Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Global a Go-Go
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Artist: Joe Strummer & the MescalerosEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-07-24
Music Label: Hellcat Records
Soundtracks:
- Johnny Appleseed
- Cool 'N' Out
- Global A Go-Go
- Bhindi Bhagee
- Gamma Ray
- Mega Bottle Ride
- Shaktar Donetsk
- Mondo Bongo
- Bummed Out City
- At The Border, Guy
- Minstrel Boy
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Joe Strummer & The Mescoleros-Global A Go-Go ***?
Being completely honest I must say that Global A Go-Go is the weakest of the three Mescolero albums. Not quite as solid as the debut, Rock Art & The X-Ray Style and not as rocking as Streetcore, really this is just a mixed bag with a few really great songs, and then the rest are just average songs. This was the second album for the band but this is also somewhat of a different line up, which I don't think meshed totally well, and that is the problem with the album.
If Joe Strummer knows how to do one thing it is have a great opening song. All The Clash albums, all his solo albums, and all of his albums with The Mescoleros feature a killer opening song, and `Johnny Appleseed' is no exception. It is pure Strummer with insightful lyrics and heartfelt vocals. The perfect way to open the album showing that Strummer has lost none of his punk roots. `Cool N' Out' keeps things going. Starting with a "we have late breaking news" quote from Strummer over a mega phone really sets the pace for the song. The title track, `Global A Go-Go' couldn't have been a great song but just didn't pull it off, just missed it's mark. The same can be said for `Gamma Ray.' `Mega Bottle Ride' is a Strummer ode to booze, something the man had loved his entire life. `Shaktar Donetsk' is an amazing song, one of the best Strummer has ever written.
As for the rest of the album, `Bhindi Bhagee' is difficult and depends on your mood when you listen to the album really, it's one of those songs. `Mondo Bongo' Bummed Out City' and `At The Border Guy' are all forgettable but have great lyrics. They are not bad songs, just they do nothing to make themselves stand out, they sort of get lost in the shuffle of the album. `Minstrel Boy' ends the album and is really a great song, but drags on for a bit to long, I do realize that it is part of the point of the song, and that they did that on purpose but I really do think it would have served better a minute or two shorter.
Now a lot should be said for Strummer, those who have called the man a sell out are just ignorant. He did what everyone musician wishes they could have done, and that is grow. He never lost sight of what was important and always managed to work it into his music in one form or another. Strummer was an original and his work with the Mescoleros was a testament to that.
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Global a Go-Go, Joe Strummer's second album with the Mescaleros following 1999's Rock Art and the X-Ray Style, mines the same concerns that have always inspired his music. "Johnny Appleseed" and "Cool 'n' Out" center on his brash eruptive guitar but hark back to his pre-punk folk busking roots, with lyrics anchored by a strong sense of indignation and social commitment. Strummer may pride himself as an original punk warlord, but he realizes punk can only thrive by rejoicing in Britain's ever-vibrant multicultural melting pot as he does on "Bhindi Bagee" and the Arabic-inflected refugee requiem "Shaktar Donetsk." His longstanding fascination with dub reggae fuels "At the Border, Guy", while the Marconi-saluting title track celebrates the power of radio to present new worlds and unite communities. On "Mondo Bongo" he dispenses with his trademark bark for a lovely ballad laced with pre-Clash accomplice Tymon Dogg's lonesome violin. This is real anger with a big warm heart; maturity suits Strummer just fine. --Gavin MartinJoe Strummer continues to be the only Clash principal member who remains active. Talking the world and folk influences of Rock Art and the X-Ray Style a step further, Global A Go-Go is a deep, mature piece of work by a reinvigorated artist who has more in common with Bob Dylan and Van Morrison than the Sex Pistols. 11 tracks. 2001 Hellcat/Epitaph Records release.
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