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London calling to the faraway towns
Now war is declared and battle come down
London calling to the underworld
Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls
London calling, now don't look to us
Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust
London calling, see, we ain't got no swing
Except for the ring of that truncheon thing
The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin
Engines stop running, but I have no fear
'Cause London is drowning and I live by the river
London calling to the imitation zone
Forget it, brother, you can go it alone
London calling to the zombies of death
Quit holding out and draw another breath
London calling, and I don't wanna shout
But while we were talking, I saw you nodding out
London calling, see, we ain't got no high
Except for that one with the yellowy eyes
The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
Engines stop running, the wheat is growing thin
A nuclear error, but I have no fear
'Cause London is drowning and I, I live by the river
The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
Engines stop running, the wheat is growing thin
A nuclear error, but I have no fear
'Cause London is drowning and I, I live by the river
Now get this
London calling, yes, I was there, too
And you know what they said, well, some of it was true
London calling at the top of the dial
And after all this, won't you give me a smile?
London calling
I never felt so much a-like...

drivingunit103 Jun 11, 2013 - 06:02	...never enough Clash... [ Reply ]
nicolewe May 10, 2013 - 10:02	Yes, I know The Clash is a great band, but I'm so sick of this bloody song! Blah! Blah! Blah! [ Reply ]
eddyrixhon May 10, 2013 - 10:02	oh yeah ! Clash on radio ! Really love it ! thanks for that ! ps: "lost in a supermarket" 's too a great song in this album [ Reply ]
joelbb Apr 22, 2013 - 20:18	Gotta get this disk. [ Reply ]
RedTruk Mar 22, 2013 - 09:12	Great song, helpless wimp album cover. [ Reply ]
Lazarus Mar 08, 2013 - 18:34	The Assassination of Hugo Chavez [ Reply ]
islander Feb 05, 2013 - 10:40	Bleyfusz wrote: Oh, just let the punks become famous and make real good money, and we'll see.... [ Reply ]
bronorb Feb 05, 2013 - 10:40	CTS wrote: The album's front cover features a photograph of Simonon smashing his Fender Precision Bass (on display at the Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as of May 2009) against the stage at The Palladium in New York City on 21 September 1979 during the Clash Take the Fifth US tour. Pennie Smith , who photographed the band for the album, originally did not want the photograph to be used. She thought that it was too out of focus, but Strummer and graphic designer Ray Lowry thought it would make a good album cover. In 2002, Smith's photograph was named the best rock and roll photograph of all time by Q magazine, commenting that "it captures the ultimate rock'n'roll moment - total loss of control". The cover artwork was designed by Lowry and was a homage to the design of Elvis Presley's self-titled debut album. The cover was named the ninth best album cover of all time by Q magazine in 2001. In 1995, Big Audio Dynamite used the same scheme for their F-Punk album. The album cover for London Calling was among the ten chosen by the Royal Mail for a set of "Classic Album Cover" postage stamps issued in January 2010 I remember reading the Simonon was pissed at himself for breaking that bass. It was his favorite at the time. [ Reply ]
coloradojohn Jan 30, 2013 - 18:29	Right up there with ROCK THE CASBAH! at the top of the Best Rock Songs Ever list...and few rockers had such amazing delivery, or were so dang FUN to imitate in sing-along as Joe, God rest his rocking soul... (" and everybody says, 'Is he all right?' and everybody says, 'What's he like?' and everybody says, 'He sure looks funny' — 'at's 'at MontGOM'ry CLIFT, honey !") [ Reply ]
rdo Jan 18, 2013 - 14:53	lemmoth wrote: Pure Genius. One of the top 10 songs ever from rom one of the top ten albums ever put out by anyone not named the Beatles. Whoa there cap'n, let's not get carried away. [ Reply ]
drewd Dec 04, 2012 - 17:48	chebucto wrote: Phony Beatlemania? From everything I've heard, Beatlemania was a very real thing. Only wish I was there to hear it, wonderful confluence of a disproportionately high number of young folk + very, very good pop music that it was. (edit: spelling) Back in the 80s, this was a very popular song. My buddy had the cassette in his chevelle and it was on constantly. There also was a very popular fake Beatles show in live theatres called Beatlemania. Four actor s who's would dress up and perform all the fab four hits. [ Reply ]
Bleyfusz Oct 16, 2012 - 13:19	Nadine wrote: meh. the tv stations here use it as opening music for their doping'lympics-broadcasts. that's quite dull and not creative and sooooo inappropriate. the clash were punks, right? imho 15-billion-euro-olympics and punks don't match. at all. Oh, just let the punks become famous and make real good money, and we'll see.... [ Reply ]
Zapmedia Oct 16, 2012 - 13:19	Earnestness and authenticity. [ Reply ]
slr242 Sep 15, 2012 - 00:07	One of the best albums of all time, in my opinion. [ Reply ]
neuticle Sep 01, 2012 - 11:05	T H E B E S T [ Reply ]
ziakut Aug 14, 2012 - 12:46	CTS wrote: The album's front cover features a photograph of Simonon smashing his Fender Precision Bass (on display at the Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as of May 2009) against the stage at The Palladium in New York City on 21 September 1979 during the Clash Take the Fifth US tour. Pennie Smith , who photographed the band for the album, originally did not want the photograph to be used. She thought that it was too out of focus, but Strummer and graphic designer Ray Lowry thought it would make a good album cover. In 2002, Smith's photograph was named the best rock and roll photograph of all time by Q magazine, commenting that "it captures the ultimate rock'n'roll moment - total loss of control". The cover artwork was designed by Lowry and was a homage to the design of Elvis Presley's self-titled debut album. The cover was named the ninth best album cover of all time by Q magazine in 2001. In 1995, Big Audio Dynamite used the same scheme for their F-Punk album. The album cover for London Calling was among the ten chosen by the Royal Mail for a set of "Classic Album Cover" postage stamps issued in January 2010. Thanks for the detailed info. Interesting read! [ Reply ]
Nadine Aug 01, 2012 - 02:37	meh. the tv stations here use it as opening music for their doping'lympics-broadcasts. that's quite dull and not creative and sooooo inappropriate. the clash were punks, right? imho 15-billion-euro-olympics and punks don't match. at all. [ Reply ]
marmelock Aug 01, 2012 - 01:00	oh yes, the olympics! [ Reply ]
CTS Jul 26, 2012 - 07:44	ziakut wrote: This cover looks vaguely familiar....hmmmmmm...... The album's front cover features a photograph of Simonon smashing his Fender Precision Bass (on display at the Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as of May 2009) against the stage at The Palladium in New York City on 21 September 1979 during the Clash Take the Fifth US tour. Pennie Smith , who photographed the band for the album, originally did not want the photograph to be used. She thought that it was too out of focus, but Strummer and graphic designer Ray Lowry thought it would make a good album cover. In 2002, Smith's photograph was named the best rock and roll photograph of all time by Q magazine, commenting that "it captures the ultimate rock'n'roll moment - total loss of control". The cover artwork was designed by Lowry and was a homage to the design of Elvis Presley's self-titled debut album. The cover was named the ninth best album cover of all time by Q magazine in 2001. In 1995, Big Audio Dynamite used the same scheme for their F-Punk album. The album cover for London Calling was among the ten chosen by the Royal Mail for a set of "Classic Album Cover" postage stamps issued in January 2010. [ Reply ]
tulfan Jul 26, 2012 - 07:38	Always takes me back to the anger and cluelessness of that transitional time... [ Reply ]