Today the American House of Representatives will impeach the worst and most dangerous POTUS ever. A dictatorship inspired sociopath who lives in his own me, myself, and I reality. Let’s hope the vicious Capitol Hill attack will not be repeated today! Go away, Donald Dumped!
Released: 12 December 1980 – 40 years ago today Score: #19 in the UK, #24 in the US, #3 in Canada
AllMusic: “The Clash sounded like they could do anything on London Calling. For its triple-album follow-up, Sandinista!, they tried to do everything, adding dub, rap, gospel, and even children’s choruses to the punk, reggae, R&B, and roots rock they already were playing. Instead of presenting a band with a far-reaching vision, like London Calling did, Sandinista! plays as a messy, confused jumble, which means that its numerous virtues are easy to ignore… its sloppy attack is disheartening after the tour de force of London Calling and the focused aggression of The Clash.” Full review here. Score: 3.5/5.
Mick Jones: “I always saw it as a record for people who were, like, on oil rigs.
Or Arctic stations. People that weren’t able to get to the record shops regularly.”
Eh, come again, Mick.
Turn Up The Volume: Collect the best tracks and you’ll end up with
a magnificent one album. Yep, as the late great Joe Strummer said with
a big grin on his face: “it was triply outrageous”.
Singles:The Magnificent Seven / The Call Up / Hitsville UK
Like so many other artists did during this science-fiction-like lockdown period, Spanish power-pop señoritas HINDS also decided to cover a classic cracker. They picked The Clash‘s 1979 track SPANISH BOMBS (featured on their masterpiece LP London Calling) for obvious reasons, although the song’s story isn’t a happy one.
It’s about the chaotic political situation of Spain in the Seventies after the 1975 death of dictator Francisco Franco. The late great punk poet Joe Strummer got the idea after he heard a radio news report of ETA terror bombings of tourist hotels on the Costa Brava.
Hinds’ frontwoman said in a statement: “The Clash were my mom’s forever favorite band. So it is always beautiful to connect generations through music. As Spaniards, we don’t usually get shout-outs in songs, like New York or London, so the Clash writing a song about our civil war made us feel honored.”