And these texts slamming like a Telecaster riff blasted by JOE. Take LONDON CALLING, already in 1979, about his anticipated the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl to come and FUKUSHIMA. Completely visionary (unfortunately)! Or SPANISH BOMBS, probably one of the most authentic musical chronicles dealing with the civil war in Spain in the 30s GUNS OF BRIXTON that addresses the controls facies highlighting the humiliation felt by the people whose skin color is not the pristine white. Far from being a sin offering, the text stresses that they undertake a frantic resistance and is a great call. WORKING FOR THE Clampdown which denounces repression by work. BRAND NEW CADILLAC recorded in one take. Topper beautiful HEADON will protest, arguing that it could do better, Guy STEVENS be inflexible, "it's good guys, you have accelerated, that's the urgency of rock and roll, period!" HATEFULL who vigorously denounces dependence dope (Topper, what a mess). LOST IN THE supermaket which attacks the consumerist society and its excesses. I'M NOT DOWN whose main idea is to never give up, even suffer the pangs of fate, a new call to resistance.
What is remarkable with the CLASH is that they had the brilliant idea to go Degotte Guy Stevens who, already in 1979, was considered a "has been". Nobody wanted to secure his services, he vegetated in the shallows of LONDON. The CLASH have flushed out for a result that is near perfection. He fought during the recording sessions with the sound engineer, the group pushed into a corner, leaving him swinging chairs to amplify the tension during the recording sessions, which runs through all the compositions on the disc and it shows.
Remember, and is extremely rare in the history of rock, the latter agreed to trim down his royalties for CBS (their record label) sells a double album of a single price. This of course undertaken at the initiative of the quartet reluctant to take advantage of a lucre generated by a sale at comfortable profits that would have been inconsistent with the philosophy advocated by it, breaking with the cynicism that prevailed and still prevails.
Indeed, the CLASH na never stopped wanting to do harm potential buyers of his records (see Sandinista!). Similarly, special attention prevailed on The application of the tariff, sweetened, concert tickets, dailleurs often to its detriment, because it was in deficit after each tour How are they on arrival among all these groups defining themselves as independent beforehand or rebels, to have royally taken this route? How are they to be filled boast such a blow of a splinter, to have given to the place of honor like arm of the industry of the disc whose meekness notoriously known and little dempressement to favor the creation, artistic freedom for the benefit of the mercantile dimension?
This is precisely the title track, LONDON CALLING, the "LAST GANG IN TOWN" began his concerts, one of the few pieces mémouvoir even today sometimes jusquaux good tears, I exaggerate a little, but just barely! A symbol. Again thank you, JOE PAUL MICK and TOPPER, time passed but the class, it remains intact and léternité. GOOD VIBRATION !!!!!!!!
