the Clash - Police On My Back

live 1983

[@kevinhughes1659]

will always remind us what good music is. if you forget, listen to the Clash, they are one example. real music, real feeling

[@tomcaroscio]

Totally legit!

[@shirl62]

They were the authentic rockers

[@louvuttion]

they were the first band i ever saw live,i was so lucky,it changed my life .RIP joe :)

[@JetLuda]

My favorite band of all time! Long live The Clash!!

[@pinnhed9789]

OK I have watched this a hundred times and I am sure that I see myself slam dancing...I was 21 three of us delivered a car from Montreal to California to be at the 83 US FEST

[@sherryanng19]

My friend Kim and I were there at this concert .... THE ONLY BAND THAT MATTERS.

[@pinnhed9789]

my friends bought 3 hits of acid for $10 I took one hit and lost track of them. I had so much energy that I spent the whole show dancing Next day could hardly walk because I had blisters on my feet from all that dancing

[@LCHLLO2008]

classic from the only band that mattered.Miss ya Joe.

[@clashpie]

I think The Clash were more than just your 'punk rock' band as their music proved! They could turn their hand and musical talent to any type of music! Joe's voice was unique,Topper's drumming was second to none,Paul on Bass was heaven sent, and Mick Jones could do it all! There will never be another band like the Clash! Just glad i saw them and met Joe in person several times!!! He was a GOD! I bet heaven fucking rocks nowadays!!! Maybe when God wants to chill,he can turn to Mikey Dread!!!

[@mongo88now88]

I love that Mick is singing fast and Joe is chording hard. It is so discrete in this song, and the 'ambulance' siren is much fire. This song is prescient of so many later songs... Joe, miss you very much. You made a real and positive difference in my life.

[@KamiKadzeVojta]

the best song of The Clash.. ...What Have I Done?!

[@librarianeric]

I believe this is shot at the US Festival. And the English Beat DID play the same day. It was a great show! It was the last time Mick played with the Clash if I'm not mistaken.

[@marcopasotti948]

Grandissimi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@iheartthe80s]

I love this song! Long live the Clash! RIP Joe. We miss you!

[@elvis316]

great fn song. written by Eddy Grant of "electric avenue" fame, you know. thanks for posting.

[@Storanzo98]

It left me without words

[@drmatt2003]

Greatest...Band...Ever...

[@deserto78]

Simply the best!

[@SedanChair]

the clash were unstoppable

[@johnnyXsniper]

yup the clash, the pistols, proper punk, proper music.

[@chapo1217]

finaly moshing to the clash i wish i was there

[@tassiered]

Thanks so much for this putting this up. Great track, great performance, great band. Saw this live in 81 and it kicks as much ass today as it did then. More that can be said for the other bands mentioned, whose names I forget.

[@wisesatyr72]

I love this fookin SONG!!!

[@Macnaughton]

What have I done?... well he turned 55 today : ) Happy birthday Mick Jones! Love his guitar on this one... (sounds like a police car in the heart of London). I was lucky enough to be at this show. (The Clash's LAST).

[@Chicagokilla17]

i love this song

[@clashpie]

No doubting the Ramones were one of the first and best Punk bands around,but The Clash were in a different league and Joes voice and hard hitting/raw lyrics caught the mood of teen aged Britain! The Clash were and still are the best ever Punk band of all time!

[@NewYorkCanWait]

The guitar at 1:34 is Joe. He sometimes did a continued strumming motion even though he wasn't hitting the strings. You can hear Mick's guitar come in at about 1:54 and it's much louder because he's the lead.

[@workingmansts917]

awesome thanks for the upload, one of the most underrated songs they had !!

[@CTZippy]

Oh, yes....they were this amazing live.

[@josephedery]

love it love it love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MrTervic]

love this band!!!!

[@equod]

fantastic...

[@Keumii56]

I'm totally agree with you.

[@i1kil9ppl8for6alivin]

i like all versions of this song

[@theonlytruepunk]

...and Jesus was pounding this one out with a rock and stick long before 1967!

[@funkdragon23]

GodDAMN this song CRANKS! Mick's best vocals w/ the band. Top 3 Clash songs ever, and that's saying a lot. For all you 80's kids out there, this song was written by Eddy Grant of "Electric Avenue" fame. Wild!

[@GretaGargoyle]

@gaspersorrow thanks Gasper, never heard of him, and I'm a long time Clash fan.

[@Lieu3C4]

I bet the police weren't expecting something as good as this to come of it all.

[@paterc02]

god bless the clash and joe strummer

[@adzug]

yeah, i guess im partial but i like em both. saw the jam back in early 80s in new york. clash too when they opened for the who but wish i seen em in a small club

[@shakerclass]

I remember when I first heard this song in a club back in the early 80's. Fucking Clash LIVES!!!!!! Hey, I always wondered what Mick Jones was thinking when he put on that shirt!

[@lydonfan]

Lethal Bizzle pays homage to the great Clash... Strummer and Jones are awesome

[@lesaubergines]

Soooooooo good.

[@Thorwolf1970]

i feel the same way!

[@LarzGustafsson]

Superb!

[@garyjcropper]

clashpie...I second that!

[@StuartG1986]

Spent the night in the cells and spent the majority of it singing this  charges dropped!!

[@vampyrecats]

Nice! I think that's Ranking Roger of the English Beat looking on from backstage in the end of the video. I got to see the Clash on this tour and the English Beat were the opening band.

[@Vortexiii]

What have I done? CLASH ROCKS!

[@VeiculoIongo]

everyone talking about joe but mick is also a great musician

[@TheClash10]

--The Future Is Unwritten--

[@TheHaxor5]

i find it hard to watch this then go back to the recorded version cause this is so awesome

[@pulykamell]

And it goes back even further. The original, by The Equals, is from 1967.

[@ClassicJunk88]

that drummer is like topper with out the smack binges, great drummer, anything he did was topper inspired thats for sure

[@PBANDSNOW]

@clashpie sadly this is a cover, it wasnt written by the clash, mick heard it on the radio, i cried when i found out!!!

[@percivallll]

Agreed!!!!

[@hangin10]

I don't even know what that is and I gave you a thumbs up. Anyone who puts "-izzle" and "sucks" in the same sentence = +1.

[@Keumii56]

I'm agree with you :)

[@YummyRamenNoodles]

Wow, they're simply amazing.

[@042766]

My bad - sorry when you get older you forget, however I do remember being at Bonds. By then, started to go down a bit with Sandinista compared to the earlier albums, and unfortunately got commercial with Combat Rock.

[@HAFA74]

I never saw The Clash. I did see The Ramones, Rollins Band (they did some Black Flag stuff), Suicidal Tendencies, Danzig (they did some Misfits songs), Misfits (w/out Glenn Danzig... they did some Black Flag stuff with Dez Cadena singing lead), Madball (maybe you have heard of Agnostic Front?) You can still catch some of them. Danzig and Doyle are playing together 12/26 in NJ.

[@XVLaHireXV]

yes!!!!!

[@PBANDSNOW]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICK!!!

[@54spiritedwill54]

CLASH 4EVER!!

[@spferdefan]

Good old punk. Love it.

[@patrickkever706]

great!!!

[@Tompilol]

A.C.A.B !

[@DTDCRapture]

@Omenuiwf correct, but strange because topper replaced chimes in '78 so it's likely that the date is wrong, but I wouldn't know.

[@thidwick1]

well said

[@marciogoncalveslimaramone1527]

viva o the clash

[@josephedery]

joe is a voice of a generation and a great vocalist fuck that zepplin shit clash rule rip joe

[@librarianeric]

Nope, sorry. This is at the 1983 US Festival in San Bernardino, CA - which was Mick's last show with the band. And the drummer is Pete Howard, who replaced Terry Chimes (who had replaced Topper for the Combat Rock tour). Howard stayed on through the Cut The Crap album.

[@victimizedsociety]

oh fersure dude but hey were that new generation fo punk! we need to keep it real! keep it alive cuz punk will never die!

DAMN GOOD DRUMMER!!!!!

[@yetaca]

If it was before mid 1982 then yes lol

[@LetsOnTheClash]

Dude! I want his telecaster !!!

[@Hipdudester]

This is England is a great song. R,I,P, Joe, An Eddy Grant song BTW

[@MyWhaat]

Simonon ♥

[@Clump-0]

You should see Mick Jone's Band. They use the same beat as this and riff. "Why do men Fight" By: Carbon/ Silicon. CLASH FOREVER!!!

[@blfbe]

yes

[@DEIMUDDABINICH]

i want to had saw them

[@johnnyXsniper]

same im only 14 and i fuckin love the clash

[@erv606]

damn i wanna be there

[@TheRyryramone]

This song is a cover ,The Clash did not originally do this song .T his song was originally done by The Equals featuring a young EDDIE GRANT (electric ave.) 

[@CrimsonArchitect]

awesome :D

[@PBANDSNOW]

Micks last show with the clash, that makes me sad

[@user1756]

nice nice.. need more ^^

[@okaycomp]

ye m8 i agree its lethalbizzlerecords

[@harcantoss]

God bless the punk !

[@craigshawvideo]

Tops......

[@tippman2k01]

every time i play this song while im on a highway, there seems to be a cop either driving or pulling someone else over. lol

[@shockingbluefanandynirvana7364]

Sex Pistols and The Clash are the best punk rock groups in punk history \m/

[@042766]

That's right I forgot Topper was out of the band by this time (shea stadium?) unfortunately got mixed up with drugs, but that's not tory crimes - their first drummer? who appeared on the first album, however there were two versions of that one -a bluish purple and a green cover which had different songs on them and I believe both Headon and Crimes as drummers.

[@pinnhed9789]

83 US festival California The drummer for this tour was Peter Howard

[@nao0o]

haha... me too...i wish i was there

[@strummer114]

keep running pass the truth

[@chapo1217]

finaly moshing to the clash there is people moshing at 2:07 i wish i was there

[@okaycomp]

golfs astra's TT's anything u want ye we can get these!

[@PBANDSNOW]

@Andymalcolm1 to bloody right mate

[@juxcar]

plant is a voicemaster but strummer was a man with attitud, on stage, many want to be like him. de la rocha its from another generation, and sometimes less brained

[@anonimousbrabra2672]

Ai SIM !

[@tassiered]

When I said 'this' I meant the Clash doing this song at a gig in 81, not specifically this performance.

[@NewYorkCanWait]

That's not Terry, if u watch the 'Should I stay or should I go' vid that's Terry

[@clashpie]

@Esc8TheF8te Lady GaGa the saviour..mm..now that's a thought! No doubting she has talent and is unique in her own way.

[@orchidtender]

I was 16 on this tour, and I missed it. I figured I'd "catch them next time". D'oh.