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It was the first Clash song to reach the United States Top 30 charts [8] [9] and in 2010, the song was ranked number 298 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. [10] [11] In the US and Canada, the song's title is expanded to "Train in Vain (Stand by Me)", as the words "stand by me" dominate the chorus.
The Clash's music often expresses left-wing ideological sentiments. [126] Strummer was a committed socialist. The Clash are credited with pioneering the advocacy of radical politics in punk rock; NME dubbed them "Thinking Man's Yobs". [127]
The Clash: The Clash Mikey Dread 1980 [9] " The Call Up" Sandinista! The Clash: The Clash Mikey Dread 1980 [9] "Can't Judge" (demo) Unreleased – – 1980 "Capital Radio One" Capital Radio: Joe Strummer Mick Jones Micky Foote: 1977 [11] " Capital Radio Two" The Cost of Living: Joe Strummer Mick Jones Bill Price: 1979 [12] "Car Jamming" Combat ...
Simonon was originally doubtful about its lyrics, which discuss an individual's paranoid outlook on life, but was encouraged by Strummer to continue working on it. [21] In August 1979, the band entered Wessex Studios to begin recording London Calling. The Clash asked Guy Stevens to produce the album, much to the dismay of CBS Records. [22]
The music video for "Medicine Show", directed by Don Letts, featured two other former members of the Clash, Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon as police officers as well as John Lydon of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd. A remastered Legacy Edition was released in 2010 with a second disc composed of alternate mixes and versions. In 2016 ...
If you came of age with the 1986 coming-of-age classic Stand by Me, chances are you long thought twice before taking a dip in any forest ponds.. In perhaps the film’s most famous scene, dead ...
"Clampdown" is a song by the English rock band the Clash from their 1979 album London Calling. The song began as an instrumental track called "Working and Waiting". [1] It is sometimes called "Working for the Clampdown" which is the main lyric of the song, and also the title provided on the album's lyric sheet.
"Janie Jones" is a song by the English punk rock band the Clash. It is the opening track on their debut album, The Clash (1977). [3] The song is named after Janie Jones, a cabaret singer who organised sex parties at her Kensington home.