The Clash Tier List
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ธ.ค. 2019
- Ranking the Clash's six studio albums tier list style!
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Melon’s pronunciations of “Nevermind the Bollocks” is a hate crime
Bullucks
My mom checks what I look at so. Thank you Melon, very cool!
Ball ox
Nevermind Sandra Bullock
Bowluckes
“Bullocks”
You aren’t allowed to listen to Punk anymore, Melon
Todd's Trainwreckord on Cut The Crap is recommended viewing on how horrid that album was.
Why was it taken down in the first place?
Because it just one take of a bunch lines read over and over
cyber crashers tv
Oh, thanks.
@@Aya_02571 you're very welcome
WE ARE THE CLASH
London calling is a solid 10, no question. I’ve wanted a full review of it for classics week since I discovered your channel. Might be my fav album period, of all time. Absolutely perfect
Holden H London Calling has been with me since I was born. That album is part of who I am and it seems to me that London Calling has made a mark on a lot of people and it just impresses me how that record unites people from all over the music listener spectrum!
Amen.
Love how Train In Vain is one of their finest and isn’t even Punk. So much variety on that masterpiece
Eh it’s plain didn’t really take any risks the title track and the guns of Brixton the only standouts imo
This was the album that got me into The Clash. When I had my piece of shit car as a 16 year old, I started a CD collection. I knew of The Clash, so when I saw London Calling for 5 dollars on CD, I snagged it. Never listened to the album before then. Its one of my all time favorites now, 10 years later.
I also snagged a bone white vinyl of The Clash live in Japan, 1980, and I havent been able to find that album anywhere online. It was an import vinyl. I love that thing.
You’re avoiding Pink Floyd and The Beatles like it’s the plague
Aiden Ferry true that
Both bands suck
@@DarkPulll fuck off imagine dragon/coldplay fan
@@DarkPulll don't you have dementia?
@@yus1273 those bands suck too
This was great except for the 4 minute part about how Margaret Thatcher wasn't severe enough
I sure do love this dead meme that wannabe funnybois keep trying to force years after the joke ended.
@@dildonius Ok boomer.
dildonius chill
Waaaiiit wait wait- "Lost in the Supermarket" deserves better than that description!
I KNOW RIGHT. that is no silly little song to me
Yeah, it’s one of their most poignant songs. While also being catchy as all furk.
I love it so much, it gives me the same feelings most post punk gives me. This calm and average emptiness
Clash of Clans is my favourite too
I think clash royale is better tho
@@genesisosuna this^
Clash ofd Kings is a classic
consider suicide as an option
Man i sure do love some CoC
Surprised to see Cut the Crap in the s-tier
Great to see you here Will
Lmao
u should do a mashup with one of the songs off of CTC
(i know there is literally no incentive to do so but still)
The story behind Cut the Crap is so much more interesting and enjoyable than the album itself.
I can't get enough of the backstory
it’s easy to forgive the clash for not being “aggressive” enough if you realize that they’re a reggae group
@William Magee yeah well tbf a lot of bands don’t have their trademark sound on the first album
@@tyde4610 The Strokes do :)
@William Magee Their first record had some reggae tracks tf are you on?
@@coryfoster4907 Yeah, but it’s extremely rare a band finds their sound so easily on their debut like the Strokes did
@@tyde4610 Metallica
Todd in the Shadows has a great break down of “Cut the Crap” for those interested.
"They cut the crap. They cut 12 tracks of crap."
Listening to Dictator: “Fucking Asia would tell you to dial it back!”
Cut the Crap does not exist. There is no such thing as the sixth Clash album!
Magnificent seven is a very underrated rap song
RING RING 7 AM
cops kicking gypsies on the pavement
Can you imagine they did that song in fucking 1980?
KageTV exactly! i love bands like the clash and the stranglers because they were embracing and experimenting with the sounds of hip hop way earlier than you would think in retrospect. the gospel according to the meninblack album has so many moments in it that sound completely out of time and hint at things that would come 10 or 15 years down the road in electronic music. i’d love to see a stranglers tier list from someone, but they’re a bit more obscure and i’m not sure if anthony is even a fan
hypnotizingchickens The stranglers are local band for me because they are from Guildford. Golden Brown is such a quirky song because of the harpsichord
The Cure tier list please and thank you 🍈
Please
Omg I would die
Very good idea. Such a vast and solid discography
What about a smiths tier rank? Anyone?
Maddy Russo The Smiths only have like 4 real albums. And they’re all mostly on par with each other.
I hate when I walk in the kitchen to make breakfast and Anthony is drinking my OJ from the carton humming “rock the casbah..rock the casbah..” after hearing him slam my mom all night.
Same
Oh gee, I REALLY wonder which one is gonna be at the bottom...
Cut the crap and just tell us alread-OHHHHHHHHHH. Kek.
I FREAKING WONDEEEEEEEEERRRRRRR........let meeeeeeeee thiiiiiiiiiiiink.............I dooooooont knoooooooooooooooooooow...........ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm......stiiiiill thiiiinnnkiiiiiiiiinnnnng..............this is soooooo haaaaard......
London calling
I’ve never heard of never mind the bullucks by “the pistols”
Can we all agree that Cut The Crap never happened?
no
Not going to lie but I liked This is England. But yeah, the rest... not good.
It would have been fine if Bernie hadn’t fucked with it
Cut the what? No idea what u talking about :-)
No, The Clash’s discography ended at Combat Rock. They never released anything after that. EVER.
I like Sandinista! a whole lot- like you said the great and even good songs hold up and have become a lot of my favorites over time. I really love Washington Bullets, Up In Heaven, Somebody got Murdered, Let's go Crazy, Song for Sinners, Junco Partner, Corner Soul and The Leader. I think the sound of the record is interesting and has more heart than it reveals at first. I always loved how Mick Jones said he rationalized the album was meant for people who worked on oil rigs who could only bring one album.
Something About England is amazing too
“If Music Could Talk” is the best song on Sandinista! along with “Washington Bullets”
My favorite album of theirs as well. Rebel Walt’s is excellent as well. I think this is a very good album that at present has aged like fine wine. Of the thousands albums I have listened to this is in my top 20
That Mick Jones quote makes me forgive the album for being so long lol, its very funny
White Riot is arguably the invention of music
DoopZee Nah sorry man, everyone knows that goes to Playboi Carti, also known as Sir Cartier
@@z3rker There's no proof carti is not featured
thank the Ramones fam
DoopZee th-cam.com/video/jJY0lCHknOQ/w-d-xo.html
Yeah it actually predates white boy, good point.
If Cut the Crap isn’t S Tier I’m unsubscribing.
Same. The Clash literally invented music with Cut the Crap
Logan Bass oh, you mean the album that ended the band, that one they put out of their discography and the album that wasn’t good at anything ?
Роберт Хаус yes that one, their finest hour.
An avant garde piece of art
The only album that matters
The greatest album of all time. Fuck London Calling, Cut The Crap where's it at
Still in the slav getup I see
SQUAT
Slavthony
Slavthony Chavtano
This is not the Beatles or pink floyd tier list anthony
No elvis, beatles or the rolling stones in 1977
JAY Z TIER LIST PLEASE
It's better.
Pink Floyd should just be Worst to Best
@@JBexplores HARD AGREE.
he needs to do the Worst to Best for some artists. Way better then tier lists
The royal families of Europe tier list
S tier for the Monenegro monarchy, incestless
All F tier, monarchy is inherently unbased, I only support true anarchy
I really enjoyed the part where Melon praised British Colonialism
Spanish colonization worst to best
Russian empire gang square up
windofchange/10
Atrocities committed by Western Imperialist powers 1800 - 1980 from Worst to Best
It was a civilizing mission, there was no genocide!
here is my ranking:
S: London Calling
A: Sandinista (could be S tier if cut down to only the more essential tracks)
B: The Clash
C: Combat Rock
D: Give Em Enough Rope
E:
F: Cut the Crap
good list bro
This is definitely a far more reasobale list then Anthony's.
Sandinista is not an A or S and the selftitled is S 100%
Galaxelen I guess sound diversity is a pretty big factor in my rankings. I definitely see Sandinista as having the most which is one reason why its my favorite album of theirs. I really really enjoy the self titled album, but they all have pretty much the same sound so that's why it's a B on my list. I will say that if I ranked more by how good all the songs on the album are I would agree with you more, pretty much every song on the self titled album is great and Sandinista is really bloated with a lot of crap.
I'm sure it was just a typo but you accidently put _cut the crap_ on F and not S.
IF MY FAVORITE ALBUM ISNT AN S IM CUTTING MY PATREON
edit:
alright I’m still paying you melon man
Wow, I'm almost shocked on your remarks The Clash. They make no sense. Nevermind the Bollocks doesn't sound anywhere close to as angry as this particularly because The Sex Pistols are noticeably less sincere. Almost everything the debut takes on are still relevant today.
My thoughts exactly,the pistols had one album that's it.
@William MageeThe guitars are somewhat faster and louder in '' never mind the bollocks '', but lyrically i give it to The Clash. Also their songwritting is better as well in my opinion
@William Magee the sex pistols suck ass
When people say me which band I like more: Ramones or Sex Pistols?
I say: The Clash
>not saying Iggy and The Stooges or The MC5
dildonius Iggy and the Stooges were American brah
@@eggdude So were The Ramones and The MC5. What's your point?
I say The Damned
yeah and then people should respond "oh yeah well shut the hell up nerd who cares"
How do you talk about Sandinista without using the word “dub” ?
Do a Sonic Youth tier list!
gk yes!
God that’d be 2 hours long
@@adamadamadamadamadamadam that's why he needs to do it on a special occasion, like this year's New Year Eve which would also nicely close up the decade.
Yes, of all the requests, thats the one
Yes!
I think London Calling is probably the best album of all time in my opinion. It's just an astonishing record in every sense
Clash debut is a “C”? I’m usually with Fantao but that’s preposterous.
I wonder where Melon would place the US release of the self-titled It has "Complete Control," "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais," "Clash City Rockers," "Jail Guitar Doors" and "I Fought the Law." Way better than the UK release.
Yeah. I haven't heard the UK release, but the US release is an easy A or an S for me. The UK tracklisting looks like more of a straightforward early punk album than the US version.
My list:
S - The Clash, London Calling
A - Give 'Em Enough Rope
B - Sandinista, Combat Rock
C, D, & E - None
F - Cut The Crap
the clash not an S tho, Sandinista better than give em enough rope
Cut the Crap? Don’t even rank it. It doesn’t exist.
London Calling is so good made me appreciate music in general more. I felt so lucky to be alive in a time when I could experience a bona fide masterpiece for the price of a sandwich.
Still waiting for that Kate Bush tier list 👀
DirectorsCut ASMR YES
DirectorsCut ASMR me too
50 words for snow is her best album
The Red Shoes is her best album
I'm all lost in the supermarket
I can no longer shop happily
TAKE ME HOME MELON
IF LONDON CALLING ISN'T AN S TIER
edit : okay good it is thank you Anthony :)
made me lol when you said "never mind the bullocks"
Johnny E that’s an album by the wurzels
Mr Mogford if The Clash were from Wakefield. Never mind t’bullocks
Give Em Enough Rope is my personal favorite Clash album. When I listened through it, something just clicked with me, and that doesn’t usually happen.
Whoa I was literally listening to London Calling just now.
Diel and I was listening to Travis Scott
I was listening to Caroline Polachek
I was listening to rap demo tapes from 1988
we should all kiss
I was listening to Zap! the band
do Bob Dylan tier list please!!!
Dylan has a very big fucking discography, I don't think it would result in a very intresting tier list video.
The Clash - B
Give ‘Em Enough Rope - C
London Calling - S
Sandinista! - A
Combat Rock - A (You’re so wrong on this one)
Cut the Crap - E (This Is England is okay)
Kobbe accurate tier list
"Give 'Em Enough Rope" is criminally underrated. I'm convinced part of the reason is that everyone knew that CBS brought on Blue Oyster Cult's producer too deliver a more polished product, so some fans think it's not hip to like that album too much. "Cut The Crap" was a terrible album but This Is England is great song despite the rest of the record. It's also worth noting that there's actually two versions of the debut album, UK version and US version with different song listings on each. The US version replaces some of the songs with later singles like White Man in Hammersmith, etc. Again, because CBS thought the original version was "too raw."
Tommy Gun, Stay Free, and All the Young Punks are underrated Clash songs
Now that we have The Clash out of the way, how about Dead Kennedys
The DK's only have a few good songs - the rest, eh, not so much.
Hannah Cwik this is the worst take I’ve ever heard in my life.
Plastic Surgery Disasters is S tier
I didn’t know I wanted this
We NEEDED this
Fun fact: there were only two punk singles at the time of the Clash’s debut: Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy in the UK” and the Damned’s “New Rose.” They primarily listened to reggae. Also, I loooove Sandinista! my fave album of theirs
Not true, American punk come first with Iggy and the Stooges, and the New York Dolls. I Wanna Be Your Dog came out as a single in 1969. Personality Crisis/Looking For A Kiss was released in 1973. Sid Vicious and Johnny Thunders got the idea to rip their shirts up and wear close pins on them from Johnny Thunders who was in the New York Dolls. You should read Please Kill Me by Gillian McCain and Legs McNeil. It's a history of the origins of the punk scene in America. Way before the Clash or the Damned.
Thought I was the only one, don't get the Sandinistas hate
Would love to see a Nirvana tier list (including MTV Unplugged and Incesticide)
S = In Utero, Unplugged, Nevermind
A/B = Bleach (Probably A)
C = Incesticide
(?)
My ranking:
1. In Utero
2. Nevermind
3. Unplugged
4. Bleach
5. Incesticide
Not really enough music to rank
You gotta do a doors list, I know there discography’s very light but it is very important and there are still the 3 other post-Morrison albums
Anderson Cooper How wrong you are lmao
Anderson Cooper Omgggg a song about sex? In the 60s? Whattttt???? There definitely were no songs about sex on the first one 😎
Anderson Cooper Why is it bad?
Anderson Cooper I don’t feel like repetitive can really be used as a knock on the song if you like The End which is ten minutes of mostly the same riff.
S - Self-titled, Strange days
A - Waiting for the sun
B - LA woman, Morrison hotel
C - The Soft parade
Can't say anything about post-Morrison albums, didn't listen to them
thanks for doing this video!!!! I've been wanting you to do something on the clash forever, especially Sandinista! I agree with a lot of your opinions on it but I would put it as an A tier, especially if you were to take out some of the "unnecessary" tracks. there are some really amazing tracks on this and the diversity and ambitiousness is really exceptional especially for a punk band of their era. I definitely do think that a London Calling quality album is hidden within the totality of what was released and i think about it all the time lol. I've ranted about it probably more than anybody ever has. again, so glad you did this video and GREAT to hear your thoughts on this album, very happy to hear you saw the same potential in it that i do!!!!!
Sandinista is the White Album of The Clash. All over the place, some fantastic stuff, some weird stuff, but a masterpiece nonetheless.
Thank you for doing this. This is my all time favorite band, I've been obsessed with them since the 1980's. They introduced me to rap and Caribbean music.
You make me feel disgusted with putting Cut the crap in S tier and London Calling on F melon
Would love a prince one of these
Yan Moustacheman purple rain would need to have its own tier
I'd place sign of the Times Higher, for me anyway, but I totally get he'd need a s+ tier
I always say that if Sandinista was a single LP it would have been their best album.
I didn't think I wanted this video as I thought I knew how people felt about Clash's discography as a whole but I like your fresh take on some of these albums. This is also the first group for me that you've covered on these teir lists that I'd have an album on the s teir and an album below a C teir.
God I can't believe you didnt mention "Train in Vain," one of the greatest rock recordings ever.
I love The Clash and London Calling helped form my outlook on music, but I think a lot of Clash fans would enjoy Mick Jones' new wave/dance outing in his band Big Audio Dynamite. This is Big Audio Dynamite is one of my favorite albums ever and I'd love to see Anthony at least give it a mention. Medicine Show and Bad are some true bangers.
I can only imagine Fantano’s Velvet Underground tier.
S: The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) - White Light/White Heat (1968)
A: The Velvet Underground (1969) - Loaded (1970)
B:
C:
D:
E:
F: Squeeze (1973)
Would love to see a tier list for Arcade Fire, The Cure, Modest Mouse, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Public Enemy andThe Smiths
You're right, Anthony, Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water is their best album.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
@@thisaintnoparty THIS ONE'S DEDICATED TO YOU BEN STILLER.
GOD DAMMIT MELON GIVE US THE PINK FLOYD WORST TO BEST OR WE RIOT
just call it the Pink Floyd Tier List, that way he'd be more likely to do it.
White Riot 🎵
Or Beatles
Or Bob Dylan
I am not seeing what would be enjoyable about that. He has made it pretty clear he doesn't like anything before DSOTM which is just going to make everyone mad
Great list. I have a question about the first Clash Album. Were you gong by the original UK release or the original US domestic release (not the imported copies)? They do have a different track listing.
Hey Fantano about you have a go at Paul Weller’s discog including The Jam and The Style Council? Would love to see how you rank everything
You gotta do a David Bowie worst to best, I think he deserves a worst to best
Bowie more than deserves it, it would be a crime if Anthony doesn't make a tier list.
But with saying that: Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust, Low, Blackstar, Station To Station & Heroes all S tier
Scary Monsters, The Next Day & Aladdin Sane all A tier
Furious Styles diamond dogs slept on
Yeah we must have a bowie worst to best
S: London Calling and Combat Rock
A: Sandanista
B: give em enough rope
I haven't actually listened to the rest but these were all essential records of my childhood. And I don't mean teenager, I mean being like 4 years old and my dad playing these to me. London Calling was my first album ever.
You’re really only missing the debut. If you ever listen to it make sure it’s the US release has more tracks
I’d love to see you do a The Jam tier list
Combat Rock in C? What?
WRT "Give 'em Enough Rope" vs "The Clash": YES, a thousand times YES. Criminally overlooked album.
Fantastic tier list. Genuinely agree with every placement. At most id move give em up one
Can you do The Books tier list? Love to hear your thoughts on all their records
You forgot the DDD tier above S for Damned Damned Damned
Love the variety this dude does, The Clash are one of my dad's favourite bands so they bring back many great memories for me 😊
I feel like the clash kinda fell out of fashion in terms of conversations being had about them online in the last several years. But for anyone just starting to dig into classic records London calling is about as perfect as you can get
Other suggestions for classic punk?
Duncan Darnell I’m sure people will disagree with me but for my personal taste I’d check out pink flag by wire zen arcade by Hüsker du and entertainment by Gang of Four. I feel like those fit that “acclaimed artsy” punk mold that London calling falls into and people kinda stopped talking about them
@@anguishingquark DK's Fresh Fruit and Plastic Surgery are great
@@anguishingquark Classic UK Punk: The Members first two albums (1979/1980) - these guys are hugely underrated I reckon and I think were good pals with the Clash, also lots of reggae influences here and there. Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material. Skids - Dunfermline. Rezillos - Can't Stand The Rezillos, these guys are kinda like super early pop punk but I love it. The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette, amazing album but tbh I think the horrible production sort of spoils it. Oh and The Ruts! (first two albums)
I’m So Bored With the USA is one of my favorite Clash songs and not sloganeering IMO. Career Opportunities, Remote Control also great and London’s Burning a top 5 song in their catalog. So their debit is a solid B for me.
I love how all the albums on this tier list are above the C-Section...
And then there’s “Cut The Crap.”
😂😂😂
Where's that Kidz Bop tier list, Anthony?
Bring Back Kim Possible, Animated Obviously
Number 3 is in the s-tier category because of the cover of In The End by Linkin Park.
@Dark Requiem Oh god, I just realized that they covered multiple songs from the albums on my profile pic, 1 song from Hybrid Theory, 2 songs from Under My Skin, 1 Song from Boys Like Girls, 2 songs from American Idiot, 2 songs from Move Along and worst of all they probably would've done a couple tracks from Jagged Little Pill if they were around in the mid 90s
Personally I hate almost all pop punk but, it’s gotta be worse when Kidz Bop is covering your stuff. With that being said, look up “Kidz Bop Feel Good Inc”, you won’t believe what you’ll hear.
@Dark requiem It's absolutely atrocious, but I can't even say that it's the worst thing they've done since they also covered My Immortal and How To Save A Life with no changed lyrics
@Dark Requiem Thankfully not, since it wasn't popular enough but i'm not even sure that their version would be not as bad or worse than the original if they did cover it
Steely Dan tier list would be dope
"Black Market Clash" was an LP released during their glory years. Some excellent tracks on it. It should be part of your list.
Never mind the bullocks was their sophomore album...closely followed by never mind the bollards when the pistols became an 18 piece jazz outfit
I’d actually love to see music discussion in the comment section other than stupid comments
Please! All these niggas wanna do is suck "boomer" dick by asking for the same tired Floyd or Beatles tier list. This is why most of the better convos happen on Deep Cuts' channel.
Let's discuss it
i listened to London Calling for a bit
then i let it go straight to voicemail
Hey Dad!
will we ever get a Discharge classic review Mr. Fantano?
Please make more of these they’re great
NINE INCH NAILS TIER LIST PLEASE
Please do a Gorillaz Tier List, please.
Smiles the Smith YES
BEST TO WORST INSTEAD
S: Demon Days
A: Gorillaz, Plastic Beach
B: Humanz, The Now Now
D, maybe even E: The Fall
dildonius simply untrue
@@sammyhoward4981 If by "untrue" you mean "true," then absolutely!
How many tier lists do we need to go through before we get to floyd and beatles
I never thought you would do this video
Do a list for Roxy Music next. SO underrated and overlooked.
Melon fought the law and the law won.
man I love London Calling but haven’t give much more of their discography a listen. songs like Lost In The Supermarket and Spanish Bombs were my favourite. which album do you think captures more of that sound?
Give Em Enough Rope for the more rock oriented ones, Sandinista for the more experimental shit. Just go for it.
Didn’t even mention that there’s two different versions of the first album. UK & US releases had several different songs between them.
Sandinista is one of the greatest records period for me. The clashes best.
Theres so much to explore and its all wonderfull. Its a trip. It takes you through a landscape
King gizzard tier list?
I love the ridiculousness of Sandinista! One pop song with its dub B-side right after it, children singing, disco drums-it’s super fun and serious at the same time.
Basic opinion tho: “Rock the Casbah” is their best song period 😤
Great video Anthony, I'd love if the next one you did was like Linkin Park, Brand New, Modest Mouse, or Death Cab
Dressed in an Adidas tracksuit, what he's not saying is that he made this entire video in a squatting position.
I'm gonna not even watch the whole thing and tell you right now that "SANDINISTA!" is one of the greatest albums of all time.
I love Joe Strummer as a frontman and even as a songwriter in a lot of respects, but Cut the Crap is proof that Mick Jones was most definitely the glue that kept them together as a band. I’m a huge Big Audio Dynamite fan too so I guess i’m a little biased, but anyway... great list!!
with sandinista! I would listen from magnificent seven to lightning strikes (not once but twice) as an album, and then corner soul till the end as another, I found that that way it was easier to digest. love it all though, will still listen to it all the way through every so often