13 Responses to “Five Star Fridays: Agitator Playlist, Track 5”

1. #1 |  Cornellian |  July 22nd, 2011 at 9:55 am

   Interesting story in today’s National Post (a Canadian newspaper) about cops in Ottawa who allegedly abused a woman in police custody and left her naked in a cell.

   The story includes this paragraph:

   “As much as people still call police, and rightfully trust them, in a crisis, there is a growing sense among law-and-order types that police really aren’t on their side — that they’re just another self-interested public-sector union, albeit more heavily armed. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who’s as cartoonish a cop-lover as you’ll find, has discovered that cutting police complements, salaries and perquisites might be a pretty easy sell.”

   So it’s not just an American phenomenon.

2. #2 |  ClubMedSux |  July 22nd, 2011 at 9:55 am

   Kinda surprised you went with this one… Was “Know Your Rights” too obvious?

3. #3 |  Marty |  July 22nd, 2011 at 10:00 am

   my kid got me interested in the Clash again, after not listening for years… good choice!

4. #4 |  MassHole |  July 22nd, 2011 at 10:08 am

   One of my favorites.

   “How you gonna come?”

5. #5 |  Yizmo Gizmo |  July 22nd, 2011 at 10:16 am

   I told Joe and Mick to dye their hair blonde..and whimper more, like
   the Cure…and wear Spandex….but noooo…they had to take up a cause and get all political….

6. #6 |  John Payne |  July 22nd, 2011 at 10:17 am

   During college, I started a tradition of listening to London Calling every Friday when I got done with classes. Today seems like a good day to revive that practice.

7. #7 |  Mark Draughn |  July 22nd, 2011 at 10:46 am

   For an alternative performance, here’s Nouvelle Vague’s haunting cover:

   http://youtu.be/PyBarlNnUuU

8. #8 |  Mattocracy |  July 22nd, 2011 at 10:48 am

   Great Pick!

9. #9 |  WWJGD |  July 22nd, 2011 at 1:06 pm

   Oh the pain of being a libertarian who loves The Clash…I still wince a bit during that part in Know Your Rights…

10. #10 |  demize! |  July 23rd, 2011 at 2:24 am

    Inglan is a bitch sah!

11. #11 |  xenia onatopp |  July 23rd, 2011 at 11:43 am

    Nothing to say except that this is my current ringtone, part of a rotation I haven’t changed in years; it also features The Clash’s (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais, The Sex Pistols’ Anarchy in The U.K., 10cc’s Rubber Bullets, Dre and Snoop’s Still Dre and Nuthin’ But A G Thang, Tupac’s Starin’ Through My Rear View and Bury Me A G, The Pretenders’ Precious and Brass in Pocket, Elvis Costello’s (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes and Welcome To The Working Week , The Replacements’ I’ll Be You, The Spinners’ They Just Can’t Stop It (The Games People Play), Gram Parsons’ Return of the Grievous Angel, Patsy Cline’s I Fall to Pieces, and Merle Haggard’s Mama Tried. Yeah, kinda heavy on the nostalgia, but it works for me; not necessarily my favorite songs, but songs I love that are easily trimmed to a catchy snippet with a memorable line or five of the lyrics, which is all I can ask of a ringtone.

12. #12 |  David |  July 24th, 2011 at 12:42 am

    Ehhh not one of my favorites on the album, which is one of my favorites – I’ve always loved the first five tunes, the one about monty cliff, wrong em boyo, death or glory, card cheat, a few others but i tend to skip over paul simonon. the sentiment rings true though. brian fallon’s cover of lost in the supermarket beats this one imo

13. #13 |  Harsboy |  July 26th, 2011 at 1:09 am

    The only band that matters from one of small few blogs that matter. Keep it up Radley. I love what you do. Keep agitating.

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