The Clash - Straight to Hell (Official Audio)

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  • The Clash - Straight to Hell (Official Audio)
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    Lyrics
    If you can play on the fiddle
    How's about a British jig and reel?
    Speaking King's English in quotation
    As railhead towns feel the steel mills rust
    Water froze
    In the generation
    Clear as winter ice
    This is your paradise
    There ain't no need for ya
    There ain't no need for ya
    Go straight to hell, boys, go straight to hell, boys
    Wanna join in a chorus
    Of the Amerasian blues?
    When it's Christmas out in Ho Chi Minh City
    Kiddie say papa papa papa papa pappa-san, take me home
    See me got
    Photo photo photograph of you and mamma mamma mamma-san
    Of you and mamma mamma mamma-san
    Let me tell you 'bout your blood, bamboo kid
    It ain't Coca-Cola, it's rice
    Straight to hell
    Go straight to hell boys
    Go straight to hell
    Go straight to hell boys
    Oh Papa-san
    Please take me home
    Oh Papa-san
    Everybody, they wanna go home
    So Mamma-san says
    You want to play mind-crazed banjo
    On the druggy-drag ragtime U.S.A.?
    In Parkland International
    Ha, junkie-dom U.S.A
    Where pro-caine proves the purest rock man groove
    And rat poison
    The volatile Molotov says
    Straight to hell
    Can you really cough it up loud and strong?
    The immigrants, they wanna sing all night long
    It could be anywhere
    Most likely could be any frontier any hemisphere
    In no-man's-land
    There ain't no asylum here
    King Solomon he never lived 'round here
    Straight to hell, boys
    Go straight to hell, boys
    Go straight to hell, boys
    Go straight to hell, boys
    Oh, papa-san, please take me home
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  • @chaneymichaels
    @chaneymichaels 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2992

    I used to love playing this on the juke box back when the MIA paper planes song was popular... everyone got all excited and then confused. hahah. Love The Clash

    • @gersonmejia7719
      @gersonmejia7719 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      HAHAHAHAHAHAH THE BEST

    • @bigbananadealer846
      @bigbananadealer846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      i just added this to my party playlist yesterday, cant wait to test it out haha

    • @manuelcollao7238
      @manuelcollao7238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is the generation that is disappointed in war, poverty, and the evil of FUCKIN politics,,

    • @tomallen5837
      @tomallen5837 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      You need to play that now more than ever. And why is it the Clash songs are more relevant during war times? The answer is obvious...
      Peace everyone!

    • @mikethecommoner
      @mikethecommoner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      They're both incredible songs

  • @KryptoChronicutelite
    @KryptoChronicutelite 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2887

    One of their greatest and saddest songs ever. Joe was a genius.

    • @redkop510
      @redkop510 5 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      He was taken too soon.RIP.

    • @pitchandlimb
      @pitchandlimb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Hauntingly mesmerizing. Great tune

    • @gabiihsilva2144
      @gabiihsilva2144 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Papai Noel

    • @therealrobbdee672
      @therealrobbdee672 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Rip Joe Strummer

    • @kurtfeil2008
      @kurtfeil2008 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      you are a pioneer in that making stuff out of keyb0ards keys an' stuff! ?

  • @letitbeknown8126
    @letitbeknown8126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +564

    R.I.P. Joe Strummer, Straight To Heaven, Boy

    • @williamvonschenk2273
      @williamvonschenk2273 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wonder what The Clash would say about 2020...my guess... th-cam.com/video/sBkKAuqAwWU/w-d-xo.html

    • @letitbeknown8126
      @letitbeknown8126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@williamvonschenk2273 I agree 100%👍

    • @williamvonschenk2273
      @williamvonschenk2273 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@letitbeknown8126 Thanks for checking it out. Crazy days!

    • @letitbeknown8126
      @letitbeknown8126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@williamvonschenk2273 Too crazy!!! Stay safe out there!!!

    • @williamvonschenk2273
      @williamvonschenk2273 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@letitbeknown8126 Hey...feel free to post in the song's comments area. The video was designed to stir up thought! :-)

  • @johngrant4134
    @johngrant4134 2 ปีที่แล้ว +364

    One of the most important social songs. These should never be forgotten years

  • @user-ir7fw8mc2g
    @user-ir7fw8mc2g 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    my dad died this morning, the clash were his favorite band, as he died this song started playing, definitely his doing, would’ve gotten a right laugh out of it :)

    • @darrenmuse
      @darrenmuse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sorry to hear that man. Keep yo head up!

    • @cameron10138
      @cameron10138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Stay strong 👍🙏

    • @Hollywood2021
      @Hollywood2021 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He had good taste

    • @user-dh1xs4zl2k
      @user-dh1xs4zl2k 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Sorry for your loss

    • @danielmendi77
      @danielmendi77 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Your dad sounded awesome ❤

  • @daviddorger6916
    @daviddorger6916 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    40 years later and the musical arrangement for this song is still a mind blower. Joe was a rare talent

    • @AHMspadina
      @AHMspadina 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes the rhythm is really cool

    • @PatC-pi1jq
      @PatC-pi1jq 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I love Joe here, now, then ❤

    • @BlastinRope
      @BlastinRope 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      my favorite part of youtube is the hyberbolic comments made by poor no nothings

    • @BlastinRope
      @BlastinRope 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      know nothings

    • @NitroSperg
      @NitroSperg 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@BlastinRope Good one, clown

  • @laughing-cat
    @laughing-cat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Still, after all these years, so brilliant, relevant and painful. "There ain't no asylum here. King Solomon he never lived 'round here."

  • @jamesfrancbond4131
    @jamesfrancbond4131 5 ปีที่แล้ว +401

    Joe Strummer really was a legend, a hero, a genius...

    • @blueburro9226
      @blueburro9226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Dare I say... a saint? That's a big affrimative!

    • @aaadeejay
      @aaadeejay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes but I believe Mick Jones was the brains behind the sound of the Clash, he wrote this song too I think.

    • @lucianofigueiredo4877
      @lucianofigueiredo4877 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@blueburro9226 vrdd

    • @vanishing_girl
      @vanishing_girl 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aaadeejay he wrote the music and Joe wrote the lyrics, 95% of Clash songs were done that way.

    • @baliksupper6043
      @baliksupper6043 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And a prefect at his public school.

  • @clairepod1
    @clairepod1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    My Dad Loved this. He used to "play the gasfire" to this. He'd have his arse to the fire in our shitty Leicester terraced house and whack the sides in time to the drums. I miss the early 80's and I miss my Dad. RIP

  • @alimc7443
    @alimc7443 2 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Best Clash song imo. Amazing lyrics, that dubby baseline, fantastic Topper rhythms and Mick getting experimental on guitar. I read once that after recording the lyrics at a studio in New York Joe came out of the subway and suddenly realised they'd just produced something amazing. Which they did. RIP.

  • @carloscuriel80
    @carloscuriel80 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2627

    The clash made 20 million dollars of the MIA sample. MIA and Diplo kept the other 20 million. Yeah that single paper plane song revenued 40 million alone

    • @1w598
      @1w598 5 ปีที่แล้ว +254

      carlos curiel That's actually satisfying to hear.

    • @JayPineurboy
      @JayPineurboy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      1 w that’s so good to hear. Known the clash longer than MIA but I love hem both so much non the less

    • @emlix1
      @emlix1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      "Revenued"? Do you work in a place where things get "actioned"? Sheesh.

    • @EnclaviousFiraga
      @EnclaviousFiraga 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@kekeruus On the internet maybe. But comparing a single language against all of them is like comparing a guy with a pistol against a rocket launcher + the whole US airforce.

    • @tylermoore8370
      @tylermoore8370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      money aint everything man. the clash are still remembered today while MIA isn't even heard of any longer.

  • @charlescolburn3510
    @charlescolburn3510 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4438

    casually acting like i knew mia sampled this all along and not just now in 2019

    • @Kassiienovaa
      @Kassiienovaa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Charles Colburn do you follow plainlightblue too 😂

    • @charlescolburn3510
      @charlescolburn3510 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ? @@Kassiienovaa

    • @Kassiienovaa
      @Kassiienovaa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Charles Colburn on Instagram there’s an account called plainlightblue 10 mins after she posted this you commented this so I thought they were related, just a coincidence then 😂

    • @phatmonkey11
      @phatmonkey11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      love the honesty

    • @yvetteramirez5933
      @yvetteramirez5933 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Bahaha same reason I’m here lol

  • @paulhunter2704
    @paulhunter2704 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    The most complex and haunting song that The Clash ever wrote. An absolute masterpiece from an amazingly talented band. Thank you for leaving such a wonderful legacy.

  • @petrichor649
    @petrichor649 4 ปีที่แล้ว +434

    By far the best group to emerge from the late seventies UK punk scene.
    A depth and musicianship of the highest order. Bless 'em

    • @SuperOhdannyboy
      @SuperOhdannyboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Try the bands XTC or Magazine

    • @petrichor649
      @petrichor649 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@SuperOhdannyboy hey, I love both of them but the Clash are a higher order. Peace

    • @thomasandersen6719
      @thomasandersen6719 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@petrichor649 Try the Jam

    • @timothyduggan2263
      @timothyduggan2263 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Love XTC (I'm a Swindon boy, how could I not) and The Jam, but the Clash are the no. 1 band of that era/scene, hands down.

    • @isobel2323
      @isobel2323 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SuperOhdannyboy Yes :) Magazine were thinking man's punk, I wouldn't be here but for the Correct Use of Soap. And Statue of Liberty on John Peel ... I feel sorry for the young folk.

  • @fuming2094
    @fuming2094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    This is their peak lyrically. It is not may favorite of all time but it is one of their best.

  • @jackduncan4228
    @jackduncan4228 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1089

    I can’t listen to this without becoming quite disturbed. I was backpacking around Southeast Asia and I was in Cambodia for about three weeks. I was directed to a group of Buddhist monks at one time and bought some weed and five acid tabs off them. I remember walking through this town tripping and seeing the grinding poverty, there were so many people begging with missing limbs. It was then that I learned about how Cambodia has perhaps the worlds highest concentration of anti personnel mines. There were women coming up to me begging holding out an empty baby bottle and holding an emaciated baby. It was the worst trip of my life. I felt like dirt. Like some awful poverty voyeur. I gave as much as I could to beggars and the hungry but I could never give enough. It was at this point that I understood why my Dad had become a doctor of tropical medicine.....he wanted to help such poor, unfortunate people. I just happened to be listening to this album on my Walkman at the time. I will never forget the inequity of that land. At the same time that I was seeing limbless beggars I was seeing Cambodians driving expensive SUV’s and Mercedes. There were Golden Buddhas. If I was poor in Cambodia I don’t think I’d beg, I’d get a gun (ten a penny out there) and mug Western holiday makers.

    • @jackduncan4228
      @jackduncan4228 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Kirby Weller very close to the Ek Phnom Pagoda near Battambang. Those monks nearly all smoke weed, it is plentiful in Cambodia. There are monasteries where almost all the monks are concerned with growing cannabis and making hashish. I imagine LSD comes from North Korea or from American military bases in the area. You can even get meth amphetamine in Cambodia. I was in Cambodia in the nineties. People like to get high all over the world, even in poverty stricken places. People are prepared to spend money on something that numbs them to the harsh and brutal conditions. I didn’t approach the monks looking for acid. I was directed to them when I asked someone for weed and the monk had a strip of tabs, so I bought five, they were going cheap.

    • @williamvonschenk2273
      @williamvonschenk2273 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@jackduncan4228 That is a wild and difficult situation. Here is a visual expose as a music video...that almost asks what The Clash would make of 2020
      th-cam.com/video/sBkKAuqAwWU/w-d-xo.html

    • @neiluk1470
      @neiluk1470 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Jack Duncan Ok so drug dealing "buddhist monks" not sure....

    • @hipstershep
      @hipstershep 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Yo, thanks for sharing... and i thought walking into a friday night Mcdonalds whilst tripping was hell on earth

    • @1w598
      @1w598 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Damn...i can't even begin to imagine.

  • @shashsrivas
    @shashsrivas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    Singing ain't just about the voice. It's more about sincerity, emotion and your passion towards music. Joe strummer was a proof of it. Croaky voice but it fit perfectly to the kind of music they made, the ambience around it.

    • @liamwalters5029
      @liamwalters5029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I agree with this 100 percent his voice was never anything special but the emotion/ lyrics made the clash what they were

    • @amirfreeman1557
      @amirfreeman1557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I agree. A lot of people say Ian Curtis of Joy Division has a terrible singing voice and while he does often fail to hit high notes in certain songs the effect his voice had in conjunction with the instruments was something that nobody could ever hope to replicate.

    • @margaretbarr7705
      @margaretbarr7705 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A friend of mine had a clash version of this in tape maybe it was live I was crying the whole way through and I couldn't even make out the lyrics to know what it was all about I just know it moved me with a great sadness.. Years later I asked Mrs Google and then I understood perfectly first from hearing the words and understanding the song but I knew tgere was something more so I asked Mrs Google again and yes tgere are certain chords when put together create a meloncholy withing and all around.... This is a perfect example and your comment made me want to elaborate on what you just said.... You feel it too🙏💔 it still makes me cry but I'm still trying to find that version... Respect 🙏

    • @ZeranZeran
      @ZeranZeran 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The way he sings is so unique, and I love it.
      The only person that comes close to this is Damon Albarn, and he's equally as rare and talented imo. Special souls have special voices.

    • @rdrrr
      @rdrrr 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@amirfreeman1557 Curtis's voice is downright hypnotic on "She's Lost Control". Combined with that nightmare-funk groove, his vocals draw you in like a whirlpool. It's like you're drowning in them.

  • @coltbolt101
    @coltbolt101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    I really do think that this is one of the greatest songs ever written.

    • @ZeranZeran
      @ZeranZeran 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too coltbolt

    • @OLDE_SHYTE
      @OLDE_SHYTE ปีที่แล้ว

      This and Johnny Appleseed.

    • @_fabio1978
      @_fabio1978 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is

    • @Camii_Cam6929
      @Camii_Cam6929 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great song I like MIA's use of the beat is best, which is unusual for me to say because I always like the original better!

    • @damidb747
      @damidb747 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      in popular music it's one of the rare jewels

  • @robertgomez7414
    @robertgomez7414 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1641

    MIA is good
    The Clash are Legends.

    • @jonesongao7047
      @jonesongao7047 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I read that as Clash of the Titans

    • @SanSan-lt3li
      @SanSan-lt3li 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Allison Suleiman lol true

    • @thejustinoshow7908
      @thejustinoshow7908 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Both are legends

    • @laryqe
      @laryqe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Allison Suleiman oh you feel more special, unique and different saying that?

    • @gonk4509
      @gonk4509 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      BobbleGum
      Nope. It’s just the truth.

  • @Wilayaat
    @Wilayaat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    It's 2021. Nearly forty years have passed since I first heard this and it still sounds just as incredible. The only band that matter(ed). RIP Joe.

  • @hg-dm1hm
    @hg-dm1hm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Thank you Joe. The greatest frontman in the world.

  • @blackbird5634
    @blackbird5634 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Tell you what, if you remember playing this side to side on vinyl you had some special times. The album just had no bad songs. If you played it loud, opened the windows, went outside to rake leaves, drink a beer on the porch, well that was a weekend well spent.

  • @philomath67
    @philomath67 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Rediscovered this song last night on the way to work. Used to listen to it a lot as a teen in the 80s. Good memories of that time. So much wonderful music exploded on the scene. Thanks Joe and gang. RIP.

  • @theworldisavampire3346
    @theworldisavampire3346 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I saw the Clash 6 times, including the Famed Bonds Casinos shows. . The thrill of hearing these urgently important tunes live are seared into my brain forever. I remember the Pier in NYC was shaking so much I thought we'd sink it that night ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ RIP MY MAN JOE

  • @bradoozy
    @bradoozy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +528

    This song is actually really sad for me. But I still listen to it because it’s an amazing piece of work

    • @rjjcms1
      @rjjcms1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      It's hard not to feel a bit sad or pessimistic,and introspective upon hearing it.

    • @johntuttle3245
      @johntuttle3245 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ralph Jackson very pessimistic

    • @rachellee404
      @rachellee404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Well. Yeah. It's a sad song.

    • @bonoyass
      @bonoyass 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rachel Lee why is it?

    • @rachellee404
      @rachellee404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@bonoyass because it's... meant to be sad. It's about the "half-breed" children left behind when soldiers go home after war. That's pretty damn sad.

  • @redhotchilifan98
    @redhotchilifan98 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    An incredibly beautiful poetic and sad song the passion joe sang with unbelievable

  • @diananascimentofreire1361
    @diananascimentofreire1361 5 ปีที่แล้ว +348

    The meaning of this song is so sad. Joe Strummer was a genius. Always missed, a great man!

    • @zenbuddah420
      @zenbuddah420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      what is meaning?

    • @jkk4657
      @jkk4657 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@zenbuddah420 crushed dreams, everyone has it bad

    • @matteoviola5760
      @matteoviola5760 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@jkk4657 actually, it is about immigrants

    • @johndee2990
      @johndee2990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      It's not a simple meaning, the beginning is about leaving..
      Home, family, whatever, the Ice and frozen land is the harsh conditions outside of whatever you were used to.
      The analogies of the Vietnam war are both for the Vietnamese and the soldiers, no good feelings on either side.. both feeling like there's no place for them.
      Yet conversely, those who struggled their hardest to come to America still celebrate the achievement and bring their cultural joys with them.. yet for the soldiers coming home.. it no longer feels welcoming..
      Juxtapositions and hard choices, could probably best sum that up

    • @ZeranZeran
      @ZeranZeran 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@zenbuddah420 I think its about a soldier falling in love with a woman in Vietnam, and leaving her alone with a child. Then after he leaves, the child is wondering where is papa san?

  • @richieobrien8501
    @richieobrien8501 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    one of the coolest works of sampling from one of the best bands of all time into a genius pop song 25 years later!

    • @williamvonschenk2273
      @williamvonschenk2273 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can't help but wonder what The Clash might say 4 2020? My guess... th-cam.com/video/sBkKAuqAwWU/w-d-xo.html

  • @FreedomofSpeech865
    @FreedomofSpeech865 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    This entire album is good. Listened to it during my college days (I’m old)

  • @jjjaaannnaaaiiinnnaa
    @jjjaaannnaaaiiinnnaa 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    2024 ❤ clash lovers!

  • @samporter7018
    @samporter7018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    An absolutely beautiful song that was ahead of its time The Clash in general were ahead of their time one of the most talented bands ever created

    • @williamvonschenk2273
      @williamvonschenk2273 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wonder what the Clash would say about 2020? My guess....
      th-cam.com/video/sBkKAuqAwWU/w-d-xo.html

    • @topbanana4013
      @topbanana4013 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      err was not ahead of its time it was about the time and before

    • @green_wire
      @green_wire ปีที่แล้ว

      The Clash was always ahead of its time

    • @TillyOrifice
      @TillyOrifice 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@green_wireThey were never ahead of their time. they were good.

  • @billkirkpatrick9112
    @billkirkpatrick9112 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Reggae influence on the Clash big time in this song... Loved them

  • @carollockhart7756
    @carollockhart7756 6 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Poetry on a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LEVEL than what anyone guessed could come out of the 80's!!!
    Thanks for the music, Y'all !!!!

    • @melissagustkey8641
      @melissagustkey8641 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Holy hell, you haven't listened to much eighties music, have you?

  • @clash4ever
    @clash4ever 3 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    This is one of my top 5 songs by the Clash. Unique, nothing can compare to it.

    • @SombraPiloto
      @SombraPiloto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Top 3 for me with Clampdown and Safe European Home.

    • @billkirkpatrick9112
      @billkirkpatrick9112 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      agree

    • @stephensandin451
      @stephensandin451 ปีที่แล้ว

      My top five
      Somebody Got Murdered
      London Calling
      Straight To Hell
      Spanish Bomb
      Police Of Thieves

    • @user-nv7de6gs7r
      @user-nv7de6gs7r 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      1 London calling
      2 stay free
      3 rudie can't fail
      4 police and thieves
      5 straight to hell
      6 garageland
      7 complete control
      8 stand by me
      9 white man in Hammersmith palais
      10 Charlie can't surf

    • @gabrielecipriani9660
      @gabrielecipriani9660 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      1. Ghetto defendant
      2. Rock the Casbah
      3. Charlie don't surf
      4. London calling
      5. Straight to hell

  • @faithhofeldt2283
    @faithhofeldt2283 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This band deserves much recognition. Still relevant today.

  • @meh8704
    @meh8704 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    This song, every time I hear it, usually at the end of some tv show episode, it makes me almost tear up. I don’t know if it’s the calmness of the music, the cave like echoing in the lyrics, or just, something else, something that I can never put my finger on

    • @therealrobbdee672
      @therealrobbdee672 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Good music w Substance will do that. It pulls at heart strings for unknown reasons. And, draws something from within our inner being!

    • @blueburro9226
      @blueburro9226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good call Robb! But I'll use one word instead: Magical

  • @njper123
    @njper123 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I’ve finally caught up about 13 years better later than never. Paper planes still a bop tho

  • @somena
    @somena 6 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    The Clash Saved My Life Many A Time As A Teenager! God Bless THE CLASH!

  • @chrissirvid5845
    @chrissirvid5845 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Joe, much loved and missed. Timeless stuff from The Clash

  • @diogo6050
    @diogo6050 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    the melody of this song is so intense it feels like it posesses you

  • @gorflunk
    @gorflunk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Fukken masterpiece!

  • @gregorythomas2674
    @gregorythomas2674 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I used to listen to this song in the mid 80s. Always thought it was unique and just something about it that struck me back then. I just rediscover it some 40 years later and appreciate the genius of it all. Amazing song from lyrics to arrangement.

  • @adspur
    @adspur 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I remembered as a child I saw The Clash perform this song on SNL.I live in a rural area so it was the first time I saw The Clash.What a band!!!

  • @eaglebelle4596
    @eaglebelle4596 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    RIP joe strummer he will be playing guitar and singing in our hearts

  • @jasonthedinosaur2101
    @jasonthedinosaur2101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I LOVE THE CLASH SO MUCH!

  • @perrosolar4743
    @perrosolar4743 6 ปีที่แล้ว +396

    Im here cuz i still love The Clash.

    • @diegoguerrero2179
      @diegoguerrero2179 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Anna DaCW Me too

    • @AFloridaSon
      @AFloridaSon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      *Anna DaCW* I have grown tired of people posting the weird reasons they are watching/listening to a YT video. Your reason is perfect. Thank you. _AND_ a Clash fan? Married? (Just kidding.) But extra points for being a Clash fan.

    • @gregnp5472
      @gregnp5472 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same!! Will ALWAYS love The Clash.

    • @dannyhernandez265
      @dannyhernandez265 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Anna DaCW never stop listening to the Clash!

    • @jonathanp7881
      @jonathanp7881 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      benjaminlewis75 you can’t just say those two songs while forgetting London calling, probably one of the top 10 albums of all time

  • @dillongstaff5625
    @dillongstaff5625 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Don't cry because he has gone...smile because he existed.

  • @jackhoff4758
    @jackhoff4758 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I had my first kiss to this song

    • @hominiderectus4276
      @hominiderectus4276 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That would've been the perfect fucking song

    • @williamvonschenk2273
      @williamvonschenk2273 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wonder what The Claah might say about 2020? My guess... th-cam.com/video/sBkKAuqAwWU/w-d-xo.html

    • @baliksupper6043
      @baliksupper6043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Was it hellish?

    • @jackhoff4758
      @jackhoff4758 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@baliksupper6043 very

  • @TheN1H1LL
    @TheN1H1LL 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Just.....flawless.

  • @blurrifaceemsp6498
    @blurrifaceemsp6498 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Got combat rock on cd for my birthday a few years ago. Still one of my favourite albums.

    • @perrosolar4743
      @perrosolar4743 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same :D
      I love Green Day too btw

    • @hansjavis5854
      @hansjavis5854 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I inherited an original pressings of Combat Rock on vinyl and it’s still one of my most cherished possessions.

  • @anthonyholland3026
    @anthonyholland3026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    One of the greatest tunes from one of the greatest tunesters that ever picked up a guitar

    • @staceyseward402
      @staceyseward402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Got that right, pioneer of punk rock

  • @joshlomeli2449
    @joshlomeli2449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Best song I ever blasted LOUD!!!!!!
    it's like I'm feeling up, then feeling down all at once. The Clash rules!

  • @salehali9541
    @salehali9541 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5115

    "I fly like paper, get high like pla..." oh wait...

    • @reality8605
      @reality8605 5 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      @@PowerRangersFanAntiDinoFury "You need to calm down"

    • @wehndygo
      @wehndygo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Yeah, me, too.

    • @karabartley
      @karabartley 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      Okay but there's no way I was the only one confused the first time I heard paper planes 😂😂😂😂😂😂 like yasssssss oh wait

    • @VincentTamer
      @VincentTamer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      @@karabartley I never knew this was what she was sampling

    • @EnclaviousFiraga
      @EnclaviousFiraga 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      You all need too chill the frick out!

  • @ratosphere9448
    @ratosphere9448 5 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    As usual I called MIA a genius when the genius really began here with one of the original rock icons. Thank you Clash.

    • @Galfadez
      @Galfadez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      MIA is also a genius too though x

    • @Mr_Stanley888
      @Mr_Stanley888 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@GalfadezYeah she is an anti-vaxxer...

  • @Lyndanet
    @Lyndanet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I adore this very sad poignant song....

  • @cafinario
    @cafinario 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Remember that by then the Clash were my only friends. The fact that I never met them is a minor issue.

  • @ricardowilsonalvestimoteo
    @ricardowilsonalvestimoteo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    🗣🔊Love, Love, Love
    The Clash🎤🎸!!!!😎🤘

  • @unums
    @unums ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Here because Eliot and Ricky from *Internet Today,* best Duo and Channel on TH-cam.

  • @dalegriffin6768
    @dalegriffin6768 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    My favorite Clash song,it should have been a hit...lol

  • @alymae1318
    @alymae1318 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    “Let me tell you bout your blood bamboo kid, it ain’t Coca Cola, it’s rice.” “Wanna join in the chorus of the Amerasian Blues. When it’s Christmas out in Ho Chi Minh city, kiddy say “Pappa-san, take me home”... please everyone, look up the lyrics to this song. I loved this song because it just sounded good, then I looked up what tf these lyrics mean and holy shit did this song take a dreadful turn, and now it feels me with despair and sadness... so truly sad. This song is truly poetic in every sense of it. One of my favorite and may it forever be.

    • @ciaranosullivan9352
      @ciaranosullivan9352 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One of their best
      My personal favorite is
      White man in Hammersmith palais.

    • @juderichards6588
      @juderichards6588 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ciaran O Sullivan mine to

  • @yadukishore502
    @yadukishore502 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    What a totally different kind of sound. Blew me away ! I started searching for more songs from The Clash after listening to Should I Stay or Should I Go. And when I heard this for the first time, the opening riff got me hooked and I knew immediately that this would be a good one .

    • @redhotchilifan98
      @redhotchilifan98 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The opening rift is haunting hypnotic and beautiful at the same time the way Jones plays the riff and topper headon lays down the drum beat

    • @shirneko
      @shirneko 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Listen to Sandinista LP!!! Total experimentation there!

    • @orangetemp2486
      @orangetemp2486 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *Londons Calling*

    • @domenicgalata1470
      @domenicgalata1470 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Clash is one of the best Rock bands ever. Their sound evolved over a short period of recording and every album is a must have.

    • @DMWBN3
      @DMWBN3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try Bank Robber, my favourite Clash. Also have a listen to Mick Jones band he formed after the clash - big audio dynamite 🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @Daniel-ed6cb
    @Daniel-ed6cb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Cracking tune! One of my favourite clash songs.

  • @schmidtandreas1853
    @schmidtandreas1853 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Immer noch eines der besten Musikstücke überhaupt und immer noch barndaktuell.

  • @dennyshoopman4397
    @dennyshoopman4397 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Absolutely love this song!

  • @jacobdominguez7808
    @jacobdominguez7808 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Perfect song 💯👍

  • @MrHabs66
    @MrHabs66 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I love bands that can make a song with such poignant lyrics that will educate & entertain you & make you think. This one is a prime example of that.

  • @greghallberg4182
    @greghallberg4182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I was flunking out of engineering in 1985 when I first heard this song.

    • @audreyeddinger9238
      @audreyeddinger9238 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not a lot of us from 1985 here but then again, here we are. Cheers!

    • @sydglover4842
      @sydglover4842 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      is that a good or a bad thing because if you hate enginering that would be great news

  • @paisleyprincess7996
    @paisleyprincess7996 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1982...My sister had a mini ghetto blaster, and she used to walk down the streets of our housing project and play Combat Rock...Blasting all through the neighborhood, “PAPA PAPA SAN TAKE ME HOME...STRAIGHT TO HELL!!!”
    Miss being young!

    • @Authentic_og
      @Authentic_og 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Youth is a faze one goes through to get to the best bits....
      Live , laugh, love and be thankful that you get another day on/in this wonderful world.
      ✌🏼n' respect to ya.🇬🇧

  • @benlotus2703
    @benlotus2703 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Sublime

  • @ivanperisa9941
    @ivanperisa9941 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This masterpiece hits me deeeeep...

  • @amalakin4444
    @amalakin4444 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    when music reflected the times and spoke to the real

  • @slickgamesinc.9002
    @slickgamesinc.9002 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i fly like paper get high li- oh

  • @dimestorephilosopher3308
    @dimestorephilosopher3308 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Top 10 songs of all time.

  • @mariayapo2410
    @mariayapo2410 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of the greatest work ever

  • @indiegroundvid
    @indiegroundvid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a track....

  • @jonathanmurphy3141
    @jonathanmurphy3141 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had a 12-inch single of this epic, that came with a card senile for The Clash Logo (used to trace the logo, or perhaps spray paint to a surface -which I never used) My brother had the album, yet at like 15 years, I thought this song was so great,...it still is.

  • @trickyrich1968
    @trickyrich1968 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    the greatest Clash song in my opinion...

    • @DouglasRichardson-er4ky
      @DouglasRichardson-er4ky 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hard to pick one, Spanish Bombs a fav of mine wrote my thesis for BA in history on the Abraham Lincoln Brigade of the Spanish Civil War ... 🙋🏼‍♂️ I'm biased 😉

    • @TheGinfizz66
      @TheGinfizz66 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed.

  • @templetetradactyl5862
    @templetetradactyl5862 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Probably the best punk rock song

  • @KazimirMajorinc
    @KazimirMajorinc 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In the history of rock, very few bands were so talented that they could make many very different masterpieces: Beatles, Pink Floyd, Queen, maybe Stones ... only one such band maintained complete artistic and moral integrity throughout their career. This one.

  • @lefthook9707
    @lefthook9707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Simply, a masterpiece.

  • @sarahshaw3330
    @sarahshaw3330 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One of the best songs to me ♡

  • @thomaslippiatt7107
    @thomaslippiatt7107 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This song this band incredible

  • @PeterTomlinson-km7eq
    @PeterTomlinson-km7eq 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    exceptional musical class with a strong message relevant even more today than ever.

  • @davidstaniford3571
    @davidstaniford3571 ปีที่แล้ว

    The best of 1 of all their amazing, important and inspirational works xxx

  • @chrissirvid5845
    @chrissirvid5845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beautiful music and the lyrics make me feel 😥

  • @nilbogxiii4594
    @nilbogxiii4594 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    dammit joe, ya made me cry again

    • @williamvonschenk2273
      @williamvonschenk2273 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wonder what such bands might have said about 2020... th-cam.com/video/sBkKAuqAwWU/w-d-xo.html&feature=share

  • @gardengrovemind3745
    @gardengrovemind3745 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Always brings me to a more relative state. Thank. The Clash.

  • @stephanlarsen8169
    @stephanlarsen8169 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yeah this my favorite clash dirge

  • @dannyhernandez265
    @dannyhernandez265 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Legendary intro!

  • @neo7i
    @neo7i 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Amazing song ✌👍

  • @arcsta_rr
    @arcsta_rr ปีที่แล้ว

    The drums in here are absolute funky. Horn too! 🖤

  • @matthewbown1072
    @matthewbown1072 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Brilliant forever

  •  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of my favorite childhood songs and Band!

  • @rwarrenbu
    @rwarrenbu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The power of music!

  • @yourconscience507
    @yourconscience507 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Never heard this before but the Paper Planes sample was obvious from the jump. Love it.

  • @renzoandrepintolatorre6532
    @renzoandrepintolatorre6532 6 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    The Clash , una de mis bandas favoritas

  • @ImGonnaLiveByMyRules
    @ImGonnaLiveByMyRules 6 ปีที่แล้ว +960

    MIA paper planes, i thought it was an original masterpiece, Ive been lied to this whole time

    • @This-Aint-No-Disco
      @This-Aint-No-Disco 5 ปีที่แล้ว +237

      Shit is definitely still a masterpiece!!! Masterpieces birth others...

    • @markgreen2170
      @markgreen2170 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@This-Aint-No-Disco Honestly, I find the MIA song quite sucky! However, I do find the juxtaposing of the gunfire with the cash register interesting. Sampling and mixing are her forte ...lyrics and singing, not so much.

    • @This-Aint-No-Disco
      @This-Aint-No-Disco 5 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      @@markgreen2170 , Ohhh no man!!! There's no opinion allowed for that song... If you dislike it then you just have no style, I'm sorry 😂😂😂

    • @kellysims5732
      @kellysims5732 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      But you found the thruth and the clash!

    • @Rudis_Garage
      @Rudis_Garage 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      All today just copy songs. Creative bands are done...

  • @Daniel-ed6cb
    @Daniel-ed6cb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Best song from the clash great memories 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @Lyndanet
    @Lyndanet 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Punk Rock 💯

  • @green_wire
    @green_wire ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is so good, it hurts!