I don't despise them now.
I really struggled with them in my youth.
Felt they had betrayed Curtis and refused to listen to their work.
I came around eventually.
I get that.
My guess is that you may be a few years older than me and were involved at the beginning of Punk.
I was 8 at the time and during my teens, i was more interested in the bands inspired by punk, than punk itself.
The clash's output didn't feel like selling out to me, as I wasn't...
Indeed.
I agree there are some experimental fillers on the album.
But a cut down Sandinista would have made a better double album than London Calling, IMO.