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Count Me In

And I'd go… ♪ Tommy gun ♪ And that became my role in The Clash

And I'd go… ♪ Tommy gun ♪ And that became my role in The Clash

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And I'd go…
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♪ Tommy gun ♪
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And that became my role in The Clash.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:59
Uploaded
May 08, 2025
Genres
documentary, music
Production
Split Prism Media,Great Point Media

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Movie Summary

You can have rhythm without music but you can't have music without rhythm.
♪ Tommy gun… ♪ - Count Me In 00:18
♪ Tommy gun… ♪
♪ Okay, so let's agree ♪ - Count Me In 00:18
♪ Okay, so let's agree ♪
You know, if you've got a brain, it's quite easy to figure it all out. - Count Me In 00:05
You know, if you've got a brain, it's quite easy t...
Then I'd buy an album, and I'd know they sat like that, - Count Me In 00:05
Then I'd buy an album, and I'd know they sat like ...
Finding someone who not only had the chops but the strength and the stamina to do it, - Count Me In 00:14
Finding someone who not only had the chops but the strength ...
Every now and then, even punks on amyl nitrate got to chill. - Count Me In 00:05
Every now and then, even punks on amyl nitrate got to chill.
{\an8}There's only… Sniffing glue will only get you so far - Count Me In 00:08
{\an8}There's only… Sniffing glue will only get you so ...
But there's no chill punk music, 'cause it ain't punk if it's chill. - Count Me In 00:04
But there's no chill punk music, 'cause it ain...
But Don Letts, the DJ of the time, - Count Me In 00:14
But Don Letts, the DJ of the time,
And it was The Clash, credit must be given, - Count Me In 00:24
And it was The Clash, credit must be given,
It was organic. Nothing was… - Count Me In 00:05
It was organic. Nothing was…
As I played with the group and we started rehearsing - Count Me In 00:07
As I played with the group and we started rehearsing
Er… "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais." [mimics beat] Came in as a fill. - Count Me In 00:05
Er… "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais." [mimics b...
A few other bits and pieces. We went and saw Taj Mahal at the… - Count Me In 00:08
A few other bits and pieces. We went and saw Taj Mahal at th...
And I nicked a few bits off Taj Mahal. It just became like a melting pot. - Count Me In 00:05
And I nicked a few bits off Taj Mahal. It just became like a...
Like, my philosophy of drumming became the philosophy, - Count Me In 00:06
Like, my philosophy of drumming became the philosophy,
I had been listening to a lot of reggae anyway, - Count Me In 00:09
I had been listening to a lot of reggae anyway,
And so figuring out that you play the backbeat - Count Me In 00:10
And so figuring out that you play the backbeat
And it's hard to do on your own because it doesn't work, - Count Me In 00:05
And it's hard to do on your own because it doesn't...
You know, it's very much his personality, and then there's a great unconventionality - Count Me In 00:12
You know, it's very much his personality, and then ther...