Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros - Yalla Yalla

[BaNDiDaRuRal]

This song is good.

A Canadian friend I teach her to us and now he belongs to our favorites.

Postscript: I am Mexican

I♥ Joe Strumer

[Rotateitbaby]

What an inspiration.

Forever, my idol.

"Tonight In The Grove..."

[hullmaskin]

damn it, quillcorp, you must have misunderstood. you may thought we would care about your complains...

go bother someone who cares

[dinosaws]

joe strummer just got a new fan. i love johnny appleseed. can some1 tell me some other good songs his done

[Redskins001]

Check out the Joe Strummer videos of 'Redemption Song', 'Tony Adams' and 'Burning Lights'. Also (if you haven't already done so) any videos by The Clash.

[splendiferousity]

also "gangsterville" from his 1989 album earthquake weather..definitely listen to the clash...joe strummer and the mescarlero's "bhindi bhagee", "global a go-go", "techno d-day" and "get down moses" are really great too

[36clashfan77]

in fact juts check em all out and decided which ones you like

[evesham64]

Great song one of best he ever did.Best frontman ever r.i.p joe never forgotten

[mushroomheadsquish]

joe strummer for president the united nations... and yes, I am quite aware he is dead... RIP ...

[schmiddster14]

he's got my vote!

[fakehippy]

Joe Strummer changed my life.

[bigboredthing]

can't we just appreciate the music as just what it is? music? instead of compressing it into a genre or analysing it! I was lucky enough to meet joe at the ripe old age of 10 just before he died, and he wouldnt want any of this to be happening. and this is coming from me. a 15-year-old little autistic girl. So lets all just appreciate Joe's way with words. Thanks

[splendiferousity]

excellently said - couldn't agree with you more:)

[Wowbagger86]

hear hear :)

[quillcorp]

Personally, I really hate it when people try to get all self righteous on youtube. I mean, c'mon. This isn't the place to have a philosophical discussion, and it isn't the place to preach bigboredthing. If people want to try and classify music, I have an easier time reading those comments than ones like yours that try to sneak in things like "I was lucky enough to meet joe at the ripe old age of 10 just before he died." Give up the pity party and move on. Seriously.

[bigboredthing]

i wasnt being self-righteous, i was just trying to get you lot to see sense, sense being that music needn't be classified into genres, theres no point, it causes music to lose its originality.

[clemtorres]

my son is autistic are you sher that you are or are you just joking. any way he likes joe also but we never meet him you are lucky.

[bigboredthing]

yeh, i have Asperger's, sort of autism. I feel honoured to have met joe and send my love to your son :)

[kerboplethecamel]

I think your right, it means "Let's go!"

[hangin10]

ANDIAMO!

[ainebel]

yalla is an arabic word used alot by lebanese & means "let's go" "vas y" "basta"

the double use of yalla "yalla yalla" is very common & its kinda insesting "to move on"

[haggisluver125]

Urban dictionary says ....'Bitch yalla we are late!!'

[profnutty]

I hadn't heard this one before now. Don't know why...Punk? Anything that this voice sings is punk. Never lost a step. RIP

[HazardZero]

Awesome song... as for it not being "punk", who cares? Nowadays, as has been already pointed out, punk is just a fashion anyways and I'm personally sick of the closedmindedness of the new scene of 16-year-olds brought up on the disposable bubblegum crap that punk has been diluted to nowadays. But whatever... I'm probably gonna get a thousand comments telling me I'm not real enough because I actually choose to think outside the box with my musical tastes which I'm not even gonna bother sharing

[MattAull]

genres ruin minds

[qharris24]

pleese do share them. you actually sound like an intelligent person

[clapton1958]

Personally, I reckon this is more punk than the current punk scene. Punk, to me, is not a type of music, but a state of mind. Just wanting to play something different and strange and then doing it is in itself punk to me. You could take any kind of music to be punk, I think. This is definitely punk, he's sharing his ideas through music that an experimental stage of music for him. I may be wrong though, someone else might have a different idea. Peace.

[Kurasuke]

That is somewhat legitimate as Joe Strummer is the single most important "punk" of all time. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

[geckoremmington]

you can create a "Punky" image of "yourself" on a website now adays

huhu any one ever seen "golf punk" magazine? hilarious stuff probably for upperclass adolescents its great. dont buy it, obviously

[kerboplethecamel]

Joe was a brilliant man, with more guts and more talent than any of us. He wrote whatever he fucking wanted to, and didn't cater to the snotty little bitch-punks who thought he should write a thousand "London Callings". Thank God he did, because he gave us this absolutley beautiful and rocking song.

[mushroomheadsquish]

Hear, hear...

[AedhanKoun]

I definitely agree, Strummer was a visionary, and he influenced countless music groups, and lives, including mine. The Clash were punk, even under a big label, they made sure their CDs were cheap, so anyone could get them. RIP Joe Strummer!

[JoeyRamonerulz]

People who don't like songs like this seriously can't understand music at all, Joe was amazing, both with the Clash and the Mescaleros!

mushroomheadsquish is absolutely correct, it's sad, but true.

[keysplayer]

This song is aweful and senseless

yalla yalla yalla....bunch on made up shit.

[mushroomheadsquish]

Sir, I protest. Art takes many forms. Joe was evolving. I love all of Joe's work from all the Clash albums to present. I thought at one time punk was about open minds. I guess those days are over or were never there to begin with. With punk rock (if you can call it that) these days you can buy it off a shelf in Walmart. C.D.'s, clothes, deodorant, aftershave, wallets, belts, t-shirts, hats, rings, nose rings, ect. It's just a business now. Just like heavy metal was.

[KillAllCops]

I totally agree with you man...2 words for you...Popular Culture...

xxx

[punk1attitude]

i think looking at if from that way ...

it still makes a beautiful song !

=D

cheers !

[suicidekingz]

at keysplayer:

"bunch on made up shit?" yalla yalla roughly translates to "lets go" in arabic. but is there any point in trying to explain the significance of a song this powerful to an inbred like you?

[clapton1958]

I thought it was actually Hebrew mate, but that may be me being stupid. Definitely means something akin to "let's go" or "go go" in some language commonly used in the middle east.

[naryk27]

RIP Joe

[vrouwenverwarmer]

I love The Clash, but this song really sucks!

The Clash (and Strummer) were at their best at the out of control tour in 1984/85.

yalla, yalla, my ass...what a CRAP!

[theycallmebill]

A - you just don't understand. Every band is at their best when they are fresh which for the Clash was 1977.

Joe just grew up. He's still doing progressive stuff and reminding us that protest is essential to liberty.

So protest is out of style these days. Too bad for us. Maybe you need to spend your time watching Mick Jones and Big Audio Dynamite Videos instead. So, cut Joe some slack. He stands above all rockers.

"Well, so long liberty

Let's forget you didn't show

Not in my time"

[vrouwenverwarmer]

Hello, I do understand, I like The Clash because of their hard rocking stuff, songs like London Calling, pouring rain etc. not of their politics: my daddy was a bankrobber..who cares?

I went to a couple of Strummer shows, and the only moments the public went crazy was when he played clash songs, I thinh the last great Strummer song is Dum dum club.

Yalla Yalla sounds like a bad Bananarama song playing backwards.

B.A.D. is also full with crappy songs, only one song is listenable: Bottom line..

[theycallmebill]

I agree on the B.A.D. Thing. It is interesting to take apart the pieces of the clash (Joe & Mick)and see how they each contributed to that sound we all loved.

For Joe, why don't you check out "Joe Strummer - Bhindi Bhagee" - You'll see a guy who could have made millions by continuing to play it safe, but instead just wanted to be in a real band, looking for new sounds, rocking the people of the world.

[jasperbuzz]

They were at their best on the Out Of Control Tour? Oh Yeah and Cut The Crap was their best album by far....someone missed the boat

[vrouwenverwarmer]

I'll bet you never saw The Clash live, I did!

I saw them in 1981,82 and 84.

So I know the difference between Clash I and II.

I did'not missed the boat ;) you'r right about Cut the Crap, but sorry Strummers songs in his last years where too softy, give me the bongo?? The fact that he was the Clash's frontman helped him, not his music that was yalla,yalla or ...Crap! Come on, be honest, if you are a rocking Clash fan (Complete control, White man) you don't like this boring yalla yalla stuff!

[suicidekingz]

at vrouwenverwarmer:

i disagree with you. I may not be in a position to argue as i was born in 1990, but i think songs like "the card cheat" were even slower than this, yet still many clash fans appreciated it, because although it may be slower than their earlier stuff, it carried the same level of passion, just through a different medium

[mushroomheadsquish]

Sir, what does the speed the of music have to do with it's originality, talent, and timelessness?

[lukecloherty]

The clash were at their best as Joe, Mick, Paul and Topper - fact. You're right this tune aint great but not all mescaleros tunes are bad, listen to coma girl, that's a fucking blinding tune.

[vrouwenverwarmer]

Hi, I agree with you that the first 3 years incl. the London Calling album were great, Sandinista was a joke, except Mag. 7 of course!

The best Clash song in my opinion is "In the Pouring Rain"

It,s too bad, Cut the Crap could have been super, full of powerfull songs, i want to cry...

[musicboxbook]

I saw yesterday the film about him. Great Yalla Yallaaaaaaaaa.

Kontinue to Kombat.

[9445819]

Saw Joe in Toronto on the Global a Go Go tour.Had never heard Yala Yala at that time, it blew me away as did the rest of the show.The Clash and Mescaleros are both amazing groups.

[shimbaio]

musica para colgarte

[ELPOETAELEGIDO]

Eres una leyenda joe, inmortal....saludos desde Chile

[Jualmas1990]

lol, tengo antepasados de tu tierra.

si, joe era el puto amo... este viernes ire a ver el documental que estrenan aki en españa sobre su vida

[ELPOETAELEGIDO]

Eres una leyenda joe, inmortal....saludos desde Chile

[15chipshops]

Top Boy! Top Tune!

Loved Joe with the 101ers, especially 'Sweet Revenge', 'Sweety of the St. Moritz' and 'Hideaway'.

Classics...

[leandrovai]

VIVA JOE STRUMMER!!!!!!!!!!! Desde Argentina con mucha pasión ese es el sentimiento más sincero para un grande como Joe.

[pgclash66]

As good as "Whiteman". A classic. We will never see his like again.

[bigboredthing]

His voice always cheers me up. I feel like he's always around us. Go party your head off in heaven Joe!

[pfonyt]

HE said, "without people you are nothing", but without JOE we are also nothing!!!

"Well, so long liberty just let's forget you never showed.

Not in my time but in our sons' and daughters' time!" WHAT A MAN!!!

Yalla, yalla, yalla, ya-lah JOE :'('''''

[TimeWarper75]

Joe Strummer is a legendary man!

R.I.P

[avibard]

He was the best and he truly cared for his brothers and sisters. R.I.P. Joe, R.I.P.

[maddcowe]

I know what you mean, AnnaBlueRibbon. I'm a 40-something year old dude, and I've never teared up more. Joe was a master.

[AnnaBlueRibbon]

he brings tears up to my eyes and sometimes i dont even understand why

just the feel and rawness of his music itself is profoundly moving

[betyerdid]

With you on that one mate.

[brymansimpson]

he was the clash

[tommybass40]

Man, Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros was one of the most underrated bands in the history of rock. Their albums are AMAZING.

RIP Joe!!

[basilcruncher]

as vital, passionate and inspired as his greatest days in the clash. great song.

[thedoc2224]

strummer is GOD

[GreattheCatherine]

SO true, so true. Visionary, poet, musical genius.

I miss him. Why is he dead while people like George W. live?

Soooooo good.

[7ate9nyc]

What is this amazing, awesome, beautiful, profound song about?

[betyerdid]

You all know how it is folks. Once a musician has done his bit down here he's called up to the big recording studio in the sky ;-)

[JohnCronin87]

Poor mans Shane McGowan.

[uirish2]

Lets settle this over a pint

[srtabitchita]

I just love him!

[neechaa]

ahh come on , what he encompased,we can as well...or are....as have always been, bro sis,its how you cut it....thats how he alway*'s put it...

[merlincycles]

Oh, I miss him

[nopaulno]

..his voice and his words changed my life when i was children... Thank you Joe...

[nopaulno]

I said... oh,shit...that voice...

[nopaulno]

...lissen his voice...

[nopaulno]

oh... his voice...

[dizzyhayride]

DISTANCE NO OBJECT!!!!

[QueenRocker89]

I admire this man so much. RIP Joe

[tsungvarsky]

He looks so alive.

[grotezakhooi]

good music man

[fruitytea]

Yeah, Joe's an exception to my aetheism too, he better be in the next world!

Great lyrics.

[tooheys1968]

ditto

[gezwold]

I just watched this video with tears in my eyes,

What a man to loose

[ssreef]

Nobody better......... RIP Joe

[tsungvarsky]

I miss Joe... I used to wake up to him in the morning on my alarm clock. I think I will put in back in...

[maxsheeppower]

lol i notice with all the clash, all the mescaleros shit, you dont have random people commenting like this fuckin sucks, like you see with other bands, possibly because its the best shit of all time?

[tsungvarsky]

Arrrghhhgorra buh bhuh do arrrrgggghhhhnnnn!!!!

[brownieboy888]

joe had what it took to unite us all.

his music is the way he taught us.

[maxsheeppower]

great video

couldnt be any better

seriously

[Khultan]

Goddamn....Joe, you're their in Heaven, even though I might be an atheist. You're in heaven.

[mja46805]

what a great second chapter to "Straight To Hell, Boys"

love you -- Joe

[sampedeina]

Great Joe. I met you in Milan and i wont forget that magic evening!!

[azzymj]

I love this song. Joe was so cool

[daRIG1970]

so sad!

[bristolclash]

Distance no object .

The greatest lyricist of all time.

The greatest singer of The Greatest Band of all time.

The greatest solo artist of all time.

This video would of been better shot around Ladbrooke Grove by DON LETTS.

[milleniumdragon]

I'll second that.

[khaledonia]

as much as i love Joe And The Clash..they shoulda filmed this in the uk or such nd like cut the american crap and styin the uk

[jayhi1810]

yes i see your point, but i have been living in the US just outside nyc and it still resonates.

anyway forget the sentiment, to have joe back would it really matter???

[jfscave]

Bless you for this post. R.I.P. Joe.

[Klevshin]

Top Johnny...sadly missed...no-one to fill his place...RIP

[ninorc2003]

I came looking for this since I've been reading Chris Salewicz' biog of Joe, Redemption Song, and somehow missed this tack first time round. Thanks for sharing!

[allmodcons1960]

rest in peace joe

what a legend