White Riot
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Portfolio
Name: The Clash
Origin: London
Years:
1976 -1986
Labels: CBS
Genres: British Punk, Punk Rock, New wave (tried Reggae, Dub, Rap etc.)
Member: Principal
Joe Strummer (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) -> 1976 - 1986
Mick
Jones (lead guitar, vocals) -> 1976 - 1983
Paul
Simonon (bass guitar, vocals) -> 1976 - 1986
Nicky
Topper Headon (drums, Percussion) -> 1977 - 1982
Others:
Terry
Chimes - > 1976, 1977, 1982 - 1983
Keith
Levene -> 1976
Rob
Harper -> 1976 – 1977
Pete
Howard -> 1983 – 1986
Nick
Sheppard -> 1983 – 1986
Vince
White -> 1983 – 1986
Website: http://www.theclash.com/
Albums:
1977
The Clash [UK]
1978
Give ‘em Enough Rope
1979
The Clash [US]
1979
London Calling
1980
Sandinista!
1982
Combat Rock
1985
Cut the Crap
Career:
In 1976, Joe
Strummer left his band called ‘the 101’ ers’, and then joined the London SS.
This can be seen as the starting point of The Clash. Members of this band were
Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Terry Chines. Later they change
their name to The Clash. They set band Sex Pistols as their role model and
covered their songs. They signed the contract with CBS in 1977. In the same
year, they released their self-titled album ‘The Clash’.
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| The horrible news |
In 1977, the Punk Rock tried to make a
music riot: they want to destroy the power of the queen; they want to destroy
unfair social system and they want to destroy the original Rock music.
At 1970s, an increasing unemployment rate
finally caused some serious strikes around London. In 1976, at Notting Hill
broke out the most awful ethnic conflicts between Negro teenagers and
policemen. Members of The Clash had seen the tough situation, the blood from
the Negro teenagers. They created this song ‘White Riot ‘in order to show their
position of supporting those Negros to revolt the inequality.
Lyrics:
White riot, I wanna riot
White riot, a riot of my own
White riot, I wanna riot
White riot, a riot of my own
Black man gotta lot a problems à Black man were
suffering the unfair treatment
But they don’t mind throwing a brick
White people go
to school à while those white
people talked slickly but
Where they teach you how to be thick
An’ everybody’s
doing à people
kept on the rails and was
Just what they’re told to
An’ nobody wants
To go to jail
White riot, I wanna riot
White riot, a riot of my own
White riot, I wanna riot
White riot, a riot of my own
All the power’s in the hands à all the powers were played by the rich and
Of people rich enough to buy it commoners were too afraid to say no,
While we talk the street
Too chicken to even try it
Everybody’s doing à people kept on the rails and was
Just what they’re told to
Nobody wants
To go to jail
White riot, I wanna riot
White riot, a riot of my own
White riot, I wanna riot
White riot, a riot of my own
Are you
takin’ over à people were taken over by the
government
Or are you takin’ orders?
Are you goin’ backwards à no matter going backwards or going
forwards,
Or are you goin’ forwards? we just need to break!
White riot, I wanna riot
White riot, a riot of my own
White riot, I wanna riot
White riot, a riot of my own
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| I want White Riot |
As far as I’m concerned, it is not a very
nice song. Especially before I saw the lyrics, I only heard some sounds like ‘WA
WA RA! WA WA RA!’ However, after I read the background information, then I
started to understand the meaning and their spirits. It is a kind of last –
ditch struggle. They want break out a riot, starting from the music industry.
They want to get rid of the constraint and they want to change. This song makes
some of the British blood boil.
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