Lee Scratch Perry Live

Posted : admin On 30.03.2020
'Complete Control'
Single by The Clash
from the album The Clash(US version)
B-side'City of the Dead'
Released23 September 1977(U.K.)
Format7-inch vinyl
RecordedJuly 1977
StudioA: Sarm East Studios[1]
B: CBS Studios, London[2]
GenrePunk rock
Length3:10
LabelCBS(S CBS 5664)
Songwriter(s)Joe Strummer, Mick Jones
Producer(s)Lee 'Scratch' Perry[3]
The Clash singles chronology
'Remote Control'
(1977)
'Complete Control'
(1977)
'Clash City Rockers'
(1978)
The Clash reissued singles chronology
Train in Vain
(1991)
Complete Control
(1999)
  1. Lee Perry Tour
  2. Lee Scratch Perry Live Video
  3. Reggae Lee Scratch Perry
33-second sample—with applied .3-second fadeout—of 'Complete Control' taken from The Essential Clash
Problems playing this file? See media help.

'Complete Control' is a song by The Clash, released as a 7' single and featured on the U.S. release of their debut album.[4]

Jan 24, 2016  Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Panic In Babylon (2004) FULL ALBUM Lucio Fantini. ALBOROSIE & Shengen Clan ft DUANE STEPHENSON & members of THE WAILERS live @ Main Stage 2018. Lee Scratch Perry. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Live in Brighton - Lee 'Scratch' Perry on AllMusic - 2020. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Live in Brighton - Lee 'Scratch' Perry on AllMusic - 2020. Lee Scratch Perry (official). 87,278 likes 1,440 talking about this. For Bookings, contact info@lspparadise.com Twitter @scratchlee Instagram. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1997 CD release of Lee 'Scratch' Perry Live At Maritime Hall on Discogs.

Background[edit]

The song is often cited as one of punk's greatest singles and is a fiery polemic on record companies, managers and the state of punk music itself, the motivation for the song being the band's label (CBS Records) releasing 'Remote Control' without asking them, which infuriated the group.[5]Stereogum described it as 'this extraordinary airing of grievances, a desperately catchy cataloguing of the many ills visited upon a young band experiencing its first forays into corporate culture'.[6]

Feb 16, 2018  In this video, I'll teach you how to record and edit a podcast in Garageband so that you can create a professional sounding podcast episode. Garageband is a software that was primarily built to. Apr 07, 2018  In this video, I take a look at how to record external sounds and instruments using the Audio Recorder in GarageBand iOS. Covered in this video: 1. Selecting the audio recorder 2. Changing the. Garageband is another unique gift from Apple for audiophiles and more pertinently for music creators or prodigies altogether. IPad further exploits the full functionality of GarageBand by extending the intuitiveness with its overtly simple but responsive touch screen gestures.GarageBand for iPad can be used to create, record, assemble, retouch and even as a fully trusted live performance kit. Jan 09, 2012  Garageband for iPad ($5) is a scaled down version of the one for Mac, but is very easy to use. Paired with a simple interface, I can record a track and a time up to five or six tracks, at which. How to record using garageband on ipad. Use the Audio Recorder in GarageBand for iPad. Using the Audio Recorder, you can record your voice, an instrument, or any other sound using the microphone on your iPad, and play it back in GarageBand. You can also record sounds using an external microphone connected to your iPad.

Lee Perry Tour

The song also refers to managers of the time who sought to control their groups–Bernie Rhodes (of The Clash) and Malcolm McLaren (the Sex Pistols)–the song's title is derived from this theme. Bernie Rhodes had arranged a band meeting at the Ship, a pub in Soho's Wardour Street, where he said he wanted 'complete control'.

He said he wanted complete control. I came out of the pub with Paul collapsing on the pavement in hysterics over those words.

  1. Lee 'Scratch' Perry is currently touring across 2 countries and has 16 upcoming concerts. Their next tour date is at Westport House in Mayo, after that they'll be at Westport House again in Mayo. See all your opportunities to see them live below!
  2. Oct 14, 2009 Lee Scratch Perry - Studio Black Ark 16:9 by blondinreims. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Listen to official albums & more.
  3. Feb 04, 2011  50+ videos Play all Mix - Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Panic in Babylon YouTube Lee Perry - Skanking With The Upsetter Rare Dubs 1971-1974 - Duration: 51:11. Reggae2Reggae 1,125,153 views.

Serato dj bag. The track also refers to the band's run-ins with the police, their practice of letting fans into gigs through the back door or window for free and a punk idealism seemingly crushed by the corporate reality they had become part of and the betrayal and anger they felt.

This message was scorned by some critics as naïveté on the part of the band – the DJ John Peel was one of those, suggesting that the group must have realised CBS were not 'a foundation for the arts' – while others were strong in their support of the single.

Instead of a piece of cynicism, Complete Control becomes a hymn to Punk autonomy at its moment of eclipse.

— Jon Savage, England's Dreaming[8]

The track was recorded at Sarm East Studios in Whitechapel, engineered by Mickey Foote and produced by Lee 'Scratch' Perry. Perry had heard the band's cover of his Junior Murvin hit 'Police and Thieves' and was moved enough to have put a picture of the band (the only white artist accorded such an honor) on the walls of his Black Ark Studio in Jamaica. When the Clash learned that Perry was in London producing for Bob Marley & the Wailers, he was invited to produce the single. 'Scratch' readily agreed.

During the tracking session, some Clash and Perry biographies claim, Perry blew out a studio mixing board attempting to get a deep bass sound out of Paul Simonon's instrument, while a 1979 New Musical Express and Hit Parader article penned by Strummer and Jones stated that Perry had complimented Jones' guitar playing, saying he 'played with an iron fist'. Perry's contribution to the track, however, was toned down - the band went back and fiddled with the song themselves to bring the guitars out and played down the echo Perry had dropped on it. The song was also Topper Headon's first recording with the band, following the departure of Terry Chimes.

'Complete Control' reached number 28 in the singles chart,[9] making it The Clash's first Top 30 release. In 1999, CBS Records reissued the single with a live version of 'Complete Control'. In 2004, Rolling Stone rated the song as No. 361 in its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[10] The song is featured as a playable track in the video games Guitar Hero: Aerosmith and Rock Band.[11]The Guardian described it as 'the high watermark of the Clash’s punk period'.[12]

Lee Scratch Perry Live

In 1980, legendary guitarist Chuck Berry was asked to review some modern records by the St. Louis 'Jet Lag' fanzine. After reviewing the Sex Pistols' 'God Save the Queen', the next song to be reviewed was 'Complete Control', his review read: 'Sounds like the first one. The rhythm and chording work well together. Did this guy have a sore throat when he sang the vocals?'[13]

Personnel[edit]

'Complete Control'[edit]

  • Joe Strummer - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Mick Jones - lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
  • Paul Simonon - bass guitar
  • Topper Headon - drums

'City of the Dead'[edit]

  • Joe Strummer - lead vocal, backing vocal, organ, rhythm guitar
  • Mick Jones - backing vocal, lead guitar
  • Paul Simonon - bass guitar
  • Topper Headon - drums
  • Gary Barnacle - saxophones

Charts[edit]

Charts (1977)Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[9]28

Notes[edit]

Lee Scratch Perry Live
  1. ^Gilbert 2005, p. 159.
  2. ^The Clash (October 1980). Super Black Market Clash. album sleeve notes. Epic Records. ASINB00004C4L1.
  3. ^Partridge, Kenneth (10 April 2017). 'How The Clash Can Lead to a Great Record Collection'. Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  4. ^Letts, Don (2001). The Clash: Westway to the World (Film). Sony Music Entertainment. Event occurs at 11:45. ASINB000063UQN. ISBN0-7389-0082-6. OCLC49798077.
  5. ^Lucas, John (4 January 2019). 'Five Songs About: the music industry'. The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  6. ^'The 10 Best Clash Songs'. Stereogum. 7 December 2002. Retrieved 9 May 2019. #6
  7. ^Salewicz 2006, p. 178.
  8. ^Savage 2002, p. 399.
  9. ^ ab'Official Singles Chart Top 100'. Official Charts Company.
  10. ^'The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time'. Rolling Stone. 9 December 2004. Archived from the original on 20 November 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2007. 361. Complete Control, The Clash
  11. ^Sliwinski, Alexander (11 February 2008). 'The Clash, The Police and The Ramones'. Joystiq. Retrieved 13 February 2008.
  12. ^Simpson, Dave (23 September 2015). 'The Clash: 10 of the best'. The Guardian. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  13. ^Eisinger, Dale (19 March 2017). 'Chuck Berry's Reviews of The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, and More'. Spin. Retrieved 15 May 2019.

References[edit]

Lee Scratch Perry Live Video

  • Gilbert, Pat (2005) [2004]. Passion Is a Fashion: The Real Story of The Clash (4th ed.). London: Aurum Press. ISBN1-84513-113-4. OCLC61177239.
  • Gray, Marcus (2005) [1995]. The Clash: Return of the Last Gang in Town (5th revised ed.). London: Helter Skelter. ISBN1-905139-10-1. OCLC60668626.
  • Green, Johnny; Garry Barker (2003) [1997]. A Riot of Our Own: Night and Day with The Clash (3rd ed.). London: Orion. ISBN0-7528-5843-2. OCLC52990890.
  • Gruen, Bob; Chris Salewicz (2004) [2001]. The Clash (3rd ed.). London: Omnibus. ISBN1-903399-34-3. OCLC69241279.
  • Needs, Kris (25 January 2005). Joe Strummer and the Legend of the Clash. London: Plexus. ISBN0-85965-348-X. OCLC53155325.
  • Salewicz, Chris (31 January 2006). Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN978-0571211784.
  • Savage, Jon (18 January 2002). England's Deaming. St. Martin's Press. ISBN978-0312288228.
  • Topping, Keith (2004) [2003]. The Complete Clash (2nd ed.). Richmond: Reynolds & Hearn. ISBN1-903111-70-6. OCLC63129186.

External links[edit]

Reggae Lee Scratch Perry

  • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Complete_Control&oldid=916095277'