(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais Lyrics

Lyric discussion by truthbealiar 

Cover art for (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais lyrics by Clash, The

BoHo: Your version doesn't make sense. How do newsgroups turn success into money.

The way it's written now is so PERFECT because he's criticising the punk scene when it's only been alive for about 2-3 years.

And oddly enough, it makes even more sense today! Which is why, when 311 covered it (while I have mixed feelings about that cover) they can simply change it to "Punk rockers in LA" instead of "Punk rockers in the UK".

I actually work that section into a performance piece I do, and simply change it to "Punk rockers in this modern day" and it still works. Okay, so I change a few other things too, but it would still work with just that slight change.