28.11.08

Bob Marley videos

Iron, Lion, Zion



Lyrics
Iron Lion Zion
I am on the rock and then I check a stock
I have to run like a fugitive to save the life I live
I'm gonna be Iron like a Lion in Zion (repeat)
Iron Lion Zion
I'm on the run but I ain't got no gun
See they want to be the star
So they fighting tribal war
And they saying Iron like a Lion in Zion
Iron like a Lion in Zion,
Iron Lion Zion

I'm on the rock, (running and you running)
I take a stock, (running like a fugitive)
I had to run like a fugitive just to save the life I live
I'm gonna be Iron like a Lion in Zion (repeat)
Iron Lion Zion, Iron Lion Zion, Iron Lion Zion
Iron like a Lion in Zion, Iron like a Lion in Zion
Iron like a Lion in Zion





Get Up, Stand Up





Lyrics
Get Up, Stand Up
Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight

Preacher man don't tell me
Heaven is under the earth
I know you don't know
What life is really worth
It's not all that glitters is gold
Half the story has never been told
So now you see the light
Stand up for your rights

Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight

Most people think
Great good will come from the skies
Take away everything
And make everybody feel high
But if you know what life is worth
You would look for yours on earth
And now you've seen the light
You stand up for your rights

Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight
Get up stand up
Stand up for your right
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight

We're sick and tired of your ism-schism game
To die and go to heaven in Jesus' name
We know and understand
Almighty God is a living man
You can fool some people sometimes
But you can't fool all the people all the time
And now we've seen the light (What you gonna do)
We gonna stand up for our rights

Get up, stand up
Stand up for you rights
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight

8.10.08

Leftöver Crack - One Dead Cop



Lyrics
One Dead Cop
Power abuse, authority misuse
They kill and rape, and it won't be on the news
But yer the good one
With a badge and a gun
Braggin' how you blasted
Gunshot 41

(Policia)- Lined up on the wall
(Policia)- beat it out of em
(Policia)- Kill and lie some more
(Policia)- Conspiracy to cage the poor


One dead cop
No more donut shops
More dead cops
Might make the hurting stop
Kill cops x7

(Policia)- Lined up on the wall
(Policia)- beated animals
(Policia)- Kill and lie some more
(Policia)- Conspiracy to cage the poor

One dead cop
No more donut shop
More dead cops
Might make the hurting stop
So kill cops x7

I never took such pleasure in a death
A hatred born of freedom’s dying breath
The police kill and then they lie some more
In a conspiracy to cage the poor

18.9.08

Zounds - Can't Cheat Karma



Lyrics
Can't Cheat Carma
One - Two - Three - Go
I've got an ego
It won't let me go
What am I gonna do?

A - B - C - D
Paranoia's killing me
I'm dying on my aching feet
What a way to go

Roll up - Roll up
People always stroll up
Say "Why don't you grow up?"
No thank you!

Big cats, small cats
Some cats are fat cats
Those cats are bad cats
What we gonna do?

There's an awful lot of people in the world today
There's an awful lot of trouble in the streets these days
And it doesn't seem to matter what you do or say
If a change is gonna come you've got to help it on its way

A change is gonna come before too long I know
Peace has gotta come, well, I could be wrong I know
But I just don't know what I can do

You don't trust me and I don't trust you
I bet you wish you did and I know I do
Why have you got secrets? Cause I know you have
If you've got something to hide then it must be bad

A change is gonna come before too long I know
Peace has gotta come, well, I could be wrong I know
But I just don't know what I can do

You don't trust me and I don't trust you
I bet you wish you did and I know I do
Why have you got secrets? Cause I know you have
If you've got something to hide then it must be bad

A change is gonna come before too long I know
Peace has gotta come, well, I could be wrong I know
But I just don't know what I can do

12.9.08

The Sound - Silent Air




Lyrics
Silent Air
Thunder in the air,
Before a storm that rips,
Anger in my heart,
A finger on my lips,

You showed me that silence,
That haunts this troubled world,
You showed me that silence
Can speak louder than words

Words end in disaster
On the rocks, in pieces,
I know something lives on there,
But I can't say what it is,

You showed me that silence,
That haunts this troubled world,
You showed me that silence
Can speak louder than words.

10.6.08

The Clash videos

The Clash - Police On My Back


Lyrics
Well I'm running, police on my back
I've been hiding, police on my back
There was a shooting, police on my back
And the victim well he wont come back

I been running Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Runnin Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Saturday Sunday
What have I done?
What have I done?

Yes, I'm running down the railway track
Could you help me? Police on my back
They will catch me if I dare drop back
Wont you give me all the speed I lack

I been running Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Runnin Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Saturday Sunday
What have I done?
What have I done?

I’m running
‘M Running
Running

I'm running down the railway track
Could you help me? Police on my back
They will catch me if I dare drop back
Wont you help me find the speed I lack

I been running Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Runnin Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Saturday Sunday

What have I done?
What have I done?

Cos I’m running (police on my back)
Hiding (police on my back)
Running (police on my back)
Hiding (police on my back)

I'm running down the railway track
Could you help me? Police on my back
They will catch me if I dare drop back
they will kill me for the speed I lack

I’ve been running
I’ve been running






The Clash - I'm So Bored With The USA/London's Burning (live)

Live στο Manchester το 1978. Και τα 2 κομμάτια είναι από το πρώτο τους album The Clash το 1977.

Lyrics
I'm So Bored With The USA
Yankee soldier
He wanna shot some skag
He met it in Cambodia
But now he can't afford a bag

Yankee dollar
To the dictators of the world
In fact it's giving orders
An' they can't afford to miss a word

I'm so bored with the U.....S.....A
But what can I do?

Yankee detectives
Are always on the TV
'Cos killers in America
Work seven days a week

Never mind the stars and stripes
Let's print the Waterprint Tapes
I'll salute the New Wave
And I hope nobody escapes

I'm so bored with the U.....S.....A
But what can I do?

Move up Starsky
For the CIA
Suck on Kojak
For the USA

London's Burning
All across the town, all across the night
Everybody's driving with full headlights
Black or white turn it on, face the new religion
Everybody's sitting 'round watching television!

London's burning with boredom now
London's burning dial 99999

I'm up and down the Westway, in an' out the lights
What a great traffic system - it's so bright
I can't think of a better way to spend the night
Then speeding around underneath the yellow lights

London's burning with boredom now
London's burning dial 99999

Now I'm in the subway and I'm looking for the flat
This one leads to this block, this one leads to that
The wind howls through the empty blocks looking for a home
I run through the empty stone because I'm all alone

London's burning with boredom now...
London's burning dial 99999


The Clash - Complete Control


Από το πρώτο τους album The Clash το 1977.

Lyrics
Complete Control
They said release 'Remote Control'
But we didn't want it on the label
They said, "Fly to Amsterdam"
The people laughed but the press went mad

Ooh ooh ooh someone's really smart
Ooh ooh ooh complete control, yeah that's a laugh

On the last tour my mates couldn't get in
I'd open up the back door but they'd get run out again
At every hotel we was met by the Law
Come for the party - come to make sure!

Ooh ooh ooh have we done something wrong?
Ooh ooh ooh complete control, even over this song

You're my guitar hero

They said we'd be artistically free
When we signed that bit of paper
They meant we'll make a lotsa mon-ee
An' worry about it later

Ooh ooh ooh I'll never understand
Ooh ooh ooh complete control - lemme see your other hand!

I don't judge you.
So, why do you judge me?
Huh?

All over the news spread fast
They're dirty, they're filthy
They ain't gonna last!

This is Joe public speakin'
I'm controlled in the body, controlled in the mind
This is punk rockers,
we're controlled by the price of the hard drugs we must find
Freedom is control
Total
C-o-n control - that means you!


The Clash - I Fought The Law

Aπό το πρώτο τους album The Clash το 1977.

Lyrics
I Fought The Law
Breakin' rocks in the hot sun
I fought the law and the law won (x2)
I needed money cause I had none
I fought the law and the law won (x2)

I left my baby and it feels so bad
Guess my race is run
Shes the best girl that I ever had
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the

Robbin people with a six-gun
I fought the law and the law won (x2)
I lost my girl and I lost my fun
I fought the law and the law won (x2)

I left my baby and it feels so bad
Guess my race is run
She's the best girl that I ever had
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the

I fought the law and the law won (x7)
I fought the law and the


The Clash - London Calling


Lyrics
London Calling
London calling to the faraway towns
Now war is declared - and battle come down
London calling to the underworld
Come out of the cupboard,you boys and girls
London calling, now don't look to us
Phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust
London calling, see we ain't got no swing
'Cept for the ring of that truncheon thing

CHORUS
The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin
Engines stop running, but I have no fear
Cause London is drowning and I, live by the river

London calling to the imitation zone
Forget it, brother, you can go at it alone
London calling to the zombies of death
Quit holding out - and draw another breath
London calling - and I don't wanna shout
But while we were talking I saw you nodding out
London calling, see we ain't got no high
Except for that one with the yellowy eyes

CHORUS x2
The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
Engines stop running, the wheat is growing thin
A nuclear era, but I have no fear
Cause London is drowning and I, I live by the river

Now get this
London calling, yes, I was there, too
An' you know what they said? Well, some of it was true!
London calling at the top of the dial
And after all this, won't you give me a smile?
London Calling

I never felt so much alike, like-a, like-a...


The Clash - This Is Radio Clash

Από τη συλλογή Super Black Market Clash με ακυκλοφόρητα τραγούδια το 1994.

Lyrics
This Is Radio Clash

Interrupting all programmes

This is radio clash from pirate satellite
Orbiting your living room
Cashing in the bill of rights
Cuban army surplus or refusing all third lights
This is radio clash on pirate satellite

This sound does not subscribe
To the international plan
In the psycho shadow of the white right hand
Then that see ghettology as an urban vietnam
Giving deadly exhibitions of murder by napalm

This is radio clash tearing up the seven veils
This is radio clash please save us, not the whales
This is radio clash underneath a mushroom cloud
This is radio clash you dont need that funeral shroud

Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty

Hands of law have sorted through
My identity
But now this sound is brave
And wants to be free - anyway to be free

This is radio clash on pirate satellite
This is not free europe
Noh an armed force network
This is radio clash using audio ammunition
This is radio clash can we get that world to listen?
This is radio clash using aural ammunition
This is radio clash can we get that world to listen?
This is radio clash on pirate satellite
Orbiting your living room,
Cashing in the bill of rights
This is radio clash on pirate satellite
This is radio clash everybody hold on tight

A-riggy diggy dig dang dang

Go back to urban nam

9.6.08

Anti-Flag videos

Anti-Flag - Die For The Government/Fuck The Flag (live)


Lyrics
Die For The Government
You've gotta die, gotta die, gotta die for your government?
Die for your country? That's shit!
There's a Gulf War vet, dying a slow, cold death
And the government says, "We don't know the source of his sickness."
But don't believe what they say, because your government is lying
They've done it before and don't you know they'll do it again
A secret test, government built virus
"Subject Test Group: Gulf Battle Field Troops"
You've gotta die, gotta die, gotta die for your government?
Die for your country? That's shit!
First World War veterans slaughtered, by General Eisenhower
You give them your life, they give you a stab in the back
Radiation, agent orange, tested on US souls
Guinea pigs for Western corporations
I never have, I never will
Pledge allegiance to their flag
You're getting used, you'll end up dead!
You've gotta die, gotta die, gotta die for your government?
Die for your country? That's shit!
I don't need you to tell me what to do
And I don't need you to tell me what to be... FUCK YOU!
I don't need you to tell me what to say
And I don't need you to tell me what to think! What to think!
What to think, what to think, what to think, think, think, think!
You've gotta die, gotta die, gotta die for your government?
Die for your country? That's shit

Fuck The Flag
Brainwashing
Piece of Rag
Take it off mast, and stick it up your ass
Now it's time to slaughter
In its fucking honor

What a bunch of fucking shit!

Fuck the flag and fuck you!
Fuck the flag and fuck you!
Fuck the flag and fuck you!
Fuck the flag, the fucking flag, fuck the flag!
Fuck the flag and fuck you!

Heres a flag
Take this match
Burn, that, fucker!

Fuck the flag and fuck you!
Fuck the flag and fuck you!
Fuck the flag and fuck you!
FUCK THE FLAG AND FUCK YOU
YOU FUCKING ASS HOLE!


Anti-Flag - Free Nation



Lyrics
Free Nation
State officials talk of freedom
THEY-TALK
In this country that we live in
THEY-TALK
Free to be harassed and be beaten by the pigs
YOUR RIGHTS-NO RIGHTS
Till your fucking broken, crippled, or until you're fucking dead

They pass laws unfair to gays
THEIR-WORK
And separatist laws to keep the non-whites in their place
THEIR-WORK
Family values as a smoke screen blowing in your face
THEIR TRUTH-NO TRUTH
Family values isn't something that shouldn't be based on hate

Justice presides over them, late into the night
A blind fold covering their eyes but something isn't right...
Under their arms there are shackles on her legs
And the hands that once held up her scales are bound, are bound in chains

And behind their closed doors they conspire through the night
MORE WORK-SICK WORK
And they won't stop until this nation is all straight and all white

They call it a free nation, but all it is, is a nazi nation


Anti-Flag - This Is The End (For You My Friend)


Lyrics
This Is The End (For You My Friend)
Seems every station on the TV
is selling something no one can be
If every page was torn from the magazine
would cash still drive the media machine?
The products, damage and pursuit are endless
identity can leave you selfless

We will not witness this anymore
This is the end for you my friend
I can't forgive, I won't forget
on and on, we sing our songs and
on and on, the wars wage on and
on and on, we sing our songs for more
for more

Your eyes are open but you can't see
your mouth is moving but you don't speak
a blitzkrieg of images to break your will
I hope you choke on every pill

We will not witness this anymore
This is the end for you my friend
I can't forgive, I won't forget
on and on, we sing our songs and
on and on, the wars wage on and
on and on, we sing our songs for more

We will not witness this anymore
This is the end for you my friend
I can't forgive, I won't forget...

This is the end for you my friend
I can't forgive, I won't forget
On and on, we sing our songs and
On and on, the wars wage on and
On and on, we sing our songs and
On and on, the wars wage on and
On and on, we sing our songs and
On and on, your wars wage on and
On and on, we sing our songs for more
We sing our songs for more

Anti-Flag - The Press Corpse



Lyrics

The Press Corpse
The {Downing Street} memo says...


...We gotta work to make the facts fit the false charges
Pull the wool over the eyes of the filthy masses
Stab the people in the back for the corporate choice
Roll the propaganda out using The People's Voice

We don't want to talk about it...

The press scribble scribble every half-truth spoke
Then shoot it round the country like an April Fools joke
Hype the nation for a Desert Storm love affair
Wave the stars and stripes like you just don't care!

They talk it up all day, they talk it up all night
They talk until their face turns blue - Red white and blue!
But when the truth escapes the night and crawls into the day
We find the picture still askew

They don't want to... talk talk talk talk talk about it
They wanna tiptoe, walk around it
Wave the flag and mindlessly salute
They don't want to talk about it
They wanna tiptoe, walk around it
Wave the flag and cowardly salute

And on the TV screen...
...Diversion and aversion is the flavor of the day
Was it WMDs? Or Democracy?
Blame it on MI-6 or the CIA
The White House Press Corpse only has one thing to say...

"We don't want to talk about it!"

The White House boils over, "Al Jazeera got it wrong!"
The Press Corpse jumps onboard singing the White House song
While over in Iraq thousands are dead because of lies
The spineless war drumming-press corpse have taken lives

They talk it up all day, they talk it up all night
They talk until their face turns blue - Red white and blue!
But when the truth escapes the night and crawls into the day
We find the picture still askew

They don't want to... talk talk talk talk talk about it
They wanna tiptoe, walk around it
Wave the flag and mindlessly salute
They don't want to talk about it
They wanna tiptoe, walk around it
Wave the flag and cowardly salute

Fires fueled on endless lies
Black shrouds coat desert skies
A nation's viewpoint blurred and led
As embeds report what they're fed

We don't want to talk about it...
We don't want to talk about it...
We don't want to talk about it...
We don't want to talk about it...

(We don't want to talk about it...)
We don't, don't want to, we don't wanna talk about it
(We don't want to...)
We don't, don't want to, we don't wanna talk

They don't want to... talk talk talk talk talk about it
They wanna tiptoe, walk around it
Wave the flag and cowardly salute
They don't want to talk about it
They wanna tiptoe, walk around it
Wave the flag and cowardly salute

6.6.08

Gogol Bordello videos

Gogol Bordello - Think Locally, Fuck Globally


Lyrics
Think Locally, Fuck Globally
I came to New York to start gypsy punk revolt
Now that it's rockin' so why don't I just go home?
Hei Chavorale... Think Locally!
Palo mande... Fuck Globally!
I can't believe back home they failed to understand
That I am simply a chavo kind of man
Hey Chavorale... Think Locally!
Palo mande... Fuck Globally!
And if the county we invented will fall from grace
I guess we'll have to fly away in our own space
Hey chavorale... Think Locally
Palo mande... Fuck Globally!
Party!




Gogol Bordello - Wonderlust King



Lyrics

Back in the day yo as we learned
A man was not considered to be
Considered to be fully grown
Has he not gona beyond the hills
Has he not crossed the seven seas
Yeah, seven seas at least
Now all them jokers kept around
Just like the scarecrows in hometown
Yeah, scare-crows in hometown
From screen to screen they’re traveling

But I’m a wonderlust king
I stay on the run
Let me out
Let me be gone
In the world’s beat up road sign
I saw new history of time
New history of time

Through Siberian woods
Breaking up their neck

Chinese moving in building discoteques

Homemade sex toys and what not
Yea and why not?
Well at least it’s something different
From what they got in every other airport

Ja ne evrei, no koje-chto pohozge
sovrat ne dast ni Yura ni Seryozga!
Simple because I’m not a total gadjo
Da ja shut, ja tziratch, nu tak stozge

I traveled the world
Looking for understanding
Of the times that we live in
Hunting and gathering first hand information
Challenging definitions of sin

I traveled the world
Looking for lovers
Of the ultimate beauty
But never settled in
I’m Wonderlust King

And presidents
And billionaires
And generals
They’ll never know
What I have owned
What I have owned
I’m a wonderlust king

The Clash: Αφιέρωμα


Ειλικρινά πιστεύω πως αξίζει ένα αφιέρωμα σ' αυτό το συγκρότημα.

Αν σκοπός των
Sex Pistols ήταν να γκρεμίσουν το "παλιό", τότε ο λόγος ύπαρξης των Clash ήταν το χτίσιμο του "νέου". Κατάφεραν να παρουσιάσουν το πρώτο "σοβαρό" punk album διαμαρτυρίας με τραγούδια για τον ρατσισμό, την πολιτική βία και την στέρηση των πολιτικών δικαιωμάτων, των οποίων τους στίχους έγραψε ο Strummer και την μουσική ο Jones, ανακατεύοντας το punk με διάφορα μουσικά είδη, όπως reggae, ska, rock'n'roll, soul και world music. Αντέταξαν στο μηδενισμό των Sex Pistols και των άλλων punk συγκροτημάτων της εποχής μία φλογερή ιδεολογία και ένα γνήσιο ενδιαφέρον για τη ζωή των νεαρών ακροατών τους, διαμορφόνωντας έτσι το punk ως ιδεολογικό και μουσικό κίνημα.


Χαρακτηριστική η κριτική του Sniffin Glue: "…The Clash album is like a mirror. It reflects all the shit. It shows us the truth. To me, it is the most important album ever released. It's as if I 'm looking at my life in a film. A story of life in London". Ένα από τα πλέον εντυπωσιακά ντεμπούτα - album όλων των εποχών, απλώς αποτελούσε τον προπομπό μιας σειράς υπέροχων δίσκων από ένα σύνολο που θα κέρδιζε πολλά στο μέλλον δίχως να συμβιβαστεί, μέχρι να διαλυθεί!

Δεν ήταν συνηθισμένοι τύποι "εκτός νόμου" όπως συνηθίζονταν αλλά επαναστάτες με ΑΙΤΙΑ. Για συγκρότημα που τραγούδησε για την επανάσταση και την εργατική τάξη, οι
Clash είχαν πολύ παραδοσιακές ρίζες.




Η ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΜΠΑΝΤΑΣ

Ο Joe Strummer (John Graham Mellor) γεννήθηκε στις Αυγούστου του 1952 και πέρασε τα παιδικά του χρόνια σε οικοτροφείο. Λίγο αφότου έκλεισε τα 20, έφτιαξε ένα συγκρότημα γεννημένο στους δρόμους του Λονδίνου, τους 101'ers. Πριν καταλήξει στο Λονδίνο όπου έφτιαξε τους 101'ers, ο Strummer πήγε σε μία σχολή Καλών Τεχνών αφότου τέλειωσε το σχολείο (όπως συνηθιζόταν τότε), αλλά τα παράτησε μετά την αυτοκτονία του μεγάλου του αδελφού David - με τον οποίο είχαν κόψει κάθε επαφή επειδή είχε πάει με το Ναζιστικό Μέτωπο. Έτσι άρχισε να περιπλανιέται στην Ευρώπη όπως είχε κάνει πριν χρόνια ο αγαπημένος του Αμερικάνος τραγουδοποιός Woody Guthrie. Παράλληλα, ο Mick Jones (γεννημένος στις 26 Ιουνίου του 1955), ηγούνταν ενός hard rock συγκροτήματος, τους London SS. Σε αντίθεση με τον Strummer (που το έσκασε από την πλούσια οικογένειά του και μεταξύ μας καλά έκανε) ο Jones εμφανίστηκε από το παρασκήνιο της εργατικής τάξης στο Brixton. Στην εφηβεία του, είχε ενθουσιαστεί με το rock n' roll και έφτιαξε τους London SS με πρόθεση να δώσει μια απάντηση στο hard-driving ήχο των Mott the Hoople and Faces.

Ο παιδικός του φίλος Paul Simonon (γεννημένος στις 15 Δεκεμβρίου του 1956) μπήκε στο συγκρότημα ως μπασίστας το 1976 αντικαθιστώντας τον Tony James που αργότερα πήγε στους Generation-X και στους Sigue Sputnik.
Εκείνη την εποχή, το συγκρότημα είχε επίσης τον
drummer Tory Crimes (Terry Chimes) ο οποίος είχε πρόσφατα αντικαταστήσει τον Topper Headon (Nicky Headon) γεννημένο στις 30 Μαΐου του 1955. Αφού παρακολούθησε μια συναυλία των Sex Pistols, o Strummer αποφάσισε να διαλύσει τους 101'ers το 1976 για να προσεγγίσει αλλιώς τη μουσική, με πιο άγριο ήχο. Μαζί με τον κιθαρίστα των 101'ers Keith Levene,

μπήκε στους London SS, οι οποίοι μετ' ονομάστηκαν σε Clash.
Tην εποχή εκείνη ο Strummer ζούσε ως καταληψίας σε ένα κοινοτικό σπίτι και ο Jones μοιραζόταν το ίδιο διαμέρισμα με την γιαγιά του. Οι συνθήκες δεν θα μπορούσαν να είναι καταλληλότερες και έτσι άρχισαν να γράφουν στίχους γεμάτους έχθρα, ένδεια και πικρία για το υπάρχον πολιτικό σύστημα. Το όνομά τους κατοχυρώθηκε μετά από την πρόταση του Simonon να χρησιμοποιήσουν το όνομα Clash, επειδή αναφερόταν πολύ στις εφημερίδες και πίστευε ότι ταίριαζε με τα πιστεύω τους. Τα υπόλοιπα γεγονότα μέχρι την έκδοση του πρώτου τους album που ηχογραφήθηκε μέσα σε τρία Σαββατοκύριακα, αποτελούν πια μέρος της μουσικής ιστορίας.

"Ως μείγμα από τελείως διαφορετικές προσωπικότητες” γράφει ο συγγραφέας
Lenny Kayeοι Clash ήταν η τέλεια μπάντα, που όλος ο πολιτικός ζήλος και ο απτόητος ιδεαλισμός της εξερράγησαν μέσω της μουσικής έκφρασης τους” ενώ ο ίδιος ο Joe Strummer, ένα μόλις μήνα πριν τον θανατό του το 2002, είχε δηλώσει για τις συναυλίες τους και για την κοινή τους πορεία ότι “ήταν κάτι σαν επίδειξη πυροτεχνημάτων. Κάτι σαν ψυχεδελικό χτύπημα από κεραυνό, κάτι σαν απροσδιόριστο χρώμα”.

Kάτι σαν αυτό το απερίγραπτο που όσα χρόνια κι αν περάσουν σε καθηλώνει και σε συναρπάζει, σαν να είναι η πρώτη φορά που τρέχεις να προλάβεις το "Train in vain" στο σταθμό του, για να σε ταξιδέψει στις τότε εποχές που η μουσική δεν ήταν μαζική παραγωγή αλλά μαζική επανάσταση.

ΔΙΣΚΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ

Το “Τhe Clash” κυκλοφορεί τον Απρίλιο του 1977 στην Μ.Βρεττανία περιλαμβάνοντας ύμνους όπως τα “White Riot” και “Im so bored with U.S.A” ενώ με το “Police and Thieves” επισημαίνει μια πρόωρη αναγνώριση του κοινού εδάφους μεταξύ της Punk και της Reggae.

Στο δεύτερο albumGiveEm Enough Ropeπου κυκλοφόρησε το 1978 το συγκρότημα βρίσκει πλέον τον ήχο εκείνο που το οδηγεί σε πεμπτουσιακές διαδρομές σαν το “Safe European Home” και το "Stay Free"

Τον Δεκέμβριο του 1979 κυκλοφορεί το “London Callingπου έμελλε να είναι όχι μόνο το σημείο αναφοράς των Clash αλλά και όλης της δεκαετίας που ακολούθησε. Το LP είναι διπλό αλλά πωλείται στην τιμή του ενός, ως τρανό δείγμα της ιδεολογίας του group να μην αποσκοπεί σε οικονομικά οφέλη, αλλά να προσπαθεί να δώσει στους θαυμαστές του όσο το δυνατόν περισσότερη και δωρεάν μουσική. Η δισκογραφική τους εταιρεία απέτησε οι Clash να μην πάρουν τίποτα από τις πρώτες 500.000 πωλήσεις του "London Calling".

Ακολουθούν τα “Sandinista!”, το οποίο είναι ενα album με όλους τους ήχους του κόσμου και τα κλασικά πλέον “The Magnificent Seven”, “The Call Up”, “Police on My Back”, “Washington Bullets”, “Sumebody Got Murdered” και το ”Combat Rock” με τα μοναδικά hits που έκανε το συγκρότημα, "Rock the Casbah" και “Should I Stay or Should I Go”, το φοβερό "Know Your Rights", και τα “Ghetto Defedant”, "Red Angel Dragnet" και "Overpowred By Funk".


Αργότερα, ο Strummer και ο Simonon που μείνανε, βγάλανε το "Cut the Crap", ένα album με πιο σκληρό ήχο και κομμάτια όπως το "Dirty Punk", το "This Is England", το "North And South" και το "Do It Now". Tο album όμως φαίνεται να έχει διαγραφεί από την επίσημη δισκογραφία των Clash, αφού κανένα τραγούδι του δεν συμπεριληφθή στη συλλογή "Clash On Broadway", της οποίας επιμελήθηκαν ο Strummer και ο Jones.

    • The Clash (1977)
    • Give 'em Enough Rope (1978)
    • London Calling (1979)
    • Sandinista! (1980)
    • Combat Rock (1982)
    • Cut the Crap (1985)
    • Super Black Market Clash (1994) (συλλογή από ακυκλοφόρητα τραγούδια. Είχαν διαλυθεί εδώ και 10 χρόνια)

Το μπάσο του Simonon


Η κιθάρα του Strummer

Ο Jones μετά τους Clash έφτιαξε του Big Audio Dynamite, ένα συγκρότημα στο οποίο συνδυάζονταν punk rap funk, ενώ o Strummer προσπάθησε α φτιάξει κάποια άλλα σχήματα τα οποία δεν είχαν επιτυχία και ασχολήθηκε με τον κινηματογράφο. Έπαιξε σε διάφορες ταινίες και έγραψε αρκετά soundtrack, τα οποία έχουν πάρει καλές κριτικές. Στα τελευταία χρόνια της ζωής του έφτιξε του Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, ένα latin rock punk μείγμα, με τους οποίους έβγαλε 3 album (το τελευταίο τους album "Streetcore" εκδόθηκε ενώ είχε πεθάνει). Ο Simonon ασχολήθηκε με τη μουσική όπως έκανε πριν τους Clash, και περίπου εδώ και 1-2 χρόνια έχει φτιάξει τους The Good The Bad And The Queen. O Topper Headon δεν μπόρεσε να απεξαρτηθεί από τα ναρκωτικά και μάλιστα συνελλήφθη για αποδοχή κοπλιμαίων λίγο μετά αφότου τον έδιωξαν οι Clash. Μπήκε φυλακή για 15 μήνες. Τα τελευταία χρόνια εμφανίζεται σε συνοικιακά club.





Προτεινόμενα βιβλία:

  • Marcus Gray, The Last Gang In Town
  • Χίλντα Παπαδημητρίου, The Clash - The Only Band That Matters
  • Johnny Green and Gerry Baker, A Riot of our Own - Night & Day with the Clash
  • Pennie Smith, The Clash - Before and After. Φωτογραφίες
  • John Savage, England's Dreaming: Sex Pistols and Punk Rock

Soundtrack του Joe Strummer:

  • Sid and Nancy, 1985
  • Sraight to Hell, 1986
  • Permanent Record, 1986
  • Walker, 1986
  • Wired, 1989
  • When Pigs Fly, 1993
  • Grosse Point Blank, 1997

Οι Clash υπάρχουν σε πολλά rockumentaries και για τον Strummer γράφτηκε η ταινία "The Future Is Unwritten", της οποίας το soundtrack κυκλοφορεί σε CD.