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Contents 1 All time great? 2 Headon 3 National Review 4 Soundtrack listing 5 Cell phone ringtone again 6 Cingular commercial 7 Fabulist?

[edit] All time great?

Why is this entry being disputed?

Stop the silly revert war. There simply is no objective measure to say that it's "One of The Clash's all time great songs". Therefore, "Generally regarded as one of The Clash's all time great songs" should be the entry.

"Bah" what does that have to do with neutrallity? It played on the radio for years, even 50 year old men who listen to the doors know that song. I think that renown qualifies for greatest. Ask an old man about remote control of clash city rockers and he'll go what??? Ask about rock the casbah or should I stay or should I go and he'll go ohhh! I know that song.

You can't go from claiming popularity to asserting greatness. A well-known song is not necessarily a great song and 'great' is clearly POV. Midlem 07:08, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Headon

In the 2002 Documentary Westway to the World Headon describes that he played drums, bass, and piano on the record. While he thought he was merely playing the song for the rest of the band, it was, unbeknownst to him, recorded.

Um, unless he played the drums, bass and piano simultaneously, there's no way he couldn't know he was being recorded. He'd have to be able to hear the previous tracks to be able to play along with them. Unless this is total BS, I'm qualifying this statement with "Headon claims." Dyfsunctional 18:54, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

I should rewatch Westway to the World to confirm, but I'm pretty sure Topper didn't say that. --Loopy ^e 21:18, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

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PPS–I also hate it when I poop my pants, which I do ALL the time!!!!! –Gravinos ("Politics" is the stench that rises from human conflict.) 08:06, 11 December 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.25.119.35 (talk)

[edit] National Review

Should link to the National Review site itself (if possible), not to an article on the NYTimes site which is inaccessible texcept to paying customers... AnonMoos 15:45, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Done. Calbaer 01:59, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Soundtrack listing

Why does this article list the entire track listing & graphic for a movie soundtrack that is only a cover version at that? I think that whole section should be struck and replaced with a one-line trivia entry instead.

[edit] Cell phone ringtone again

I've noticed that the aforementioned "cell phone ringtone" sounds like the opening measure of Dixie. I wonder if this was deliberate? Was it inadvertant, or intentional? It seems like it may certainly add to the meaning of the song. Any ideas?

[edit] Cingular commercial

Should the article mention the songs use in the Cingular commercials? this site talks about it: [1], and here's a clip: [2].70.109.238.179 00:30, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I agree. It should be mentioned into the article.Bearly541 04:44, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I have added the fact. Thanks for the source! Bearly541 05:09, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fabulist?

What is the word "fabulist" supposed to mean in the context in which it is currently used in the article? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by AnonMoos (talk • contribs) 13:00, 10 January 2007 (UTC).

If you put your mouse over "fabulist", you'll see it links to "fable" (I don't mean to insult you; I didn't know "fabulist" was derived from "fable", myself). The writer evidently felt that "Rock the Casbah"s lyrics have the feeling of a fable. I never thought of that before, but I find myself in agreement.

--63.25.119.35 (talk) 00:10, 18 February 2008 (UTC)