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The band broke up in 1986 after a ten-year career and went onto other projects. Jones formed Big Audio Dynamite and Strummer embarked on a solo career (including some time fronting Music/ThePogues) before founding the Mescaleros. Paul Simonon has become pretty well-known in the London fine art scene, and contributed to the Music/{{Gorillaz}} album ''Plastic Beach''. There were sporadic collaborations and ad-hoc performances by various combinations of the original lineup but no full reunion ever came about and the death of Strummer in 2002 laid to rest any hope of a reunion.
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* AbsenteeActor: Paul Simonon did not work on ''Cut The Crap'', despite being a member at the time of its release.
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The Clash, AKA "the only band that matters," were a member of the original British PunkRock movement of TheSeventies known as the "Class of 77". The band stands with the likes of Music/TheRamones and The Music/SexPistols in the pantheon of definitive punk rock bands. Unlike their peers at the time, however, the Clash were no firm believer of the pure ThreeChordsAndTheTruth ideology: they were not afraid of experimenting with a diverse range of musical styles, and as such were critically acclaimed musically. In addition to no-nonsense stripped-down punk rock, the Clash were known for their eclectic tastes and experimental approach, besides punk being influenced by and performing reggae, dub, ska, funk, pop-rock, New Wave and soul, among others. They were also simultaneously the second [[RapRock rock band to release a rap]] track, "The Magnificent Seven" in 1981 (a few months after Music/{{Blondie}}'s "Rapture"), and the first British group to perform rap music.
With politicised songs and committed lifestyles ensuring their fame amongst punk rockers, the Clash were unique for their relative musical sophistication, and thus are often thought as "a punk band with a rock-n-roll sound." The band's 1979 album ''Music/LondonCalling'' is often hailed as one of the finest punk rock records (and rock/popular music in general) ever recorded -- it is the highest rated punk album of all time in ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='s=] list, i.e. the popular yardstick. It was released in December 1979 in the UK and January 1980 in the USA, and was separately declared to be '''best album of the 1970s''' by the British magazine ''Q'' and '''best album of the 1980s''' by Rolling Stone in the USA. The band's reputation of not being total assholes in interviews and their strong respect for their audience only adds to the vast amount of richly deserved respect directed at the group.
The band broke up in 1986 after a ten year career and went onto other projects. Jones formed Big Audio Dynamite and Strummer embarked on a solo career (including some time fronting Music/ThePogues) before founding the Mescaleros. Paul Simonon has become pretty well-known in the London fine art scene, and contributed to the Music/{{Gorillaz}} album ''Plastic Beach''. There were sporadic collaborations and ad-hoc performances by various combinations of the original lineup but no full reunion ever came about and the death of Strummer in 2002 laid to rest any hope of a reunion.
With politicised songs and committed lifestyles ensuring their fame amongst punk rockers, the Clash were unique for their relative musical sophistication, and thus are often thought as "a punk band with a rock-n-roll sound." The band's 1979 album ''Music/LondonCalling'' is often hailed as one of the finest punk rock records (and rock/popular music in general) ever recorded -- it is the highest rated punk album of all time in ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='s=] list, i.e. the popular yardstick. It was released in December 1979 in the UK and January 1980 in the USA, and was separately declared to be '''best album of the 1970s''' by the British magazine ''Q'' and '''best album of the 1980s''' by Rolling Stone in the USA. The band's reputation of not being total assholes in interviews and their strong respect for their audience only adds to the vast amount of richly deserved respect directed at the group.
The band broke up in 1986 after a ten year career and went onto other projects. Jones formed Big Audio Dynamite and Strummer embarked on a solo career (including some time fronting Music/ThePogues) before founding the Mescaleros. Paul Simonon has become pretty well-known in the London fine art scene, and contributed to the Music/{{Gorillaz}} album ''Plastic Beach''. There were sporadic collaborations and ad-hoc performances by various combinations of the original lineup but no full reunion ever came about and the death of Strummer in 2002 laid to rest any hope of a reunion.
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The Clash, AKA "the only band that matters," were was a member of the original British PunkRock movement of TheSeventies known as the "Class of 77". The band stands with the likes of Music/TheRamones and The Music/SexPistols in the pantheon of definitive punk rock bands. Unlike their peers at the time, however, the Clash were was no firm believer of the pure ThreeChordsAndTheTruth ideology: they were not afraid of experimenting with a diverse range of musical styles, and as such were critically acclaimed musically. In addition to no-nonsense stripped-down punk rock, the Clash were was known for their eclectic tastes and experimental approach, besides punk being influenced by and performing reggae, dub, ska, funk, pop-rock, New Wave and soul, among others. They were also simultaneously the second [[RapRock rock band to release a rap]] track, "The Magnificent Seven" in 1981 (a few months after Music/{{Blondie}}'s "Rapture"), and the first British group to perform rap music.
With politicised songs and committed lifestyles ensuring their fame amongst punk rockers, the Clashwere was unique for their relative musical sophistication, and thus are often thought as "a punk band with a rock-n-roll sound." The band's 1979 album ''Music/LondonCalling'' is often hailed as one of the finest punk rock records (and rock/popular music in general) ever recorded -- it is the highest rated highest-rated punk album of all time in ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='s=] list, i.e. the popular yardstick. It was released in December 1979 in the UK and January 1980 in the USA, USA and was separately declared to be '''best album of the 1970s''' by the British magazine ''Q'' and '''best album of the 1980s''' by Rolling Stone in the USA. The band's reputation of not being total assholes in interviews and their strong respect for their audience only adds to the vast amount of richly deserved respect directed at the group.
The band broke up in 1986 after aten year ten-year career and went onto other projects. Jones formed Big Audio Dynamite and Strummer embarked on a solo career (including some time fronting Music/ThePogues) before founding the Mescaleros. Paul Simonon has become pretty well-known in the London fine art scene, and contributed to the Music/{{Gorillaz}} album ''Plastic Beach''. There were sporadic collaborations and ad-hoc performances by various combinations of the original lineup but no full reunion ever came about and the death of Strummer in 2002 laid to rest any hope of a reunion.
With politicised songs and committed lifestyles ensuring their fame amongst punk rockers, the Clash
The band broke up in 1986 after a
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* TheBandMinusTheFace: Jones, who was the Face Of The Band along with Strummer, got sacked in mid-'80s.
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* BourgeoisBohemian: The band got some flack for this once they became superstars, since their lyrics about the WorkingClassHero (or satire thereof) didn't reflect their circumstances. Notably, when the band's manager Bernie Rhodes bought a huge white mansion, some fans parodied the lyrics to "White Riot": "''White mansion, I wanna mansion/White mansion, a mansion of my own''"
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* BourgeoisBohemian: The band got some flack for this once they became superstars, superstars since their lyrics about the WorkingClassHero (or satire thereof) didn't reflect their circumstances. Notably, when the band's manager Bernie Rhodes bought a huge white mansion, some fans parodied the lyrics to "White Riot": "''White mansion, I wanna mansion/White mansion, a mansion of my own''"
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* DespairEventHorizon: Ultimately the firing of Topper Headon and Mick Jones after ''Combat Rock'' effectively split the group, and whilst Strummer and Simonon did recruit replacements to record a final LP, they were not happy with the recordings yet these were manipulated by their manager Bernie Rhodes whilst Strummer was on holiday, and they were put out under the uncommercial title of ''Cut The Crap'' (The group wanted to call it ''Out Of Control''). Ultimately, the death of Strummer's parents during this recording period made Strummer lose interest in the group and they quietly fizzled out. Mick Jones' contemporary group Big Audio Dynamite was more successful however.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Ultimately the firing of Topper Headon and Mick Jones after ''Combat Rock'' effectively split the group, and whilst Strummer and Simonon did recruit replacements to record a final LP, they were not happy with the recordings yet these were manipulated by their manager Bernie Rhodes whilst Strummer was on holiday, and they were put out under the uncommercial title of ''Cut The Crap'' (The group wanted to call it ''Out Of Control''). Ultimately, the death of Strummer's parents during this recording period made Strummer lose interest in the group and they quietly fizzled out. Mick Jones' contemporary group Big Audio Dynamite was more successful successful, however.
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--> "You owe me a move say the bells of St. Groove\\
Come on and show me say the bells of old [[Music/DavidBowie Bowie]]\\
When I am fitter, say the bells of Gary [=Glitter=]\\
No one but you and I say the bells of [=Prince Far-I=]\\
No one but you and I say the bells of [=Prince Far-I=]"
Come on and show me say the bells of old [[Music/DavidBowie Bowie]]\\
When I am fitter, say the bells of Gary [=Glitter=]\\
No one but you and I say the bells of [=Prince Far-I=]\\
No one but you and I say the bells of [=Prince Far-I=]"
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: "Hitsville U.K.", a sweet love-letter to the then new independent label music scene which name checks a couple of the big players (Rough Trade, Factory, Small Wonder and Fast Product) and features lead vocals by Mick and his then-girlfriend, American actress Ellen Foley. The song's style is completely different to their other work and is often considered to be a forebearer to the twee pop genre.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: "Hitsville U.K.", a sweet love-letter to the then new independent label music scene which name checks a couple of the big players (Rough Trade, Factory, Small Wonder and Fast Product) and features lead vocals by Mick and his then-girlfriend, American actress Ellen Foley. The song's style is completely different to from their other work and is often considered to be a forebearer to the twee pop genre.
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* SopranoAndGravel: Two male variant. Strummer was a baritone and, especially on the early records, sang his lines in a rough, growly manner. Jones lies on the border of tenor and countertenor, and his vocals were much cleaner as a rule.
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* SopranoAndGravel: Two male Two-male variant. Strummer was a baritone and, especially on the early records, sang his lines in a rough, growly manner. Jones lies on the border of tenor and countertenor, and his vocals were much cleaner as a rule.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Joe and Mick eventually. Apparently by the end Mick hated talking to Joe so much he'd just post his lyrics through Joe's letterbox and then walk home again.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Joe and Mick eventually. Apparently Apparently, by the end Mick hated talking to Joe so much he'd just post his lyrics through Joe's letterbox and then walk home again.
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* 1977 - ''The Clash''
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* 1977 - ''The Clash''''Music/TheClashAlbum''
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* BreakupSong: Yes. The Clash, of all people. "Train in Vain." ([[LyricalDissonance "You didn't stand by me, no way..."]]) Which was a major hit!
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* BreakupSong: Yes. [[BlackSheepHit The Clash, of all people.people]]. "Train in Vain." ([[LyricalDissonance "You didn't stand by me, no way..."]]) Which was a major hit!
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** Double shoutout to ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.
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* ANuclearError, via a lyric in "London Calling"
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* TheBandMinusTheFace: Jones, who was the FaceOfTheBand along with Strummer, got sacked in mid-'80s.
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* TheBandMinusTheFace: Jones, who was the FaceOfTheBand Face Of The Band along with Strummer, got sacked in mid-'80s.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: That Mick Jones was on his way out should have been made obvious by how his face is covered for the majority of the video for "Rock The Casbah."
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* NewSoundAlbum: ''Music/LondonCalling'' had some tentative steps beyond the punk/rock sphere, but ''[[Music/{{Sandinista}} Sandinista!]]'' was a full-blown GenreRoulette album experimenting with dub, rap, reggae, disco, twee pop, gospel and soul influences. Later, ''Cut The Crap'' was intended as a NewSoundAlbum taking them ''back'' to their original punk sound, but it was a [[CreatorBacklash dismal]] [[CanonDiscontinuity failure.]]
* ANuclearError: The TropeNamer, through a line of "London Calling".
* ANuclearError: The TropeNamer, through a line of "London Calling".
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* NewSoundAlbum: ''Music/LondonCalling'' had some tentative steps beyond the punk/rock sphere, but ''[[Music/{{Sandinista}} Sandinista!]]'' was a full-blown GenreRoulette album experimenting with dub, rap, reggae, disco, twee pop, gospel and soul influences. Later, ''Cut The Crap'' was intended as a NewSoundAlbum taking them ''back'' to their original punk sound, but it was a [[CreatorBacklash dismal]] [[CanonDiscontinuity dismal failure.]]
* ANuclearError: The TropeNamer, through a line of "London Calling".]]
* ANuclearError: The TropeNamer, through a line of "London Calling".
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* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: A schoolboy turned pub rocker, (Joe) a young man whose ambition in life is to be a rock star, (Mick) a handsome art student who had never picked up any instrument until he joined the band, (Paul) and a prodigal jazz, funk and soul drummer (Topper) form a punk rock band. Surprisingly, it works ''perfectly.''
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* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: RagtagBunchOfMisfits: A schoolboy turned pub rocker, (Joe) a young man whose ambition in life is to be a rock star, (Mick) a handsome art student who had never picked up any instrument until he joined the band, (Paul) and a prodigal jazz, funk and soul drummer (Topper) form a punk rock band. Surprisingly, it works ''perfectly.''
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* HonorAmongThieves: The premise of the single 'Bankrobber'
--> ''My daddy was a bank robber''
--> ''Who never hurt nobody''
--> ''He just loved to live that way''
--> ''He loved to steal your money''
--> ''My daddy was a bank robber''
--> ''Who never hurt nobody''
--> ''He just loved to live that way''
--> ''He loved to steal your money''
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** CoveredUp: "I Fought the Law" and especially "Police on My Back".
* CanonDiscontinuity: ''Cut The Crap'' was disowned by the band and left out of its reissue program.
* CanonDiscontinuity: ''Cut The Crap'' was disowned by the band and left out of its reissue program.
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* EaglelandOsmosis: Averted by "London's Burning":
-->"London's burning dial 9-9-9"
-->"London's burning dial 9-9-9"
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* DownerEnding: The band itself had one.
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** "Lost in the Supermarket" stands out in partiular - a very poppy and catchy melody that goes with arguably the most introspective and depressingly direct lyrics within the band's catalogue.
** Almost any time "London Calling" is used on tv - especially in advertising - it's likely to be this.
** Almost any time "London Calling" is used on tv - especially in advertising - it's likely to be this.
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** "Lost in the Supermarket" stands out in partiular particular - a very poppy and catchy melody that goes with arguably the most introspective and depressingly direct lyrics within the band's catalogue.
** Almost any time "London Calling" is used ontv TV - especially in advertising - it's likely to be this.
** Almost any time "London Calling" is used on
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* {{Jerkass}}: Averted for an early punk rock band, usually seen as more authentic and violent in their rebelliousness. A good example would be to compare [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVygiX0KEEw their Tom Snyder appearance]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OirTyITUJ1Y John Lydon's]].
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* {{Jerkass}}: Averted for an early punk rock band, usually seen as more authentic and violent in their rebelliousness. A good example would be to compare [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVygiX0KEEw their Tom Snyder appearance]] (in which the band has time to be goofy ''and'' give serious and thoughtful answers to Snyder's questions) and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OirTyITUJ1Y John Lydon's]].Lydon's]] (who was antagonistic to the host, resulting in one of the most awkward interviews ever taped).
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With politicised songs and committed lifestyles ensuring their fame amongst punk rockers, the Clash were unique for their relative musical sophistication, and thus are often thought as "a punk band with a rock-n-roll sound." The band's 1979 album ''Music/LondonCalling'', often hailed as one of the finest punk rock records (and rock/popular music in general) ever recorded -- it is the highest rated punk album of all time in ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='s=] list, i.e. the popular yardstick. Also, at one point it was awarded as '''the best album of the '80s''', despite having been released in December 14th, 1979, though this is true for the American release. The band's reputation of not being total assholes in interviews and their strong respect for their audience only adds to the vast amount of richly deserved respect directed at the group.
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With politicised songs and committed lifestyles ensuring their fame amongst punk rockers, the Clash were unique for their relative musical sophistication, and thus are often thought as "a punk band with a rock-n-roll sound." The band's 1979 album ''Music/LondonCalling'', ''Music/LondonCalling'' is often hailed as one of the finest punk rock records (and rock/popular music in general) ever recorded -- it is the highest rated punk album of all time in ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='s=] list, i.e. the popular yardstick. Also, at one point it It was awarded as '''the best album of the '80s''', despite having been released in December 14th, 1979, though this is true for 1979 in the American release. UK and January 1980 in the USA, and was separately declared to be '''best album of the 1970s''' by the British magazine ''Q'' and '''best album of the 1980s''' by Rolling Stone in the USA. The band's reputation of not being total assholes in interviews and their strong respect for their audience only adds to the vast amount of richly deserved respect directed at the group.
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* MalignedMixedMarriage: "Straight to Hell" is partly about the unwanted children of Vietnamese mothers and American fathers:
--> Let me tell you about your blood, bamboo kid\\
It ain't Coca Cola, it's rice.
--> Let me tell you about your blood, bamboo kid\\
It ain't Coca Cola, it's rice.
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With politicised songs and committed lifestyles ensuring their fame amongst punk rockers, the Clash were unique for their relative musical sophistication, and thus are often thought as "a punk band with a rock-n-roll sound." The band's 1979 album ''Music/LondonCalling'', often hailed as one of the finest punk rock records (and rock/popular music in general) ever recorded -- it is the highest rated punk album of all time in ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='s=] list, i.e. the popular yardstick. Also, at one point it was awarded as '''the best album of the '80s''', despite having been released in December 14th, 1979, though this is true for the American release. The band's reputation of not being [[JerkassFacade total assholes]] in interviews and their strong respect for their audience only adds to the vast amount of richly deserved respect directed at the group.
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With politicised songs and committed lifestyles ensuring their fame amongst punk rockers, the Clash were unique for their relative musical sophistication, and thus are often thought as "a punk band with a rock-n-roll sound." The band's 1979 album ''Music/LondonCalling'', often hailed as one of the finest punk rock records (and rock/popular music in general) ever recorded -- it is the highest rated punk album of all time in ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='s=] list, i.e. the popular yardstick. Also, at one point it was awarded as '''the best album of the '80s''', despite having been released in December 14th, 1979, though this is true for the American release. The band's reputation of not being [[JerkassFacade total assholes]] assholes in interviews and their strong respect for their audience only adds to the vast amount of richly deserved respect directed at the group.
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* {{Jerkass}}[=/=]JerkassFacade: Surprisingly averted for an early punk rock band, usually seen as more authentic and violent in their rebelliousness. A good example would be to compare [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVygiX0KEEw their Tom Snyder appearance]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OirTyITUJ1Y John Lydon's]].
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* {{Jerkass}}[=/=]JerkassFacade: Surprisingly averted {{Jerkass}}: Averted for an early punk rock band, usually seen as more authentic and violent in their rebelliousness. A good example would be to compare [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVygiX0KEEw their Tom Snyder appearance]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OirTyITUJ1Y John Lydon's]].
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** Joe Strummer's teeth are....not exactly the nicest, either.
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** Joe Strummer's teeth are....were....not exactly the nicest, either.
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* CanonDiscontinuity: For years, ''Cut the Crap'' was completely written out of the band's history. ''Westway to the World'', an official and otherwise comprehensive documentary on the band from 2000, stops when Mick Jones left the band in 1983. Likewise, several biographies on the band either glance over the album entirely or give it a brief, begrudging mention, and for years, none of its songs appeared on the band's hits collections. While the album still has a rock-bottom reputation, a reprieve had been given to its well-regarded lead single "This is England" by the time the new millennium rolled around. It appears on the 2003 ''The Essential Clash'' compilation, the 2006 ''Singles Box'' set and the 2007 ''The Singles'' greatest hits album.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Ultimately the firing of Topper Headon and Mick Jones after ''Combat Rock'' effectively split the group, and whilst Strummer and Simonon did recruit replacements to record a final LP, they were not happy with the recordings yet these were manipulated by their manager Bernie Rhodes whilst Strummer was on holiday, and they were put out under the uncommercial title of ''Cut The Crap'' (The group wanted to call it ''Out Of Control''). Ultimately, the death of Strummer's parents during this recording period made Strummer lose interest in the group and they quietly fizzled out. Mick Jones' contemporary group Big Audio Dynamite was more successful however.
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** "Lost in the Supermarket" stands out in partiular - a very poppy and catchy disco melody that goes with arguably the most introspective and depressingly direct lyrics within the band's catalogue.
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** "Somebody Got Murdered" from Sandinista is the record's most commercial track from a musical standpoint. From a lyrical standpoint, however, it is definitely not.
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** Happily, the two reconnected after Joe broke up the Clash in 1986 and they sporadically collaborated with one another over the years. Joe produced Big Audio Dynamite's ''No. 10 Upping St'' album and co-wrote several of its songs. They even performed together at a benefit concert in November 2002 just before Joe's death as a warm-up for the planned Clash reunion that sadly never happened.
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* IThoughtItMeant: During UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar, U.S. military personnel would play "Rock the Casbah" to motivate the troops, specifically for the lines "''The king called up his jet fighters/He said you better earn your pay/Drop your bombs between the minarets/Down the Casbah way''". Strummer was reportedly brought to tears when he heard about this, because he intended the song to be about peace and love (and indeed, the following lyrics describe the soldiers contradicting their orders).
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* TheRival: The SexPistols, until they broke up in early 1978.
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* TheRival: The SexPistols, Music/SexPistols, until they broke up in early 1978.
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* ChartDisplacement: The band's only top 40 hits in the U.S. were "Train in Vain" and "Rock the Casbah", instead of "Should I Stay or Should I Go" (only #43) and "London Calling" (didn't chart).
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* WhiteDwarfStarlet: "The Right Profile" is a tragi-comical version of this.
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* CanonDiscontinuity: ''Cut The Crap'' was disowned by the band and left out of its reissue program.
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* AffectionateParody: The typographic design for the now-legendary cover to ''Music/LondonCalling'' is practically a ShoutOut to Music/ElvisPresley's debut album ''Music/ElvisPresleyTheAlbum''.
* [[AWildRapperAppears A Wild Poet Appears]]: Creator/AllenGinsberg on "Ghetto Defendent". This probably would be a proto-version of the trope if Blondie and The Clash themselves weren't already on that.
* [[AWildRapperAppears A Wild Poet Appears]]: Creator/AllenGinsberg on "Ghetto Defendent". This probably would be a proto-version of the trope if Blondie and The Clash themselves weren't already on that.
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* AffectionateParody: The typographic design for the now-legendary cover to ''Music/LondonCalling'' is practically a ShoutOut to Music/ElvisPresley's debut album ''Music/ElvisPresleyTheAlbum''.
* [[AWildRapperAppears A Wild Poet Appears]]: Creator/AllenGinsberg on "Ghetto Defendent". This probably would be a proto-version of the trope if Blondie and The Clash themselves weren't already on that.''Music/ElvisPresleyTheAlbum''.
* [[AWildRapperAppears A Wild Poet Appears]]: Creator/AllenGinsberg on "Ghetto Defendent". This probably would be a proto-version of the trope if Blondie and The Clash themselves weren't already on that.
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* [[AWildRapperAppears A Wild Poet Appears]]: Creator/AllenGinsberg on "Ghetto Defendant". This probably would be a proto-version of the trope if Music/{{Blondie}} and The Clash themselves weren't already on that
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* AntiPoliceSong: "Guns of Brixton", which according to Paul Simonon is about the paranoia of a young Brixton man isolated by violence and poverty who's seen "The Harder They Come" a few too many times.
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* AntiPoliceSong: "Guns of Brixton", which according to Paul Simonon is about the paranoia of a young Brixton man isolated by violence and poverty who's seen "The Harder They Come" ''Film/TheHarderTheyCome'' a few too many times.
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* NewSoundAlbum: ''Album/LondonCalling'' had some tentative steps beyond the punk/rock sphere, but ''[[Music/{{Sandinista}} Sandinista!]]'' was a full-blown GenreRoulette album experimenting with dub, rap, reggae, disco, twee pop, gospel and soul influences. Later, ''Cut The Crap'' was intended as a NewSoundAlbum taking them ''back'' to their original punk sound, but it was a [[CreatorBacklash dismal]] [[CanonDiscontinuity failure.]]
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* NewSoundAlbum: ''Album/LondonCalling'' ''Music/LondonCalling'' had some tentative steps beyond the punk/rock sphere, but ''[[Music/{{Sandinista}} Sandinista!]]'' was a full-blown GenreRoulette album experimenting with dub, rap, reggae, disco, twee pop, gospel and soul influences. Later, ''Cut The Crap'' was intended as a NewSoundAlbum taking them ''back'' to their original punk sound, but it was a [[CreatorBacklash dismal]] [[CanonDiscontinuity failure.]]
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* SillyLoveSongs: While everybody remembers the AntiLoveSong subversion of "Train in Vain," they actually had one song that played it completely straight, released as a B-Side for Tommy Gun. Behold, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwP2UDdHB7c 1-2 Crush on You.]] Admittedly, this was written by Mick Jones pre-Clash and only performed by them.
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** "The Right Profile", about Montgomery [=Clift=], starts "Say, where did I see this guy? In ''Film/RedRiver''. Or ''A Place In The Sun''. Maybe ''The Misfits''. Or ''[[Film/FromHereToEternity Here to Eternity]]''."
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** "The Right Profile", about Montgomery [=Clift=], Creator/MontgomeryClift, starts "Say, where did I see this guy? In ''Film/RedRiver''. Or ''A Place In The Sun''. ''Film/APlaceInTheSun''. Maybe ''The Misfits''. ''Film/TheMisfits''. Or ''[[Film/FromHereToEternity Here to Eternity]]''.''Film/FromHereToEternity''."
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** Double shoutout to NineteenEightyFour.
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** Double shoutout to NineteenEightyFour.''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.
* SillyLoveSongs: While everybody remembers the AntiLoveSong subversion of "Train in Vain," they actually had one song that played it completely straight, released as a B-Side for Tommy Gun. Behold, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwP2UDdHB7c 1-2 Crush on You.]] Admittedly, this was written by Mick Jones pre-Clash and only performed by them.
* SillyLoveSongs: While everybody remembers the AntiLoveSong subversion of "Train in Vain," they actually had one song that played it completely straight, released as a B-Side for Tommy Gun. Behold, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwP2UDdHB7c 1-2 Crush on You.]] Admittedly, this was written by Mick Jones pre-Clash and only performed by them.
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* LastSecondWordSwap: "Cheat's" line "You're a fool if you don't know that, so hit the road you stupid fool" would probably have ended with 'twat' but it was changed.
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The band broke up in 1986 after a ten year career and went onto other projects. Jones formed Big Audio Dynamite and Strummer embarked on a solo career (including some time fronting Music/ThePogues) before founding the Mescaleros. Paul Simonon has become pretty well-known in the London fine art scene, and contributed to the Music/{{Gorillaz}} album ''Plastic Beach''. There were sporadic collaborations and ad-hoc performances by various combinations of the original lineup but no full reunion ever came about and the death of Strummer in 2002 laid to rest any hope of a reformation.
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The band broke up in 1986 after a ten year career and went onto other projects. Jones formed Big Audio Dynamite and Strummer embarked on a solo career (including some time fronting Music/ThePogues) before founding the Mescaleros. Paul Simonon has become pretty well-known in the London fine art scene, and contributed to the Music/{{Gorillaz}} album ''Plastic Beach''. There were sporadic collaborations and ad-hoc performances by various combinations of the original lineup but no full reunion ever came about and the death of Strummer in 2002 laid to rest any hope of a reformation.
reunion.
