the band who first recorded it.
Nine Inch Nails, and that is subjective. Cash's cover is interesting but it changes the feel of the original song. The song is about drug addiction and how it affects the user n those around them, the use of dissonant chord progression to recreate the uncomfortable feeling paired with the subject matter of the song; while Cash's version strips away the dissonance and is more about an elderly person reflecting on the life they once led and what life they have left. Same lyrics but two completely different feelings, and perhaps I'm biased having grown up in the 90's but I prefer the NIN version over Cash's. Don't get me wrong, I love Cash's music, but this cover I'm just not a fan. I feel it got the hype it did from being played repeatedly over FX original content like Rescue Me or S.O.A.
Wow, I've never heard this. Cash's voice made me feel something. Damn. And I wasn't even wearing headphones. Just the phone speaker
And Tom Morello on guitar (Rage against the Machine), and Rick Rubin (Def Jamm) in the studio producing.
This is an epic jewel in the rough.
May I suggest that you react to some of The Clash’s music (Joe Strummer was the lead singer)? This version of Redemption Song is a fine homage to the greatest reggae artist who ever lived by a great country artist and a genius (in my opinion) from the punk rock era.
His name became synonymous with reggae but to me his music represents the best of us. Johnny Cash similarly gets pegged as country, but he was the voice for the downtrodden at every opportunity, just a perfect match for Marley. I wish Bob Marley's spirit had washed over the whole of humanity.
Stevie Wonder covered this song too!
You are a bad man… you made me cry! 🤣👍👍👍How did I not know about this cover version???? Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful!
He mentions Nate Dogg. Now I can understand not knowing who Nate Dogg is but not knowing Strummer is I find amazing. By the way, who the fk is Nate Dogg
Never heard this one,two of my favorite artists,honest,gritty. Bob would have smiled
How the hell have you never heard of Joe Strummer. Are you kidding me? I guess you never heard of the Clash. Wow. I can't get over the statement of not know Strummer
Sir if you want to be shocked speechless please react to Jim Neighbors (Gomer Pyle) singing "The Impossible Dream"
Joe Strummer is rightfully playing this song, he belongs along side Marley, Cash, Dylan, Wonder and Lennon. Strummer is an icon in his own right.