The Clash - London Calling 25th Anniversary Edition.zip. CD 1 - London Calling 01. London Calling 02. Brand New Cadillac 03. Rudie Can't Fail 06. Spanish Bombs 07. Right Profile 08. Lost In The Supermarket 09. The Guns Of Brixton 11. Wrong 'Em Boyo 12. Death Or Glory 13. Lover's Rock 16. Four Horsemen 17. I'm Not Down 18.
While the word has metastasized into a cliche, 'London Calling' by The Clash is a truly iconic song, so much so that it crashes into the 15th spot on Rolling Stones' list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Besides 'Should I Stay or Should I Go,' it is the Clash song. It appears in the James Bond film Die Another Day and in countdown coverage for the 2012 Olympics.
02 – London Calling 03 – Police On My Back 04 – Guns Of Brixton 05 – Magnificent Seven 06 – Armagideon Time 07 – Magnificent Seven(Reprise) 08 – Unco Partner 09 – Spanish Bombs 10 – One More Time 11 – Train In Vain 12 – Bankrobber 13 – Radio Clash 14 – Clampdown 15 – Should I Stay Or Should I Go 16 – Rock The Casbah. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1979 Vinyl release of London Calling on Discogs. Label: CBS - CBS 88478,CBS - 88478,CBS - CLASH 3,CBS - S CBS Clash 3. Format: 2x, Vinyl LP, Album. Country: Europe. Genre: Rock, Pop. Style: Pop Rock, Punk.
But, as Alan Connor quotes Marcus Gray in a piece for the BBC 'London Calling is a classic example of a song that has become so familiar that its original meaning has been lost. It's instantly recognisable and superficially the perfect invitation to the capital and the world's premiere sporting event, but it's actually about the end of the world, at least as we know it.'
Yes, the opening chords are almost instantly recognizable. Yes, it's got the word 'London' in it. But surely, no matter how cool it is, it's not the best song to use for a London tagline, is it? That's the question Alan Connor asks in his article 'Smashed Hits: Is London Calling the best anthem for a city?'
His main point begins with the song's title and recurring lyric: 'London Calling.' 'London Calling' comes from the World War II introduction for BBC radio broadcasts to foreign countries: 'This is London Calling. The news from Britain – up-to-the-minute, truthful.' The Clash have war on their minds.
Phony Beatlemania
When you listen to what the words are directly stating, the apocalyptic doesn't so much creep as snarl throughout every verse and every chorus. When he explained to the Wall Street Journal the meaning of one of the most memorable lines — 'Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust' — Mick Jones rebuked the rationale behind using 'London Calling' as the city's anthem: 'The line about phony Beatlemania biting the dust was aimed at all the touristy sound-alike rock bands in London in the late '70s. We were fans of The Beatles, The Who and The Kinks—but we wanted to remake all of that... Our message was more urgent—that things were going to pieces.' This follows directly from a command for the fans 'don't look to us.' The Three Mile Island nuclear reactor had melted down earlier that year, threats of the Thames overflowing and flooding London were rampant, and the newspapers were heralding plagues every day. The feeling of the scene was just as heavy with doomsday as today.
In the midst of the apocalypse, the song cackles in gallows humor. The chorus builds up, layering nuclear era upon sun drawing near upon wheat growing thin until Joe Strummer breaks it off to say he doesn't fear any of that. Why? Because London is drowning and he lives by the river, making him the first to go. The song is directed to the boys, girls, and zombies all around, telling them to wake up to the catastrophes occurring all around them.
Which London is Joe Strummer calling?
A few days after Alan Connor's article was published, Scott Simon, host of Weekend Edition, sat with him to talk about the disconnect. The song 'London Calling,' like many of the other songs by The Clash, revel in a left-wing political perspective. '[The song's] celebrating London,' Connor explains, 'but it's also repudiating the previous decade's idea of London. When he says, 'We ain't got no swing,' I think Joe Strummer is trying to put in the bin the red-bus, black-taxi, groovy-baby kind of London.' More than that, however, is that the only swing left in London is the ring of a truncheon.
The sixties and all the touristic Disneyfication of London had to be ripped away so that the people the song addresses, whom the song shouts at for nodding out, can stand up for themselves. It's an excellent song and it rightfully earns its place as an iconic punk song, but using a song that rails against the papering over the troubles of the world as an ad for a fake London is not in the spirit of 'London Calling.'
The Clash – 7 Albums {2013, Remastered, Hi-Res, WEB}
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Include: The Clash (1977), Give ‘Em Enough Rope (1978), London Calling (1979), Sandinista! (1980), Combat Rock (1982), From Here to Eternity: Live (1999), Live at Shea Stadium (2008)
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The Clash (1977)
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Tracklist:
01. Janie Jones – 02:08
02. Remote Control – 03:03
03. I’m So Bored With the U.S.A. – 02:25
04. White Riot – 01:56
05. Hate & War – 02:07
06. What’s My Name – 01:41
07. Deny – 03:07
08. London’s Burning – 02:11
09. Career Opportunities – 01:54
10. Cheat – 02:06
11. Protex Blue – 01:47
12. Police & Thieves – 06:03
13. 48 Hours – 01:36
14. Garageland – 03:12
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Give ‘Em Enough Rope (1978)
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Tracklist:
01. Safe European Home – 03:50
02. English Civil War – 02:35
03. Tommy Gun – 03:17
04. Julie’s Been Working for the Drug Squad – 03:03
05. Last Gang in Town – 05:13
06. Guns on the Roof – 03:15
07. Drug-Stabbing Time – 03:44
08. Stay Free – 03:41
09. Cheapskates – 03:25
10. All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts) – 04:56
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London Calling (1979)
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Tracklist:
01. London Calling – 03:20
02. Brand New Cadillac – 02:08
03. Jimmy Jazz – 03:54
04. Hateful – 02:44
05. Rudie Can’t Fail – 03:29
06. Spanish Bombs – 03:19
07. The Right Profile – 03:55
08. Lost in the Supermarket – 03:47
09. Clampdown – 03:49
10. The Guns of Brixton – 03:10
11. Wrong ‘Em Boyo – 03:11
12. Death or Glory – 03:55
13. Koka Kola – 01:48
14. The Card Cheat – 03:49
15. Lover’s Rock – 04:03
16. Four Horsemen – 02:56
17. I’m Not Down – 03:06
18. Revolution Rock – 05:33
19. Train in Vain – 03:13
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Sandinista! (1980)
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Tracklist:
Disc 1
01. The Magnificent Seven – 05:33
02. Hitsville U.K. – 04:22
03. Junco Partner – 04:52
04. Ivan Meets G.I. Joe – 03:06
05. The Leader – 01:42
06. Something about England – 03:43
07. Rebel Waltz – 03:26
08. Look Here – 02:45
09. The Crooked Beat – 05:28
10. Somebody Got Murdered – 03:34
11. One More Time – 03:32
12. One More Dub – 03:35
13. Lightning Strikes (Not Once but Twice) – 04:51
14. Up in Heaven (Not Only Here) – 04:32
15. Corner Soul – 02:42
16. Let’s Go Crazy – 04:24
17. If Music Could Talk – 04:36
18. The Sound of Sinners – 04:00
Disc 2
19. Police on my Back – 03:17
20. Midnight Log – 02:10
21. The Equaliser – 05:47
22. The Call Up – 05:28
23. Washington Bullets – 03:52
24. Broadway – 05:48
25. Lose this Skin – 05:08
26. Charlie don’t Surf – 04:54
27. Mensforth Hill – 03:42
28. Junkie Slip – 02:49
29. Kingston Advice – 02:37
30. The Street Parade – 03:27
31. Version City – 04:23
32. Living in Fame – 04:53
33. Silicone on Sapphire – 04:14
34. Version Pardner – 05:23
35. Career Opportunities – 02:30
36. Shepherds Delight – 03:28
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Combat Rock (1982)
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Tracklist:
01. Know Your Rights – 03:40
02. Car Jamming – 04:00
03. Should I Stay or Should I Go – 03:09
04. Rock the Casbah – 03:42
05. Red Angel Dragnet – 03:45
06. Straight to Hell – 05:30
07. Overpowered by Funk – 04:52
08. Atom Tan – 02:30
09. Sean Flynn – 04:31
10. Ghetto Defendant – 04:43
11. Inoculated City – 02:41
12. Death is a Star – 03:15
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From Here to Eternity: Live (1999)
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The Clash London Calling Live
Tracklist:
01. Complete Control – 03:45
02. London’s Burning – 02:03
03. What’s My Name – 01:45
04. Clash City Rockers – 03:29
05. Career Opportunities – 02:07
06. (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais – 04:26
07. Capital Radio – 03:00
08. City of the Dead – 02:47
09. I Fought the Law – 02:36
10. London Calling – 03:29
11. Armagideon Time – 05:05
12. Train in Vain – 04:43
13. The Guns of Brixton – 03:36
14. The Magnificent Seven – 06:10
15. Know Your Rights – 04:05
16. Should I Stay or Should I Go – 03:15
17. Straight to Hell – 07:08
18. Drug-Stabbing Time – 03:34
19. Janie Jones – 02:47
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Live at Shea Stadium (2008)
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Tracklist:
01. Kosmo Vinyl Introduction – 01:10
02. London Calling – 03:30
03. Police on my Back – 03:28
04. The Guns of Brixton – 04:08
05. Tommy Gun – 03:19
06. The Magnificent Seven – 02:34
07. Armagideon Time – 02:56
08. Magnificent Seven (Return) – 02:23
09. Rock the Casbah – 03:22
10. Train in Vain – 03:46
11. Career Opportunities – 02:06
12. Spanish Bombs – 03:18
13. Clampdown – 04:27
14. English Civil War – 02:39
15. Should I Stay or Should I Go – 02:45
16. I Fought the Law – 03:21
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