Saturday, November 24, 2018

I Gotta Come Clean


The Clash : 1-2 Crush On You


On November 24, 1978 The Clash released the "Tommy Gun" b/w "1-2 Crush On You" single, which would peak at U.K.#19. Topper Headon's ra-ta-tat drums sound just like a tommy gun while Joe Strummer snarls "Waiting in the airport 'till kingdom come/ An' we can watch you make it /On the nine o'clock news /Standing there in Palestine lighting the fuse"  Carl Barat of The Libertines called "Tommy Gun",  with its references to terrorist organizations like Baader-Menhof and The Red Brigade "a punk rock adaptation of the Beatles' 'Revolution'".  

Just as interesting is the B side, arguably the first Clash love song.




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