Joe would have been 53 years old today.

[JimmyJazz]

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

I think I'll go back to bed. :(

[auntAgonist]

1. crying is good for the soul

:hug: :hug: so are hugs.

:loveya:

[JimmyJazz]

2. Thank you, AuntA!

I'll take a hug from you any day :)

[JanMichael]

3. who is that?

Seriously, I don't know-

Steph

[JimmyJazz]

5. Joe Strummer.

:cry:

[Maestro]

4. Great guy

and great band.

[merh]

6. ((( hug )))

:hug: :hug:

Maybe you should just relax today and take the time to read, go through old albums and scribble some thoughts.

Also, on Mother's Day (mom died in 1981), I watch really sad movies that make me cry, like Beaches and Steel Magnolias. I get to cry and cry and cry.

It is good to cry and it is good to remember. :hug:

:loveya:

[JimmyJazz]

9. Time to watch Rude Boy and Westway to the World and

the Essential Clash :)

[merh]

10. Then pull them out and make some ice tea

get the kleenex and cookies and "feel". :hug:

[Bob3]

7. Time to put London Calling on the Stereo

And turn the Stereo to 11
53 eh Far too many gone to too soon.

Frank Zappa
Joey Ramone
Johnny Ramone
Dee Dee Ramone
Warren Zevon


:-(

[sundog]

8. ...

:hug:

[khashka]

11. Don't go back to bed, sweetheart

Lots of hugs :)

Sometimes people come into your life and they give you something special. Joe, Kirsty, Zappa....

And when they are gone and you feel bad about it... that's OK. But just remember the gifts they gave you...

Khash.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. My dear Khash...

You put this so very eloquently, and simply too....

It just sings to me....


What you've said here is true as well for those loves we've lost, and not by death....

Thank you :blush:

[khashka]

31. I think

we are all born with a heart but we give pieces of it away and we get pieces in return. And if we are really lucky and try really hard - we won't have our hearts anymore - the hearts we have will be the hearts of the people we loved and who loved us. And it will burn brightly inside us.

Khash.

[miss_kitty]

12. Aw Sweetie

I'm so sorry. I wish he was still here too. I'm sorry I was never bold enough to meet him, like someone I know!

:pals:

[flakey_foont]

13. Here...to remember

Hanging about
Down the market street
I spent a lot of time on my feet
When I saw some passing yabbos
We did chance to speak

I knew how to sing
Y’ know an
They knew how to pose
An’ one of them had a les paul
Heart attack machine

All the young punks
Laugh your life
Cos there ain’t much to cry for
All the young cunts
Live it now
Cos there ain’t much to die for

Everybody wants to bum
A ride on the rock ’n’ roller coaster
And we went out
Got our name in small print on the poster
Of course we got a manager
Though he ain’t the mafia
A contract is a contract
When they get ’em out on yer

You gotta drag yourself to work
Drug yourself to sleep
You’re dead from the neck up
By the middle of the week

Face front you got the future shining
Like a piece of gold
But I swear as we get closer
It look more like a lump of coal
But it’s better than some factory
Now that’s no place to waste your youth
I worked there for a week once
I luckily got the boot

[kedrys]

14. Don't go back to bed...

:hug: :hug: :hug:

We should party! Play his music, remember the good times he gave us, and celebrate his life and his gift to us, and think of him fondly. Then he'll still be here with us. :hug:

[JimmyJazz]

16. You are right, I know.

I think I'll go to the gym and listen to From Here to Eternity and then watch all my movies :)

[tigereye]

17. I was thinking about him this morning

so that's why!

[billyskank]

15. ...

:hug:

[In_The_Wind]

18. ~

[ghostsofgiants]

19. I miss him too, JimmyJazz

Happy birthday Joe!

[JimmyJazz]

23. I'm watching Westway now.

I'm laughing and crying at the same time.

[ghostsofgiants]

24. That's a dvd I need to buy

:hug:

I'm listening to Streetcore. Joe had so much great music left in him.

[JimmyJazz]

28. OMG - I love his version of the Redemption Song!

That's a great CD.

[ghostsofgiants]

29. Eerie...that JUST came on as I was checking this post, haha

[JimmyJazz]

30. BTW - Westway is a documentary with small snipets of music.

Westway has some really funny stories that they all tell. Topper told them that he once played with the Temptations, but he really only played for a band that opened for the Temptations :)

If you want full songs (including a kick ass version of Clampdown) I recommend "The Essential Clash" :hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

32. I had the entire Clash discography on my hard drive before I lost everythi

Or almost entire anyway, haha.

They showed Westway on Muchmusic up here in Canada once. I only caught part of it, but it seemed cool.

[asthmaticeog]

20. *bows head for moment of silence*

I hate how we always lose the good guys.

[BikeWriter]

21. I'm sorry, Sweety. :-(

[flamingyouth]

22. RIP Joe

:(

[CanuckAmok]

26. Joe, if you're in the Crown tonight, have a drink on me.

...

[JimmyJazz]

27. ......

:cry: :cry: :cry: