Good Tunes Calling

Kenton got me all fired up with his Career Opportunities quote to start Pr 2, so it’s time to break the rules o the blog and flashback to the early eighties. That is my second favourite Clash tune next to Rudie Can’t Fail, which is why I have chosen to my first second term blog on The Clash’s London Calling Album.
I live by the river, and let me tell you this is one heck of an album. You can get punk, ska, reggae, and even a little rock-a-billy between “London Calling”, “Brand New Cadillac”, and “Jimmy Jazz”. Those are just the first three songs. This was the first Clash album I ever bought, because even though I had the singles collection years earlier, it actually soured me on the Clash. To tell you the truth after hearing “Rock the Cazba” I thought The Clash were the most over-rated, fondly remember, piece o’ carp I had ever fished out of the used bin. Not So!
These guys deserve all the recognition they get. They put out complete albums, if you listen to rap, that means that every song is listenable, and it great cases such as the Clash they are original too. “Guns Of Brixton” is a tune you may have heard covered by Dropkick Murphys, but it is a great example of the rebellious spirit that the punk scene, I believe, was supposed to embody.
As I mentioned before my favourite Clash song is “Rudie Can’t Fail”, but “Wrong’ Em Boyo” is another similarly great ska-style track that can really get you going if you are in the right mood, or state of mind if you will. Then it is followed by Death or Glory, which is another great example of Joe Strummer, and the Clashes great lyrical content, and yes A,A,A,A, calls that I believe was the start of catch noises that are seen in later punk bands such as yearly Green Day (Ssooooo), Bad Religion (Watch Oouuuut), and others I cannot think of right now.
As a CreComm student I have to finish of by mentioning “Kola Kola”. “Kola Kola”, I believe takes shots at the good ol’ advertising world and “the pause that refreshes” in particular (Coke) - but if I not mistaken they liken the effect of advertising to that of Cocaine. If you agree or not the song is written well, and makes it’s point with out offending like bands such as the Sex Pistols were often prone to do.