December 14 – 40th Anniversary of the Release of London Calling by The Clash

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December 11, 2019 | revcom.us

London calling, and I don’t mean to shout
But when we were talking I saw you nodding out...

From a reader:

The other morning, thinking about the situation in which “the worst are full of passionate intensity and the best lack all conviction,” these lines from London Calling by the Clash ran through my head:

London calling, and I don’t mean to shout
But when we were talking I saw you nodding out...

I sent this rhyme to a friend as part of a longer email ranting about the outrageous complicity with the Trump/Pence regime by people who should know better.... only to find out from her later that this weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the release of that classic album. Now I don't believe that this was "the universe talking to me"... but goddamn we could use bands that today have the impact that the Clash did then!

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