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England - Full Moon 163 - 12/31/09
Speakers' corner Following up our retroscope series of 2006 and 2007 - here's the New Speakers' corner! Luna Kafé's focused eye on great events, fantastic happenings, absolute milestones, or other curious incidents from the historic shelves/vaults of rock. This moonth we're setting the Lunar spotlight on a 30 year old, a Londoner, with a gang of four who had a smashing time. Presenting a variety of styles and genres at once, fueled with streetwise attitude and energy for sure. "This is London calling..."
The Clash Released in the UK on 14 December 1979 in the UK, but put on hold until January 1980 in most of the rest of the world. A double LP at the price of a single one. Released two weeks after The Wall by Pink Floyd (also a double LP, at the price of a double) and three weeks after Metal Box by Public Image Limited (aka PIL, three 12 inch EPs in a, you guessed it, metal box, at the price of about a triple LP album). All three were hailed among the best albums of both the 1970s and the 1980s... Ends up making payments on a sofa or a girl Love 'n' hate tattooed across the knuckles of his hands The hands that slap his kids around cos they don't understand... How death or glory, becomes just another story Death or glory, becomes just another story 'n' every gimmick hungry yob digging gold from rock'n'roll Grabs the mike to tell us he'll die before he's sold But I believe in this - and it's been tested by research He who fucks nuns will later join the church Death or glory, becomes just another story Death or glory, becomes just another story Fear in the gun-sights They say lie low You say ok Don't wanna play the show Now all you're thinking "Was it death or glory now?" Playing the blues of kings Sure looks better now Death or glory, just another story? Death or glory, just another story? From every dingy basement, on every dingy street Every dragging handclap over every dragging beat That's just the beat of time - the beat that must go on If you been trying for years - we already heard your song Death or glory, becomes just another story Death or glory, just another story? We gonna march, a long way Fight, a long time We got to travel, over mountains Got to travel, over seas We gonna fight, your brother We gonna fight, till you loose We gonna raise, trouble We gonna raise, hell We gonna fight, your brother Raise, hell Death or glory, becomes just another story Death or glory, becomes just another story Death or glory, just another story? Death or glory, becomes just another story Guy Stevens - producer: 13 April 1943 - 29 August 1981 Joe Strummer aka. John Graham Mellor - songwriter, guitarist, singer: 21 August 1952 - 22 December 2002 Glory The album secured the band a place in eternal rock'n'roll history, not only in eternal punk rock history. Copyright © 2009 JP
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