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Punk Icons: The Clash

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Okay, as if the unauthorized nature of this DVD was not enough of a deterrent, I hope this will dissuade you from wasting your money. What could have been really great in terms of performances from various points in the Clash's career a la the "Beatles Around the World" DVD, esp. given the existing footage of the Clash at the US Festival (last show with Mick), ends up with a bunch of critics I've never heard of (doubt you have either), with a token appearance by Don Letts (who should have known better), rehashing the band's own Westway to the World to a way less successful degree, talking over the always great performances. They should have taken the advice of Joe Perry and let the music do the talking. Avoid, avoid, and what else should I say? AVOID!

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epsteinsmutha

I bought this DVD along with the 'Punk Icons' DVD about The Pistols... both are rather pointless to anyone who has really been paying attention to the first wave of pUnK since it began. Oh, well... once DVDs hit the market, there has been an effort to cash in on us old geezers who lived it the first time around before every band was putting out free concert DVDs with their CDs... I would recommend 'Westway To The World' far above this piece of fluff as a nice bit of history on 'The Only Band That Mattered'.(Don't worry - very few of us at the time took that appellation very seriously!)