The Clash - "London Calling" & "Train In Vain" (Fridays)

[desiderious1]

Although the video quality is not very good it is still appreciated by me that you posted this rare clip of The Clash performing on the 80's late night show " Friday's " Oh the memories.

[achamenian2500]

god bless them, they played it almost 30 years ago and now in 2012 i still like it ,wowwwww u r awesomeeeeeeeeeeee

[kmars21]

i was 21 when this aired on Fridays..an ABC version of SNL..me and my stoner buds were like "Holy shit"!!

[firthoffifthtom]

WOW! WOW! Will never tire of this. So pure!

[BeardleProductions]

Lol, fucked up the lyrics, that's punk rock.

[TheEddster]

Read the Joe Strummer biog...nothing in there about Joe Public being his nickname, i reckon he probably was referring to the common man

[jon221998]

RIP Joe Strummer, still can't believe you're gone.

[findingcharlotte]

epic

[coolconfuzer]

popped collar...b4 fags started doing it.

[Musiclover5476]

Thumbs up if your a teenager and love British punk bands!!

[ManHeyThere]

I love the contrast between these 2 songs



[1959raddad]

To see this makes me feel sad for kids today, they have no idea what they missed out on. I was lucky enough to see them once in 82 in Vancouver with the English Beat and twice in Seattle with the Who. LONG LIVE PUNK, DEATH TO POP!!!!!

[jaqua524]

@afzoomie67 you havent seen the who bud...keith is dead, so therefor, you missed the who..

[afzoomie67]

@jaqua524 true..

[jaqua524]

@afzoomie67 hahahaha :)

[21Bucfan]

@1959raddad

Agreed. I feel so old now ... saw the Clash right before their break-up, Day on the Green 1982. One of the last to see the ral band (Strummer, Jones,Headon, Simonone) play in a live concert.

Seems like yesterday.

[btcc11]

He's so nervous.

[pokefreak525]

I LIVE BY THE RIVER!

[iplaythe4string]

thaaathunk...thaathunkathathun­k. fucking p bass FTW

[Pojothepanda]

I ...... WANT .... THAT.... PURPLE SUIT

[andrezang]

I wouldn't normally swear on the internet and my mum is unlikely to see this, so........this is fucking brilliant! 

[ASKpq]

It's funny how ahead of its time it was. You could imagine this coming out now. I'm 16 and there's nothing like this or there abouts to get into properly. A proper youth culture. It must've be fun for you lot who were there.

[petermont]

Best Band since the Beatles. And since bands are a thing of the past, that kind of frames it. Don't it.

[2pacinseattle]

They were so cool, just look at them at 2:00, thats the epitome of a rock band.

[turvyc12]

Them's some nasty teeth

[2pacinseattle]

@turvyc12

They still got all the pussy they wanted.

[TheBobRock57]

If aliens came to earth and ask what is rock music, I'd give them the clash

[swerdna12069]

I miss Joe.

[pitchforkcustom]

may take a holiday graffiti on joes guitar is genius. wheres his ignore alien orders one??? on vacation.

[PBANDSNOW]

@pitchforkcustom Joe switched to the white Fender Esquire in late 1979, and went back to the I A O Telecaster in 1981.

[salvadory]

this was a time- the clash the jam and the damned- the holy trinity of great bands from the punk era!

[BillyHunt06]

The "I May Take a Holiday" guitar.  Love it !!

[inchwormgreen]

does joe have a buzz cut there?

[americano256]

beautiful...thanks for posting

[adschie06]

The Clash rules!!

[TWolfeTone1]

Fuck's with Mick's suit?

[pitchforkcustom]

@TWolfeTone1 it was 1980, give him a break.

[JohnnyDoy1]

love the bass to this song

[Tarten46]

i loved this show,

[Technosphile]

I wonder if they made Strummer promise he wouldn't say "the high with the yellowy eyes" on US tv.

Also boss zoot, Mick

[ehcbucks10]

whos the keyboardist

[forncettjesus]

@ehcbucks10

it was usually Mickey Gallagher from the blockheads who would play keyboard for them

[seka1986]

The only band that ever mattered.

[yettibrad]

Hehehe Mick looks like Jerry Seinfeld. Fucking amazing performance.

[TheGreenwoodfamily]

@yettibrad I was just going to say the same thing!

[otisbirdsong]

Dudes are on fire here

[EdNortonisMineLol]

LOVE IT!

[544delta]

This band is great! one of the pioneers of punk!

[RisforRockit]

This clip only suffers from too little Paul Simonon. Come on, not even ONE close up?!

[imabadmoon]

Darn Joe, you got dem lyrics messed up.

[degree7]

Why is Mick wearing a clown suit?

This is probably the best live version I've seen.

[PBANDSNOW]

@degree7 Mick like many others later punk artists wore funny suits. No one wanted that anti punk look of wearing suits (like the jam did), but they did wan to wear fun things. Micks personal taste sprang from Mott the Hoople and T Rex

[FetaCheese222]

Damn Joe, what happened to your hair?

[emiltsuimunsang]

terrible

[goodleftundone976]

@emiltsuimunsang can you please explain why??? 8o

[PBANDSNOW]

@emiltsuimunsang Lets see you do better

[JoshHolmesRHP]

it seems like that any band that has anything do with punk, find that its more important to have fun, than it is to work there ass of to learn every song 100%,

[punkyjulie1]

Bet ur rockin heaven Joe - give my love to Sid x

[Keiretsu]

i never get tired of this

[rpmangin]

6 people were injured in a train crash in london

[fostergetagrip]

@bmurray Yeah man, TGA are one of the best Punk bands around today. Bouncing Souls and Blacklist Royals have alot of soul to their music too. The Clash's influence isn't dead.

[applescruffs71]

Music and bands like this have long since died. So much passion!!!

[bmurray714]

@applescruffs71 they really haven't man...you just gotta look...band like the hold steady and the gaslight anthem take huge cues from the clash and they play with real feeling, especially brian fallon, front man of gaslight anthem...you should look them up

[AtticusStount]

Yeah, London Calling was an all right album wasn't it?

[pedrocarlosleite]

Meus sentidos estão todoa a mil, no meu carro tem um banco vazio!

IRA! feelings.

[toy4x4nj]

I wish i saw the Clash headline . saw them open for the Who in Phila at JFK Stadium.

[ter521fad]

@toy4x4nj I wish I'd been there. But in 1982 I was only 14 and my musical tastes weren't developed enough to appreciate a great band like the Clash.

[birddoc47]

Too classic for mere words!

[sofiMADMONKEY]

Yeah, it's sooooo cool ^_^

[Message167]

so fucking awesome!

[benjaminrichardshoop]

amazing, not punk anymore, but fucking amazing they're finest hour london calling!!

[jkthemod]

@benjaminrichardshoop I feel like "punk" (and all it's trappings) was a cul de sac for the Clash; they had a bigger vision... and deeper interests, and as such- "punk" limited them. More than a great "punk" band (but clearly they are) they moved beyond the limits/borders of what was thought to be "cool" and taught us that other sounds/cultures should be accepted. I can tell you this... there are WAY more Clash fans/fanatics NOW (30+years later) than there ever were during their "heyday"...

[usedtobesupermom]

Where are the bands today that create music & lyrics to wake up the population so they can see what's really going on? Musicians have a 'media' to get messages out.

It seems in the US people are being told to SHOP, SHOP, SHOP, even though you don't have a job anymore because of Wall St., it's been outsourced to a 3rd world country, or replaced by cheap foreign workers that come in.... It's OK to get further in debt.. you will never get out of debt because we OWN the gov...SUCKERS!

Anyone?

[kink66]

bands today as green day should pay respect to the clash & the damned!

[Miskmokmok]

I LOVE "TRAIN IN VAIN " !!!!!!!!!!!

[somamusika]

@Miskmokmok me too!!!!

[silmaril76]

This is a stonking performance by The Clash!! Lovin' it!!

[pablobenitez1]

what a fucking awesome bandddddddddddddddddddd

[neokrix]

i love mick jones in this vid

[JANER64]

Nice haircut Joe, nice to see Topper too!

[kenabiggs]

Sorry we duplicated you guys, you are so awesome, and could never be as bold and original as you...sincerely yours, Green Day

[PaulBriden]

Brilliant song, great band, i had the chance to see them 3 times in the late seventies early eighties and sadly did not go. ( Crawley leisure centre, Friars Aylesbury and Hammersmith Palais). We all have crosses to bear, this is one of mine sadly. The trouble is ,when you are a teenager still at school, then college, and your only income is a paper round and washing cars your choice is limited.

[AXESHREDDER21]

mick looking like he belongs in the specials in this vid haha.

[A10thunderbolt]

@AXESHREDDER21

I was just thinking Mick in the suit looked....odd. Great vid and better than great band.

[sodproteus]

uaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuu...... best of best..!!!!!!!!

[ShaneSaw83]

Joe Public was the best frontman ever. Seeing him with Mick, Paul and Topper (before he fell apart) is so great. This was prime Clash, thanks for posting!

[A10thunderbolt]

@ShaneSaw83

Greatest band ever at the top of their game.

[RUFUSSPEED]

@ShaneSaw83 Joe Strummer, moron!

[ShaneSaw83]

@RUFUSSPEED Joe Public was his nickname. Go listen to Complete Control (you've probably never heard a Clash song before) and never criticize anyone ever again you fucking amateur.

[RUFUSSPEED]

@ShaneSaw83 Haha, you're joking, right? John Mellor known as Joe Strummer. So what that in Complete Control he says "This is Joe Public speaking" - in England, Joe Public means "the common man" and that's what the lyric meant. Any Brit would know that instantly but, of course, you're an american. For your information, I have every Clash album and single and saw them many times in the late 70s, early 80s. Anything else to say, fool?

[mgperera]

@RUFUSSPEED i know i wish i could've been there

[Mrdwallful]

@ShaneSaw83 Joe Public?

[leoon2klife]

luv it

[kris1991]

Nice Telecaster!

[PBANDSNOW]

@kris1991 Thats actually an Esquire (single pickup Telecaster)

[PohatuJr]

The best bass line in the history of music!

[DonMatta1166]

AWESOME AWESOME! GREAT GREAT BAND! THE BEST? NOPE.

[Kevinos86]

The Sopranos would not have been invented without Mick Jones.

[kirkpatrick321]

@Kevinos86 What is Mick Jone's connection to the Sopranos?

[Kevinos86]

@kirkpatrick321 His Suit!

[SonofGalahad]

Hell Yes!

[WithAVoice21]

between the zoot suit and the chord at 3:56...it's hard not to love mick. :)

[MrBlairblack]

heroes.

[Fluffy8778]

My chemistry teacher knew the Clash before they were famous,when he was in high school.He was offered to play in one of their albums but he turned them down because he was busy.Instead one of this friends played.He could have been famous! Real story fellows.

[DrugStabbingTime]

@Fluffy8778 What was his name?

[hrw]

i would give my right pinky to have seen them live.

[ilovethe80syeah]

I'm seriously lovin those outfits

[derpdederp101]

lol he really missed that Bm chord at 3:56

[queens2philly15]

and everyone stop saying fuck the beatles without the beatles we wouldnt have any good rock like the clash

[JabberOff]

@queens2philly15

Yeah, because great rock n' roll existed neither before nor after that glorified boy band.

[blow78]

joe ci manchi

[32Lehtonen]

Train In Vain is my favorite song :D

[gricon43]

Mick in a suit....killed me laughin....The Clash.....The most influential band ever...If it wasnt for groups like these boys we would be still listening to that 2 cored bollox from the Beatles...Rock on

[Lunatic4Bizcas]

@gricon43 : Despite how great a band The Beatles were, I could easily say that Paul McCartney sucks as a solo artist when compared to Morrissey who hailed from the legendary band, The Smiths. Now how relative does my personal assertion sound? Let bygones be bygones and enjoy some of the greatest Rock ever made by the great legendary band known as 'The Clash!' After all, they were considered 'the only band that matters' for a reason.

[TranquilRiot]

I didn't know Seinfeld could sing

[vvnit]

train in vain sounded great...

[willwazzer123]

check out the song on my  page

[theqbfan]

THe only band that ever mattered

[WhiteBoy41]

Ballzy- kick Ass- Killer- A+ if you like right in the gut rock..Cuz thats what this is...Man is that good...... R.I.P. JOE.

[manohman101]

if I could go back in time, I think i'd see the clash over any other band. they got so much energy and sound great live!

[mercuryjam85]

i used to love the beatles until i found out what fucking hypocrites they were!!!!the clash were no hypocrites!!!joe strummer knocks john lennon's block off PERIOD!!!!!!

[iamjesusofnazareth]

@mercuryjam85 what exactly do you mean (why are the beatles hypocrites and joe isn't)

[mercuryjam85]

the clash are up their with queen and pink floyd as the greatest bands

[JDKeith91]

@mercuryjam85 maybe queen but not Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd is nowhere near one of the greatest bands ever

[queens2philly15]

@JDKeith91 pink floyd>clash>queen

[JDKeith91]

@queens2philly15 Actually you have it backwards, its Queen>Clash>Pink Floyd

[queens2philly15]

@JDKeith91 no man pink floyd were geniuses, clash were actual punks, and queen were an extremely camp rock band

[JDKeith91]

@queens2philly15 Wow Queen is a camp rock band... Freddie mercury was and always will be the greatest songwriter ever and brian may is an unbelievable guitar player, they are nowhere near camp rock band

[queens2philly15]

@JDKeith91 they were amazing dont get me wrong. i love queen, definitely in my top 10 best bands. but floyd and clash in my opinion were better. i still like queen, they were just sort of different for me. but they were really unique.

[mercuryjam85]

one of the greatest bands ever!!!fuck the beatles!!!!joe strummer one of the great frontmans of rock, PERIOD!!!!

[FriedChickenofDeath6]

@mercuryjam85 You mean, The Beatles fuck Joe Strummer, Right? The Beatles are one million times better. I like The Clash, but they're not the only band that matters.

[Lunatic4Bizcas]

@FriedChickenofDeath6 : 'The Beatles' one million times better than The CLASH!? Well, everyone is entitled to their opinion anyway. The Beatles are icons of a particular period in history and are primarily ambassadors of the 60's, whereas, I find The Clash's music and urgency just as relevant today as it ever was. The energy present in their music barely show signs of aging. In any case, the matter of whether one band is better than the other is all to subjective.

[FriedChickenofDeath6]

@Lunatic4Bizcas I know. Can't compare both. Different ages, I'm sorry.

[HelenA2115]

genius! Nothing and everything more:

Genius!

[antosplit]

@HelenA2115 You are so right, they are simply Genius!

[acgc72]

fuck autoshare! clash rocks!

[nkprimorjeajd]

wow, some mad drumming by topper headon

[egaz11]

only played for 10 years and went to rock n roll hall of fame

[ariakiss]

Actually, it was released in the U.S. January 1st, 1980.

So, it does qualify for best of 80's...

[egaz11]

it qualifies because it kicks the crap out of the rest of the stuff from the 80s

[JabberOff]

Brilliant song (and album). So good, in fact, that Rolling Stone Magazine put it in their "Best Album of the Eighties" list, even though it came out in '79.

[bilbomarks]

@JabberOff Although I agree that it is a fantastic album, on of the greatest, rolling stone is rubbish and their opinion shouldn't matter.

[oglockwood]

@JabberOff It was released in January 1980 in the U.S.

[Hoopermazing]

@JabberOff I infinitely prefer Sandinista, though I wouldn't consider either of them as candidates for the best album of the 80s. But they are certainly they among the best albums of the 80s...

[JabberOff]

@Hoopermazing

Sandanista has some of the Clash's greatest songs, but it is horribly incohesive as an album album.

[Hoopermazing]

@JabberOff I prefer to think of Sandinista! as refreshingly eclectic in vein of original Broadway cast recordings of contemporary musicals. Other than "Train In Vain" and "Spanish Bombs," I really don't have much use for London Calling. Whereas with Sandinista!, I really like more than a dozen songs

[Hoopermazing]

@JabberOff ... Might I add that Rolling Stone Magazine give 4 fucking stars to almost everything that Yoko Ono produces. So, their judgement is questionable at best.

[JabberOff]

@Hoopermazing

I agree. Couldn't care less about Rolling Stone as a magazine. The point was that London Calling is such an incredible album that critics completely ignored the year it was released in order to include it in a Best Of list. It is a testement to the quality of the music, not to Rolling Stones' acumen (or a lack thereof) as musicologists.

[blakedawg76]

@JabberOff I agree with both of you guys 100%.



[punknpissed]

@JabberOff In the U.K., yeah. It came out in the very late 70's. But in the states it was released in 1980.

Don't listen to those rolling stones fags btw.

[arturazoo]

This is amazing!

[jasimotx]

It IS called Train in Vain.

[0517hellokitty]

This isn't "A PUNK BAND" This is the CLASH!! God Bless Joe Strummer and his family. Thank you to the CLASH for their music!

[unfamous13]

Paul(bass) gladly always called himself a punk, saying no matter how they played he would always be punk..

[DrugProwlingWolf]

They weren't a punk band anymore when they did this. They'd moved way beyond it. Still the only band that matters.

[herroitsuba]

for some reason, i wish people still dressed like this

paul is so great hahaa

[JonnyD108]

I don't think Joe ever gets the lyrics right when they play this live haha. I fucking love this band

[twochaudio]

Thay were peken here

[PBANDSNOW]

0:31 look at how mick gives joe the evil eye

[PBANDSNOW]

micks suit is wicked

[BC67WHO]

the only band that matters...... long live The Clash and Joe

[N1nestein]

Hail the Clash! Not many bands have this kind of stage presence any more.

[LlamasOnAcid]

the clash at their peak.

lovin his haircut

[iansg75]

So fuckin' energetic, the boys done good there!

[kidslam38]

Johnny Rotten is singing great here!

[AceTravis33]

wtf are you talking about... Johnny Lydon(aka Johnny Rotten) is in the Sex Pistols bro......

[shizzel8590]

ha, i hope you're joking cus if you were thats kidna funny, just to fuck with youtubers....if you werent, well, wtf man?

[PBANDSNOW]

johnny rotten is in a different band

[falcolemalinois]

punkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk­kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[1980Triumph]

best version of train in vain, they rocked it out at the end between the guitar and the organ they were blazing

[notntusay]

I agree with StrummerLivesxxx-5*****!!!!!