THE CLASH: LONDON CALLING !!!

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This Post is about one of the best Punk albums ever made by one of the best bands the world has witnessed. I am talking about the album “London Calling” by the super famous, exceptionally great and immortally Punk, THE CLASH.

Lead by the great singer Joe Strummer, guided by the always perfect guitar of Mick Jones, followed by Paul Simonon, and all synchronized with drummer Nicky “Topper” Headon, this British selection of performers formed a band that has surely put their name high on the global musical stardom. In a time where Punk was growing, these guys have put together a sound that stood out from rest to become world famous with great merit. The band was formed in 1976 and soon became popular with their debut album “The Clash”. In the winter of ’79 they produced this spectacular collection of songs which they called “London Calling” (the band’s third album). It later was awarded the best album of the ‘80s decade by the famously recognized magazine “Rolling Stone”.

This record features songs like the famous “London Calling”, which seems like a science fiction description of the city of London, surely a great theme for a movie. The polyglot “Spanish Bombs”, which includes some phrases in English and some in Spanish (lol). Some Ska historical references in the song “Rudie Can’t Fail” (for all the rude boys), the Ska special sound in the “Wrong ‘Em Boyo” (what the hell does it mean?!?), “Lost in the Supermarket” which relates Strummer’s vision of Jones childhood, “Hateful” (you naughty boys, what were you in to), a brutal Rock’N’roll sound in “Death or Glory” (really powerful Chorus to sing out loud), a Punk special manifest in “Revolution Rock” (this lyric gives me the shivers), the “Four Horsemen” (of the Apocalypse, I imagine),  the lovely named song “Koka Kola” (really great name for a song) and an absolute stormmer for romantic occasions “Lovers Rock”.

Don’t miss the chance to listen to the fully recorded album because this one is the ultimate Punk musical celebration.

Fuck this Silly Authority

I tend to find it harder to understand, respect and cooperate with the silly authority system that my and most countries have. In the place I live rules and laws are implemented by the governmental bodies but it is up to one special force to control the obligation of these laws to the people. It is not the abiding factor that upsets me, because I believe that the human being lives and develops better following some sensible rules. But this obligation scheme drives me mad. Why on Hocus Pocus name should a human based force apply the rule of the strongest to control the people? And why do these humans that are selected to do so, always tend to defy the rules they defend specially in the presence of the people they dominate and oppress?

This authoritarian system is old and anti-evolutionary. It has been being implemented since 10000 years ago and still accommodating the same flaws. I know there is no better scheme at hand, but has the human race grown so utterly visionless that it cannot develop a better and more peaceful approach? Physically we are treated like some sort of fucking barbarians that are about to destroy, rape or steal some village or community. And this physical oppressive abuse brings delight to the authority force because it justifies its existence with statistical results. As long as the force keeps caging people it is acceptable and even supported to keep investing in it. And we haven’t even mentioned the bureaucratic wasteful system, but that is a different issue altogether.

However well trained they are or responsible they may be, the human authoritarian special force members always seem to be conned over to the “abuse of power” error. The more outlaws they can imprison, more medals and prizes they are awarded with. These promotions are never linked with some sort of society development factor where a nominee should be evaluated and awarded according to their will and vigor to further develop and evolve society and communities.

No matter how advanced a force may be, they will just keep feeding people into prisons and courts for the sake of the authoritarian success.