Seems we are all in Joe's and the bands debt for giving of himself to save us ..from the bad music off that. Time!! Like Joe said it's only phoney beatle mania that's bitten the dust !!! Thank you Joe's a song smith !!! Words don't cut it!!
As a American... I love the clash I loved theme sence I was little my dad introduced this band to me and this is my favorite song! :) respect to england
I don't know, for all the (mostly justified) criticism that the album got, most people seem to acknowledge that this at least was a good song worthy of The Clash.
I was young, very young, about 17 when The Clash, came to Toronto, in 77 or 78, I will never forget that concert. They were beyond great, they were young,and, played some of the greatest rock and roll music of all time. They are a benchmark now, ALL. new bands are judged by how they compare to The Clash. I am now 57 years old, not wealthy, but still ok for a blue collar worker, and I will still spin "give "Em enough rope". or side 3 or 4 of "Sandinista". Or, if I have enough Newcastle Brown! in the house on a Saturday! I may spin the whole first album :)! Anyway I hope y'all enjoy There will never be another "The Clash" RIP, Joe thank you
They're not under rated at all, and this is from the last & post Clash breakup album. Nowhere near the quality of any of their other albums. You sound like a clown.
The Clash are literally called "the only band that matters" by the media. They sold out Shea Stadium in NYC among many other enormous venues. I simply want u to know exactly how idiotic ur comment comes off, to even the most casual fan of TheClash.
@@bojackson3585 Body odour Jackson, couple of things. Firstly the clash didn’t sell Shea stadium out, the who did and the clash were the support act. In the uk the clash get little to no recognition, compared to some of the big names, so I stand by my point. And I love the clash. Anyway carry on
Stuart McGarrick If you enjoyed their final album, then they ended their careers at exactly the right time. The charts could definitely do with someone similar to the Clash right now though.
I won't be able to listen to this without remembering the image of Vince White talking about how England as he knew it doesn't exist anymore while he fails to hold back tears.
@@jonconnington8987 It’s a documentary about the Clash. I have only seen clips of it that are featured in Todd in the Shadows’ video on the Clash’s last album
When it came out it was quite slagged off if I remember right. Drum machine use etc. But the lyrics win out - typical Joe style. The motorcycle jacket line has stayed with me for 30 years. What great days they were.
pigknickers "I got my Motor Cycle jacket, but I'm walking all the time...." Evokes beautifully the futility of Thatchers Britain at that time for the youth of the day. One of Joe's finest songs, even if it was post 'real Clash'
wow! interesting comments Joe Strummer is to me a poet a legend someone who provided powerful social comment through strong uplifting music and poetry against the grain of the times Thankyou Joe. still lifting me up many years later
+pazuzu666ish ...ahhh...somebody in touch with their emotions...have a crack at this young lady and her song about ENGLAND...it looks like it may be more of a future Anthem...google ...could easily work just as well if it were called Sweet Lady Scotland!!!! Hannah Drury..SWEET LADY ENGLAND...............it's only just come online.
+pazuzu666ish why the tears? is it perhaps the realization that this was the last great Clash song off the final Clash album? The rest of the album is pretty much unlistenable but hey I digress.
This was a song against the establishment, it wasn't to glorify England. You have to understand the message Joe Strummer et al were trying to get across. Strummer is a Legend.
Aye this was their anthem for Thatchers England with its wars and layoffs. About how fucked up it all was. The loss of solidarity the destruction of the unions the hopelessness of the small people. Now all that is gone establishment just points at EU and foreigners and say its their fault. And people buy it, fucking sad! When people buy into the scape goats tied up in front of them while the rich get richer.
Exactly, its both sad and ironic to see nationalists and racists commenting on this without realising they're exactly what this song and Strummer are criticising
@@Truefaith. every single poll ever taken would prove you wrong, areas with low migration are consistently more opposed to migration. your username is extremely apt
To those who say this song isn't meant to be patriotic, a song can mean whatever you want it to mean, that's what's great about art, to me it assumes a different meaning in the context of what the UK has become in recent years
Such a moving piece of music with brilliant lyrics. Testament to the struggle of young people in England in the classes without privilege that carry the social and financial burden for all the blood sucking aristocratic classes who think they are the master race.
Thanks for the lyrics. There is a good message here for those who like history as England and the UK were going through some very tough economic times during the Thatcher years. And, of course, it was the average Joe or Joanne who paid the biggest price.
Sentiments expressed by a lot of their generation, but in a much more articulate and lyrical way than by, for example, snarlin' Johnny and the Pistols.
I Saw the clash Live in 1985, Although mick jones had been given the boot by that point, They were still amazing, I really wish joe strummer was still here today.
An Irish perspective here. (Catholic) The English imo are the greatest race of folk ever to exist. Their language, their culture, their engineering feats, medical advancements, sports, common law legal system. The world owes so much to them, not even getting to WW2 etc and the repulsion of Facism. Imagine a world today without all their innovations and inventions
Wrong lyrics here are the correct lyrics: (Market trader) “Four for a pound your face flannels, three for a pound your tea towels! Four for a pound your face flannels, three for a pound your tea towels!” I hear a gang fight on a human factory farm Are they howling out, or doing somebody harm? On a catwalk jungle, somebody grabbed my arm A voice spoke so cold it matched the weapon in her palm This is England This knife of Sheffield steel This is England This is how we feel Time on his hands the freezing Mohawk strolls He won't go for the carrots Been beaten by the pole Some sunny day confronted by his soul His eye will see, how fast you can grow old This is England Who I'm supposed to die for This is England Never gonna cry no more Black Shadow of the Vincent falls on a Triumph line I got my motorcycle jacket but I'm walking all the time South Atlantic wind blows ice from a dying creed. I see no glory, When will we be free? This is England We can chain you to the rail This is England We can kill you in a jail Hey, British boots go kick Bengali in the head Police sit watching, The newspapers being read All deaf to protests and after the attacker fled Out came the batons and the biggest one then said This is England The land of illegal dances This is England Land of one thousand stances This is England This knife of Sheffield steel This is England This is how we feel This is England This is England
Naveed sorry to reply on a 3 year old comment but first thanks so much for posting these lyrics. Only one thing I would change ... it’s not land of illegal dances. It’s land of the legal dossier. But absolutely everyone has that line wrong.
Brett Stuart thanks for the sound reply fella. I got slagged off somewhere else on this video post for no reason by someone. Are you sure though as it doesn’t rhyme (not that it necessarily should) and if you listen carefully you’ll hear an ‘s’ on the end, hence dances and not dossier lol
Terry Vince thats it Terry you tell people to fuck up while your government allows the extermination of our kind. Its a sad day when a Scotsman is more concerned for your country than you are.
yeah and in the first Gulf War in 1991. Strummer was still alive then, and was totally sickened when he found out... Poor guy, I don't think he meant it as jingoism, but it was not one of their best IMO. 'This is England' is a gem tho' :):):) Thanks for uploading it, whoever...
This was not and is is not meant be a patriotic song by the way. Read the lyrics I've posted it's easy to understand what Joe was on about so If fellow english folk stand and sing this in a patriotic manner then wake up as it's a not a God Save the Queen type anthem, it's not something to be proud of in terms of today's society. However the lyrics are from a musical genius taken from us too soon. RIP Joe Strummer!
yeah, the 7" single version loses the '...kick Bengali in the head, police sit watching'...' verse iirc, but it's on the 12" and album version I think & on The Essential Clash.
Soz, these appeared to be the most frequent I could find. Some lyric web pages just blanked out some verses. So I thought I'd go with the most common transcripts.
I hear a gang fire on a human factory farm Are they howling out or doing somebody harm On a catwalk jungle somebody grabbed my arm A voice spoke so cold it matched the weapon in her palm This is England This knife of Sheffield steel This is England This is how we feel Time on his hands freezing in those clothes He won't go for the carrot They beat him by the pole Some sunny day confronted by his soul He's out at sea, too far off, he can't go home This is England What we're supposed to die for This is England And we're never gonna cry no more Black shadow of the Vincent Falls on a Triumph line I got my motorcycle jacket But I'm walking all the time South Atlantic wind blows Ice from a dying creed I see no glory When will we be free This is England We can chain you to the rail This is England We can kill you in a jail The British boots go kick them Got 'em in the head Police ain't watchin' The newspapers been read Who cares to protest A (???) in the eye like a flare Out came the batons and The British warned themselves This is England The land of (il)legal dances This is England Land of a thousand stances This is England This knife of Sheffield steel This is England This is how we feel This is England This is England
Brazil 2014 chant, the entire England crowd singing this out would be fucking awesome and would send shivers up the players spine. It really could take off as much as 3 lions plus there is a political message...it would take the entire world cup by storm and would be a fitting tribute to Joe who fucking loved his football.....mind you the line 'this knife of Sheffield steel might worry some.
The powers that be don't want any political message that might undermine 'we're all in it together'. The English happy to die for queen and country but unwilling to question the chain of command
Bullshit Private Joker. ''There's a political message'' As well? The whole song's a political message. Nothing to do with fucking football. It's a protest song, wise up or fuck off.
Eric Crawford I never said it was anything to do with football (apart from the horus being a football chant), I just think it would make a great chant, you don't have to be a fascist to like football and as I said it is not like he was adverse to a bit of footy himself
Joker The chorus is nothing to do with ''nationalistic pride'', it's part of a lyric that is a defiant protest on English culture, and the hypocrisy of English society. Strummer's dead, so you can reinvent the past to suit your own ends as much as you want. Apparently the ONLY song written about football was ''Tony Adams'' which I'd never heard of until about 10 minutes ago. This knife of Sheffield steel is obviously a Stanley knife, which has been used on me, by skinheads who were N.F. supporters. Nothing to do with football. I don't know why you've thrown in the Egyptian god reference either, apart from illiteracy or being pissed. You want to shit all over The Clash's political stance on England's deterioration by missing the point entirely, go ahead, my opinion is totally different, but then again, I followed the band in the 70's, and saw them live, so I have no credibility what so ever.
The Clash. Quite simply, one of THE best rock groups ever formed
you can say what ever you want about cut the crap, but this is a lyrics masterpiece. rest in peace Joe, you are deeply missed by your fans...
Seriously that album needs some respect
@@nathanielcruz8872 It was rubbish except for this one song and this one is just alright.
@@dickJohnsonpeter still it’s needs to be Recognized
Fucking right. Lucky to see them but mick was sacked and the bottom fell out. 55 now and a schoolboy then.Joe was a true poet.
Seems we are all in Joe's and the bands debt for giving of himself to save us ..from the bad music off that. Time!! Like Joe said it's only phoney beatle mania that's bitten the dust !!! Thank you Joe's a song smith !!! Words don't cut it!!
First album I brought was their first one in 1977 and still listen to them going to work. I will be 64 this coming May.
As a American... I love the clash I loved theme sence I was little my dad introduced this band to me and this is my favorite song! :) respect to england
Lyrically one of the best Clash songs for sure. How can a couple of lines say so much. Genius that's how
I love England, such a great people with proud history, and hope to visit again someday.
Criminally underrated and a very moving song
The last great Clash song :(
"Clash" in name only- but I agree.
The were much more political than the Stranglers, the Sex Pistols and all the others.
colemann76 o
I don't know, for all the (mostly justified) criticism that the album got, most people seem to acknowledge that this at least was a good song worthy of The Clash.
Joe Strummer really was something special, RIP you legend.
That I saw this band on stage live is one of those Rock and Roll miracles. The Who was in town that same evening, 1982. Clash warmed up.
I saw The Clash headlining with Theatre Of Hate supporting.
They went out with a bang on this wonderful song. Sadly missed band. Very great memories.
R.I.P Joe, 11 years on 22/12/13, you are a legend, your music will live on forever, the frontman of the greatest band ever.
Well yes, The Clash were definitely good (one of my favorite bands ever), but Queen is better.
I'm American and this song still touches me so good
I was young, very young, about 17 when The Clash, came to Toronto, in 77 or 78, I will never forget that concert. They were beyond great, they were young,and, played some of the greatest rock and roll music of all time. They are a benchmark now, ALL. new bands are judged by how they compare to The Clash. I am now 57 years old, not wealthy, but still ok for a blue collar worker, and I will still spin "give "Em enough rope". or side 3 or 4 of "Sandinista". Or, if I have enough Newcastle Brown! in the house on a Saturday! I may spin the whole first album :)!
Anyway I hope y'all enjoy
There will never be another "The Clash" RIP, Joe
thank you
The 80s in 4 minutes, genius. Criminally underrated genius
They're not under rated at all, and this is from the last & post Clash breakup album. Nowhere near the quality of any of their other albums. You sound like a clown.
The Clash are literally called "the only band that matters" by the media. They sold out Shea Stadium in NYC among many other enormous venues. I simply want u to know exactly how idiotic ur comment comes off, to even the most casual fan of TheClash.
@@bojackson3585 Body odour Jackson, couple of things. Firstly the clash didn’t sell Shea stadium out, the who did and the clash were the support act.
In the uk the clash get little to no recognition, compared to some of the big names, so I stand by my point.
And I love the clash.
Anyway carry on
I miss the clash badly. they made so many great songs
Stuart McGarrick If you enjoyed their final album, then they ended their careers at exactly the right time.
The charts could definitely do with someone similar to the Clash right now though.
+Delirus Innominata what do you think of Sleaford Mods, thier only two piece band but said theyre working on expanding in a interview…i have faith
Listening to this because I'm visiting England and walking all the time.
Lucky, I plan to visit in the near future too. Hope you enjoy your time there
@@xxRafaelProductions thanks it's amazing!
What a tune, so sorrowful, yet majestic and uplifting.
Time will never dilute the sentiment or A1 awesomeness of this masterpiece. RIP Joe
I like this song. I know it didn't get much credit, but I think it's cool.
"I got my motorcycle jacket, but I'm walking all the time"
I won't be able to listen to this without remembering the image of Vince White talking about how England as he knew it doesn't exist anymore while he fails to hold back tears.
Yes
Any idea where I can see that out of interest? I can't find it by searching.
@@jonconnington8987 It’s a documentary about the Clash. I have only seen clips of it that are featured in Todd in the Shadows’ video on the Clash’s last album
When I first seen that documentary I thought he was drunk,,,but seemingly not
Joe Strummer! He understands England. And is the wordsmith to tell of it!!
for some reason, when joe died this was the song i played most even though i didnt really like it when it came out..its now one of my favourites
When it came out it was quite slagged off if I remember right. Drum machine use etc. But the lyrics win out - typical Joe style. The motorcycle jacket line has stayed with me for 30 years. What great days they were.
pigknickers
Same here!
pigknickers
"I got my Motor Cycle jacket, but I'm walking all the time...."
Evokes beautifully the futility of Thatchers Britain at that time for the youth of the day.
One of Joe's finest songs, even if it was post 'real Clash'
CharlieDoesNotSurf what has Tony Blair brought us?
i've been listening to this song all day and can't stop
wow! interesting comments
Joe Strummer is to me
a poet
a legend
someone who provided powerful social comment
through strong uplifting music
and poetry
against the grain of the times
Thankyou Joe.
still lifting me up many years later
beautiful song- The greatest band ever!
This is a masterpiece
"I got my motorcycle jacket on, but I'm walking all the time"
Yep, that's me on the Daily.
This Is England one of my favourite clash songs, Joe Strummer really was something else.
This song could still be an anthem for today!
It is amazing that any song can be this great.
Sorry guys, cant get into this, "Something about England" off the Sandinista LP.....fucking love it, brings me to tears, AND I'm Scots !!!
+pazuzu666ish me too
+pazuzu666ish ...ahhh...somebody in touch with their emotions...have a crack at this young lady and her song about ENGLAND...it looks like it may be more of a future Anthem...google ...could easily work just as well if it were called Sweet Lady Scotland!!!!
Hannah Drury..SWEET LADY ENGLAND...............it's only just come online.
+pazuzu666ish why the tears? is it perhaps the realization that this was the last great Clash song off the final Clash album? The rest of the album is pretty much unlistenable but hey I digress.
revol148 no way some great songs on cut the crap ...one day they will get topper to play drums on these songs and they will transform.....
this knife of sheffield steel,
yeah, respect from sheffield.
brubeck_108 8 87
United or Wednesday?
Oi lads, what was that film about the lad who made it into the sheffield wed team?
Sheffield cuttlery....
This song holds even more power now.
This was a song against the establishment, it wasn't to glorify England. You have to understand the message Joe Strummer et al were trying to get across. Strummer is a Legend.
Aye this was their anthem for Thatchers England with its wars and layoffs. About how fucked up it all was.
The loss of solidarity the destruction of the unions the hopelessness of the small people.
Now all that is gone establishment just points at EU and foreigners and say its their fault. And people buy it, fucking sad!
When people buy into the scape goats tied up in front of them while the rich get richer.
Exactly, its both sad and ironic to see nationalists and racists commenting on this without realising they're exactly what this song and Strummer are criticising
@@Truefaith. every single poll ever taken would prove you wrong, areas with low migration are consistently more opposed to migration. your username is extremely apt
@@Truefaith. engels was rich, and he co-wrote capital, one of the most fundamental pieces of communist theory.
you’re talking out your ass lmao
Classic Clash. Love this. Brilliant!
i'm argentinian and love this song
Argie
Do you love the British Task force that steamed 8000 Miles to retake the Falkland Islands?
Elso Papo ignore those numpties. Joe S wouldn't agree with their comments!
@@patrickfitzgerald409 they still claim the falklands so we can’t forgive them
Grow up you slob. @@paulhall2397
To those who say this song isn't meant to be patriotic, a song can mean whatever you want it to mean, that's what's great about art, to me it assumes a different meaning in the context of what the UK has become in recent years
you are right this the not the country I brought up in it has gone woke 😅the snow ❄️ flakes have destroyed it 😢
@@anthonyrichardson4761 As they did with Germany too!!!
:0/
Dd
Wicked sound.The Clash's "Thats entertainment"
As powerful today as it ever was
Mick was sorely missed when it came to song writing on this album
AGREED
Such a moving piece of music with brilliant lyrics.
Testament to the struggle of young people in England in the classes without privilege that carry the social and financial burden for all the blood sucking aristocratic classes who think they are the master race.
Strummer sang every word like it was his last .. probably the last of the great englishmen
The passion is incredible
the clash. .this is England é um som de pirar ...nunca deixo de ouvir. ..que gosta de som punk ...se satisfai. ..
British by birth, English by the grace of God. This is England, no surrender.
Thanks for the lyrics. There is a good message here for those who like history as England and the UK were going through some very tough economic times during the Thatcher years. And, of course, it was the average Joe or Joanne who paid the biggest price.
Still listening in 2021 one of the best bands ever
Still listening in 2022. Epic tune, brilliant lyrics.
Goosebumps. Great stuff.
RIP Joe Strummer Joe and the clash were something else! The greatest punk rock band.
I always love this song in 2022.
This song is like the perfect combination of well-written and catchy.
Sentiments expressed by a lot of their generation, but in a much more articulate and lyrical way than by, for example, snarlin' Johnny and the Pistols.
Great song greetings from Greece
I love the way strummer says I've got a motorcycle jacket and I'm walking all the time.
This song is the UK's 'Born in the U.S.A.'
Good on you, Tim. God bless you, that is
The irony...
Haha that's what I thought. Is this song just as misunderstood in England?
But less shit, If you want a better version of Born in the USA go listen to Pink Houses by John Mellencamp.
you are right...
Joe Strummer a middle class privately educated born in Turkey son of a foreign diplomat....the contradiction is brilliant...RIP Joe....
that was why he was angry ..dont you get it .,..,
he was educated ..and looked at this world
his dad was in the british foreign service he wasn't a freaking ambassador or anything...
Middle class isn’t elite, you right wing regurgitating tool
Underrated Clash song from 85. :)
You keep em ideas how you want. Glad I raised a smile :)
we need a "this is England" for 2015
"This Is England" - The Jacques
+Connar Downes We have one, this.
Boom! 1million views and it deserves it! The only band that matters.
Favorite group of all time! From the late 70" to the early 80" God save the queen...
Huge track! Classic, The Clash!
great song makes me proud to be English my country England❤
England’s not a country though really is it
Ya didnt unterstand the song mate
@@peaceanarchy3933 what is your problem
@@peaceanarchy3933 Well said, I agree its not a pro England song
Brutally honest lyrics.
Could apply to almost any manipulated "democracy" these days.
I Saw the clash Live in 1985, Although mick jones had been given the boot by that point, They were still amazing, I really wish joe strummer was still here today.
such a great tune--lov that clash
An Irish perspective here. (Catholic)
The English imo are the greatest race of folk ever to exist.
Their language, their culture, their engineering feats, medical advancements, sports, common law legal system.
The world owes so much to them, not even getting to WW2 etc and the repulsion of Facism.
Imagine a world today without all their innovations and inventions
Bullshit
A sensational song.
Best song out wish the clash never died :(
Joe !!my all times favorite artist ..THIS IS PUNK ROCK
Today it makes so much more sense...Only different government!!! ❤😢
Wrong lyrics here are the correct lyrics:
(Market trader) “Four for a pound your face flannels, three for a pound your tea towels! Four for a pound your face flannels, three for a pound your tea towels!”
I hear a gang fight on a human factory farm
Are they howling out, or doing somebody harm?
On a catwalk jungle, somebody grabbed my arm
A voice spoke so cold it matched the weapon in her palm
This is England
This knife of Sheffield steel
This is England
This is how we feel
Time on his hands the freezing Mohawk strolls
He won't go for the carrots
Been beaten by the pole
Some sunny day confronted by his soul
His eye will see, how fast you can grow old
This is England
Who I'm supposed to die for
This is England
Never gonna cry no more
Black Shadow of the Vincent falls on a Triumph line
I got my motorcycle jacket but I'm walking all the time
South Atlantic wind blows ice from a dying creed.
I see no glory, When will we be free?
This is England
We can chain you to the rail
This is England
We can kill you in a jail
Hey, British boots go kick Bengali in the head
Police sit watching,
The newspapers being read
All deaf to protests and after the attacker fled
Out came the batons and the biggest one then said
This is England
The land of illegal dances
This is England
Land of one thousand stances
This is England
This knife of Sheffield steel
This is England
This is how we feel
This is England
This is England
Naveed Asghar Thx!
Wait England legalized Dancing. I did not know that.
Nick Rynearson lol.
It’s about Capoiera, a martial art that looks like breakdancing that was illegal from around 1700s or something weird like that.
Naveed sorry to reply on a 3 year old comment but first thanks so much for posting these lyrics.
Only one thing I would change ...
it’s not land of illegal dances.
It’s land of the legal dossier.
But absolutely everyone has that line wrong.
Brett Stuart thanks for the sound reply fella. I got slagged off somewhere else on this video post for no reason by someone. Are you sure though as it doesn’t rhyme (not that it necessarily should) and if you listen carefully you’ll hear an ‘s’ on the end, hence dances and not dossier lol
The best of The Clash!!!
love this video. just the words. :)
Just another large piece of my youth where I had no idea.
a very different place to when this song was made
Diorama Jedi Oi fuck up
Getting Worse by the day...but the English Lion is awakening.
Terry Vince thats it Terry you tell people to fuck up while your government allows the extermination of our kind. Its a sad day when a Scotsman is more concerned for your country than you are.
Bollocks we are finished end
Nope its worse
yeah and in the first Gulf War in 1991. Strummer was still alive then, and was totally sickened when he found out... Poor guy, I don't think he meant it as jingoism, but it was not one of their best IMO. 'This is England' is a gem tho' :):):) Thanks for uploading it, whoever...
I love the clash so much, The best band of all time,
This was not and is is not meant be a patriotic song by the way. Read the lyrics I've posted it's easy to understand what Joe was on about so If fellow english folk stand and sing this in a patriotic manner then wake up as it's a not a God Save the Queen type anthem, it's not something to be proud of in terms of today's society. However the lyrics are from a musical genius taken from us too soon. RIP Joe Strummer!
dont see any lyrics , just zo mbie sanctimony
Read a previous comment of mine dating 8 months back
Naveed Asghar
Don't see any lyrics, just zombie aloofness
Only gimps use the word zombie!
Naveed Asghar
Don't see any gimps, just opinionated little tossers hiding behind a youtube account like a typically spineless banal zombie
Being English and having great taste in music bought me here !!
Over the top, beautiful.
Excellent lyrics! RIP Joe Strummer.
I wonder why this band doesn't have bad songs.
Cut the crap..
I love this song and this album.
Brings ya to tears this song
Excellent
This is England !!!
Interesting... been listening to this off a greatest hits record and just realized a verse has been removed from the version I have...
yeah, the 7" single version loses the '...kick Bengali in the head, police sit watching'...' verse iirc, but it's on the 12" and album version I think & on The Essential Clash.
as an Irishman, this song is beautiful
this is Joe Strummer. Respect!
My serbian sister in law thought they were singing "deset zeka" which means ten bunnies.
They are.
hee hee x
buy her a hearing aid!
Anthropophagus are you from serbia too? Cause I am. This song is so relatable to our country.
Literally pmsl 😂😂
haunting
killed the replay button
I love the Clash!
Soz, these appeared to be the most frequent I could find. Some lyric web pages just blanked out some verses. So I thought I'd go with the most common transcripts.
I hear a gang fire on a human factory farm
Are they howling out or doing somebody harm
On a catwalk jungle somebody grabbed my arm
A voice spoke so cold it matched the weapon in her palm
This is England
This knife of Sheffield steel
This is England
This is how we feel
Time on his hands freezing in those clothes
He won't go for the carrot
They beat him by the pole
Some sunny day confronted by his soul
He's out at sea, too far off, he can't go home
This is England
What we're supposed to die for
This is England
And we're never gonna cry no more
Black shadow of the Vincent
Falls on a Triumph line
I got my motorcycle jacket
But I'm walking all the time
South Atlantic wind blows
Ice from a dying creed
I see no glory
When will we be free
This is England
We can chain you to the rail
This is England
We can kill you in a jail
The British boots go kick them
Got 'em in the head
Police ain't watchin'
The newspapers been read
Who cares to protest
A (???) in the eye like a flare
Out came the batons and
The British warned themselves
This is England
The land of (il)legal dances
This is England
Land of a thousand stances
This is England
This knife of Sheffield steel
This is England
This is how we feel
This is England
This is England
Who dares to protest after the attacker fled? (That's what my Yank ears hear...)
@@AnarchyDragon6👍 yes ! Nobody ! at least not us and the protesters had better tear down the walls !
lesson t all new bands listen n learn clash true music frm start t finish god bless u joe
March 29 2019 this should have been out day
Let's keep fighting the establishment. We will get out.
I got my motor cycle jacket but I'm walking all the time...
What an awesome anthem talking about our green and pleasant land.
Still listening 2023
I fucking love "the clash" Strummers voice really gets to me.
Brazil 2014 chant, the entire England crowd singing this out would be fucking awesome and would send shivers up the players spine. It really could take off as much as 3 lions plus there is a political message...it would take the entire world cup by storm and would be a fitting tribute to Joe who fucking loved his football.....mind you the line 'this knife of Sheffield steel might worry some.
Fuck yeah!
The powers that be don't want any political message that might undermine 'we're all in it together'. The English happy to die for queen and country but unwilling to question the chain of command
Bullshit Private Joker. ''There's a political message'' As well? The whole song's a political message. Nothing to do with fucking football. It's a protest song, wise up or fuck off.
Eric Crawford I never said it was anything to do with football (apart from the horus being a football chant), I just think it would make a great chant, you don't have to be a fascist to like football and as I said it is not like he was adverse to a bit of footy himself
Joker The chorus is nothing to do with ''nationalistic pride'', it's part of a lyric that is a defiant protest on English culture, and the hypocrisy of English society. Strummer's dead, so you can reinvent the past to suit your own ends as much as you want. Apparently the ONLY song written about football was ''Tony Adams'' which I'd never heard of until about 10 minutes ago. This knife of Sheffield steel is obviously a Stanley knife, which has been used on me, by skinheads who were N.F. supporters. Nothing to do with football. I don't know why you've thrown in the Egyptian god reference either, apart from illiteracy or being pissed. You want to shit all over The Clash's political stance on England's deterioration by missing the point entirely, go ahead, my opinion is totally different, but then again, I followed the band in the 70's, and saw them live, so I have no credibility what so ever.
Loved it when I first heard it a few decades ago and it is one of my all time favorite songs!