Hands down, the album I would want if I was stuck on an island.

@stephenwarburton9741

3 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@stalehansen2341

Жыл бұрын

I would prefer a boat. That being said, I have been a Clash-fan since London Calling in 1980. And yes, I know your not stuck on an island if you have a (sail) boat.

@adamrubin7531

Жыл бұрын

Certainly top 10! "Songs in the Key of Life?"

@johnfarrell3077

Жыл бұрын

Save room for Sandinista

@jimmyjazz5

Жыл бұрын

And Sandinista

In 82 in Petticoat Lane, Hackney.. no money, split with girlfriend, sat against a wall and heard this playing from a shop and everything seemed better, not great, but better.

@Dwellerz

3 жыл бұрын

Dude, I came here to say almost the same thing. This song always improves my mood. Not necessarily good, but always better. ....Can’t fail😉

@chrishails4263

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dwellerz Rudy don't fail. He's misspelled & just takes awhile. Sometimes a lifetime. But he don't fear & Rudy don't fail. He's on a train to nowhere but he always finds you. All of you. Rudy's a smartass, just so you know, long practice but he doesn't mean nothing by it. He'll get you laughing to your station. Rudy don't fail. He don't.

@benrobinson9473

3 жыл бұрын

Love comments like that, isn’t it strange how certain tunes take you back to a specific time

@philliphunter2189

3 жыл бұрын

farken oarh brutha. !

@danilogiannibirolo1187

2 жыл бұрын

cool dude!! lyrics for a song!

Desert island disc if there ever was one. 44 years later this album is still perfect

Wayyyyy ahead of it's time... and still 1000×'s better then 99% of the trash on today's radio

@waynecross3101

2 ай бұрын

99.99%

Saw these guys open for The Who once. Doesn't really get any better than that.

@davidfrederickbaldner1393

3 жыл бұрын

Me too, in Pontiac MI at the (acoustically imperfect) Silverdome. Maybe 82 or 83. Wish'd Ida seen them more times

@toml7016

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidfrederickbaldner1393 I was at that show. Unfortunately it didn't seem like most of the audience appreciated The Clash. But I did. 😀

@zim1966

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidfrederickbaldner1393 I was down front Clash rules.. Eddie money was good too.. BUT The Who n Clash were the show.

@SS-ef7od

2 жыл бұрын

Clash appeared on SNL during this tour, so inToronto we got Joe Jackson. Huge mistake. Who crowd wanted no part of him and someone hit his keyboardist with a bottle. Gone! Who appeared in less than 5 min, leaned into My Generation and Joe was forgotten

@nedgentz5740

2 жыл бұрын

I saw the Combat Rock tour. Wish I had seen them when they were younger and angrier

This is just brilliant always puts a smile on my fsce. Still sounds fresh and urgent in 2023. Just listen to that beat

@johnabramson1031

8 ай бұрын

just listened to the mighty mighty bosstones cover, then the clash, the former is tepid. this song is owned by the clash,

I love the way Joe says "Sing, Michael, sing!" at the beginning. Two different vocal styles that complemented each other wonderfully. 🙂

@maddie8415

2 ай бұрын

I've always loved the way their contrasting voices work so well together in this song, both separately and together. And the "sing, Michael, sing!" line is endearing, especially with how great Mick sounds singing the verses.

@perrythrust4301

Ай бұрын

The best part is when Mick drops out of the song and Joe's emphasized *sigh*

The Clash are one of the greatest and most versatile rock bands ever. They could pull of any style: rock/hard rock (London Calling, Tommy Gun), reggae rock (Guns of Brixton, Safe European Home), pop (Train in Vain, Lost in the Supermarket, Stay Free), punk (Career Opportunities, Janie Jones) and these are just some of the many amazing tracks they had. Amazing band, easily in my all time top 10.

@WATP1872LR-G

Жыл бұрын

The only band that matters.

@kimi9572

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, I would even rank them above The Stones

One of my favorite songs of all time.

this was the first record i ever bought and i remember thinking it was a 'greatest hits' album, seeing as every track was an absolute hit.

@lekkerlekkerleslie

5 жыл бұрын

I had the same thought! Also because it sounded quite deverse I suppose?

@larsvargas8479

4 жыл бұрын

The album is number 8 on the Rolling Stone magazine top 500 albums of all time...

@plate1014

4 жыл бұрын

london calling is a very good album

@jkm3297

4 жыл бұрын

haha yup

@2nd_snideelf144

4 жыл бұрын

No filler there. American rock bands would do that. Get one or two hit tracks and put it on an album with filler crap music. So that a rock band might have a whole album of good music, but they spread that music out over several albums to make good money from loyal fans.

Top to bottom, the best album of all time. No weakness. And great album cover - pure Clash

@hopelesssituationwarrior6996

4 жыл бұрын

No weakness... except for koka kola?

@ukropchikvsgreenstone6383

4 жыл бұрын

@@hopelesssituationwarrior6996 Idk, I like song Koka-kola. It is my fourth favourite from the album: 1. Rudie Can't Fail. 2. Wrong `Em Boyo. 3. Jimmy Jazz. 4. Koka-Kola.

@TheHWR

4 жыл бұрын

Except Jimmy Jazz

@scottfrench2061

4 жыл бұрын

Great album, probably top 30 of all time. I think "Sandinista!" is their true masterpiece.

@esmeraldo7887

3 жыл бұрын

@@hopelesssituationwarrior6996 yeah there are some non-perfect songs in that last 3rd of the album. still great though.

We miss You so, Joe!!!!!! Love from Argentina!!!!!

London Calling and Sandinista are two of my all-time favorite albums.

When you're literally the opposite of a rude boy and you love this song anyway

@TheBrandon4343

3 жыл бұрын

Can’t fail

The Clash have made some of the best music in the history of Popular music

@user-ml1dl8zv2j

5 жыл бұрын

you're calling this pop?

@Goatchild90

5 жыл бұрын

@@user-ml1dl8zv2j All music not callled Jazz, Classical or Polka is Popular music

@andreacsl2999

4 жыл бұрын

The Clash have made some of the best music in the history of the music

@andrewe288

4 жыл бұрын

Aarohan Bordoloi this isn’t pop?

@adriawa

4 жыл бұрын

@@Goatchild90 depends on what you call pop. Its all buzzwords anyways but pop has been usually classified through history as a simple catchy premise with a typical song structure and more of a focus on making an enjoyable sound then necessarily making complex arrangements. Its why most songs only have a handful of fairly consonant chords and are in the key of C. Also there usually played in 4.

Ska and Punk combined to produce a brilliant sound

@jamesbelljr7987

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed!!!!!

@hopelesssituationwarrior6996

4 жыл бұрын

And reggae?

@josundjosund4055

4 жыл бұрын

@@hopelesssituationwarrior6996 Of course Reggae, more than ska

@dougmedina4619

4 жыл бұрын

It ain't ska. Specials, early Madness and early English Beat. Thats ska.

@chrismurphy4962

4 жыл бұрын

@@dougmedina4619 You need to listen to more tracks and a little closer :)

J'ai découvert les clash à la fin des années 80 à un moment où j'avais besoin d'écouter ce genre de musique dure. Quand j'ai découvert London calling, j'ai été un peu réticent car je trouvé ça trop édulcoré pas assez dure mais , avec le temps, j'ai changé d'avis et pris la mesure de toute la qualité de cet album. Je l'écoute toujours aujourd'hui encore avec passion. Vraiment un grand album et Rudy est génial, entêtant...on peut fredonner ça toute la journée sans se lasser.

One of the best albums ever

Drinking Brew for breakfast! 😆... Done it a time or two... Heard this album at 14 yrs. old as a freshman in highschool...

@charlestaylor3099

2 жыл бұрын

Me too 😆...

My favorite albumn of all time

This song ends is SO. MUCH. JOY.

Rudie can't fail 👊

Another favorite of mine by The Clash

I have always loved this song by the Clash

This song never gets old brings back so many memories.....!!!!

an amazing band. in a division all to themselves

One of the TOP TEN BEST Rock albums ever made. Get a copy of this album, play it loud and you will not be able to sit still.

My fav Clash song!

By far, best punk band and punk album ever.

@chadgrov

5 жыл бұрын

The only band that matters

@gotomymostpopularvideo3235

3 жыл бұрын

@@jackiethedetestator7342 How is this Post punk? This is literally in the ‘70s lol. This was when Punk was at its hight

@Homesick0.o

3 жыл бұрын

The clash and the dead kennedys are the best punk bands

@SihirbazTsar55

3 жыл бұрын

@@Homesick0.o 'Ever heard of Susie Sioux and the Banshees and The Ramones?

@Homesick0.o

3 жыл бұрын

@@SihirbazTsar55 yeah, but my favorites are the clash and dead kennedys

La banda que realmente importa, hasta el día de hoy!

The whole album is just brilliant and fun.

@stephenwarburton9741

3 жыл бұрын

The best album of all time.

@BrobleYT

Жыл бұрын

This group was on a different level at this time. They elevated every genre they touched. Truly special!

Why cant he fail? He is a winner all the time ! :)

Great vocal by Mick.

No-one gets you moving w/an open hi-hat flourish like Topper Headon, and those fills after each verse are the peak of that.

All great bands have a 'purple patch'. A year or 18 months when everything they touch turns to gold. This is a band at the absolute peak of their effortless brilliance.

That baseline !

Probably greatest album ever 😊

what a song!!!!

This Album is THE ROCK!!!

Super tight group. Glad my dad included them in his repertoire of stuff he showed me. Back before social media, every band in the world was competing for just gigs and airwaves. You couldn't just look up London Calling on youtube. You had to actually go buy it. So the creativity in the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's was massive because you couldn't sell records if you weren't good. There were no musical gimmicks. We're more or less getting this for free, which is why you should do your part and at the very least like the video so it pops up on someones algorithm.

いまだにこのイントロ聞くだけでテンションが上がる I'm still excited just to hear this intro

strummer's never been in better voice.

@maddie8415

2 ай бұрын

I agree, but I'd actually say that Mick's parts sound even better on this song. Might be a personal opinion, but the way he sings the verses really suits the song.

Uplifting this song is.

This band never fails

Reminds me of my Irish I.C.E. racing buddy I met the night I went 2000 miles to hit the wall after 4 laps, I miss ya Shawn Hurley, we were good friends and I'll never forget you, any time I hear the Clash especially, Godspeed brother, I know you made it!

I love this song!

good song, one of the best from London Calling

Yoooo.....Yea Rudie can't fail!

It's physical impossible to not wobble your head side to side while hearing this song.

@sotis1756

3 жыл бұрын

The power of Ska’/ reggae guitar

@mikeyvirgin469

2 жыл бұрын

Truth. I caught myself doing it as I read your comment.

@brandocalrizion14

Жыл бұрын

i was literally doing just that as i read this.

Amazing song

All that raw energy, now with added horns. Perfect.

one of my favorite albums ♡🙂

Top three all-time Clash songs.

Spread The Clash 'cause "The Future is Unwritten" ✊

I’m only 18 years old, but the clash have been an extremely influential part of my life since i was born. Thank you dad, thank you.

@ANDYPEARCY1

3 жыл бұрын

My son is 19 and grew up with and loves the Clash !, glad you enjoy their music !

@tomxp32

3 жыл бұрын

Same i'm 20

@jasonharris44

3 жыл бұрын

"Sing Michael sing." joe strummers most piece of prose

@konradmodinger2926

3 жыл бұрын

aajaj the same here

@johnhetherington8922

3 жыл бұрын

Don't mention it son. Ps, is that sucker still treating you well?

Même encore aujourd'hui the clash reste tjrs aussi bon à écouter!!

@brunocolin9495

Жыл бұрын

Plus que jamais j écoute les clash qu en on entends les conneries de musique rap!

Best album ever. Best band ever. Best lyrics ever. The only band that matters. See the newspaper article from 1977 " If you dont like THE CLASH, you dont like rock and roll" A night of pure energy. Cheers from Argentina.

@user-wh5cw5nd2m

12 күн бұрын

Oh, god. Be quiet.

mi canción favorita de the clash joder es que lo tiene todo

This song, Spanish Bombs, Wrong "Em Boyo and Clampdown are 4 of the 5 best Clash songs and ALL on this album. AMAZING

@robelicit

7 жыл бұрын

Alex Csura Definitely brilliant, true classics;; i saw them live on "Know Your Rights Tour"🎯👍🚀🎧

@user-lv6mu8er9z

7 жыл бұрын

Alex Csura Just out of curiosity, what's the fifth?

@drzeus99

7 жыл бұрын

Probably "White Riot" off their debut album. Their grittier sound was what originally grabbed me and I was a fan from there on out. Cheers

@robelicit

7 жыл бұрын

Alex Csura Yes, all gr8 songs; Few bands combined genres of ska Punk New Wave and Rock so smoothly +woven with social/ political messages that helped thousands of kids & 20-somethings to learn about real stuff going down in the world, while still digging music in the same spirit of original 60s folk-rock activists- sadly the 70s combination of fun and intelligent activism had dropped away because of the takeover of bubble gum corporate//weak radio; what's important is that a lot of punk bands had the right idea/ right attitude but most kids didn't understand what they were rebelling against, beyond a general vague sense, yet thanks to bands like The Clash, alotta folks woke up--while digging gr8 times along the way. 📻🎯🍸🎹🍺🎸

@Nataaaaa95

5 жыл бұрын

you forgot i'm not down and guns of brixton, always on this album. 2 masterpieces

Sensacional!

My fav from the album. c:

Pure joy

Great great great, The Clash are/were really good, very good.....

Now, sing, Michael, sing On the route of the nineteen bus We hear them sayin' How you get a rude and a reckless? Don't you be so crude and feckless You been drinking brew for breakfast Rudie can't fail (no, no) We reply I know that my life make you nervous But I tell you I can't live in service Like the doctor who was born for a purpose Rudie can't fail (ok) I went to the market to realize my soul What I need I just don't have (oh no) First they curse, then they press me 'til I hurt They say, Rudie can't fail First you must cure your temper Then find a job in a paper You need someone for a savior Rudie can't fail We reply Now we get a rude and a reckless To be seen lookin' cool an' speckless And drinking brew for breakfast Rudie can't fail (no, no, no) I went to the market to realize my soul 'Cause what I need I just don't have First they curse, then they press me 'til I hurt Rudie can't fail Okay! Okay! So where you want to go today? Hey, boss man! You're looking pretty smart (Chicken skin suit) with your chicken skin suit You think you're pretty hot (Pork pie hat) In the pork pie hat Rudie can't fail Rudie can't fail Rudie can't fail Rudie can't fail Rudie can't fail Rudie can't fail Rudie can't fail Rudie can't fail Rudie can't fail Rudie can't fail Rudie can't fail Rudie can't fail

Spettacolo! ❤🎉🤭

I love this song

@frankward8457

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

Joe ya no hay nadie como tuu y eso es mejor porque tu eres leyenda para siemprr

LOVE this song

Untouchable still

@mickrowe2043

4 жыл бұрын

Riddle can’t fail massive game!

Topper’s drumming is just so f-ing good DUDE

@theyredistortingyourrhythm130

2 жыл бұрын

Australia SEES

Such a simple but effective riff. Nothing but love for this tune and album

Soundtrack of my life!

great sound

WOW !!!

This is one of the best songs ever...by the best band ever.

@johnfarrell3077

Жыл бұрын

The only band that matters

Still brilliant right now in a virus afflicted, surreal 2020. RIP Joe, badly missed.

@aydenmcmillen7782

4 жыл бұрын

cheers to that still in fucking quarantine

@steviebunch6861

4 жыл бұрын

A think the great man would have had plenty to say about these lying bastards an the there fake virus. We 'Revolution,Rock'

@scottleipski1015

4 жыл бұрын

You are so right man

@grifn

2 жыл бұрын

@@steviebunch6861 if it’s so fake, how are people dying?

@barryashcroft3080

Жыл бұрын

Even better in Jan 2023

Best evah

Saw them at the Asbury Park Convention Center several nights in a row. Best days of my life!❤️

@MrKfq269

Жыл бұрын

I saw them in 82 at jfk stadium, Philly. They were part of The Who's farewell tour. Hooters, Clash, Santana and The Who. In that order.

January 1980, saw this album cover and it literally changed my life forever. I saw them at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston and the Cape Cod Coliseum in the early 80’s. Have not stopped listening. God bless you Joe Strummer and the rest of the gang. Blessings from Revere,Ma

i first heard this back in 2003, still play this on my device today 📱🔊🎵🤘

Decidedly not a punky song, but I don't care! The Clash were so far above and beyond many of their fellow punk bands. I loved their music and still do. You cannot listen to this and be happy and perhaps even develop happy feet! Thank you Clash for making some of the best music one will ever hear!

@Mary-Contrary

5 жыл бұрын

how is this not a punk song? like, got the three chords, the fast bpm, socialist lyrics. Pretty fucking punk to me, bro.

@rmlfilms123

5 жыл бұрын

I love it!

@nina1522

5 жыл бұрын

@@rmlfilms123 me, too!

@RossVassilev

5 жыл бұрын

dude, it's ska punk.

@danozomatli8687

5 жыл бұрын

Punk is a mindset brother, one that I will never lose as I approach 60 years

We are still going to the markert to realize our souls. What a great rhythm! Mick Jones has a great way to make his guitar lines sound like horns on this album. What I love about the Clash, is a lot of their songs are so positive, like this one and "I’m Down". So much better than the miserablism of much of the Gen X rock I grew up with.

The Clash can't fail!

I love how hardcore the album cover is Despite the album having sweet songs like this

THE ONLY BAND THAT MATTERS

Punk, rap, reggae.

Im 57 years old and Love them.

My favorite Clash song.

Okay, this is me being overly sentimental, but my family just added a tiny puppy named Ruby, and I can't stop myself from singing "Ruby Can't Fail" to her.

@jlcrproductions301

3 жыл бұрын

My dogs was called ruby also lol great song

@andressepulveda9709

3 жыл бұрын

But... is Rudy not ruby

@HiltonFernandes

2 жыл бұрын

That's it: Ruby can't fail.

@RecoveredRidleyTruther

2 жыл бұрын

Rudie, not ruby lol... and it's about his drug doctor that would write him whatever prescriptions he wanted lol, elvis/prince/MJ style.. calling Dr. NICK!

@Pamplemousse82322

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome

Sing, Michael, sing!!!

Its like four days from another anniversary of losing Joe Strummer in our musical world. I was blessed and so impressed when i saw him preform this cut with the Mescaleros. He was supprting Global a Go Go ....house of blues Anaheim. Amazing show. Joey Ramone had just passed i remeber and they covered Blitzkrieg Bop? I got so wasted that night. Remeber like %95 of it all. Tymon Dogg was talking to young Punkx outside before the show and....drank a lot of free Patron after the show and tried to get a threesome together with my girl amd her gf. Missed it by that much. The tequila was from some schmuck buying my old lady and her gfs drinks . Pirates life. RIP Joe

I heard Train in Vain once on the radio and spent the next two weeks in record stores looking for the album. Didnt know their name. Actually bought a fountry album with "Stand By Me" on it first. But after i found "London Calling" and listened to the whole album, nothing else mattered. You could have taken all of my other albums (The Cars, Blue Oyster Cult, etc.) and i wouldn't have cared. But if you tried to take this one we would be fighting. For the next couple of years this was the only cassette in my car. My younger brother Geoff and i would rock to it. The dash on his side was perfect for playing drums. We picked up this kid hitchhiking one day when Jimmy Jazz was playing. Kid looked at us funny. We laughed and continued singing along. Priceless memories. At the time no one else was listening to them. The in 1990, Rolling Stone had their best 100 albums of the 80s. And London Calling was number 1. Konda loved it. Kinda hated it. Because it was only us at the time. Then Rock the Casbah and Should I Stay came out and everyone loved them.

Clash at their best. Quality music

Lucky to have seen them live 3 times in London, including the massive Rock Against Racism gig at Victoria Park.

The only band that mattered and still dose

Knife fights and death, real rude boys never die

I used to think that Rudie Can't Fail had reggae elements, but that was just because reggae figured prominently in so many of their other songs like White Man in Hammersmith Palais. This song here, by far the biggest influence is the rhythmic strokes of the great Bo Diddley. No question about it. Rudie Can't Fail's momma was 50's rock n' roll.

What a CATCHY little ditty.

When you hear anyone say the word, "feckless," you start singing about brew for... ... breakfast.

I love Mick Jones' sections on this song. Such a good song