(Mick Jones of Big Audio Dynamite, above, at the Roxy. Photo by Gregory Weinkauf.)By Terry Keefe This past Thursday, I had a concert experience that I never expected was even possible, when Big Audio Dynamite reformed to play a pre-Coachella show at the tiny Roxy Theater on Sunset Blvd. B.A.D. were the first post-Clash project of Mick Jones, and their influences can be seen everywhere in the last few decades of popular music. Gregory Weinkauf's show review at the Huffington Post says it better than I can, with some great pics.
They were ahead of their time in other ways. One of the biggest sing-a-long moments of the night came during the mid-80s dance hall smash "The Bottom Line":
A dance to the tune of economic decline
Is when you do the bottom line
(Those lines always struck me as fun irony, back when the song was released. Heh.)
Nagging questions always remain
Why did it happen? And who was to blame?
In answer to that last question, I suggest you watch this year's Best Documentary Feature winner, Inside Job. And don't take your subsequent rage out on your television, as I nearly did.
The Dance Mix version of "The Bottom Line" below:
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