 Sandinista! (1980) [ larger cover art ] |
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The magnificent seven
Ring! Ring! It's 7 A.M.!
Move y'self to go again
Cold water in the face
Brings you back to this awful place
Knuckle merchants and you bankers, too
Must get up an' learn those rules
Weather man and the crazy chief
One says sun and one says sleet
A.M. and the F.M. the P.M. too
Churning out that boogaloo
Gets you up and gets you out
But how long can you keep it up?
Gimme Honda gimme Sony
So cheap and real phony
Hong Kong dollars Indian cents
English pounds and Eskimo pence
You lot! What?
Don't stop! Give it all you got!
You lot! What?
Don't stop! Yeah!
You lot! What?
Don't stop! Give it all you got!
You lot! What?
Don't stop! Yeah!
Working for a rise better my station
And take my baby to sophistication
Seen the ads, she thinks it's nice
Better work hard I seen the price
Never mind that it's time for the bus
We got to work an' you're one of us
Clocks go slow in a place of work
Minutes drag and the hours jerk
Yeah wave bye-bye
'''''Spoken:'''''
"When can I tell 'em wot I do?
In a second, maaan...
oright Chuck!"
Wave buh-buh-buh-bye to the boss
It's our profit, it's his loss
But anyway the lunch bells ring
Take one hour do your thanng!
Cheeesboiger!
What do we have for entertainment?
Cops kicking Gypsies on the pavement
Now the news has snapped to attention!
Lunar landing of the dentist convention
Italian mobster shoots a lobster
Seafood restaurant gets out of hand
Car in the fridge
Or fridge in the car?
Like cowboys do in T.V. land
You lot! What? Don't stop give it all you got
You lot! What? Don't stop. Huh?
You lot! What? Don't stop give it all you got
You lot! What? Don't stop.
So get back to work and sweat some more
The sun will sink and we'll get out the door
It's no good for man to work in cages
Hit the town he drinks his wages
You're fretting you're sweating
But did you notice you ain't getting?
You're fretting you're sweating
But did you notice you not getting anywhere?
Don't you ever stop long enough to start?
To take your car outta that gear
Don't you ever stop long enough to start?
To get your car outta that gear
Karlo Marx and Fredrich Engels
Came to the checkout at the 7-11
Marx was skint but he had sense
Engels lent him the necessary pence
What have we got? Yeh-o
What have we got? Yeh-o
What have we got? magnificence!
(Spoken) I say
What have we got?
Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi
Went to the park to check on the game
They was murdered by the other team
Who went on to win 50-nil
You can be true, you can be false
You be given the same reward
Socrates and Milhous Nixon
Both went the same way through the kitchen
Plato the Greek or Rin Tin Tin
Who's more famous to the billion millions?
News Flash: Vacuum Cleaner Sucks Up Budgie
Oooohh oww...buh-bye
Buh bu
Magnificence!!
FUCKING LONG, INNIT?
| grant | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 14:08 Best lyrics ever . . . "Fuckin' long, innit?" |
| justin4kick (The Netherlands) | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 14:07 The only song that could get me on the dance floor at that time. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Mar 26, 2013 - 16:46 Everybody in my church loves this song... |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Mar 14, 2013 - 20:08 This classic song celebrates the absurdity of commercial consumption by the masses... love it... Karlo Marx and Fredrich Engels |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Feb 11, 2013 - 11:19 jimmpypowder wrote: Kurosawa at his finest. Yes, but Kurosawa directed The Seven Samurai (1954). The Magnificent Seven was the 1960 American re-make. |
| besoazul | Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 22:04 Don't stop.. |
| Thin_Air | Posted: Jan 11, 2013 - 03:11 This is right up there with Rolf Harrris' "Two Little Boys" but if I had to choose then Rolf would get the nod. |
| jimmpypowder | Posted: Dec 22, 2012 - 14:00 Kurosawa at his finest. |
| drewd | Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 18:05 gypsyman wrote: Long, idn't it?
This is the ringtone on my droid. They used to play this in the clubs...... Don't remember dancing this long. |
| nancyco | Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 18:05 nancyco wrote: Indeed. I remember thinking at the time, that it could be shorter. Sounds good now, though. |
| nancyco | Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 18:04 gypsyman wrote: Long, idn't it? This is the ringtone on my droid. |
| gypsyman (just passing through....) | Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 18:00 Long, idn't it? This is the ringtone on my droid. |
| DrLex (Belgium) | Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 04:56 I can't get tired of this song. That warrants an upgrade of 8 to 9! |
| Clark_Novato (Novato, CA) | Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 09:35 An eclectic choice from an eclectic album. I think of it as the Clash's "White Album" -my favorite. And this album pointed me toward dub reggae, further enhancing my musical existence. I am forever in debt to Joe and the boyz. |
| Lichenia, (uk) | Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 09:24 Eightys running through and through. Fab. |
| max_p | Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 09:21 gvan wrote: The segue from Dandy Warhols to this song... nice! B B B Bye! The segue from 'Pressure Drop' works as well, Clash covered Pressure Drop |
| gvan (From inside the house!) | Posted: Sep 19, 2012 - 07:39 The segue from Dandy Warhols to this song... nice! B B B Bye! |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Sep 07, 2012 - 11:11 OH YEAH! BRING IT! |
| coy (san antonio) | Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 10:15 archie bell and the drells were great !! i used to work out to them when i was in high school |
| RoelantSiekman (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) | Posted: May 16, 2012 - 00:57 Never noticed before that this lead singer has quite a serious speech defect.. Or he just bit his tongue.. ;) Still a great song though :) |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 09:00 Guitar at the end is almost a duplicate of a '68 tune by Archie Bell and the Drells. |
| prophetzarquon (woodstock 1969) | Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 08:59 Movingate wrote: Rap came just 5 or 6 years later... the 80's were the decades of musical artistes and musical freedom. many different sounds came out this tune and its band opens up the doors (not the band, mostly 70's by the way) of pop, new wave, and funk!! According to wikipedia (and as we all know it is seldom wrong..) The first hip hop record is widely regarded to be The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight", from 1979 |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 08:59 Fantastic danceable agitprop. I'm a sh1t dancer and born wallflower, but this one was guaranteed to get me on my feet no matter how blotto/stoned I was. One of my top ten songs of all (my) time. 10 just doesn't do it justice, even if it is "f*ckin' long". |
| garyalex (NYC) | Posted: Apr 14, 2012 - 07:33 Paul Simonon bass excellence. |
| Thin_Air | Posted: Apr 14, 2012 - 07:30 ditto iam_overlord wrote: Kinda reminds me of Blondie's 'Rapture'. |
| iam_overlord (Brighton, MA) | Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 08:52 Kinda reminds me of Blondie's 'Rapture'. |
| Shmelo | Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 07:50 WhooooHoo! You got me office-chair boppin'!  My Monday morning just got a bit brighter. |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Mar 29, 2012 - 15:23 Yeah Baby!!! Bring It! |
| arserocket (S.O.B in an S.U.V) | Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 15:26 love it |
| Rockit (Ottawa ON) | Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 06:04 I'll give this a not so magnificent 7! |
| GrooVy (Planet Earth, Mainly...) | Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 01:56 Raechel wrote: Sounds like a lame attempt at rapping... lol, let me guess, you were born in say 1995 to 1999? i thought it was great! i think what you meant to say, is that today's rap sounds "c" rated compared to this "Magnificent Seven" =) But not to pick on Raechel too much guys. What did you expect? She can't even spell her name correctly. besides, we don't want her folks to find out that she's still up late listening to good music. she might get grounded. =) |
| oldsaxon (United Kingdom) | Posted: Dec 25, 2011 - 12:23 Raechel wrote: Sounds like a lame attempt at rapping... It ain't rap and never tried to be, but it's all about context and if all you know is post 80's I can see your point. The nice thing about RP is the broad landscape that it gives to your context. Be-bop, swing, jazz, blues, rap, rock, folk, even the classics....it all begins to give you a perspective that lets you appreciate those things you know even more and even better. |
| kurtster (Back in Ohiya, for now ...) | Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 14:45 I don't what its sounds like, it came before its time. I like it, a lot. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Sep 21, 2011 - 12:32 Movingate wrote: Rap came just 5 or 6 years later... the 80's were the decades of musical artistes and musical freedom. many different sounds came out this tune and its band opens up the doors (not the band, mostly 70's by the way) of pop, new wave, and funk!! Actually rap started in the late 70s and broke commercial radio in 79 or 80. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Sep 21, 2011 - 12:31 Raechel wrote: Sounds like a lame attempt at rapping... I agree that it is lame, but don't see where you get the rapping from. This is absolutely nothing like Hip-Hop in anyway.  |
| Movingate | Posted: Aug 05, 2011 - 06:51 Raechel wrote: Sounds like a lame attempt at rapping... Rap came just 5 or 6 years later... the 80's were the decades of musical artistes and musical freedom. many different sounds came out this tune and its band opens up the doors (not the band, mostly 70's by the way) of pop, new wave, and funk!! |
| Zep | Posted: Aug 05, 2011 - 06:47  |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Aug 05, 2011 - 06:42 |
| hencini | Posted: Jul 24, 2011 - 10:40 I like the "Here to Eternity" version better, but this is no slouch... And lolz at the "attempted rapping" comments...  |
| Stranglersfan (Revelstoke, B.C.) | Posted: Jul 04, 2011 - 21:53 ScottFromWyoming wrote: Take your Rapping comment and shove it far up your arse! |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 12:48  sza by hitsville_uk_08 http://www.flickr.com/photos/26858003@N04/  All rights reserved |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Jun 03, 2011 - 06:25 Raechel wrote: Sounds like a lame attempt at rapping... It was 1980 and this was the most influential band in the world. |
| rickhoran (Eastern PA) | Posted: Jun 03, 2011 - 06:24 i am always amazed by the ignorance in some of these posts. Maybe some might want to do a little research before posting. |
| olivertwist (Atlanta GA) | Posted: Jun 03, 2011 - 06:23 Raechel wrote: Sounds like a lame attempt at rapping... This song came out in 1980. Rap had yet to enter the music mainstream, so the Clash were not jumping on any bandwagon. Anyway, this song is MAAAAAAAAAAAGNIFICENT. |
| Raechel | Posted: May 02, 2011 - 16:54 Sounds like a lame attempt at rapping...  |
| Felix_The_Cat (Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Posted: May 02, 2011 - 16:52 Sounds quite alike to the first Chili Peppers Album Police Helicopter! |
| PeeBee (Down South in The Netherlands) | Posted: Mar 20, 2011 - 03:30 Sorry, I find this just very boring. |
| mikexican | Posted: Mar 16, 2011 - 11:45 Bill, you could play this once a day and it wouldn't be too much for me. It's a magnificent song from a magnificent band. |
| gabrielle7nt (Halfway up the Left Coast) | Posted: Mar 16, 2011 - 11:44 Yay funky Clash goodness. I'm dancing around the kitchen while chopping carrots. Better count my fingers when I'm done. |
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: Feb 28, 2011 - 13:46 On_The_Beach wrote: I own the triple-album set (vinyl) but I don't think I ever made it through all 6 sides!! Gotta love this catchy little gem though. Ditto, it took me about 3 years to make it to "side 6". The Clash win the the award for "Worst Editing" on this one. There's about 10 good cuts, and 26 other dead dogs strewn about on Sandanista. When those little kids covered "Career Opportunities" on track #35, I had to put all my Clash records on hiatus for awhile... |