The Clash - London Calling

Una de las joyas de The Clash, fue editada como primer single de su obra maestra London Calling (1979). Sus acordes iniciales -como cuchillos en la ducha-, el demoledor riff, el final en morse, el secuenciado tamborreo de la batería...

El directo en Le Palace de París el 27 de febrero de 1980 merece la pena.

London calling to the faraway towns

Now war is declared and battle come down

London calling to the underworld

Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls

London calling, now don't look to us

Phoney beatlemania has bitten the dust

London calling, see we ain't got no swing

Except for the ring of that truncheon thing

The ice age is coming, the sun is zooming in

Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin

Engines stop running, but I have no fear

'Cause London is drowning and I live by the river

London calling to the imitation zone

Forget it, brother, you can go at it alone

London calling to the zombies of death

Quit holding out and draw another breath

London calling, and I don't wanna shout

But while we were talking I saw you nodding out

London calling, see we ain't got no high

Except for that one with the yellowy eyes

The ice age is coming, the sun is zooming in

Engines stop running, the wheat is growing thin

A nuclear error, but I have no fear

'Cause London is drowning and I, I live by the river

The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in

Engines stop running, the wheat is growing thin

A nuclear error, but I have no fear

'Cause London is drowning and I, I live by the river

Now get this

London calling, yes, I was there too

And you know what they said? Well, some of it was true

London calling at the top of the dial

And after all this, won't you give me a smile?

London calling

I never felt so much alike alike alike alike...