Clashing Again

Heard a Clash song the other day and was taken back to the '80s.  Yeah, I did a Clash post before, but there are loads of songs I left out.  Here are a few more.  Some more music posts rolling around in my head, and personal ones, and political ones of course.  The Clash were very political, and the music and attitude influenced me early on.  One of the guys went on to start Big Audio Dynamite, which had a couple of hits with much poppier stuff, but the Clash were it for me.  Yes, they "signalled the end of punk" like so many other bands, but they helped spread punk to the world, and pulled in some reggae that probably introduced me to it (well, after "I Shot The Sheriff," but I didn't know that was reggae at first- I was too young.)


Know Your Rights- yeah, just a touch of politics.



Police And Thieves- a cover of Junior Murvin's reggae song, now a combination of punk and reggae.



Train In Vain- a love song, or love lost song.