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Rudy Can't Fail, for me ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ4E4a7Q4Ag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ4E4a7Q4Ag
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White Riot ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvG3is7Bm1w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvG3is7Bm1w
Tommy Gun ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFHEuKkTa5k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFHEuKkTa5k
Brand New Cadillac ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYVLxLvdhpY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYVLxLvdhpY
White Punks On Dope ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP8nGNbk7oQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP8nGNbk7oQ
Chaser and His Bandits there... sorry
I Fought The Law, for me, althought it was a hit many years before The Clash revamped it.
I like that Clydebank. Introduced a bit of reggae into their work.
All very well saying that, CLYEBANK but we need links man, Llinks!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96UtZPLiT90
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96UtZPLiT90
Police and Thieves ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6FZwVvS8_8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6FZwVvS8_8
Forgot this classic.
Should I Stay or Should I Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGIFublvDes
Should I Stay or Should I Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGIFublvDes
Train in Vain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNot47WRBFk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNot47WRBFk
mecca, just choose 'share' on youtube, then copy it and paste it here
https://youtu.be/LSrgRKVdDDc
https://youtu.be/LSrgRKVdDDc
I'm so Bored with the USA!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8jca8ZATfA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8jca8ZATfA
This Is England ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROj_1R36lX0#t=2.0933545
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROj_1R36lX0#t=2.0933545
London Calling ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vHvzybkqfo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vHvzybkqfo
English Civil War ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QmQFbIbEpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QmQFbIbEpg
Stay Free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuYzsrYSQx4
I did my very best to write,
How was butlins, were the screws too tight?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuYzsrYSQx4
I did my very best to write,
How was butlins, were the screws too tight?
Janie Jones ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyoW0tf6N-Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyoW0tf6N-Q
fck me, long time since I heard Janie jones!
Rock n fckn roll man!
Rock n fckn roll man!
Links help, Jack 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_6UTZb-_vI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_6UTZb-_vI
Clampdown ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psB0cidB5bg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psB0cidB5bg
Guns of Brixton ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiQoq-wqZxg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiQoq-wqZxg
Spanish Bombs ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-qcy0-7ngw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-qcy0-7ngw
Clash City Rockers ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa2VtNRtu04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa2VtNRtu04
"So much of The Clash's music is very political, and "Straight to Hell" is one of their most political songs. Basically, it's a criticism of the United States and the official policy toward children who were fathered by US soldiers during the war in Vietnam. You see, the US government made it nearly impossible for soldiers who served in Vietnam to bring back their children and the mothers of those children. Many soldiers actually married the women they had children with, thinking it would be easier to get visas to bring them to the US, but the government said no. There was a whole generation of children, now adults, who were born to US soldiers and their Vietnamese wives or girlfriends who had to be left behind. The lives of those left behind were really miserable. Women were often disowned by their families for getting pregnant by US soldiers, and their children, who definitely look half-American, were discriminated against terribly by the Vietnamese people, often being beaten and even killed. Many soldiers tried for years to be able to get their Vietnamese wives and children out of Vietnam, but the US had a quota system, and very few were allowed to come to the US.
The whole tone of the song is ironic. Basically, you can take it as the voice of the US government telling those kids that they can go to hell for all they care, and that they aren't wanted in the US, and should just stay in Vietnam.
At the beginning of the song it talks about "speaking King's English in quotations" which is a reference to the fact that many of those children, as they got older, tried to increase their chances of coming over by learning English and becoming Americanized. Even that didn't help most of them. The line you are asking about is, "Let me tell you about your blood, Bamboo kid--It ain't Coca-Cola, it's rice." That's basically saying, "it doesn't matter how American you look, or how American you act and sound, or how bad your life is as an outcast over there, the blood that flows in your veins isn't Coca-Cola (American), it's rice (Vietnamese)." That's because that is how the US government justified their decision to deny visas. They took the position that since they were at war with the North Vietnamese, and since there was really no way to tell for sure if someone was from the North or the South, it would be dangerous to allow a huge influx of immigrants from Vietnam who might actually be communists or spies. They basically painted it as a matter of national security to not allow those women and children to come over, as they might be dangerous in some way, and might be enemy combatants, when the truth is that the vast majority of them were just simple Vietnamese girls whose only crime was to fall in love and have a baby with an American soldier.
The line, "There ain't no need for 'ya," always, even after all these years, feels like a kick in the guts to me. That's pretty much what those people who were left behind were told"
The whole tone of the song is ironic. Basically, you can take it as the voice of the US government telling those kids that they can go to hell for all they care, and that they aren't wanted in the US, and should just stay in Vietnam.
At the beginning of the song it talks about "speaking King's English in quotations" which is a reference to the fact that many of those children, as they got older, tried to increase their chances of coming over by learning English and becoming Americanized. Even that didn't help most of them. The line you are asking about is, "Let me tell you about your blood, Bamboo kid--It ain't Coca-Cola, it's rice." That's basically saying, "it doesn't matter how American you look, or how American you act and sound, or how bad your life is as an outcast over there, the blood that flows in your veins isn't Coca-Cola (American), it's rice (Vietnamese)." That's because that is how the US government justified their decision to deny visas. They took the position that since they were at war with the North Vietnamese, and since there was really no way to tell for sure if someone was from the North or the South, it would be dangerous to allow a huge influx of immigrants from Vietnam who might actually be communists or spies. They basically painted it as a matter of national security to not allow those women and children to come over, as they might be dangerous in some way, and might be enemy combatants, when the truth is that the vast majority of them were just simple Vietnamese girls whose only crime was to fall in love and have a baby with an American soldier.
The line, "There ain't no need for 'ya," always, even after all these years, feels like a kick in the guts to me. That's pretty much what those people who were left behind were told"
Most of mine mentioned above.
This is a good one though
https://youtu.be/bL0CCphgmZ8
Know Your Rights
This is a good one though
https://youtu.be/bL0CCphgmZ8
Know Your Rights
Death or Glory for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwzMuuGOsVI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwzMuuGOsVI
A couple of documentaries about the Clash/Strummer in there on YouTube.
Have bookmarked and will watch when time allows.
Have bookmarked and will watch when time allows.
"Know your rights" is one of the few Clash songs I can't stand. "Jimmy Jazz" my favourite
Just been listening to Hitsville UK. Has got Christmassy bells in there and it just reminded me of that time of year…
Must have bought Sandinista as soon as it came out….indeed...released 18th December 1980..
Sandinista took some getting through!
Must have bought Sandinista as soon as it came out….indeed...released 18th December 1980..
Sandinista took some getting through!
Wrong 'Em Boyo ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK03STRXWGo
Should feature in everybody's Top Five, imo.
Should feature in everybody's Top Five, imo.
Apr 27, 2016 -- 11:37AM, rob_dylan wrote:
"Know your rights" is one of the few Clash songs I can't stand.
I typed, "Great call, Rob"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShCSuFSauzU
Clydebank - Very interesting info about Straight to Hell, nice one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2fJc0rsflQ
Armageddon Time
Armageddon Time
Live version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga4wASz39Fc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga4wASz39Fc
Clash/Mikey Dread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBDSkJCOxfQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBDSkJCOxfQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHupeh7dFkE
Something about England
Something about England
I fought the law 1966 version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgtQj8O92eI
Re the backing dancers, just for the record: Would.
And not just because I dance like that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgtQj8O92eI
Re the backing dancers, just for the record: Would.
And not just because I dance like that.
Clydebank - interesting about straight to hell
Wonder if any of the American servicemen considered going to live with their wives and family in the workers paradise of Vietnam?
The Clash may have covered that in a different song.
Wonder if any of the American servicemen considered going to live with their wives and family in the workers paradise of Vietnam?
The Clash may have covered that in a different song.
White man in Hammersmith palais - if you think anything else you are wrong.
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