London's Burning
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Artist: The Clash
First Release: The Clash (CBS Records, 8/4/1977)
Length: 2:13
Vocals: Joe Strummer, Mick Jones
Themes:
Additional Information:
- written by Joe Strummer during the initial rehearsals June-August 1976
- Joe Strummer: "Some songs, like 'London's Burning', were more or less all me." [1]
- Joe Strummer: "One night I went home to our squat at Orsett Terrace and I just sat down and wrote it." [2]
- Joe Strummer: "Mick wrote the first line, black and white, turn it on, face the new religion." [3]
- performed at the band's very first public London gig in August 1976 [4]
- a mono live recording of this song was released as the B-side to the Remote Control single.
- a live recording of this song is included on the albums Rude Boy Soundtrack and Live: From Here to Eternity
References:
- ↑ "UNCUT" magazine (2/2003),p.44
- ↑ "UNCUT" magazine (2/2003),p.46
- ↑ [1] "Search And Destroy" fanzine (San Francisco, autumn 1977)
- ↑ Screen On The Green, London (29/8/1976)
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