Media: The National: “Clampdown” (The Clash cover)

Posted by brian on Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 2:00 PM (EST)

A cover of The Clash's "Clampdown" as performed by the National has made its way online as part of MAGNET Magazine's Take Cover! series.

You can check it out here.

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Michael_Berryman (February 10, 2011)

i like it. sounds more like U.S. Maple more than The National or The Clash.

Michael_Berryman (February 10, 2011)

way to use "more" more than once, dipshit.

Rowley (February 12, 2011)

yes...

scientistrock (February 10, 2011)

It does things that covers are supposed to do, but people are voting for it. People believe that that is better than the Clash.

Michael_Berryman (February 10, 2011)

yeah that's pretty silly.

froggerwithmylife (February 10, 2011)

There are a lot of people nowadays who spend most of their time in apple stores

TheViz (February 10, 2011)

Clash original > Hot Water Music cover > Hilary Duff cover of My Generation > This

mclz (February 10, 2011)

Wow, this fucking horrible.

jessem131 (February 10, 2011)

I'm not a big fan of that version, and I'm also not sure how it's news. I remember hearing this a couple years ago. Didn't know HWM had a version though. I'll have to find that.

StraightToHell82 (February 10, 2011)

HWM's is fucking awesome... get on that shit.

THIS cover is fucking disgusting.

glutluck (February 10, 2011)

sounds like the guy is channeling Tim Armstrong during the slow talk part

Thepopeofchili-town (February 10, 2011)

It's a circular narrative, etc...

I love this song, and I like The National just fine. Looking forward to checking this out after work.

Indecay (February 11, 2011)

I like the National but this is pretty boring.

throw_aways (February 11, 2011)

Bad. Meets all my criteria for what a phone should do, but its just not good at all. I couldn't finish it.

throw_aways (February 11, 2011)

Wow, I was typing this on my phone and wrote "phone" instead of cover. I am an idiot.

tommytumult (February 11, 2011)

This is about as horrible as the Black Eyed Peas' superbowl halftime show. It puts me to sleep. Clampdown shouldn't do that. I just don't believe the guy when he sings "Let fury have the hour, anger can be power if you know how to use it".