True punk is dead, the new stuff that's out is only a shell of what was... its only music and clothes and piercings now. No substance. No politico. No thought. No action. We were more than haircuts and leather. We were more than nipple cuffs and black nail polish. We were fighting for something. So-called punks today are the posers we use to beat the crap out of - and old punks are dying off, fading away, forgetting it all for the comforts of suburban life. So pathetic....
what's wrong with being a proud Marxist or Communist? This dumb American knows the state of the world and knows that Marx and Engles concept of the future has come to pass. What is truly remarkable about this song and songs off of Sandanista are the influences that provoked them. Songs like Maginificant 7 and Radio Clash were heavily influenced by the new Rap sound that was developing in New York. Long before Aerosmith banked off of African American culture, the Clash bridged the gap.
joe strummer wasnt a communist you moron. You must come from the jo McCarthy school of politics, just because someone has a different view to you it doesnt make them a communist.
@rightarmofwyoming The Clash is punk rock, and a majority of Punk Rock is Anarchist. The words to radio clash has nothing that supports the communists. Pirate satellite in this songs is anarchist, no commies would ever allow that. Then he says cashing in on the Bill Of Rights, which is free speech, and that's not commie either. "Hands of law has sorted through my indentity", another reference to anarchy.
@rightarmofwyoming I dont need u to tell what Strummer was. U were talkin about this song not Strummer, or are you basically judging his work on his political views?
@rightarmofwyoming I think joe was anti politics in general but leaned towards the left as it was a more inclusive and social way of political thinking. I dont think he would agree with the control a communist state would demand at all. If you can educate me to the contrary I would take it on board, but hey if he was a communist who cares? Its only a mans political opinion the same as mine and yours. Keep it tuned to radio clash.
@NRVERTAKEMEALIVE Joe Strummer would be a LIBERTARIAN today if he was around and saw what the "Liberal Left" have become. He just wanted truth and the left was the closest to the truth at that time.
@MsPsycho29 I think your right he was on the left back then in opposition to Thatcher England and Reagan America, if he were around he'd be a libertarian
I have Paul Simonon's Ampeg head and bass cabinets and matching hot pink Clash road cases they bought from Mannys NYC that might be from this and the US tour shows...He sold it to me when he lived in LA while he was in Havana 3AM.....
It was Nicky on the kit. He was in the throes of his heroin addiction by the time of this airing. It shows. He is off by about an eighth metre and Joe is trying to urge him to catch up. He was wiped out by the NY Bonds shows/partying night after night
Wow chill the fuck out you stupid cunt, i was jsut saying its fucking pointless to say no one is playong the guitar if theres no guitar sound, its like saying "HEY NOTICE NO ONES PLAYING THE DIDGERIDOO" Well of course no fucking one is playing it. Stfu dude.
I'm 50 and saw the Clash twice - to say they were life changing gigs is an understatement. RIP Joe, you are still sorely missed. Thank God we had the Clash...Green Day and the Kaiser Chiefs are just very very very pale wannabes.
@tasscat ya know tasscat, I also saw The Clash twice, and agree wit all you say except the last sentence. Wgy so negative, I mean you can't fault anyone for at least trying. And yes, maybe those bands don't add up to a pile of cool beans to your old ears, but at least they are fighting the GOOD FIGHT and writing about issues that matter. So chill out and realize that The Clash influenced a lot of people in a lot of different ways. RIP Joe, RIP. And thank you.
@tasscat Why all these wickedness on green day??ok, The clash are history...but i think that green day are a great great band (listen "jesus of suburbia" or "Homecoming")....and also the lyrics are great...
Green Day has nothing to do with 'punk'. Anyone that was around when the Clash were still together, knows this. GD are huge commercial sell-outs, there is nothing political about them. GD is NOT a 'great' band and their lyrics are aimed at little kiddies. That being said, GD is a 3rd or 4th generation 'pop' band that does write decent, catchy little pop tunes, but in no way can they be mentioned in the same breath as the Clash. I bet you were not around when the original Clash were...right?
@kenhenburn yes, it's true, but surely i'm not of none generations that you are thinking (and no, i don't listen Avril Lavigne, Sum 41 or today's shit) what you have listened of Green day? 'cause to me "Insomniac" is a punk album, "Kerplunk" too; it is true that also they are changed in the years, as they have made the Clash and it doesn't seem me that "American Idiot" isn't a Political album, maybe you judge Green day without listened to them, I respect your ideas even if i don't agree...
@TheOmegalomaniac. thank you for the rebuttal. I don't hate Green Day, just don't think they should be mentioned in the same breath as the Clash. I own some GD CDs and have listened them and like them. I guess the politics of the 70's & 80's are different from now. Besides the Clash, there were also many other great 'punk' bands from the 70's, like the Stranglers, The Fall, Gang of Four...respectfully yours, kenhenburn
@kenhenburn I do agree, i was listening to green day since i was like seven and i have grown to love them. I wouldn't dare call them punk, but you gotta understand thats what their FANS labeled them as, not them. Yet, i started listening to the clash last year and like them ALOT better than green day.
@kenhenburn Bille Joe actually said thet they weren't punk, it's the fanbase and media that has called them punk. His biggest inspirations were different punk bands though.
@kenhenburn Billie Joe has Punk inspiration, but he actually denies that he's in a punk band. Their older stuff is actually more representative of rock, than pop. Actually the reason they seem like "Commercial sell-outs" is probably because he and his wife own a record label. Unfortunately "Corporate sell-outs" is the demographic for young people these days and the best way to sell is to get kids involved. Shame but true.
i find it interesting that some people think music cannot change the world. as a teenager i started listening to the clash. after listening to the words of their songs i decided to learn more about politics, inflation, dictatorships etc.... most kids listening to music were learing about issues in the world. kids listening to disco were shoving coke up their noses and burying their heads in the sand. ask bob geldof if music can change the world!
True, I know many people who were inspired to do great things by The Clash. Their music is very moving still. In fact the music is bigger than the truth. Like all rock stars it was show biz and all calculated for affect. The actual band and manager were obsessed with staying hip and it's unclear what beliefs they really had. The fans are the real heros. Ironically it was a "clash" of egos between Joe and Bob Geldof that prevented the Clash from playing Live Aid
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Well, too bad uneducated musicians usually take the side of the radical Left. Leftist ideology has destroyed millions of lives; the Sandanistas were nothing more than Marxist revolutionaries and killers.
Uneducated and mentioning FSLN as killers at the same time.The Contras in Nicaragua is klinging on the positive side of the scale. Now, really is it? Being fed up with propaganda and US support for The Contras, ok buy that out of ignorance. But please don't come and say that leftist ideology support suppression and murder of people, or that those musicians you refer to do it. It's done by pure madness by people that put's themself in the dictatorship chair under the veil of left ideology.
yea but it's our Generation that is doing nothing about what the Clash was conveying. So we might as well put our bell bottoms on,put that ABBA CD on and start doing coke. Get ready for the vaccines...
@brianpcurran That was well said, I completely agree with you there. Unfortunately much of the popular music in my generation have a sleazy, materialistic attitude, which seems to be making youth ignorant of their history and issues in the world today. Though the words of Joe Strummer, John Lennon, Bob Marley and others, will definitely live on and be heard, and inspire similar works in today's underground.
@brianpcurran the only thing bob geldof has improved or changed is his bank account and your a fool if you think him or Bono actually give a toss about anything other than themselves, it's all a show, they have enough cash alone to bring any nation out of poverty..... its just publicity, they will be sitting in their 500 room mansions as i type, sipping wine and thinking how fucing clever they all are!! Joe was very different, he was the real deal... who lived a common life all his days !
@brianpcurran same i started listening to the clash about 4 months ago and they've totally changed my outlook on how to write songs and what to write them about....i'm aspiring to be the next Paul Simonon :L
@brianpcurran yeah but truth is no matter how great the clash were and they were fucking amazing the fact is that they just don't appeal to alot of people sadly and music can only change the world so much by opening the eyes of those who it appeals to and sadly theres alot of people who would rather listen to washed out love songs then the revolutionary clash and other politically and socially aware bands, so no matter how much the clash changed a generation or more it only goes so far
@brianpcurran I'm sure you know that, sadly, they won't have a clue who Bob Geldoff is. Thanks for reminding me of that great man and that indescribable event. Oh - and Joe Strummer and the Clash are the only ones who matter now. RIP Joe.
mengel that is one of the dumbest comments ive ever seen. to say that music cant change anything is completely untrue. music inspires people to look for change. the 60s and 70s cant attest to that. music gives people something to hold on to, music can keep you going. and to say that art cannot change anything is just as false, artists all over the world are making art to get peoples attention to change society. the arts are our outlets for expression and are the best relief people can get
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I hate it when people say dumb shit like ''this band's music changed my life.'' Give me a fucking break, that's impossible. Don't get me wrong -music and art are awesome, but neither has the power to achange anything...Only guns and politics can do that.
well that's a very close-minded view you have there. music and art very much have the power to change anything, they give the inspiration which is the fuel that encourages people to act and change.
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Stupid dumb fu)*(ck you think you are going to kick my ass? Go fu)(ck a cow ass licker. First i am a purple belt in BJj and have a certain ranking in Muy Thai. What dumb fuck you are.
Man i remember when you could only get radioclash and assorted other ep's from undergorund record stores ... now, with youtube and the net, i can actually get live dieo of this song in seconds ... what a world, too bad there arent more bands like the clash in it anymore ....
I was at the first Friday show. Just blind luck that the scalpers ticket I bought was from Ticketmaster, and that those tix got in and local ones did not. Wrote TIRC in April, performed it at Bonds, released the Single Nov 24, 1981. That would have been right about the time Topper went into ELL and recorded Rock the Casbah.
"Imperfectly perfect"? These guys were amazing musicians. Joe gives no "look at Mick at 2:40." He's mugging for the damn camera like he always did. :( WTF?
I wish there was a LOVE button!
LadyCarrie223 2 weeks ago
Iggy...and the rest shall follow!!!!
topscrumpdaddy 1 month ago
the last great rock n roll band , Zepplin ,the who , the clash ...done rock and roll over
strummer7oot 1 month ago
True punk is dead, the new stuff that's out is only a shell of what was... its only music and clothes and piercings now. No substance. No politico. No thought. No action. We were more than haircuts and leather. We were more than nipple cuffs and black nail polish. We were fighting for something. So-called punks today are the posers we use to beat the crap out of - and old punks are dying off, fading away, forgetting it all for the comforts of suburban life. So pathetic....
KayBeeGlass 1 month ago
I'd do inappropriate things to Joe Strummer
ILoveVitas909 4 months ago
We need this type of programing back on TV.
tidepoolbay 7 months ago
save us not the whales
strummer7oot 8 months ago 3
This is as good today as when I saw it 30 years ago.
deljr62 9 months ago
Awesome!
punkrocksowhat 9 months ago
Green day are a Joke....
Vicky8721 10 months ago
@mar10scorz Ty--okay tourists, picture frame--tickets here for the graffiti train!?
aqwersd 10 months ago
im 29 and i think they sound freaking awesome! wish there was more music like this in the mainstream now.
delfunkster 10 months ago
Fucking brilliant
rockeee 11 months ago
'SAW 'EM THREE TIMES. THERE WAS ALWAYS THE SENSE THAT THEY WERE DELIVERING THE HEADLINES, WHICH INCIDENTALLY WAS HOW THEY CAME ACROSS THEIR NAME.
chiefashley56 11 months ago
Dude how cool is Paul Simonon
LBJstevenash13 1 year ago
what's wrong with being a proud Marxist or Communist? This dumb American knows the state of the world and knows that Marx and Engles concept of the future has come to pass. What is truly remarkable about this song and songs off of Sandanista are the influences that provoked them. Songs like Maginificant 7 and Radio Clash were heavily influenced by the new Rap sound that was developing in New York. Long before Aerosmith banked off of African American culture, the Clash bridged the gap.
helsista 1 year ago
@helsista: You're on point!
MrMallymal68 1 year ago
Futura painting in the back...!D
mar10scorz 1 year ago
joe strummer wasnt a communist you moron. You must come from the jo McCarthy school of politics, just because someone has a different view to you it doesnt make them a communist.
crobert79 1 year ago
@crobert79 No, he was a communist, read anything about him, he was a proud Marxist
PBANDSNOW 1 year ago 6
If this was a "commie song" there would be no song.
swineburn 1 year ago
Great band, but I can't get past the commie lyrics anymore.
rightarmofwyoming 1 year ago
@rightarmofwyoming The Clash is punk rock, and a majority of Punk Rock is Anarchist. The words to radio clash has nothing that supports the communists. Pirate satellite in this songs is anarchist, no commies would ever allow that. Then he says cashing in on the Bill Of Rights, which is free speech, and that's not commie either. "Hands of law has sorted through my indentity", another reference to anarchy.
dons123111 1 year ago
@rightarmofwyoming Dumb Americans think anything un-American is communist. Read a book or something. Stop watching NBC and educate yourself.
BuckyKhronic 1 year ago 3
@BuckyKhronic Joe Strummer was an admitted, avowed communist. Read some interviews with him and educate yourself.
rightarmofwyoming 1 year ago 2
@rightarmofwyoming I dont need u to tell what Strummer was. U were talkin about this song not Strummer, or are you basically judging his work on his political views?
BuckyKhronic 1 year ago
@rightarmofwyoming I think joe was anti politics in general but leaned towards the left as it was a more inclusive and social way of political thinking. I dont think he would agree with the control a communist state would demand at all. If you can educate me to the contrary I would take it on board, but hey if he was a communist who cares? Its only a mans political opinion the same as mine and yours. Keep it tuned to radio clash.
Love and peace
NRVERTAKEMEALIVE 11 months ago
@NRVERTAKEMEALIVE Joe Strummer would be a LIBERTARIAN today if he was around and saw what the "Liberal Left" have become. He just wanted truth and the left was the closest to the truth at that time.
All the best to you...
MsPsycho29 8 months ago
@MsPsycho29 Nah, Joe would still be a leftist. He just wouldn't vote the phony "left" parties which are just as rightwinged as the rightwing.
Arrghhville 8 months ago
@MsPsycho29 the clash were communist.
xAxiom720x 4 months ago 2
@xAxiom720x I still love their music though I wonder if they truly knew what they were talking about seeking communism?
MsPsycho29 4 months ago
@xAxiom720x Socialists not Communists
moximoxutube 3 months ago
@MsPsycho29 I think your right he was on the left back then in opposition to Thatcher England and Reagan America, if he were around he'd be a libertarian
emmers57 3 months ago
Wow!
Saw them once.
Strummer twice.
This footage is incredible.
zatorland 1 year ago
I think this is Clash version of a punk hip hop song..
wisesatyr72 1 year ago
The only band that ever mattered!
zenphil 1 year ago
futura 2000!
thetenderloin 1 year ago
sounds awesome
jamesbluntslunts 1 year ago
I have Paul Simonon's Ampeg head and bass cabinets and matching hot pink Clash road cases they bought from Mannys NYC that might be from this and the US tour shows...He sold it to me when he lived in LA while he was in Havana 3AM.....
flippyflyer 1 year ago 3
@flippyflyer wanna sell them?
15fargus 1 year ago
@15fargus hey there, maybe i do...message me with your contact info...best wishes
flippyflyer 1 year ago
Clash were sincere in their revolution. Can't you hear it? Can't you see it? This is RADIO CLASH.... they made us think because they were thinking...
oak4788 1 year ago
....Billie Joe armstrong owe so much to Joe Strummer....above all about the lyrics...
TheOmegalomaniac 1 year ago
STRATOSFERICO,UN MITO JOE UN NUMBER ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
xxxyy69 1 year ago
is that futura in the background doing graffiti?
ckyraab1255 1 year ago
@ckyraab1255 Yep, that's Futura 2000. Backdrop painting while on tour with The Clash was one of his first "legal" gigs.
OxcartUser 1 year ago
yeah ghetto-ology
notgonnapay 1 year ago
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rayjr62 1 year ago
could someoneupload the studio version please?
VolXrat 1 year ago
@VolXrat its been up for ages...just do a search...
tantant23 1 year ago
@VolXrat Go buy the fucking record
jonomutiny 1 year ago
They made some cool studio albums, but man they suck live.
cheaptrickcharlie 1 year ago
Love the drummers stage :)
Damn I miss the Clash!
rekkof 2 years ago 2
open every concert in2010 worldwide with
mountainhigh88 2 years ago
I don't know whether they're the best band of all time, but they're definitely the most fucking cool.
lurdanhelhart 2 years ago 4
Love The Clash!! Forgot how sexy Joe Strummer was!
jlpesq 2 years ago
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Sid Vicious was more sexy that Joe Srummer
TheNaomiengland 2 years ago
Please save us, not the whales.
mthai66 2 years ago 4
But wasn't Nicky there and tryin!Get up Toppo
reecegeorge 2 years ago
It was Nicky on the kit. He was in the throes of his heroin addiction by the time of this airing. It shows. He is off by about an eighth metre and Joe is trying to urge him to catch up. He was wiped out by the NY Bonds shows/partying night after night
fleetwood86 2 years ago
is that futura spraypaintin in the background
f0ggy92 2 years ago
Im lookin to see if its Lenny but I had allways thought it was Lee, Now I think your right! Holy shit its Futchy wit a fro...
rudeboywhitey 2 years ago
Sure is, he did all the tour banners for them in the states. Then clash did an LP with him i think, or just a 12".
AngerIsAGift2 2 years ago
@AngerIsAGift2 I had a 3 or 4 song 45.
mthai66 2 years ago
Nice one! Keep it vinyl all the way!
JackWMS14 2 years ago
@JackWMS14 Speaking of vinyl: "Please Save Us Not The Whales" was etched into the blank space at the end of the Radio Clash remix 45
mthai66 2 years ago
The 12" one? i picked that up on ebay the other day for £3, right old bargain.
i am a huge clash vinyl collector, expensive hobby haha.
JackWMS14 2 years ago
@JackWMS14 See if it has the etching
mthai66 2 years ago
Yeh it does 'Please Save Us' onf oneside, then 'Not The Whales' on the other.
its a radio demo 12".
JackWMS14 2 years ago
subjects been covered...Joe Fuckin Strummer yo, Clash Forever. Everybody Hold On Tight! - Check out Lee getting up on the back wall..oldschool!!
rudeboywhitey 2 years ago 2
notice at the end no ones playing guitar
PBANDSNOW 2 years ago
Notice there is no guitar sound either.
Dumbfuck.
Rockdrigo0 2 years ago 2
fuck u shit head, i said notice, not hey everybody, i know somethingu dont, wow ur a dumbfuck, cuntfag
PBANDSNOW 2 years ago
Wow chill the fuck out you stupid cunt, i was jsut saying its fucking pointless to say no one is playong the guitar if theres no guitar sound, its like saying "HEY NOTICE NO ONES PLAYING THE DIDGERIDOO" Well of course no fucking one is playing it. Stfu dude.
Rockdrigo0 2 years ago 2
and i said it because there is singing, bass and drums, but no guitar deaf cunt
PBANDSNOW 2 years ago
Its still pretty fucking pointless, just like the didgeridoo thing.
Rockdrigo0 2 years ago
much better than the studio version.
sallailaci 2 years ago
I'm 50 and saw the Clash twice - to say they were life changing gigs is an understatement. RIP Joe, you are still sorely missed. Thank God we had the Clash...Green Day and the Kaiser Chiefs are just very very very pale wannabes.
tasscat 2 years ago 64
@tasscat ya know tasscat, I also saw The Clash twice, and agree wit all you say except the last sentence. Wgy so negative, I mean you can't fault anyone for at least trying. And yes, maybe those bands don't add up to a pile of cool beans to your old ears, but at least they are fighting the GOOD FIGHT and writing about issues that matter. So chill out and realize that The Clash influenced a lot of people in a lot of different ways. RIP Joe, RIP. And thank you.
avibard 1 year ago 2
@tasscat Why all these wickedness on green day??ok, The clash are history...but i think that green day are a great great band (listen "jesus of suburbia" or "Homecoming")....and also the lyrics are great...
TheOmegalomaniac 1 year ago
Green Day has nothing to do with 'punk'. Anyone that was around when the Clash were still together, knows this. GD are huge commercial sell-outs, there is nothing political about them. GD is NOT a 'great' band and their lyrics are aimed at little kiddies. That being said, GD is a 3rd or 4th generation 'pop' band that does write decent, catchy little pop tunes, but in no way can they be mentioned in the same breath as the Clash. I bet you were not around when the original Clash were...right?
kenhenburn 1 year ago 21
@kenhenburn yes, it's true, but surely i'm not of none generations that you are thinking (and no, i don't listen Avril Lavigne, Sum 41 or today's shit) what you have listened of Green day? 'cause to me "Insomniac" is a punk album, "Kerplunk" too; it is true that also they are changed in the years, as they have made the Clash and it doesn't seem me that "American Idiot" isn't a Political album, maybe you judge Green day without listened to them, I respect your ideas even if i don't agree...
TheOmegalomaniac 1 year ago
@TheOmegalomaniac. thank you for the rebuttal. I don't hate Green Day, just don't think they should be mentioned in the same breath as the Clash. I own some GD CDs and have listened them and like them. I guess the politics of the 70's & 80's are different from now. Besides the Clash, there were also many other great 'punk' bands from the 70's, like the Stranglers, The Fall, Gang of Four...respectfully yours, kenhenburn
kenhenburn 1 year ago 2
@kenhenburn I do agree, i was listening to green day since i was like seven and i have grown to love them. I wouldn't dare call them punk, but you gotta understand thats what their FANS labeled them as, not them. Yet, i started listening to the clash last year and like them ALOT better than green day.
rockyhorror1297 2 months ago
@kenhenburn Bille Joe actually said thet they weren't punk, it's the fanbase and media that has called them punk. His biggest inspirations were different punk bands though.
GangstaModeSthlm 2 months ago
@kenhenburn Billie Joe has Punk inspiration, but he actually denies that he's in a punk band. Their older stuff is actually more representative of rock, than pop. Actually the reason they seem like "Commercial sell-outs" is probably because he and his wife own a record label. Unfortunately "Corporate sell-outs" is the demographic for young people these days and the best way to sell is to get kids involved. Shame but true.
GoldnDusty 2 months ago
@kenhenburn Also, I'm fifteen and I love the Clash.
GoldnDusty 2 months ago
My nephew just deployed for Afghanistan and i had said to him ,i should have got u in too
the clash,because u think twice about this.[no call up]
kelticlash 1 year ago 15
@tasscat fuck off dickweed
EIREpaddy909 1 year ago
@tasscat Being a Clash wannabe isnt the worst thing you can be.
Evge9 10 months ago 2
Man this is one of my favorite clash songs. I was so surprised when I bought sandinista, my first thought was "HOLY SHIT THATS A LOT OF SONGS!"
ruttman15 2 years ago 2
the same thing i thought when i bought the london calling; and every song in this album is a jewel
2405efrapix 2 years ago
...save us from the whales!.....
AcrossfromtheAlamo 2 years ago
Isn't it "Save us, not the whales"?
PittsburghGirl92 2 years ago 2
YES! You are right
CProgression 2 years ago
Paul looks yummy!!!
Friddau 2 years ago 2
So does Joe
PittsburghGirl92 2 years ago
as good as these videos are you should have seen them in concert. no words to explain how great a show they put on.
brianpcurran 2 years ago 2
bastard!! haha, i would've done anything to see them when i could've
wanchorman 2 years ago
i find it interesting that some people think music cannot change the world. as a teenager i started listening to the clash. after listening to the words of their songs i decided to learn more about politics, inflation, dictatorships etc.... most kids listening to music were learing about issues in the world. kids listening to disco were shoving coke up their noses and burying their heads in the sand. ask bob geldof if music can change the world!
brianpcurran 2 years ago 77
True, I know many people who were inspired to do great things by The Clash. Their music is very moving still. In fact the music is bigger than the truth. Like all rock stars it was show biz and all calculated for affect. The actual band and manager were obsessed with staying hip and it's unclear what beliefs they really had. The fans are the real heros. Ironically it was a "clash" of egos between Joe and Bob Geldof that prevented the Clash from playing Live Aid
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Well, too bad uneducated musicians usually take the side of the radical Left. Leftist ideology has destroyed millions of lives; the Sandanistas were nothing more than Marxist revolutionaries and killers.
JanBenes 2 years ago
Uneducated and mentioning FSLN as killers at the same time.The Contras in Nicaragua is klinging on the positive side of the scale. Now, really is it? Being fed up with propaganda and US support for The Contras, ok buy that out of ignorance. But please don't come and say that leftist ideology support suppression and murder of people, or that those musicians you refer to do it. It's done by pure madness by people that put's themself in the dictatorship chair under the veil of left ideology.
erephus 2 years ago
Now i dont know you, but you're probably a forty fifty something middle class american. Fucking right wing bastard
andersdlund 2 years ago
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mindbombla 2 years ago
yea but it's our Generation that is doing nothing about what the Clash was conveying. So we might as well put our bell bottoms on,put that ABBA CD on and start doing coke. Get ready for the vaccines...
erikinhawaii 2 years ago
the same happened to me after listening to them.the clashes discography should be issued to everyone who turns into a teen lol
louiscfc93 2 years ago 3
@brianpcurran totally agree!
xiaofeilong 1 year ago
@brianpcurran That was well said, I completely agree with you there. Unfortunately much of the popular music in my generation have a sleazy, materialistic attitude, which seems to be making youth ignorant of their history and issues in the world today. Though the words of Joe Strummer, John Lennon, Bob Marley and others, will definitely live on and be heard, and inspire similar works in today's underground.
EligosPoltergiest 1 year ago
@brianpcurran the only thing bob geldof has improved or changed is his bank account and your a fool if you think him or Bono actually give a toss about anything other than themselves, it's all a show, they have enough cash alone to bring any nation out of poverty..... its just publicity, they will be sitting in their 500 room mansions as i type, sipping wine and thinking how fucing clever they all are!! Joe was very different, he was the real deal... who lived a common life all his days !
mrbassman25 1 year ago
@mrbassman25 right on!
mrkrinkle72 1 year ago
@brianpcurran same i started listening to the clash about 4 months ago and they've totally changed my outlook on how to write songs and what to write them about....i'm aspiring to be the next Paul Simonon :L
TheEddster 1 year ago 3
@brianpcurran yeah but truth is no matter how great the clash were and they were fucking amazing the fact is that they just don't appeal to alot of people sadly and music can only change the world so much by opening the eyes of those who it appeals to and sadly theres alot of people who would rather listen to washed out love songs then the revolutionary clash and other politically and socially aware bands, so no matter how much the clash changed a generation or more it only goes so far
9KILLthePOOR9 11 months ago 3
@brianpcurran I'm sure you know that, sadly, they won't have a clue who Bob Geldoff is. Thanks for reminding me of that great man and that indescribable event. Oh - and Joe Strummer and the Clash are the only ones who matter now. RIP Joe.
chrstnlmllr51 8 months ago
Joe Strummer giving one of the balliest preformances to be seen by the human eye.
twinkieramirez 2 years ago
mengel that is one of the dumbest comments ive ever seen. to say that music cant change anything is completely untrue. music inspires people to look for change. the 60s and 70s cant attest to that. music gives people something to hold on to, music can keep you going. and to say that art cannot change anything is just as false, artists all over the world are making art to get peoples attention to change society. the arts are our outlets for expression and are the best relief people can get
scg2112 2 years ago
Love ths Track!!! This & Magnificent Seven are the Clash's 1st delve into the undeground Hip Hop scene that was big in NY at the time!!!
computerblue1 2 years ago
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I hate it when people say dumb shit like ''this band's music changed my life.'' Give me a fucking break, that's impossible. Don't get me wrong -music and art are awesome, but neither has the power to achange anything...Only guns and politics can do that.
mengele800 2 years ago
well that's a very close-minded view you have there. music and art very much have the power to change anything, they give the inspiration which is the fuel that encourages people to act and change.
WeeRossJ 2 years ago
piss off you Debbie Downer
PonyboyInNewZealand 2 years ago
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mengele800 2 years ago
Though they had a really broad musical spectrum, every Clash song is so distinctive and unmistakably theirs... Still the only band that matters.
jeremymtc 2 years ago
who is on drums in this one?
slkypt 2 years ago
I believe it's Nicky 'Topper' Headon, who was the Clash's longest serving drummer.
BeanStovi 2 years ago 2
AMAZING, I love this track. And it's even better live!
This is some SERIOUSLY LEGENDARY footage here, THANKS!
nouveauxdecadence 2 years ago 2
RIP man you change lots of lifes including mine ! long live THE CLASH !!!
Punk not DEAD !
oliveira1967 2 years ago 3
sick show RIP joe!
MondoCuz34 2 years ago 3
the clash is GOD!
rgreu 2 years ago
great song too....:D
annizable 2 years ago
Incredible!
Khimkharmakan 2 years ago
save us not the wales
washlilaburn 2 years ago
I enjoy the fist that Joe makes towards Mick 2:43
ghostbustersfreak 2 years ago
working class song lyrics que vive!
redmail02 2 years ago
the song captures why during a coup, they immediately seize the radio and tv stations and newspapers.
pele6922 2 years ago 2
Where's the last part?
Rockertje1975 2 years ago
this song is talking about media ? and counter-information ? or ??? (i'm not english)
Extravaganza67 3 years ago
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1-Post this on 8 different videos
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100PROcentCw 3 years ago
Great g-tar, good playing from Mick J.. sorry when I dissed U.
spottedliver 3 years ago
i miss joe...
Leighbo1 3 years ago 3
the cut on black market is better
coolconfuzer 3 years ago
Love it, wish we coulda learned 2 use those things
TonyParanoit 3 years ago
First time I saw the Clash was on this show. I Love Youtube!
btdmd 3 years ago
What ever did happen to Joe Strummer i havent seen his whole bio yet
GrowTheCaine 3 years ago
he died
CelticEmpire 3 years ago
awe damn all this is so awesome!
GrowTheCaine 3 years ago
Topper Headon has got to be one of the most underrated drummers out there.
bmoviemonster 3 years ago 9
this is the best Clash on youtube
swe92clash 3 years ago
love the clash!!!!!!!!!
luvlife23 3 years ago 7
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Stupid dumb fu)*(ck you think you are going to kick my ass? Go fu)(ck a cow ass licker. First i am a purple belt in BJj and have a certain ranking in Muy Thai. What dumb fuck you are.
jlmarc01 3 years ago
stop showing off
luvlife23 3 years ago 3
lmfao this kid is fucking hystrical
coolconfuzer 3 years ago
love the clash 4ever
Luanaclash 3 years ago 3
great..
rancid94A 3 years ago 7
Serious Funk Beat!!
crisisangel001 3 years ago 5
revolucion o muerte this is radio clash cuban army everybody hold on tigh!!!!
nkanga4 3 years ago 6
im sure i remember seeing this on here not so long ago and it being much better quality?
still a top video
nameshaveallbeenused 3 years ago
Man i remember when you could only get radioclash and assorted other ep's from undergorund record stores ... now, with youtube and the net, i can actually get live dieo of this song in seconds ... what a world, too bad there arent more bands like the clash in it anymore ....
fulgione2 3 years ago 6
This is during their Sandinista tour when they played for a week in New York at Bond's Disco Casino in Times Square.
roodeey 3 years ago
they played 17 shows in 15 days...
crazy...
-J
jamesguitarshields 3 years ago 4
"they played 17 shows in 15 days..."
I was at the first Friday show. Just blind luck that the scalpers ticket I bought was from Ticketmaster, and that those tix got in and local ones did not. Wrote TIRC in April, performed it at Bonds, released the Single Nov 24, 1981. That would have been right about the time Topper went into ELL and recorded Rock the Casbah.
leeraconteur 3 years ago 6
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the guitars are out of tune
gerzepp 3 years ago
its punk.
there aloud to be.
lol.
degausser505 3 years ago 4
amenn to that :)
GravitysRainbow3 3 years ago
your brain is out of tune. go listen to Britney Spears
kltreco 3 years ago 2
You need to get your ass kicked
jlmarc01 3 years ago
cant find the song new york what up any tips from the real crew
brianlowdown 3 years ago
amazing. hard working, got it all going on
geebilly 3 years ago 2
I like this song, this has alot of Hip Hop influence to it..
wisesatyr72 3 years ago 3
"Imperfectly perfect"? These guys were amazing musicians. Joe gives no "look at Mick at 2:40." He's mugging for the damn camera like he always did. :( WTF?
georgerandotti 3 years ago