The “London Calling” lyrics reflect the chaos that was engulfing the world at the time. Much of London Calling was crafted while the Clash traveled ... so there was no time to list it on ...

Just how good is London Calling, the landmark third album ... In their classic tune "1977," The Clash declare, “No Elvis, Beatles, or The Rolling Stones!” They were adopting punk’s year ...

Even the Clash were tired of their reputation ... Over four sides, 19 songs and 65 minutes, there's really no other album like London Calling. From the opening charge of the title track and ...

But all that was still to come (as was The Clash’s musical response ... the famous promo for the “London Calling” single (which went to No 11 in the UK). The album, Letts notes, was a ...

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The Clash's Joe Strummer would no doubt get a chuckle out of one of his band's biggest hits, 'London Calling,' being used to promote next summer's Olympic Games in London. The title track from the ...

Exactly 40 years ago, on 14 December 1979, their third album London Calling ... Clash songs. It wasn’t a big UK hit initially, only just cracking the top 30 on its first release before reaching ...

Get our track-by-track take on an album that no respectable ... album, London Calling — a rock’n’roll landmark released 35 years ago this week, on Dec. 14, 1979 — The Clash approached ...

No matter. Expecting more from The Clash was always unfair, because they gave so much on London Calling.

Although “Rock The Casbah” had been co-opted by the jocks and preps at our high school, we still owned The Clash. My friend Lynn had liberated a copy of London Calling from the local Turtle ...

When The Clash’s double-album “London Calling” was released in 1979 ... and you want to get the spirit of it. There’s no way to imitate Joe Strummer. It’s also important to realize ...