The Clash - Something About England

From 'Sandinista'.

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Music

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• the
• clash
• something
• about
• england
• sandinista
• joe
• strummer
• micck
• jones
• post
• punk
• rock

[theoryofsurplusvalue]

well............they are really makin the point that its not war ro race that creates difference but..........class!...........­they were socialists and we should not forget that.....the only war is the class war!!

[Alexm799]

@theoryofsurplusvalue Too right mate!

[BenHughesLlan]

"i miss the fourteen eighteen war, but not the sorrow afterwards" i dunno why but i love that line

[Alexm799]

@BenHughesLlan Yeah its an amazing line.

[tooktuctuc]

Fucking one hell of a song. this is what is all about . Disagree? Then fuck you. Simple as.

[dvoetberg]

@fastacid714 My exact question that led me to this video. I'd love to see Joe Strummer singing this. But I'm not finding it.

[Hoopermazing]

@tom23372 Well, it's fortunate that you don't make your living on your ability to think. The post World War II era was a despicable one in Americas history, wherein the protections ostensibly guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution didn't apply its non-white citizens, even the ones who'd just returned from putting their lives in harms way, in Europe and the South Pacific, whilst defending its interests.

[tom23372]

@tom23372 Oh, and I "get" the song.

[tom23372]

@Hoopermazing I think you get too much of your information about Americans from television. And then you graft it onto class consciousness. America divides on other lines, I think. Many in the working or middle class, whatever, who have a semblance of a liberal education think Fox News is only suitable for parody. True, though, that too many "working-class" Americans vote against their own economic--and other--interests. Our glory years were post-WWII; our time is passing.

[balearicsoundwave89]

@Hoopermazing its a sad fact,you are right,it pisses me off how fucking stupid we are sometimes.the torys rely on it and love it. feed em x factor and shit. they need to wise up to the tory lies ,FAST.

[sparkynchief]

@Hoopermazing really one of the stupidest things i have ever read in print, that is 40 seconds of my life i will never get back...jesus are you dumb...how do you even draw a breath..

[TheTeahut]

The words in the song, england never closed the gap. ring even more true now that we have a tory goverment back in power.they have no interest in the lower class and are only interested in looking after the rich.

[wolflover552]

This is our answer to America's "Fuck Yeah" song. :3

[fastacid714]

The memories you've dredged up are a message forwarded from hell. So many great lines in this song. Album. Does any one know if this song was ever played live.