First Time Hearing The Clash - “Should I Stay or Should I Go” Reaction | Asia and BJ

[@bobschenkel7921]

The Clash were the standard bearers for all the Punk bands coming out of England in the late '70's. Joe Strummer and Mick Jones were telling everyone, we are here so look the hell out. "Should I Stay or Should I Go" is one of their biggest hits, also check out "London Calling" and "Radio Clash", they are great R'n'R songs.

[@AlBarzUK]

R’n’R = Rest and Recuperation 😂

[@bobschenkel7921]

@@AlBarzUK Only in the Army. It is also short for ROCK AND ROLL!!!

[@renecasillas1308]

This is a great song. The song that introduced me to the Clash was Rock the Casbah

[@3DJapan]

Their best song IMO

[@maryreilly5092]

Thank you for playing this one. It's called Combat Rock and we were into it! Early 1980's. We bought this album and went to Army/Navy stores for the outfits to match the videos.

[@AsiaandBJ]

Thanks for the info!

[@chrischase6023]

got to love the old punk era

[@ledzepgirlnmful]

Ahh, those were the days !! I still love The Clash !

[@williamdemerchant7295]

The best Clash album was 1979's London Calling. Every song in the two record set was a banger. The best album of 1979, and easily the best from the punk era.😍

[@mariebishop7357]

I love this! I was a teenager in the late 70's and early 80's, and The Clash were my boys, and Joe Strummer was everything! That voice was a call to Rock! Thank you for reacting to this!

[@latrishabledsoe7766]

Same

[@heathcornbeef]

Kia ora hello from aotearoa new zealand These guys have been the back beat to my entire life when me and my ex wife were naming our now 16 year old son Strummer we couldn't come up with a middle name and my dad walks into the hospital room and just blurts out if Strummer is his first name CLASH should be his middle name and so it is. A. You don't argue with my dad!. B. IT was perfect nothing to argue with. My dad brought London calling when it was released and then give em enough rope and had to hide them from me when me and my little sister went to stay at dads.....your gonna bloody wear out my record's he's still got them plus amongst other's he introduced me to as a kid THE MEMBERS MADNESS THE SPECIAL'S (R .I .P) TERRY HALL 😥😭🤬 DEVO THE RAMONES THE PRETENDER'S AND ON AND ON CHUR CHUR DAD THANK YOU FOR GREAT TASTE IN MUSIC

[@janetf23]

This was a fun song to dance to with girlfriends on club night outings in the 80s💃💞✨

[@Miss_Beehaven]

My hubby wanted this to play when I was walking down the aisle 🤣

[@paulb4604]

The Clash are CLASSIC punk and one of the best ever! "The Only Band That Matters" was apparently a gimmick their record label came up with, but it's stuck with them for a lot of people. Essentially there were two branches of Punk....the NY scene that grew up at CBGB in Manhattan with Blondie, Iggy Pop, The Ramones, and many others. And the British punk scene headed up by acts like The Clash and Sex Pistols. Put them together and you get a driving force of rock and roll from the mid-1970s into the '80s. RIP Joe Strummer

[@ddiamondr1]

Thank you! The Clash was such a great band. I remember reading a review of their massive masterpiece triple album “Sandinista” Rolling Stone magazine said that it was one of the only things that gave them hope coming in the weeks after John Lennon’s assassination. When Ivan Meets GI Joe- combat rock indeed. This song is a favorite. I used it for a DJ class when I was in film school and we were required in our first semester to also take radio courses. This is the song I played all the time. Love it.

[@laurarominger2073]

Awesome story

[@AsiaandBJ]

Cool!

[@jamesdamiano8894]

Should check out their song "Lost In The Supermarket". Great song with a deeper meaning. And for some more Reggaeish songs, "Wrong "Em Boyo", "Jimmy Jazz", "Rude Can't Fail", "Spanish Bombs", "Revolution Rock". That being said, they have a bunch of good tunes. Also listen to "Safe European Song" and "Brand New Cadillac". And Joe Strummer had some good stuff as a solo artist.

[@EdwardGregoryNYC]

Absolutely! With The Clash, the best thing is to get off the hit list and go deep.

[@surlechapeau]

Asia & BJ, you'll love their "Train In Vain" and "Police On My Back"!!!

[@John_Chu]

I love Train in Vain! Have you ever heard Kirsty MacColl's cover of it? Excellent! She was so talented.

[@surlechapeau]

@@John_Chu I have not, will check it out now. Thanks.

[@MercyBlastTV]

First song I ever learned on guitar. You both are awesome!

[@anthonyzarate9807]

I just posted a comment of how one of my friends would ONLY play this song on his guitar, when I was in grade school.😉👍

[@MercyBlastTV]

@@anthonyzarate9807 I used to have the guitar tuned a certain way so I could play the entire song with only using one finger for each chord. Not because I knew what I was doing but because I thought that was just the way you tuned a guitar?... LOL... your friend knows! This is such a fun song to play... and listen to.

[@christopherfiala5343]

That guitar intro is LEGENDARY !!

[@brentbeardsley655]

Once called "the only band that matters". Their London Calling album should be in everybody's collection.

[@metalmark1214]

Interesting tidbit on this song- About two minutes in, you can hear Mick Jones say, "Split!" While it sounds like it could be some kind of statement related to the song, Joe Ely tells Songfacts it had a much more quotidian meaning. Said Ely: "Me and Joe were yelling this translation back while Mick Jones sang the lead on it, and we were doing the echo part. And there was one time when the song kind of breaks down into just the drums right before a guitar part. And you hear Mick Jones saying, 'Split!' Just really loud, kind of angry. Me and Joe had snuck around in the studio, came up in the back of his booth where he was all partitioned off, and we snuck in and jumped and scared the hell out of him right in the middle of recording the song, and he just looked at us and says, 'Split!' So we ran back to our vocal booth and they never stopped the recording."

[@brooksboyd1959]

Joe Ely, Lubbock TX!!

[@user-cs4fg1rm5k]

@@brooksboyd1959 Flatlanders

[@Rayray-kj9cc]

Love love this song!! Such great times dancing to this back in the day🤘🤘💃💃❤❤

[@laurarominger2073]

Such a classic. Rolling Stone named this album number one for the decade of the 80s. Agree

[@michellereed7303]

Rem Murmur was actually listed as their #1 album in their magazine after the decade was over...the list has since been tainted by editors that did not live thru the decade.

[@laurarominger2073]

@@michellereed7303 did not know that. Thx. Murder another great album. Influenced so many bands. But the clash has never really been duplicated

[@TheCornishCockney]

For wicked wicked basslines,check out The Clash’s “Magnificent Seven or Bankrobber” you won’t regret it.

[@timpafundi6321]

The Clash were really big fans of the late 70’s Rap scene in NYC. They were a punk band from England but came to the states and settled in NYC and they quickly fell into all of the music scenes that were popping up.

[@muninraven3327]

I've always liked the Blues set up in this song. it works very well. I don't think it's even that good of a song (please don't hate), but it's simplicity and the vibe carry it.

[@georgdrache7858]

One of the mother bands of old school british punk. And still a hot song. Played in tv and levi's commercials.

[@guitarman8462]

I saw them 2 times live back in the days . On on tour , " Los Lobos " had opened up for them .

[@RicoBurghFan]

What an absolute banger, love Joe Strummer's snarl! Thank you for this, and I must say, you are the coolest and cutest couple on the Tube, hands down! 💯💯💯

[@AsiaandBJ]

Wow, thank you!

[@RicoBurghFan]

@@AsiaandBJ No thank y'all!!!

[@thunderspike1892]

Mick Jones singing on this one. Check out London Calling and I Fought The Law. Should I Stay... was also used in a Levi's commercial

[@MARKB3946]

This is a banger. I remember it from back in the day.

[@jasontaverner391]

This song was written by Clash guitarist, co-lead singer, co-song writer Mick Jones about his then girlfriend Ellen Foley. She was the female singer on Meatloaf's "Paradise by the dashboard light", and played public defender Billie Young on the TV show "Night Court". The Clash appeared on her second album "The Spirit of St. Louis".

[@joea7293]

During my grave yard work nights, my friend and I would love to hear this song come on the radio and pick us up during the early mornings. would loved the fact that the background singer are singing in Spanish! Being Hispanic ourselves we would sing out loud the background vocals and co workers would look at us like what the heck? lol Thanks for the memories guys and as always stay safe and much love guys!

[@rhondajones5282]

My husband said this once. I told him he could leave but I get custody of the German Shepherds.

[@maryreilly5092]

Cool! Good you kept the fur baby!

[@rossmacintosh5652]

Asia & Bj - give yourself a treat and watch the documentary about Clash lead singer/writer Joe Strummer's life, his influences, and the lives he impacted. The film is called "Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten". You can watch it on AppleTV but you might also find it on KZbin. When I watched it I gained an even greater appreciation for the music.

[@jasonmarquis7586]

The Clash was one of my first favorite bands back in the 70s. But I gotta recommend one of my favorite bands of the 80s. Skinny Puppy - ‘Tin Omen.’ Industrial Punk at its finest.

[@flea1683]

The Clash have some fantastic songs, I saw them several times in the late 70s.

[@BulldogMack700rs]

The Clash also known as "The only band that ever mattered"

[@bashab3098]

White man in Hammersmith Palais is my fav clash tune

[@tomlemery8490]

BJ is really getting into it.

[@tomlemery8490]

And Asia does too in her own way.

[@jamesthatswho8687]

Brought some memories of older songs I had forgot about. One day we have to get Asia up dancing. BJ already rocks out. You guys are so fun. I love you guys ❤️

[@matthewhawkins517]

The Clash might be my favorite band of all time. (Social Distortion). You should go outside the box and review their album London Calling. They are off the hook.

[@randytorres8211]

One of the more popular songs by The Clash, this one uses a very unusual technique: Spanish lyrics echoing the English words. Singing the Spanish parts with Joe Strummer was Joe Ely, a Texas singer whose 1978 album Honky Tonk Masquerade got the attention of The Clash when they heard it in England. When Ely and his band performed in London, The Clash went to a show and took them around town after the performance. They became good friends, and when The Clash came to Texas in 1979, they played some shows together. They stayed in touch, and when The Clash returned to America in 1982, they played more shows together and Ely joined them in the studio when they were recording Combat Rock at Electric Ladyland Studio in New York. In a 2012 Songfacts interview with Joe Ely, he explained: "I'm singing all the Spanish verses on that, and I even helped translate them. I translated them into Tex-Mex and Strummer kind of knew Castilian Spanish, because he grew up in Spain in his early life. And a Puerto Rican engineer (Eddie Garcia) kind of added a little flavor to it. So it's taking the verse and then repeating it in Spanish." When we asked Ely whose idea the Spanish part was, he said, "I came in to the studio while they were working out the parts. They'd been working on the song for a few hours already, they had it sketched out pretty good. But I think it was Strummer's idea, because he just immediately, when it came to that part, he immediately went, 'You know Spanish, help me translate these things.' (Laughs) My Spanish was pretty much Tex-Mex, so it was not an accurate translation. But I guess it was meant to be sort of whimsical, because we didn't really translate verbatim." According to Strummer, Eddie Garcia, the sound engineer, called his mother in Brooklyn Heights and got her to translate some of the lyrics over the phone. Eddie's mother is Ecuadorian, so Joe Strummer and Joe Ely ended up singing in Ecuadorian Spanish. (Songfacts.com)

[@karenarcher10]

Asia hit the nail on the head with the rebel vibe. We used to do a dance called "wrecking" in the UK to this, which involded throwing fists and legs around and pushing and shoving. Used to get up the next day covered in bruises but that was a sign of a good night 🤣

[@lilyanaharforde3374]

Love this one... Thank you! - Check out 'I Fought The Law' by The Clash Please do reactions to... The Undertones - Teenage Kicks Feargal Sharkey - You Little Thief (the official music video is so full of energy).

[@ninthepin]

Honestly, if you admire protest songs, Guns Of Brixton and Know Your Rights are just a couple of Clash tracks you'll like. There are so many to choose from, but yeah, Know Your Rights is straight to the point.

[@BoxerRick]

God bless y’all. This was one of my all time favorites. It takes me back to school. I’m building a house for a old HS buddy and he was just telling these younger guys about me when I was a teenager. I was punk rocker all the way. 🤣 Biker jacket, camo pants and combat boots. Hair all slicked.

[@TheWorldsEnd66]

I was 15 years old when this was released. Man what a great time for music ✊

[@kennethickes700]

Where punk rock became mainstream!

[@MAGIKMARTIAN9526]

ASIA it's a good thing you have such a beautiful smile 😊 because you're always wearing it.

[@carlbaker7242]

Hey yall thanks for pulling this one out!!! Excellent live show.

[@noelleone1305]

One of the greatest "hooks" of all time.

[@adamfindlay7091]

The Clash loved and did dub reggae funk rap rock soul and garage protest...check out magnificent seven...

[@joelliebler5690]

Definitely one of The Clash’s best song!Now try reacting to London Calling!

[@savsmiles3042]

Great reaction! You guys are too cute with your banter🥰 Asia, you remind me of the actress Natalie Wood. You have the same beautiful eyes, nose, lips and face shape as her. She plays Maria in the original movie musical Westside Story, which would be great if you could react to it on your movie channel. More Clash please! Train in Vain is my fav♥️

[@irvinvalkowitz2867]

One suggestion: London Calling.

[@chrissemones6195]

The live version at Shea Stadium is Electric. Check it out!!!!

[@sherryhenderson1538]

RIP Joe Strummer

[@ktmsingletrack2212]

One song by the Clash that is great and not reviewed much is Train in Vain. Great tune

[@RCShadow]

Geesh. Memories from my teen years. More of a rocker myself but they played this one ad-nauseum on the radio.

[@Colin-1964]

Takes Me Back. Proper Tune!✌🏻😬🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@jhamler1]

The Clash are supercool. I think a hip hop artist sampled STRAIGHT TO HELL by The Clash but I don't remember the tune. Anyway, they've got a bunch of sick jams. POLICE AND THIEVES and POLICE ON MY BACK are sweet reggae cover songs that they did.

[@BulldogMack700rs]

M.I.A- paper planes sampled Straight to Hell and Lethal Bizzle heavily sampled Police on my back for his song of the same name.

[@LTJfan]

Try listening to "The Magnificent Seven" by The Clash. It's funky as hell

[@paulboudreau3754]

The girl he's singing about was the same girl that sang the female part of Paradise by the Dashboard light.

[@thomaseaton6746]

Must watch video to song

[@richardhargrave6082]

Absolute classic, superb Great one to get the DJ to play at a wedding!🤣🤣

[@Bekka_Noyb]

always wonder who's gonna catch the Stranger Things connection. 😉 My dad's a big Clash fan. So I'd heard this well before the show

[@bryanforis1839]

Great music live performances

[@br0nzepen]

The chorus is just repeating in Spanish. Great song!

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

Love The Clash!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@scottfeuerhammer3595]

UH HUH!!! Merry Christmas kids!! 🎅 Yes, this was before my time, but it made a comeback around 2000.

[@timothybush9633]

Hi Asia & BJ, As coined "The Only Band That Matters" they were Great RIP Joe Strummer many Great songs

[@hankarmentrout6697]

Men are excellent at paying attention with our eyes closed. I’ve found myself in that position many times. BJ onto something here

[@cicadajet]

Magnificent Seven!!

[@leewafer6583]

So many great songs, Train in Vain, Guns of Brixton, London Calling, White Riot, Rock the Casbah are but a few,

[@daniellesedore2359]

Great song, please check out the Ramones I wanna be sedated and Blitz creek bop ✌️

[@williammoore841]

Threw a lot of elbows on the dance floor Absolutely one of the best songs to take your frustrations onto the dance floor, sharpen the elbows and release your tensions onto those who just happened to be dancing next to you...... such fun

[@maryreilly5092]

The Precursor to the Mosh pits yet to come!

[@enterthecarp7085]

As a young punk at the club in 84, this is how we bounced. Err pogo

[@AW11-e4h]

The only band that mattered 🤘🤘

[@frauleinmona]

Come on! The *only* band? LOL

[@michaelasay8587]

I could see you two dance this! There needs to be a new ...dance session....just for an hour, hahaha

[@garyhynes6574]

The English are a musical lot ... very whimsical... some of the best pop and rock and alternative music all comes from England....

[@maureenlyons-brennan1146]

This got us all on the dance floor.

[@3DJapan]

Stranger Things season 1, this song played a big part.

[@jonahpedersen5429]

First album I ever bought.

[@dtaylor939]

You have got to see Kylie Minogue's live cover of this song from her 1999 "Intimate & Live" concert.

[@cree878]

This is my funeral song 😂always up for a bit of humour

[@psarks1601]

You've been on this planet for decades and have never heard this song? Living under a rock?

[@billspivey6919]

Song- Jimmy Jazz

[@CdnTrader1]

You guys definitely need a Punk livestream. And when someone says Green Day or Avril Lavigne you will know who to block.

[@frauleinmona]

😂 Yes! Perhaps pseudo-punk? LOL

[@ice-iu3vv]

now if you do "LONDON CALLING" , you will have done all 3 of their biggest hits. ok i checked you did it already, so for another suggestion ill go with "INTO THE VOID" by black sabbath.

[@redswetter]

Take a listen to "Bankrobber"

[@twasnoteye7259]

I believe we called this “New wave”

[@ToddSauve]

Every guy who has been married knows what this song is about! Ha, ha, ha! Don't smile too widely BJ or you may be wearing a frying pan over your head! LOL! Sorry Asia, but _your_ smile revealed that you understood it too! 🤔😮😉💘😂

[@wm3752]

Check out their song "Brand New Cadillac"......one of their best....

[@billspivey6919]

Top 5 band of mine since a young teen.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Early 80s classic rock! Am young but heard it before stranger things even existed

[@franckmedina3346]

The classic of the clash

[@fairydust-weepthewildwinds]

Rockin it since the 80s fun fun💙👍🏽🤗

[@929mmr]

You need to do Beat Goes ON/ Switching to Glide by the Kings. Popular for a brief moment of time and seriously underrated. Great song of the 80's. You will not regret a listen.

[@donnastupka7507]

One of my favs! 🎶💜🎶

[@ronaldmilner8932]

Asia & BJ, great reaction to The Clash! Please check out The Magnificent Seven, or This is Radio Clash!! Your Subs will love it and so will you!!

[@VintageWanderer]

Try Strait to Hell by the Clash. Amazing song. Cheers.

[@jtherieau678]

Legend. And then there's Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros. "Get Down Moses" (Full Album Stream)

[@johntrickey7182]

This was Mick Jones basically telling Joe Strummer " do you want me to leave the band"?

[@davejensen7922]

Listen to Straight to Hell by the Clash it’s completely different style about war orphans

[@jeffh2166]

You should do White Man (at the Hammersmith Palais), great reggae song