{"id":56703,"date":"2018-05-30T09:11:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T07:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/?p=56703"},"modified":"2018-05-30T09:14:38","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T07:14:38","slug":"topper-cant-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/topper-cant-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"Drumming man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/topper-cant-fail\/r-655708-1346619709-9746-jpeg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56704\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignn-full wp-image-56704\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/R-655708-1346619709-9746.jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"488\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Uden hans enkle med luksuri\u00f8se trommespil ville The Clash&#8217;s musik ikke have overlevet sin samtid s\u00e5 ubesv\u00e6ret. En af hemmelighederne ved The Clash&#8217;s unikke kvalitet er netop Nicky Topper Headon&#8217;s fundamentsskabende swing, der skal s\u00f8ges i den anderledes skolede jazz\/soul-musikalske baggrund han skabte sig, inden The Clash fangede ham ind efter debutalbummet i 1977. Uden det stilistiske overblik ville de mange genrekrydsende eksperimenter p\u00e5 <em>London Calling<\/em> (1979),<em> Sandinista<\/em> (1980) og <em>Combat Rock<\/em> (1982) aldrig have fremst\u00e5et s\u00e5 selvf\u00f8lgelige og musikalsk velafbalancerede som tilf\u00e6ldet blev. Desv\u00e6rre kom talentet med en slagside, en svaghed for narko, hvis pr\u00e6stationsforstyrrende f\u00f8lgevirkninger i maj 1982 fik Topper smidt ud af The Clash, der ellers ikke ligefrem var kendt for at holde sig tilbage. Efter mange \u00e5rs kamp siden mod stoffer m\u00e5 det ses som noget af et mirakel, Nicky Topper Headon i dag bliver 63 \u00e5r. Her er han p\u00e5 amerikansk TV dengang med <em>The Only Band That Matters<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Gp6lYQrqSE?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>P\u00e5 Wikipedia beskrives Headon&#8217;s trommestil med disse ord:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As a drummer, Headon often employed a distinctive style which emphasised a simple bass-snare up-down beat, accentuated with closed hi-hat flourishes. Such a method can be found in the songs &#8220;Clampdown&#8221;, &#8220;Train in Vain&#8221;, and &#8220;Lost in the Supermarket&#8221;. His drumming on &#8220;Train in Vain&#8221; has been characterised as one of the most important and distinctive beats in rock music. Writes Scott Kenemore, &#8220;his contribution to the music was tremendous, and his drumming remains an undiscovered treasure for too many.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Tjek ogs\u00e5 Headon&#8217;s overskudsspil her p\u00e5 denne f\u00e6nomenale liveoptagelse fra 1979-st\u00f8ttekoncerten Rock For Kampuchea i London&#8217;s Hammersmith Odeon, hvor The Clash tackler Willie Williams&#8217; Jamaica-klassiske &#8216;Armagideon Times&#8217;&#8230; <\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ga4wASz39Fc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_middle\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/topper-cant-fail\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"dark\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"fb-share-button  \" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/topper-cant-fail\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"small\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uden hans enkle med luksuri\u00f8se trommespil ville The Clash&#8217;s musik ikke have overlevet sin samtid s\u00e5 ubesv\u00e6ret. En af hemmelighederne ved The Clash&#8217;s unikke kvalitet er netop Nicky Topper Headon&#8217;s fundamentsskabende swing, der skal s\u00f8ges i den anderledes skolede jazz\/soul-musikalske baggrund han skabte sig, inden The Clash fangede ham ind efter debutalbummet i 1977. Uden &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/topper-cant-fail\/\" class=\"more-link\">L\u00e6s videre <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Drumming man<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_middle\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/topper-cant-fail\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"dark\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"fb-share-button  \" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/topper-cant-fail\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"small\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":283,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-rocknroll"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/283"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}