Hot Club de Paris ‘Straight To Hell’

To cover The Clash you need two things. Kahunahs the size Wales or a musical death wish. The only other way you’ll get away with doing The Clash justice would be if you were actually The Clash. And that ain’t going to happen.

So, being a bit behind with listening (I have been slacking over the last couple of years, sorry) I have been doing my homework. I liked the Moshi compilation a lot so started rummaging through their back cat to find they had the fantastic Sukpatch onboard early doors. Sukpatch got me into a heap of trouble once. Got stuck at show in New York during CMJ and couldn’t, literally, make it to the Bowery in time for the ‘Patch. Slow cabs, too much traffic, massive queues, unreasonable bouncers and begging. Nothing. No big deal except Mike D, on whose Grand Royal label they were, paid for my flight specifically.

According to my rave review, they rocked. I suspect they probably did. It was the only time I reviewed a band I hadn’t seen. Honest. I’ll dig it out sometime.

Anyway, I found Hot Club de Paris while rummaging in Moshi Moshi’s drawers and also unearthed this cover of The Clash’s ‘Straight To Hell’ which is more than respectable. The Liverpool trio don’t try too hard which is probably the key to this charming performance. Me, I like it. Big ballards then.

More hear…
- Naturally, the old wotsit
- Debut album ‘Drop It Til It Pops’ from last October is going for an unbelievable £2.28 +p&p on Amazon Marketplace. Music has surely never been cheaper. We should really start a campaign… or a site that sells secondhand music. Hm. Thinking.