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This Is Radio Clash Lyrics
This is Radio Clash
Resuming all transmissions
Beaming from the mountaintop
Using aural ammunition
With extreme prejudice,
Gonna terminate our mission
This is Radio Clash
Consider your position
Step it up, get down low
Breaking news flash, Assassination
The whole country has been shot
Evil will await illumination from the Ministry of Whitewash
Wait, wait
Don't switch off the death
Yes, we have the latest score
Rebel Islanders: 101 and Home Guard: 44
This is Radio Clash
Anger counters thought
When lightning splits the sky in half
Sharper than a sword
And in the thundercloud
You see another cloud
Bones as big as sticks
Even angels were in hell on the morning of the sixth
Like buckets of venom
You can't hide
They've got a master plan
You build walls, over there
And we'll come and knock 'em down
And he reaches the other side first
Gets a job in the dirty old town
And he reaches the other side first
Gets a job in the dirty old town
Don't all rock at once
This is not free
This is not free Europe
Nor an armed force network
This is Radio Clash
Resuming all transmission
Beaming from the mountaintop
Aural ammunition
A riggy diggy dig dang dang
This is Radio Clash
Spewing information
Careful confirmation
Bribery, distortion
Lethal legislation
Security is a lock and key
Accept no other explanation
This is Radio Clash
On pirate satellite
Orbiting your living room
Everybody hold on tight
Resuming all transmissions
Beaming from the mountaintop
Using aural ammunition
Gonna terminate our mission
This is Radio Clash
Consider your position
The whole country has been shot
Don't switch off the death
Rebel Islanders: 101 and Home Guard: 44
Anger counters thought
When lightning splits the sky in half
Sharper than a sword
You see another cloud
Bones as big as sticks
Even angels were in hell on the morning of the sixth
You can't hide
They've got a master plan
You build walls, over there
And we'll come and knock 'em down
Gets a job in the dirty old town
And he reaches the other side first
Gets a job in the dirty old town
This is not free Europe
Nor an armed force network
Resuming all transmission
Beaming from the mountaintop
Aural ammunition
Spewing information
Careful confirmation
Lethal legislation
Security is a lock and key
Accept no other explanation
On pirate satellite
Orbiting your living room
Everybody hold on tight
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Basically, he is trying to wake people up to tell them the truth about "the man". The "Radio Clash" is informing all about the ills of the planet and how we need to act.
RIP Joe Strummer RIP Me and the world of punk will miss you
this is radio clash
Brilliant!
Ever see the video for this tune filmed with some of the footage from when they were at Bonds in NYC? I was at one of the concerts in 1981 when I was a sphmore in High School. They oversold the tickets and there was complete mayhem leading up to the original shows due to fire codes, etc.
My folks freaked and wouldn't let me go when they saw what was going on on the news. I said I was going to sleep at a friends house and wouldn't bother getting involved with the mess at the theater (yeah right...) and went anyway and got other tickets to added show dates. There was NO WAY I was missing The Clash. (The band added extra shows to accomodate all the people who would have been screwed anyway. It was awesome). Still, it was bedlam, but it was WORTH it!
When people say The Clash are the only band that matters, they KNOW what they are talking about!
this some funky white boy shit...amazing how far this sounds from earlier material, yet somehow it's still The Clash. The first "intelligent dance" song? I once stopped my car in the middle of the street, turned up the stereo and street-danced with a friend to this.
ClashPeppers There are two different versions of Radio Clash. Same for Capitol Radio.
Where does this song apperar someone please help me out is this only on story of the clash vol. 1? i blew like 30$ for a 2 disc set and this was the only new song i got... where is this on original albums pst me
@Punker_Ken \r\n\r\nHey I’m only 12 but I still feel for ya man, I went to Barnes and Noble a while ago (last week) and found “The Clash Hits Back” cd, it came with 2 discs and this was song 15 on disc 2
@Punker_Ken \r\n\r\nHey I’m only 12 but I still feel for ya man, I went to Barnes and Noble a while ago (last week) and found “The Clash Hits Back” cd, it came with 2 discs and this was song 15 on disc 2
Xcellent song, what a good beat too.
punker_ken, this song wasnt on any studio album, it was only released separately as a single and on the compilation albums Clash On Broadway and The Singles
@tricksiness was their “Clash Hits Back” what your forgetting?
@tricksiness was their “Clash Hits Back” what your forgetting?
@tricksiness was their “Clash Hits Back” what your forgetting?
@tricksiness was their “Clash Hits Back” what your forgetting?
So, the song was released as a single when environmental knowledge started to come to light, BUT it was also released on the bands best selling “The Clash Hits Back” album. The song was released with the slogan by Joe Strummer, “We’re anti-fascist, we’re anti-racist, we’re anti-violence, we’re pro-creative. And we’re against ignorance. \n\nRead the facts: AMF