Midnight to Stevens - The Clash

Midnight to Stevens from The Clash´s Clash on Broadway.
I´m on a bit of a mission to upload any Clash song I can´t find on Youtube, and well, I couldn´t find this one, so I uploaded it.
Easy as that.
I just threw togheter the video in a few minutes, nothing special, just random pics of the Clash and its members.
This song is about Guy Stevens, legendary producer who worked his magic on the London Calling album, but also produced countless of other legendary albums and accomplished much extraordinary, not to mention naming both Mott The Hopple and Procul Harum.
He sadly passed away in 1981, 38 years old after overdosing on prescription drugs. The Clash wrote this song in his memory.

"I searched through the drinkers
Each propped over his glass
I ran through each bar
Until I found guy at last
Guy youve been to the doctor
No I dont think it wise
Took one of his pills
Boiled the blood in my eyes.

When you played the master mix
To the company man
Took three million worldwide
To make him understand
You dont work for peanuts
But theyll push you too
Its that company trick
Were all jumping through
Bet you aint had no food now
Since you last went to sleep
The wild seed that was sowed
Will take forever to reap.

What days and nights though
Rocking out of ham yard
Oh skip that fandango
Bring the blues back down hard
Though chuck would never admit it
At the door of the jail
There stood guy stevens
And he was waving the bail.

Guy youve finished the booze
And you run out of speed
But the wild side of life
Is the one that we need."

RIP Joe and Guy.

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[AppoCC119]

I've really come to appreciate this song more and more as I've read Johnny Greens Clash book and learnt more and more about the great man that was Guy Stevens. At first this song seemed rather bland to me, now it almost makes me cry whenever I put it on.

RIP Stevens.

Also, updated with added lyrics.

[arseth13]

whered u get that cool pic. of strummer at 57?

[AppoCC119]

No idea. Probably found it googling, that's how I've found most my Clash pictures.

[1966pvw]

lots of clash toons unlike The Clash...

therein lies the beauty...

[GriefTourist]

Unlike almost any other Clash song.

[1GoodRiddance]

Does anyone know why this wasn't included in a LP?

[halfcabdisaster7]

@AppoCC119 I know what you mean! This is a really moving song, I wish there were more Clash songs like this one. If my life was a movie, I'd want this to play at the credits.

[pwyndam]

@AppoCC119 Yes, same for me. When I got the box set Clash on Broadway I was like hmmm this song is different and pretty good. Then read Johnny's book and learned more about Guy. It's a heart wrencher.

[icaltrin]

I like your mission!!

[halfcabdisaster7]

Kind of sucks you know, I wish there were more like this.

[varsityredheads]

god, one of my favorite clash songs of all time - and such a rare one.

[TryGobOff]

Rest in peace Mastermixman Guy Stevens and the exceptional Joe Strummer. Both are sadly missed.

[clashcityrocker92]

i love this song because it made me remember one time when my friends and me were coming back from a party at midnight...i just transport me to another world when i hear it