| The Clash – Somebody Got Murdered Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I thought about that too, but I think its more a reference to how casual an anonymous murder is. Someone's killed, dead forever, culprit never found, the blood is cleaned up, end of story. Dead forever, such a strong phrase. jesus christ |
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| The Clash – I'm So Bored with the U.S.A. Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This was one of Mick's songs he wrote for a girlfriend saying originally, "im, so booooooored of You!" Then joe said, No, make it, "im so booooored with U. S. A." |
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| The Clash – Clash City Rockers Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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"They went new wave after the release of London Calling, didn't they? Most Clash fans I've met have heard (and liked) 'Rock The Casbah' and 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go' - new wave. (OK, Rock the Casbah could be interpreted as a response to a political situation... but new wave is basically unpoliticised). I'm more of a fan of their actual punk-rock (earlier) stuff... ever since the London Calling album the politics kinda dissolved... I mean, think 'Train In Vain', 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go' to name a few. " Wow, that was slightly painful to read. New wave? New order, joy division, that is new wave. Their sound didn't change overnight, it evolved evenly across every album. By combat rock, it was almost exclusively dub/raggae based, but you can definately see the sound progressing that way across all albums; white man in hammersmith... safe european home, etc. The music that is not "punkrock" anymore is still fantastic, and is even more fantastic when you look at what type of band they started out as. I love punk rock to death, but you can't deny the awesome songs that came later even though they weren't punk. And the political lyrics didn't stop by any means. Sandinista covers: -racial issues -the cold war -gang warfare -running from the cops(isnt that punkrock enough for you ;)) -etc etc. (in my opinion, sandinista contains many lyrical masterpieces, it somethign about england, somebody got murdered etc) Combat rock covers: -the vietnamese war -war in general -the police again -etc etc It's also interesting that the three songs you said were the most "new wave" we Rock the Casbah, Should I stay or Should I Go, and Train in Vain. First, THEY ARE NOT NEW WAVE!! Anything that doesn't sound like punk is not automatically new wave!! Second, perhaps you dont like them because they were not writted by Joe. Mick wrote should I stay... and Train in Vain, and Topper wrote Rock the Casbah. Punk is about being open minded and accepting of new concepts. try it. Not meant to chew you up, just in the spirit of good debate! |
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