cherish44
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Wed Dec-22-10 12:12 AM
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RIP Joe Strummer 1952-2002 |
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Gone 8 years ago today :( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F10tP5HIpaAThe Redemption Song
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Wed Dec-22-10 01:52 AM
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1. Good lord, I miss Joe Strummer |
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Didn't realize that it had been eight year since his death.
Got to interview him a couple of times--once in 1997, when he was still clawing his way out of the wilderness, and once in 2000 or so, when the Mescaleros were going full-bore--and it was awesome.
BTW, if you're a Clash fan in general, the current lineup of Gorillaz includes both Mick Jones and Paul Simonon.
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Wed Dec-22-10 03:37 AM
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2. Poem........Tribute to Joe Strummer by Dave Lordan |
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Never saw The Clash, to my eternal regret, but did get to see Joe and The Mescaleros in 2000 in Chicago. Thanks for being an inspiration Joe.You will NEVER be forgotten.
Tribute To Joe Strummer
Your words were boots Joe, boots in Lewisham When black and white and yellow riot put down the Nazi scum, And in Trafalgar Square in ninety-one When the fury of our rainbow class put Thatcher on the run Your words were firing like a gun Joe, firing like a gun.
I heard your booming words echo Through the streets of Prague- when we shut the World Bank down And you were roaring vengeance in Genoa when we had to fight through gas and bullets just to hold our ground And when the many-headed future met in Florence Everyone knew your name Joe Your songs were all around.-
And when the threw me in a cell Joe I sang straight to hell Joe And when they stood me up in court Joe I hummed the Brixton guns Joe
Oh Joe! when you got up to sing It was a fist in a copper's face It was a pitchfork in a landlord's neck It was a bullet in a contra's gut It was an arrow in the eye of a general It was a kick in the balls for the rich. It was everything good Joe It was everything good
And when us Zombies and us Rastas and us Punks and Workers win You will be singing in our blood Joe You will be dancing like speed in our veins
Dave Lordan
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Wed Dec-22-10 04:29 AM
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Edited on Wed Dec-22-10 04:30 AM by denbot
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