Comments on: Bhindi Bhagee

By: Doc

Doc — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:49:14 +0000

I miss Joe. I got into the car yesterday and Bummed Out City was on my iPod, and all I could say was, “Joe, I miss you. What happened?”

There’s an excellent book called _Vision Of A Homeland_ which is about the history of the Mescalaros (short though it was). It’s a good read.

By: Elliot

Elliot — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:15:56 +0000

“Coma Girl” by far the best song by Strummer ever. IMHO one of the best rock songs of the last 10 years.

Elliot

By: schnitzi

schnitzi — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:13:37 +0000

Sean, you rock. No lie: I myself have been tossing around the idea of writing an entry on my blog about this very song.

What’s great about it, to me, is this: here’s a guy who’s seen it all; from punk roots, to international superstardom, to getting screwed over by his record company and not producing any albums for ten years as a result. He could’ve ended up jaded as hell. But as his recent work in general and this song in particular point out, he died in love with the world, and not just his corner of it. You could do worse in this life.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 01:36:16 +0000

A Quick Sketch of Bhindi Bhagee: Human Culture meets Quantum Mechanics… Sort of like injecting the Anthropic Principle into Particle-Wave Duality: the culinary properties of humanity complementing the musical properties of humanity…

By: Julianne

Julianne — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:42:00 +0000

ELO was also my first full-length album purchase. I’m willing to admit this because (1) Sean confessed first, and (2) my first concert was much, much worse.

By: The Anti-Lubos

The Anti-Lubos — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 19:30:16 +0000

Hey, ELO rules! I’ll not have their good name besmirched!

By: almostinfamous

almostinfamous — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:40:35 +0000

yay sean! welcome to the delightful world of joe S. i was born too young to enjoy the clash in their heyday, but i still love ‘em.

and bhindi bhagee is my fave song from the one mescaleros album i don’t own. streetcore is definitely in my top 5 favourite all-round rock’n'roll records.

and here’s a song to remember him by:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRwmZ2bp_B0

By: Rob Knop

Rob Knop — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:12:43 +0000

In the “nerdier than thou” category — I was so unhip in high school that about the only records I bought of music written after 1900 were music of Aaron Copeland. (One exception: the Bobs.)

My musical tastes are still pretty similar, actually.

-Rob

By: S

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:04:26 +0000

If it is really in Hindi, I think it ought to be “Bhindi Bhajee”. “Bhindi Bhagee” would mean, quite literally: “Okra ran away”!!

By: Peter Woit

Peter Woit — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:04:14 +0000

You youngsters…

Everyone knows Strummer’s best was from BEFORE he was in the Clash, with a group called the 101ers. To catch up on your history, see

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/donwhistance/theclash/joetheearlyyears.htm

By: Tim D

Tim D — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:01:31 +0000

Joe Strummer is the man. I think I prefer the Clash (London Calling would definitely make my top-5 desert island list), but Global A-Go-Go is a great album too. Thanks for the reminder – I think it’ll be my coding background music for the afternoon.

By: QUASAR9

QUASAR9 — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 15:52:22 +0000

Yep, could be not just a parallel between food choices and eclectic music, but between cosmopolitan, cosmopolis and the multiverse (cosmology?). Major cities are rich in diverse + alien cultures, all in human shape or form.