{"id":20644,"date":"2013-12-05T23:06:19","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T04:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=20644"},"modified":"2013-12-05T23:06:19","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T04:06:19","slug":"the-clash-in-one-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/the-clash-in-one-song\/","title":{"rendered":"The Clash. In One Song!"},"content":{"rendered":"

So it occurred to me the other day that if aliens were to beam down from Mars and ask “Hey what do the Clash sound like?” and I could play them just one song … it would be “Safe European Home.”\u00a0I know, I know Give ’em Enough Rope<\/em> is a bit muddled production-wise, but this song has almost every Clash touchstone: the classic Mick Jones single-note guitar, the typical Clash Break … the reggae bit at the end, and Joe’s classic singing. When he hits the “They got the weed, they got the taxis” the song achieves “lift off” in my opinion — in a way few Clash songs do.<\/p>\n

I’m up for a Battle Royale here. (My guess is this is well-trod ground.) Look it may not be the “best” song in their cannon … but truly emblematic in my humble opinion. What’s better?<\/p>\n