Talk:Give 'Em Enough Rope

message: Was it really the most obscure Clash album, and was it really treated so harshly by critics? It may have been treated harshly by UK critics, given as it represented a (failed) effort to crack the US market, but I remember it getting rave reviews from US critics. As for it being the most obscure Clash album, I'd say Cut The Crap is easily more obscure.
:Agreed, Mr. Anonymous.  Made appropriate changes.  StarryEyes 12:10, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, but that Lee Perry-produced material was only on the 1979 US edition of The Clash, much of which was recorded after Give 'Em Enough Rope, believe it or not.  See that page for details. StarryEyes 12:10, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Most obscure and harshly by critics?

message: Can someone put who wrote the songs?KChuck27 19:19, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: All songs were performed and arranged by The Clash. The booklet atleast says that. 80.202.209.5 21:28, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

text: All songs were written by (J. Strummer - M. Jones), except "Guns on the Roof" that was credited to (J. Strummer - M. Jones - P. Simonon - N. T. Headon).  Sandinista! is their first studio album with songs credited to The Clash Pjoef 09:54, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who Wrote The Songs 

message: I thought the song was called "Julie's in the Drug Squad", not "Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad", on my copy of the album, it says "Julie's in the Dug Squad", can someone verify this? --Chickenguy13 (talk) 04:37, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad

message: Hugh Brown did the front and back cover art for Give 'Em Enough Rope altering a postcard by Adrian Atwater. Gene Grief, a staff designer at CBS did the package design. (He also removed the hammer and sickle from the vulture, the shadow from under the horse, and the Chinese style type that was used for "The Clash" substituting a block type.) After the producer, Sandy Pearlman complained, the second edition of the album says Cover concept: Hugh Brown.
* The Art of Punk by Russ Bestley & Alex Ogg, p.94-95, Omnibus Press
* Los Angeles Times, "Pop Eye" column by Patrick Goldstein, July 22, 1979
* Soho Weekly News, "Rocks Off" column by Ira Kaplan, July 26, 1979
* Creem Magazine, column, April, 1979
Sawmeister (talk) 23:32, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clash artwork for Give 'Em Enough Rope 

message: I don't think the article accurately describes the subject of "Tommy Gun": "Tommy Gun deals (with) Middle Eastern terrorism, specifically the hi-jacking of aircraft."  There is no reference to support this.
The song refers to "lighting the fuse" in Palestine, and a line about exchanging a jet plane for prisoners.  However the song has a broader context and is not just about these two examples. "Middle Eastern terrorism" does not describe the songs reference to (presumably western) "Kings an' Queens an' generals" paying mercenaries to do their dirty work of inciting conflict and killing civilians in far off lands.
On the Wikipedia "Tommy Gun" page there is only a reference to someones personal review of the song.
http://www.allmusic.com/song/tommy-gun-mt0001341160
If anyone has an interview or other source from the songwriters themselves that would be an improvement.
Obviously the lyrics are open to interpretation, but it seems that the bulk of the song is about mercenaries, western foreign policy and politically motivated terrorism - not only the Middle Eastern kind. 
RussHawk (talk) 00:11, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tommy Gun speculation on song meaning 

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Reference named "Christgau":
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