Rapper FIRST time REACTION to The Clash - London Calling !! The impact they must have had...

[@davemason6501]

I believe the "London Calling" was the way the shortwave service of the BBC use to announce they were on the air. The BBC World Service was where I got most of my news of the world via shortwave.

[@neilpatrickhairless]

Yep. This was the Clash giving the news

[@K9-Crazy62]

I believe it was. it was used during WW2 going out to the allied troops. I think france & America did same.

[@StephenDouthart]

Love it when someone else saves me the bother! 😁

[@lemurvision]

Yeah, it was the BBC’s usual call sign during WW2 (“This is London calling”) in broadcasts to occupied Europe.

[@K9-Crazy62]

@StephenDouthart 🤣👍

[@carljwnc]

The album, London Calling, just turned 45 years old. I've been listening to it since the beginning. You could react to any song on the album and get pretty much the same vibes. Timeless classic, one of the greatest.

[@holgerwalther7226]

absolute truth! would appreciate a reaction to Guns of Brixton

[@hbruso1212]

Thank you for reacting to this song! I never was a punk fan, but the Clash was totally unique to me, and I loved Joe Strummer... RIP Joe 😢 Great reaction!!!

[@dankitcher1904]

I was a teenager in 1970s England, and yes, the punk scene was groundbreaking. Following on from Disco, Prog Rock and Glam Rock this was life changing. Now in my late 50s I’m off to see The Stranglers, Buzzcocks and the Rats live in Southampton next year. Punk never stops, we just get older.

[@WayneStewart-p9l]

I’m so sorry what’s being lost in Uk now.praying for all.🫡❤🫵🇦🇺

[@papnicholson8407]

The Clash. The only band that matters.

[@spruce381]

And the specials and the jam.

[@susannewitt6112]

@@spruce381 And Billy Bragg

[@davidrose8383]

@@spruce381 madness

[@LynnThompsonAuthor]

Punk rock grew out of the changing British economy of the late 1970s. Britain used to manufacture a lot of things. They had a ton of car factories: MG, Bentley, Cooper, Lotus, Jaguar, Aston Martin and Rolls Royce that still exist, and a ton more that are no longer made: Austin, Morris, Rover, Swift, Triumph, Riley, and more. But those industries were starting to shut down in the '70s, along with the industries that fed them, largely steel and coal, around which entire towns had been built where families had lived for generations. The country was plagued with unemployment and an entire generation that felt no hope for the future. The punk and ska movements in music reflected a lot of this. Listen to The Specials' "Ghost Town" to hear more of that sentiment expressed - great little song! There was also a "Top Gear" episode that talked about all the former British car factories that are now in ruins and lamented that Britain manufactures very little, culminating in a parade of vehicles from automobiles to trucks and farm machinery that are still manufactured there; it was quite moving. This was that final scene: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ7GnqSKdtppmJosi=iboTIh_69yrnzYUd - almost makes you want to be British! Joe Strummer was a very talented musician who also did some great work post-Clash with his band The Mescaleros. He left us at age 50, and would have been in his 70s now.

[@thomasdubay1496]

The Clash were an English rock band formed in London in 1976. Billed as "The Only Band That Matters", they are considered one of the most influential acts in the original wave of British punk rock, with their music fusing elements of reggae, dub, funk, ska, and rockabilly. The band also contributed to the post-punk and new wave movements that followed. For most of their recording career, the Clash consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Joe Strummer, lead guitarist and vocalist Mick Jones, bassist Paul Simonon, and drummer Nicky "Topper" Headon

[@bitslammer]

The raw grittiness of this song is what does it for me. The music is pretty simple and straightforward, the lyrics are blunt, the vocals are rough but done so well with that backing part. This is one of my favorite Clash songs.

[@mbossman2]

Beatlemania was a Broadway musical that ran in the late 1970s. "London is drowning" was in reference to the Thames flood barrier/control project that was under construction for 5 or 6 years. London calling was a BBC thing back when they were one of the only worldwide broadcasting services via short wave. In the 1970s climate scientists were afraid of the beginning of a new ice age.

[@Cchan53]

Yeah ,then global warning...now don't know which one so it's climate change! Laughable..

[@dessertstorm7476]

beatlemania was a general term for beatles super fandom of the 60s and 70s. The fact a musical was named that is incidental.

[@mbossman2]

@@dessertstorm7476 The lyric was "phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust". While you could argue that this was a reference to the original Beatlemania, the Beatles had been broken up for almost 10 years. Beatlemania, the musical, had just closed in NY in 1979 which coincided with the release of London Calling. So I would lean towards the musical explanation.

[@hipsville]

The lyric "Phoney Beatlemania" was about the clinging on to the Beatles by the industry and people that just wouldn't let them go. The play Beatlemania, was going on but also the Stigwood film "Sargent Pepper" had already happened. We had 10 years of people pining for the beatles to get back together and so the substitutes were found aka "Phoney Beatlemania". It was like the all the musical oxygen was being sucked out of the room by the corporate music biz hell bent on ignoring this newer sound that was happening. It was no slight at the Beatles, just the industry. We wanted to move forward, not just look back.

[@californiahummus]

I always thought the ice age and nuclear era had to do with the height of the cold war and threat of a nuclear winter. Same with the wheat going thin as in everything will die when the bombs drop.

[@fotosbyduane]

Favorite Clash song. A true masterpiece.

[@kforinger1]

The Clash "Guns of Brixton!" You'll appreciate The Clash even more.

[@nb1inheaven788]

My fav song from The Clash !!!

[@Qalibrated]

He should do a double reaction with that! First The Clash - Guns of Brixton Then The Big Push - Guns of Brixton

[@keithryan3528]

Guns of Brixton and White man in Hammersmith Palais just the best.

[@pyrovania]

@@Qalibrated wasn't it a Jimmy Cliff song originally? Jimmy Cliff is worth checking out. Not a bad song on The Harder They Come. Not a single bad song.

[@jog1546]

@@Qalibrated❤❤

[@LiveAlcheme]

COMPLETE music - brains, heart, soul, spirit. Always true to their values and truth. Always. As revolutionary today as when they started.

[@matthewdrake4385]

The whole London Calling album is great. It really shows a lot of range , not just punk rock. Punk rock can be looked at as being more about about attitude, like the sex pistols , but the Clash was more about social issues. The nuclear error that was mentioned was three mile Island in i think new york. The clash helped inspire bands like Rage Against the Machine and System of a Down, they were definitely ahead of their time.

[@gtjacobs]

Rock the Casbah, Police and Thieves, English Civil War, I Fought the Law (Buddy Holly Cover), Train in Vain, Should I Stay or Should I Go?, Spanish Bombs, Lost in the Supermarket, Rudie Can't Fail, Safe European Home, White Man in Hammersmith Palais, The Magnificent Seven, Straight to Hell, Janie Jones... There are so many amazing Clash songs.

[@eggy1962]

I only bought two clash singles…..white man in hammersmith palais…..and rock the casbah. Still have them

[@nickciraulo8340]

I thought it was Bobby Fuller who did "I Fought the Law".

[@lesliegolding7159]

Know your Rights!

[@Radagast-]

The East End got flooded in 53 and several hundred were killed by a tidal surge. The flood barrier began construction in 74 and was completed in 83, I think. That's what the lyrics about London drowning are about. The other big fear of the time was nuclear war, which speaks for itself.

[@jadalan1047]

Great observations. I heard the debut album by The Clash in 1977 at age 15 in the heart of the American midwest. Changed my life.

[@stephenpodeschi6052]

Golden Brown by the Stranglers is another classic of the same period.

[@louisramosa]

Great song

[@shanegooding4839]

RIP Joe Strummer. Thankyou for all the music. Joe with Johnny Cash covering Redemption Song by Bob Marley is always a fave.

[@StephenDouthart]

Redemption Song is my favourite Marley song by far!I love Joe Strummer I love Johnny Cash But they butchered it!! 😆

[@andrewmerzke5482]

There are two versions of Strummer doing redemption song. There’s the version with Cash and the version he did with the Meacalaros. The video for the second was shot in NYC. In that video they do random shots of people. One of the random people they film is Steve Buschemi, before he was famous.

[@brendanbelli8769]

My friend in the early 80s you’re absolutely right the clash had a very unique sound. That’s what put him to the top so fast and that song that you just played is incredible a whole different sound for music back then I’m gonna play it again right now.

[@marlew6629]

It's about the threat of war and leaders bringing us closer to the threat of war; and the message being: if you’re unhappy with the world, scared of the fatal climaxes could reach, then get out of your comfort zone, your head out of the sand, and get moving to fix them.

[@kerrystoltz3146]

Loving seeing the clash reactions, they are a cornerstone of classic punk

[@philipdawson3306]

The Clash were so much more than punk rockers. They were brought up in Camden, a north London suburb that was very multicultural (still is) in the 70’s, heavily influenced by a large Caribbean community. Their music had massive Reggae influences - listen to - ‘White Man in Hammersmith Palais’ - along with reflecting the angst of the late 70’s and 80’s when unemployment was very high and the constant threat of communism spreading further across Europe. London calling is primarily an anti-war song, referencing the three-mile island and the predicted flooding of London after apocalyptic nuclear explosions melt the ice caps. Awesome song, by an awesome band.

[@joegillam1497]

None of the Clash were from Camden. Mick Jones was born in Wandsworth and grew up near the Westway in North Kensington. Joe Strummer had an itinerant life because his father was in the Diplomatic service and eventually he was sent to boarding school in Surrey. Paul Simonon and Topper Headon were both from South London.

[@lesliegolding7159]

@@joegillam1497, although Topper was at Dover Grammar from 1967-1973, so his family must have been in darkest Kent.

[@joegillam1497]

​@lesliegolding7159 Yep Topper was from Bromley. Was considered Kent back then -but now London Borough of Bromley.

[@lesliegolding7159]

@@joegillam1497, yeah, but, Bromley’s way away from Dover, so they must have gone there at some point. Unfortunately, my mother-in-law, who taught at DGSB, is very unwell at the moment, and my husband didn’t start at school until Topper had left, so I can’t get details from them.

[@BradReddekopp]

The Clash definitely was a groundbreaking group. And then there's their triple album, "Sandinista". Just when you think you have a band's sound figured out, they do something like that. I love it.

[@RullVox]

The Clash was a highly popular and successful band.

[@oneloveexpeditions730]

Check out Big Audio Dynamite, it's Mick Jones after the clash.

[@Paradox_Backlash]

He's also got a project with Tony James (from Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik) called Carbon/Silicon

[@michaelgrabner8977]

"London calling" was the introduction line of the international BBC News radio broadcast to foreign countries during WW2 and it became iconic in Europe. They always started their news program with the line "This is London calling" daily. Their broadcasting was the only news outlet for people in the Nazi occupied countries to get properly informed about the current course of the war, although it was forbidden to listen, and who got caught listening got sentenced to spend some time in concentration camp unless you were a member of the restistence fighters = immediate death sentence. Because BBC news radio also broadcasted daily encrypted messages for them in order to give them instructions to sabotage certain targets at a certain time or to meet certain undercover liasion officers at a certain point at a certain time or where the royal airforce dropped weaponery for them at a certain point at a certain time.

[@realityrealestate5755]

Keep this in mind. There was only 2 music groups in history whereas the lyricist made you think combined with the other partner that wrote the great music for it . That's the Beatles for Lennon/McCartney and the Clash for Strummer/Jones. The newspaper back then declared them as being one of the most influential group since the Beatles.

[@borisdodgingbullets]

Damn! This takes me back to my childhood. Such a great great band!!!

[@lisalovemc717]

Train in Vain..my favorite of them. This album takes me right back to hs.

[@Bill-c8k]

"The Only Band That Matter's "

[@mauricioparada2776]

Such a great band, The Clash! They re-define punk rock, exploring reggae, ska, jazz, experimental, and even rap. And the lyrics were great!

[@jog1546]

Love the Clash and especially London Calling

[@peterbailey4888]

The cover of the album " London Calling" photo in black and white of the bass be smashed is one of the most iconic rock photos of all time. The poster was on my wall as teenager many, many years ago🤗

[@NeilMcCarthy-l5j]

‘Tommy Gun’ or ‘The Magnificent Seven’ also great tracks from The Clash

[@randywissler9923]

I've said it before, and I'll preach it from the rooftops again and again, the album London Calling is the greatest album ever made!!! R.I.P JOE STRUMMER!!!!

[@fishtigua]

London calling was how the BBC sent secret phrases to The Resistance fighters during WWII.

[@snappysnoopy1482]

The album London Calling was voted the best album of the 1970s in England (released Dec. 1979), and the best album of the 1980s in the United States (released Jan.1980).

[@iahelcathartesaura3887]

This was pop punk, and that was the phase they were in. Punk is forever, it's stance, attitude, and it will always be!

[@emcsquared8681]

Agreed, it wasn’t true punk, it’s was a mix of punk, ska, and rock. They had their own sound, I liked the clash a great deal but I wouldn’t put them in with actual punk like DK and Poison Idea and the lot

[@fluxibus]

Ground breaking!!!!! This is one of the holy of holies of modern Music. They changed the world for us who were there man. This album is one of the greatest albums ever made by anyone.

[@robert_bbiii]

The Phony Beetlemania is more against the imitators that came after The Beetles. The Clash loved them and The Who, Kinks etc. It was just the fake stuff

[@LeesaDeAndrea]

Beatles. For the beat. Beetles are the insects.

[@shanegooding4839]

Always thought the phony Beatlemania was referring to fake punk rockers claiming to be individuals but in reality mindlessly following the crowd.

[@jimmykincaid-rh6xv]

At the time there was a stage show called "Beatlemania" that had four guys singing Beatles songs and they looked like the Fab Four. They didn't last long.

[@AP-gb3eh]

Punk wasn’t so much the music as the attitude behind it. Calling out hypocrisy and refusing to pretend that society was civilized

[@ceejay1794]

Absolutely, The Clash were as Political as they were Angry😎❤️

[@susannehouse3857]

I was 16 when Punk hit big....you're right it was a sound from a moment in time.....probably no more than 3-4 years but it was very profound. Funny thing is I only have to hear this or say The Stranglers and it takes me right back there......

[@richardnoggin1904]

You'll know it's Punk when you detect that fed-up and angry style. Here you can almost see the guitarists' gritted teeth and flared nostrils as they attack the chords. Energy indeed. The Clash still has a wide variety of tunes, from this to "Should I Stay or Should I Go" to "I fought the Law" to "Lost in the Supermarket". All gems.

[@marcharley6465]

Great song and a thoughtful reaction from Black Pegasus. The Clash have been one of my favourite bands for many years.

[@stuartfishman1044]

Back in early 1980, I was on line at J & R Music World in lower Manhattan waiting to pay for a couple of LPs. In front of me was a long haired guy wearing a buckskin jacket, who had a copy of The Clash's London Calling under his right arm. It was then that I realized that The Clash had made their commercial mark in America. Their third album's a consensus classic for a reason. And they're my favorite band of all time, because their fierce, fiery, intelligent music spoke to the way I felt about the world (and still do).

[@gogglehead7487]

If you have the time then listen to The Clash, they were so special, I grew up listening to them and when Joe Strummer died I felt that I had lost a much loved uncle or older brother. I think that they were one of the most prolific bands to come out of the Uk, they have influenced generations of musicians and popular music in one way or another.

[@ericalhalaby7671]

London Calling, one of Rock's greatest albums, that even came to be ranked as high as eighth in one of Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time; with the title track itself getting ranked as high as number 15, in a subsequent list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, back when the magazine still retained some shred of credibility. What a great album, with the group at the peak of their powers in crafting great melodies over a range of musical genres: punk, reggae, ska, rockabilly, straight rock. One of the few double albums that you could listen from beginning (title track) to end (unlisted "Train in vain"), without getting bored or feeling the need to skip songs. Once lent the album to a friend of a friend; it took me a year to get it back. The guy told me he kept my vinyls playing on his turntable non stop the whole year through... 1980, what a year to enjoy great music and anticipate what lay ahead...

[@haydeeze]

So glad you are listening to some late 70s early 80s punk and 80s alternative. I still listen to them today. The Clash was HUGE!!!!

[@naweedkhan4360]

I discovered the clash via 90s American punk first catching me, rancid being the band that opened the door to the clash...and i got the story of the clash and i was in. Got lucky enough to see strummer at Glastonbury in 99 and when he died a few years later, that one performance meant soo much more.

[@donnasmith5942]

Love this song.

[@mrsainsburys1]

Great reaction, love this album, still got the vinyl, many thanks 🙏🦉❤️🐊👍

[@noelo3950]

It is hard I think for those in the US to understand what was lost as we moved from social democracies where we paid our tax and were able to access state services such as housing and welfare to the more American style of low tax and rampant individualism. The UK, New Zealand and Chile implemented privatisation unflinchingly resulting in a now greater disparity of wealth than we had back then. Still we can now buy 28 different brands of cheap baked beans in the supermarket so all is good with the world. Competition equals choice was the mantra. The Clash and other punk bands in the UK were often reacting to the destruction of the working class occurring around them - massive job losses, state housing being sold off and market rents becoming the norm. As Thatcher once said " ‘I am homeless, the Government must house me!’ and so they are casting their problems on society and who is society? There is no such thing! There are individual men and women and there are families and no government can do anything except through people and people look to themselves first." This of course is only one institutional view pushed in particular by the Chicago School of Economics. London Calling itself is what the BBC used to say on the BBC international broadcasts during WWII. I think the nuclear error at the time was in relation to the accident at Three Mile Island. Pretty much by now The Clash had given up on any hope of the country be redeemed. Despair is all that is left.

[@kallsop2]

Very well said. One question about the nuclear issue, wasn't that also a comment about the British people protesting the US Airfoce bases in England being used as nuclear bases for NATO as a deterrence to the Warsaw Pact Countries during the Cold War?

[@carefreescot]

@@kallsop2 Quite possibly, but remember that only the left were protesting, and you might be thinking of the famous 'peace camp' outside Greenham Common near Newbury Berkshire, peopled mostly by unwashed females who were said to vanish into trees and shrubbery in twos for some type of get together by all accounts. I was never a punk, and was more into the Motown/soul scene, but I can see how songs like this influenced a lot of people back then.,

[@chickmcgee1000]

This band started as a great 🎉punk band and grew into so much more. They produced an incredible body of work through the life of the band.

[@lordylou1]

I saw The Clash live many, many times. The first I heard of them was White Man in Hammersmith Palais but English Civil War remains my favourite track. A little anecdote is, in the mid 80s I was at the Brent City Farm event in London, wandering around looking at the stalls and saw a bloke who looked very familiar but I couldn't quite place him. I said hello and he was very friendly, as if he knew me too. We spoke for a bit and walked around looking at the stalls together, I threw a few names around in the hope they were mutual friends, then we parted ways. It was days before I realised it was Joe Strummer. A lovely, lovely bloke.

[@doug729]

I was lucky enough to see their first North American tour

[@cdf3073]

Saw them live 2 years before this came out, still the best show I've been to.

[@sbjchef]

Superb band try to find space for "Stiff Little Fingers" another band that was anthemic in those days of youth

[@Rad_Radster_Experience]

Fun Fact! The Clash was one of the first bands to incorporate REGGAE style grooves to their music.

[@stuff3829]

I found punk in the mid 70's, it spoke to me and changed my life for the better because it brought out my creativity

[@MichaelNaydeck]

ONe of the best songs of the last 50 years. I was on a beach, on my honeymoon, when I was told Joe Strummer died by a surfer. MY wife and I both reflected this, we went out and bought a the London Calling CD and listened to it for days. This is the anthem of a genenration.

[@maverick2242]

Punk defined not giving an F, F the establishment F the Government F the Elites F the fkn world F the Revolution! Punk was a vibe and the Clash were psick!!! Tough times back then in the UK mate..

[@Bekka_Noyb]

Such an amazing song! Now you gotta check out their song This Is Radio Clash

[@LifelikeFiction]

I’ve been born in 1961 and in the early 70s, I become a huge fan of the music introspection day. I also become jealous that I was too young to be a real part of it, Woodstock was history. And than came Punk, it was new and raw and uncommercial, - well just for a short time 🤪 But music explode in the late 70s-early 80s : New Wave, industrial rock, Brit-reagge, etc. I’m happy to be a witness 😎🤘

[@fidge54]

Joe Strummer and The Clash were the Beatles of the punk scene

[@nolansteiner4771]

loved this song from the first time i ever heard it (whenever it came out...early 80's? late 70's?) . Funny, I met a girl from London about 10 years ago, and starting singing this song..even though I can't really sing. She looked at me with bewilderment. She never heard the song or heard of the Clash. I was scratching my head.

[@johnnash2815]

During World War II, the BBC opened its broadcasts to occupied Europe with “This is London calling...” It was a way to assert Britain's presence and provide hope, news, and coded messages

[@donnacarter2617]

I was 9 when this came out 1979. It was awesome. I grew up on punk rock. I always consider them as light punk and love this song. Yeah punk will never die !!!!

[@Sadler2010]

I call them the first pop/punk band...

[@donnacarter2617]

@Sadler2010 Yes, I would agree with you on that.

[@TherealPeekaboo-007]

Merry Christmas 2024 and a most prosperous New Year to you and yours! 😊😊😊

[@reneemanning6760]

Train In Vain is my favorite Clash song!

[@guttersnipe77]

Listen to ‘Magnificent Seven’ by The Clash and hear Joe Strummer rap. It was played on rap stations in New York at the time and thought they were black!

[@luckyrobinshomestead]

The Clash was/is amazing. They were one of the first punk bands I ever heard and that I and my sisters were allowed to listen to because my mother liked London Calling. It might have been the reggae influence. Another song off of the London Calling album that I really like is the Guns of Brixton. While it happened before the riots, it was written about the discontent felt in Brixton before they happened with how heavy handed the police were being with the residents.

[@michaelcripe395]

Leon Russell and friends 1971 “A Song for You “ One of the best and most covered songs ever.

[@BarryOstle-o8z]

great reaction love this classic BANGER

[@Joe-wc7wl]

This song was in the episode of Friends where they go to London. 😁

[@jfg1356]

'influential' is an understatement... these guys laid down a new thing - authenticity vs the machinery that put guardrails around their musical acts... no one was gonna tell Joe Strummer and the boys how or what to play or what to say

[@robt7199]

As a rapper I think you'd dig their song "Magnificent Seven," off their album Sandinista.

[@gs8191]

Phony Beatlemania is referring to the Broadway show of the same name that had 4 guys that vaguely looked and sounded like the Beatles. It was so popular; they started to tour the same year this record came out. The Clash were not dissing the Beatles, but the fans of the show that would enjoy such a cheesy imitation of the real thing instead of embracing something new.

[@thebyrd433]

I was in high school in the 70s, so punk was the groundbreaking music of my era. And there's no question it was groundbreaking. At that time, mainstream music had gotten very formulaic and trite, for the most part. Punk broke out of that with politically-charged lyrics, a raw and unproduced garage sound, dissonance, and ignoring boundaries. Caustic and yet a breath of fresh air at the same time.

[@MrJimmynoir]

Top 100 albums of the 20th century. They bridged punk rock into the pop world and changed the music scene.

[@chrisotter1913]

About time!

[@jamesbailey2377]

The Clash, especially as their catalogue grew, were definitely playing chess when most of their contemporaries were playing checkers.

[@smmx65]

I always took the 'phoney beatlemania' line as a reference to the mod revival of the late 70s early 80s coming to an end

[@stevehamilton8824]

It is an amazing song by an amazing band. It is an apocalyptic song discussing the many ways the world could end. Lead singer, Joe Strummer (RIP) said that the song came about from his reading so many things about plagues and world issues from a number of news reports in one day. It felt like the world was coming to an end. The BBC radio news began their station identification with "London Calling" during World War II and so the title came from that.

[@MrSpock-ww3qt]

Great band with a really cool raw vibe. Please can you react to one of 2 bands that never cracked America, though were huge in UK and globally. 1. Take That - "Back for Good". 2. The Beautiful South - You Keep it all in" or "A little Time". Both bands are Class.

[@Mark_Bickerton]

I bought this album twice! The first time whilst on holiday in France. It was a special edition... being young and silly I left it one day on the rear parcel shelf, while on the way home... It melted and warped, so not every song would play. So when I got home, I went straight out and bought the same special edition with the English cover. I lost both while I was in the RAF... While I was in the Falkland Islands (in 1985, not the war) my block was redecorated, so my room was opened and the contents moved to an unlocked room in another block, by the time I got back, Anything of value had been stolen.

[@dresdyn100]

More than the Sex Pistols, The Clash personified what was going on in Britain at the time. Guns of Brixton. The entire double album doesn't miss a beat, it's still on my rotation today.

[@paulhusband9002]

London Calling was originally a BBC radio program during WWII to the people of occupied Europe. It'd start with "This is London calling...."

[@jamiemcpherson5068]

The new Punk era was ushered in by the single, New Rose by The Damned. Definitely need to do that as your next. The first UK Punk single, on the first UK Punk album.

[@chrino21]

"Beatlemania" was actually an entertainment product of the day, with imitators of The Beatles traveling around and putting on "concerts" - a highly-produced cover band, if you will. Ultimately it was so popular that several touring troupes hit the road simultaneously, and it became a Broadway show and/or a Vegas "Experience". I could have the order of that all wrong, but you get the idea. It was everywhere and obnoxious and certainly the kind of thing Joe Strummer would have railed against.

[@carolberkowitz8551]

Well stated; I came to offer the same info.

[@shirleyhenderson9978]

Saw them play at Lancaster university just before real peak,brilliant live band ,

[@rodneycraft1005]

The punk/new wave era was the best. No phones, you needed real game. The clubs were off the charts.

[@richardfeldkamp1707]

The Clash wrote a very important song back then which is resounding now, 'Know Your Rights'

[@SydneyObserver-so]

London Calling and Know Your Rights are two of my favourites.

[@katherinethompson4500]

London Calling - iconic song, plays at every party 🎉

[@reneeroxanneabeln2202]

The Clash was such a political band, and Joe Strummer in particular. Their music goes everywhere, genre-wise. I also think their musical proficiency goes under the radar - they're all really incredible, especially Topper, the drummer. I think you can get some recognition of their power and influence because Tom Morello is a huge fan, and they were an influence on him. I hope you get to more - I think you'll really dig The Magnificent Seven. Thanks! 👍

[@stevebaker3945]

One of my favorite high school bands so much more discography check out the clash on Broadway wide selection of their stuff

[@Jane-d4w]

ESSENTIAL ROCK BAND. ❤

[@rockandrollpaddy]

As a hip-hop artist, you sheck out The Magnificent Seven. A fab mashup of rock/funk/ reggae/hip-hop.

[@OldGoat-cw8he]

They brought some pop sensibilities, musicality and radio friendly to punk.

[@toniyoung5131]

You're correct that the Clash and a few orher UK punk bands had a huge impact. One thing they got wrong was in claiming they would sweep away what they called the 'overblown music of prog bands' . I was glad, personally, to see glam rock gone, but bands like Pink Floyd and Led made the music which has lasted and influenced far more artists who came after them. This song and The Jam's song Town Called Malice featured in a great film , Billy Elliott. That film showed the malign effect of Reagan/Thatcher's 1980s and the use of these songs as social commentary is genius.

[@fasteddie777666]

The Clash were big and part of the beginning of englands punk scene in 1976...they had some hits from that time until about 1985 maybe....they broke up and the guitar player Mick Jones started Big Audio Dynamite.....Joe Strummer started playing with a band called the Pogues,,,,he died in 2002....they were around about 10 years !!