One of songs that just drives forward with a passion. 

Strummer was definitely feeling it with these young toughs 👊❤️

 jlind wrote:

What's wrong with you?

 jlind wrote:

A 10, anything from

Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros

RIP Joe

 mach-hog wrote:

why does this remind me of Big Audio Dynamite when Joe wasn't in BAD? or was he?

Good Tune!

I've had this rated at an 8 and I really don't dig most of Joe's stuff... 6.9 seems very low

Led Zeppelin, The Black Keys, Joe Strummer!

RP really rocks today!!

This is a desert island rock album for me! It's so joyful and driving and whenever I'm feeling low, I put this album on and it never fails to pump me up. RIP JS!

Just turn it up 

One of my top 10 albums of all time - maybe 5...

 mperry wrote:
 

These guys always seem to be having fun on their songs...

man I miss Joe Stummer

so zesty! the entire cd is excellent ! rip joe

Joe was an all-time great!! - and not just musically.

always happy to hear this one in the rotation 

Proud to say that Joe Strummer is never not on my playlist!

Poor Joe... you had so much more to give us.
 
Gone too soon.

Fit's for this  day..

Rockin set man.

Another great musical (ad)venture from Joe Strummer. Definitely made his mark while among the living. Humble Opinion.

...and a brilliant follow-up by RP coming off of QMS. Once again setting the bar for all radio stations and listeners. Thank you

Mighty Joe, rockin' the dead man's party! 

Wow do they sound like the Clash! Love it!

Güzel hemde çok iyi 

I just find this annoying. Different strokes ...

 JohnnySockhead wrote: 
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mo Joe please.

 WonderLizard wrote: 
I was at that concert!  B.A.D. at the Bayou!  wOOt.
 

 thewiseking wrote: 
Saw them at the late, lamented Bayou in DC touring behind their second album. Closed the show with an epic version of Prince's "1999." Place went apeshit.

 Dude wrote: 
Mucho Agree-o.  A garage rocker at it's damn-near finest.  I'll match your 9 sir.

Joe's not gone, he's become...a deep sea snail! 

(I don't know what drug you have to take to see a resemblance...)

 
Deemed punk rock, snail named after The Clash singer Joe Strummer

MOSS LANDING >> Deep sea snails living in the dark, hot and acidic environment around hydrothermal vents are pretty punk rock, scientists have concluded.

Like rock stars with mohawks brooding in leather jackets studded with spikes, the snail genus Alviniconcha shares a spiked shell.

“Because they look like punk rockers in the 70s and 80s and they have purple blood and live in such an extreme environment, we decided to name one new species after a punk rock icon,” said Shannon Johnson, a researcher at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. 

The name A. strummeri honors Joe Strummer, the lead singer and a guitarist of the British punk rock band The Clash.

The golf ball-sized snails rock out near hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the ocean, as deep as 11,500 feet. They look identical but are in fact separate species, Johnson confirmed after studying their DNA.

The lead author, Johnson published the findings this month in the journal Systematics and Biodiversity. The paper introduces five new species found in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean. 

It’s not uncommon to name species after celebrities and cultural icons. To name a few, there’s a Bob Marley crustacean parasite, a Beyoncé bee-like fly and Lady Gaga genus of plant. One scientist named a species of jellyfish after Frank Zappa in hopes of meeting the musician. And it worked.

But scientists mostly use celebrity names in a “shameless bid” to draw attention to their work, taxonomy and biodiversity said Quentin Wheeler, director of the International Institute for Species Exploration at SUNY. 

“In our culture, it is one sure way to get species noticed,” Wheeler said. “Some scientists frown on the practice, but their science is in trouble, and if a little humor helps, why not?”

As long as scientists follow the international codes of botanical and zoological nomenclature, they name species as they wish.

“This gets people excited about science,” Johnson said. “Otherwise, people might not see these snails.”

Me likey like!
 

drums. 

this is so funky and messy and fun

I Respect Joe Strummer, but I found all "Mescaleros" works really weak and annoying in all senses. 

 thewiseking wrote: 
Sure do.  They even showed up last summer at Lollapalooza in Chicago, and were fairly well received by today's hipsters. 

Nice to see Mick still out slugging it out in 2011.  Joe must be smiling somewhere. 

Pretty cool...never heard it before, thanks for the horizon expansion.

always liked this one...

Great song. Great band. Great dude.

I got to see the last 4 shows they did in Brooklyn. A perfect mix of mescaleros and clash.

Joe and the Mescaleros: EASILY one the two best shows I've ever been to (at the Troubadour and at the Fillmore). Damn, they ROCKED. He rocked. He loved that band. He loved these songs (and Clash songs too).

 sabige wrote: 
wonderful!

Opening iTunes through RP link & purchasing!

romeotuma wrote:
Me too!!!

SORRY ''EXCELSIOR''...... BUT I HOPE YOU CHOKE ON YOUR OWN ''DRIVEL''......  OTHER THAN THAT~ B.A.D. NEVER SOUNDED AS GOOD AS THIS... AND I LISTEN TO THEM AS WELL.  SORRY, BUT JOE & THE MIGHTY TALENTED MESCALEROS WERE KING!

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote: 

Joe was much better on his own than BAD or the Clash IMO.

"The I-95"? I guess this is Joe's homage to East Coast hip-hop...? Anyways, it kicks arse, as per usual from the skinny god. :)

Yea Joe!!

Loving this

Hey, nice, merry tune. Out for a jog!

Now I have to go get a Clash fix.

 thewiseking wrote: 
That was Mick Jones' group.
This was Joe sounding a little like them.

And the Clash too!

Nice!  The drums are awesome.  I'll give it a 9.

Freakin' catchy!  Great beat!

reminds one of Big Audio Dynamite. remember them?

Love anything by Joe!!!!!!!

 winallen wrote: 
Me Too

reminds me of the aged pink panther cartoon.dont know why

 Excelsior wrote: 
tis shite

Brilliant!

A big, noisy, incoherent pile of suck. 

 buddyweiser wrote: 
I second that emotion ...

This is utter drivel.    Not even worthy of a 1.

we're missing you Joe

Didn't think I could dislike this song any more until I read the idiotic lyrics that E_A_D_G posted.

EssexTex wrote: It's "2 Unlimited" alright? Get your shit straight! Heh.

madaxeman wrote: somehow you managed to leave the left side off of the 8 you obviously meant to post. I know why, but I'm still struck by how much this sounds like some Big Audio Dynamite.

oh HELL yes!!!

lixy wrote: Hey ho hey! Its the acid test. got a busy day, I'm wearing a vest Hey ho hey try not to get bent got a busy day, I'm wearing a vest hey hey It's all in a day hey hey It's all in a day The armor ten, and the I95 Tupuolo Joe honey and his rhumba jive. the look came out, and life broke out 'it must be a hex' I swear the ---- loaded right on the desk hey, let's go do this Don't worry baby, your credit is good everybody's clockin' in round the hood Don't worry baby, your credit is good everybody's clockin' in round the hood oh hey hey Its all in a day well hey hey Its all in a day oh hey hey (in Sherwood Forest we had Robin Hood) Its all in a day well hey hey (everybody's rockin here around the hood) Its all in a day (took me under, or mistunderstood) Its all in a day we're gonna show all the crews how to make that rhythm and blues rhythm and blues darling gardenia markoson senior over in Montrose, they say you got hosed I ain't sayin' I ain't got out you ain't no snitch shaky D's talkin' a---- in the ditch Don't worry baby, your credit is good everybody's clockin' in round the hood Don't worry baby, your credit is good everybody's clockin' in round the hood oh hey hey Its all in a day well hey hey Its all in a day oh hey hey (in Sherwood Forest we had Robin Hood) Its all in a day well hey hey (everybody's rockin here around the hood) Its all in a day (took me under, or mistunderstood) Its all in a day (the misunderstood) There is a towing zone East of Chavez Ravine Where I met my Queen Where I met my Queen hey hey well hey hey Don't worry baby, your credit is good everybody's clockin' in round the hood Don't worry baby, your credit is good everybody's clockin' in round the hood Don't worry baby, your credit is good everybody's clockin' in round the hood Don't worry baby, your credit is good everybody's clockin' in round the hood round the hood oh hey hey Its all in a day well hey hey Its all in a day oh hey hey (in Sherwood Forest we had Robin Hood) Its all in a day well hey hey (everybody's rockin here around the hood) Its all in a day (took me under, or mistunderstood) Its all in a day (misunderstood)

Excellent. It's kind of like a return to roots for Joe it seems... pub rock. I'm so sorry you left us Joe.

slithytove wrote: ...was.

Strummer is the best

huebdoo wrote:Never saw one the whole trip to the Alaska border.

A solid 3.

Not the best thing he ever did but "awful" clean yer ears out or turn off and listen to your "Two Unlimited" albums

pjcle wrote: Yes, on my ipod, had to revert to that since this song is just awful.

MAN I gotta get this album!

I love this album, it's great to hear a song from it on RP.

This song is bad. And I don't mean bad as in "good". I mean B.A.D. as in Dynamite!

huebdoo wrote: You couldn't have been going that fast if they caught you on horseback. This disc is fantastic, so sorry it was Strummer's last.

That is a great story.

This is... Bowie-ish.

I think I just broke something in my chair!!

huebdoo wrote: Hey, what's money? You had a good trip....cool.

SOLID album....haven't heard this for awhile

Love this ... I drove the Canadian Rockies (Vancouver to Calgary) listening to this cranked in the car Funny the RCMP wont take "The music was pumping" as an excuse for speeding on the highway $250 later - I got to Calgary Freaking RCMP

pieholden wrote: Mick and Joe collaborated on B.A.D's "No. 10 Upping St.".

This is how I like to remember Joe Strummer - rockin' and having a good time, with a big pumping heart underneath the hood.

This is real rock!

gregorbill wrote:That was Mick Jones, NOT Joe Strummer.

Don't forget that Joe was IN B.A.D. for a while! camarkim wrote:

Does anyone hear the Beatles

camarkim wrote: agreed.

Lyrics anyone? This is the first song I'm unable to fetch lyrics for thru Google.

Thank the Goddess that it's over! Yeccch!

Big Audio Dynamite reborn?

this is a lot like b.a.d. without the sampling. great album.

( Btime wrote: Sorting through crap to find shit sounds like a twisted Roadblock on a cable-only version of The Amazing Race. -mt- )

beelzebubba wrote: Take some time to sift through that "crap" and you'll find some really good shit.

So much great overlooked music from the post Clash era. Joe & The Mescaleros! Now some BAD to round off the set. Go RP

Like the guy said: "It's the acid test" Solid gold indeed! 8/10

tonypf wrote: I got to know joe's music way too late.

Joe maintained a level of creativity from the Clash through this stuff that I think is relatively unusual in rock.

RIP JOE! YOU ARE MISSED!

catmaven wrote:you've heard of The Clash, right?

catmaven wrote: From Wikipedia: Strummer died on December 22, 2002 in his home at Broomfield in Somerset, the victim of an undiagnosed congenital heart defect.

This is back-stretching bouncy rock of a type that makes me smile, breathe, get taller, get more athletic . . . WOW! What great guitar work and talk-singing! Re other comments, IS the lead singer dead? What happened? When? Wish I had encountered this group before now!

Hey hey, I'm wearing a vest too. So? This song would be tolerable as an instrumental, since the beat is great, but the lyrics, or lack thereof, are simply annoying. Let the verbal abuse begin since I am sure there are some folks who think their opinions are better...

Strummer is very underrated as a lyricist, in my opinion. Great images, wordplay, highly unique.

Upgraded to 9. This rocks da house ...

This is so f@cking...ALIVE... Miss this bloke immensly....

smokinsean wrote: me 2

TheLongshot wrote: exactly...