London Calling

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Printed inner sleeves with lyrics. Inner sleeves are die cut at the edge to reveal edge of record. The die cut for each sleeve is slightly different. In 2007, the 1979 recording of "London Calling" by The Clash on Epic Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [20] Notable appearances and covers [ edit ] a b c d Guarisco, Donald A. "London Calling - The Clash - Song Review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 15 January 2008. London Calling', Repurposed as a Tourism Jingle: The Record". NPR. 30 July 2011 . Retrieved 12 November 2012.

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The Uncut Crap - Over 56 Things You Never Knew About The Clash". NME. London: IPC Magazines. 3. 16 March 1991. ISSN 0028-6362. OCLC 4213418. British Telecom wanted to use "London Calling" for their last advertising campaign. They were told to bog off I have a copy with the following runouts but cant match up to any of the variants after many hours trawling through. My copy has two of the translucent pink color shown in this listing, but no green vinyl. There was also no lyric sheet. Anyone else? The Clash - "London Calling" (Singles Going Steady Classic)". PopMatters. 15 April 2016 . Retrieved 25 February 2020. British single certifications – Clash – London Calling". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 4 February 2022.

a b "BBC - Radio 2 - Sold On Song - Brits25 - London Calling" (SHTML). Radio 2, Sold On Song. bbc.co.uk . Retrieved 31 December 2007. VH1'S '100 GREATEST SONGS OF THE '80S' ". VH1. 24 October 2006. Archived from the original (JHTML) on 6 February 2007 . Retrieved 31 December 2007. 42 The Clash / 'London Calling' 1982 . The lyrics reflect the concern felt by Strummer about world events with the reference to "a nuclear error" – the incident at Three Mile Island, which occurred earlier in 1979. Joe Strummer has said: "We felt that we were struggling about to slip down a slope or something, grasping with our fingernails. And there was no one there to help us." [1] [6]

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David Gianatasio (25 June 2012). "British Airways Doesn't Want Brits Flying". ADWEEK . Retrieved 26 June 2012. Almost identical to London Calling, but the inner sleeves on this version do not have the circular opening at the top. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrateded.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.65. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. The line "London is drowning / And I live by the river" comes from concerns that if the River Thames flooded, most of central London would drown, something that led to the construction of the Thames Barrier. [1] [6] Strummer's concern for police brutality is evident through the lines "We ain't got no swing / Except for the ring of that truncheon thing" as the Metropolitan Police at the time had a truncheon as standard issued equipment. Social criticism also features through references to the effects of casual drug taking: "We ain't got no high / Except for that one with the yellowy eyes". [ original research?] Limited to 1,800 copies, only available at selected Tesco stores as part of a U.K. 'Father's Day' (Sunday 19th June 2016) promotion.Joe Strummer later became a DJ for the BBC World Service, on a programme called "Joe Strummer's London Calling". [24] Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Clash gave permission to a Ukrainian punk band named Beton to rewrite the song as an anti-invasion anthem and charity fund-raiser titled "Kyiv Calling". [25] Charts [ edit ] Rel.