 Genius Meanings
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The Clash – Remote Control
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[Verse 1] / Who needs remote control / From the Civic Hall? / Push a button / Activate / You gotta work / You're late / [Verse 2] / It's so grey in London town / Panda car crawlin
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The Clash – Complete Control
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This classic, seething punk single was released on the US version of The Clash’s debut album and takes aim at the band’s label, CBS records, as well as meddling punk managers of
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The Clash – Complete Control (single version)
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They said release 'Remote Control' / But we didn't want it on the label / They said, "Fly to Amsterdam" / The people laughed, but the press went mad / Ohh, oh, ohh, someone's
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The Clash – I’m So Bored with the U.S.A.
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“I’m So Bored With the U.S.A” is the third song on the Clash’s debut album (known only as The Clash, 1977). On the US version of the album (released two years later in 1979) it is
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The Clash – London's Burning
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Taking its name from the nursery rhyme of the same title, “London’s Burning” is yet another explosive track off of The Clash’s eponymous debut album. With Joe Strummer leading the
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The Clash – Where You Gonna Go (Soweto) [Vanilla Studios Demo Version]
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Never officially released to the public in anything but its demo version, “Where You Gonna Go (Soweto)” was recorded at Vanilla Studios. Though the idea of it being on their iconic
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The Clash – Death or Glory (Vanilla Studios Demo Version)
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[Intro] / Hey / [Verse 1] / Now every cheap hood strikes a bargain with the world / And ends up makin' payments on a sofa or a girl / "Love" and "hate" tattooed across the knuckles
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The Clash – Working and Waiting (Vanilla Studios Demo Version)
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Chumbawamba – Fade Away (I Don't Want To)
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Some set their hearts on a rocking chair / The better to sleep out the days / But I'm looking for a reason to kick and scream / I don't want to fade away / We think that the power
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Frank Ocean – Chanel
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“Chanel” was the first solo track by Frank Ocean released after of his projects Endless & Blonde in August 2016.
Ocean premiered the track during the second episode of his Apple
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The Clash – I'm Not Down (Vanilla Studios Demo Version)
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“I’m Not Down,” a new wave, punk rock release from The Clash, was always gloomy. Detailing Mick Jones’s many difficult times throughout his life, most notably the assault mentioned
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The Clash – Koka Kola, Advertising & Cocaine (Vanilla Studios Demo Version)
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The demo to their 1979 hit “Koka Kola,” “Koka Kola, Advertising & Cocaine” was recorded at Vanilla Studios. The song was released alongside numerous other demos on the twenty-fifth
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The Clash – Cheat
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[Verse 1] / I get violent when I'm fucked up / I get silent when I'm drugged up / Want excitement, don't get none, I go wild / I don't know what can be done about it / If you play
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The Clash – Police & Thieves
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“Police and Thieves” was the Clash’s first exploration of genres outside of punk. Originally a reggae song by Junior Murvin, the song has a very loose feel and has heavy emphasis
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The Clash – (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
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[Intro] / 1,2, a'1, 2,3,4 / [Verse 1] / Ooh / Midnight to six, man / For the first time from Jamaica / Dillinger and a'Leroy Smart / Delroy Wilson, your cool operator / [Verse 2
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The Clash – Janie Jones
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[Chorus] / He's in love with the rock 'n' roll world / He's in love with getting stoned, whoa / He's in love with Janie Jones' world / He don't like his borin' job, no / He's in
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The Clash – Deny
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[Chorus] / Deny, you're such a liar / Wouldn't know the truth if it hit you in the eye / Deny, you're such a liar / Sellin' your no-no all the time / [Verse 1] / And you said we
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The Clash – Protex Blue
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[Verse 1] / Standin' in the bog of a West End bar / Guy on the right leanin' over too far / Money in my pocket gonna put it in the slot / Open up the pack, see what type I got / [
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The Vibrators – Stiff Little Fingers
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Hangs a naked light over your face shines electric ness upon your bed / If it wasn't for your stiff little fingers nobody would know you were dead / You never really did much
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The Clash – Hate & War
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[Intro] / Hate and war / The only things we got today / [Verse 1] / And if I close my eyes / It will not go away / You have to deal with it / It is the currency / [Break] / Hate
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The Clash – What's My Name
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Off of The Clash’s debut album of the same name, “What’s My Name” is one of the most explosive tracks on the LP. With a brief but powerful chorus, The Clash commands the listener
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The Clash – 48 Hours
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[Verse 1] / Friday or Saturday, what does that mean? / Short space of time and needs a heavy scene / Monday is comin' like a jail on wheels / [Chorus] / Forty-eight hours needs
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