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By Pages:   1    2    3    4    Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about London Calling (page 2/ 4) ------ performed by The Clash Nuclear ERROR | Reviewer: Steve | 12/10/07 The Three Mile Island Nuclear accident took place on March 28th, 1979...this is what Joe Strummer was referring to in the song...if he were still alive he would confirm that fact. R.I.P Joe Basically... | Reviewer: Jonny Vaughan | 11/28/07 As far as I know, th words 'London Calling' are taken from radio broadcasts made during WW2 to the world and the rest of the UK. I reckon it's nuclear 'era' because it makes slightly more sense than nuclear error in that context. And to anyone believing that they are superior and wish that everybody else didn't know about this song... I can sort of see where you're coming from but there's no need to be such a dirty great bollocks about it. It does annoy me when people say they're a huge Clash fan when that's the only song they know, which does happen... On the other hand, London Calling is the song that got me into the Clash in the first place, it got my attention. Now I've got the discography and love pretty much everything on there. Don't be a dick. brave new world | Reviewer: Anonymous | 11/18/07 this is probably the best punk tune ever written. absolutely quintessential really. i had to put in a couple of cents worth after reading the first page of comments. this song is about mass mind control and manipulation of the masses by a single authority. the title lyric/chorus "london calling" is a metaphor for the power of the throne of England and it's propaganda having an overwhelming influence of the entire planet. what the queen says goes...just about everywhere...whether you're aware of it or not. and the powerful would prefer you to not be aware. the chorus as a whole is basically saying that power likes to tell the people to be afraid, be very afraid... it is also pointing out the fact that throughout history, up until the present day, power and authority have used what has become known as the hegellian dialectic of problem-reaction-solution or thesis-antithesis-synthesis to manipulate the masses to "move" in desired directions as a "culture"... ie, government sponsored terrorism upon it's own citizenry, false flag military ops, poisoning of wells, molding a school system...that sort of thing... hitler burning the reichstag and then blaming it on his enemies and thereby sparking WW2 is a good example.....there are too many to count really. it's interesting that at the time of the writing of this song that the hysteria over global warming was still 15 years in the future yet at that time "london" was "calling" the world and saying that an ice age was coming...just as loudly as al gore is today complaining about the _other_end_ of the thermometer... btw, i vote democrat...when i do. the lyric "i live by the river" is a reference to the "the city of london" proper where all the buildings are named after egyptian gods...where tavistock institute is. google that. please. i could go on but i'm bored...and pretty sure that you are too. The Real London Calling | Reviewer: meeeka | 11/8/07 At an interview with The Clash , they said the song was about how much better England was than any other place at the time. It has nothing to do with the counter culture..or pop music. Although the Clash were oposed to that bubble gum fluff. One of the Most Influential Songs of All Time | Reviewer: Joe | 10/27/07 This song was the Smells Like Teen Spirit of punk rock. This song got this genre to extreme popularity. It's lyrical content speaks to an even greater volume. It literally describes how Britan felt during the Cold War. They were stuck in the middle of it. The Phony Beatlemania part probably means something about commercialization, and early punk rockers were against that. Newsflash: The Beatles were pop-rock. The nuclear era/error (It's a commonly misinterperted lyric, though I lean towards era) means something about the cold war. was lucky! | Reviewer: Anonymous | 10/1/07 well,this has nothing to do with showing off...I had the pleasure of meeting mick jones back in the bays,still have his vinyl(with big audio dynamite) on my wall,most influencial band in my life...really,pardon my english,but i'm a pole,so...clash legend live on! London Calling! | Reviewer: Louise | 9/27/07 IT IS NUCLEAR ERROR! not era! God's sake! I love The Clash! They are my favourite band in the world! I know 100% it's error! It's even on the lyrics sheet you get with the London Calling 25th Anniversary edition! xoxoxoxo phony beatlemania | Reviewer: Emi | 9/8/07 Note that the song doesn't mention anything about The Beatles, just "phony Beatlemania." Beatlemania was having The Beatles' faces on EVERYTHING and fans screaming and fainting wherever they went. The Beatles themselves got so sick of Beatlemania, they stopped touring (and their music got better). I like both The Beatles and this song... And I can't stand a lot of punk, so that says a lot. Outstanding | Reviewer: Miss Nicole | 8/30/07 Absolutely fabulous. PS- Beatles were pop. Clash classified as punk..... Punk and pop dont play well together, you all know that~!!!!!!! Kid Rock-Eminem-Blink 182 all slag boy bands.... Face it kids Beatles were a boy band. Don't judge other fans, o'rite? | Reviewer: SOG | 8/13/07 NICE JUDGMENTAL RUN-ON!! 'I love this song, but hate that others get to hear it, because they can pretend that they know The Clash like **I** do. I mean, I KNOW that I know more than you do about my good buddies, The Clash, because I've heard the songs that **I** think define The Clash. So, obviously I don't like the fact that you get to hear them, at all.' That's a reference to one of the posts above. Ridiculous. I love The Clash, too, and it doesn't take away from anyone else's like/love/appreciation for or of them. Take any fan, not knowing all of these other "THEM" fans that one can generalizing about, just to feel better about oneself as being an imaginary "better fan" than other people one has never met, assuming one is sane: then what should one care if the world hears this band that one loves (The Clash) and thankfully, those other people also have the opportunity to enjoy and possibly love this band, as well, even if the said unknown mystery fanbase that one has never met are not as big aficionados as one believes one is- why would one begrudge the others the enjoyment of the songs they HAVE been lucky enough to have heard? Solution: if one thinks that way, it would be because one would have to be a Music Snob, or one who believes that one's own taste is superior to that of all others, regardless of the facts, or the subjectivity of "taste," and also one who is more concerned with believing that one knows better than other fans, regardless of all else. Just dig what you dig, do not wish what you love to be withheld from others! Otherwise, seems like some of us are more concerned with our own standing as a Superfan who knows more than others, as opposed to one's own appreciation of what he really likes. Sorry, I just like what I like, and I don't need some kid telling me that they don't like the fact that other people like what they like. In other words, as the Brits say: piss off! Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages:   1    2    3    4