….London Calling…..the album !!!

Ill have to go with the obvious choice – “London Calling”. Although “Tommy Gun” is pretty underrated.

London Calling!!!!

for me, its “London Calling”, or “Train in Vain.” The whole London Calling album is good!

see, if you asked someone to name the best nirvana song, the temptation to name “smells like teen spirit” would come up because that was such a definitive and subversive pop anthem, but at the same time it’s too obvious and not as typically underground as one thinks of that band. same with the clash. london calling is too obvious a choice, but it’s too obvious because it’s so clearly a perfect clash song. so this is a convoluted answer, but i agree that london calling is the one to choose.

Anything, really. I’m definitely partial to tracks from London Calling. My top 5 Clash Songs are:

5. Hateful
4. Spanish Bombs
3. Julie’s Been Working On The Drug Squad
2. Death or Glory
1. White Man In Hammersmith Palais

GREATEST SONG FROM CLASH, NON-PUNK DIVISION—TRAIN IN VAIN

PUNK DIVISION–POLICE ON MY BACK (ALTHOUGH I THINK IT’S A COVER OF AN OLD REGGAE SONG)

THOSE ARE JUST MY FAVORITES. GRAB LONDON CALLING, SANDINISTA!, AND COMBAT ROCK FOR A GREAT LESSON FROM A GREAT BAND. GET THE CLASH SINGLES FOR A GOOD PRIMER. (GREATEST “GUILTY PLEASURE” CLASH SONG—”THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN” MIXES PUNK, DISCO, RAP, AND FUNK BEFORE ANYONE DID)

How about these:

5. This Is Radio Clash
4. Spanish Bombs
3. Should I Stay Or Should I Go
2. I Fought The Law
1. London Calling

…lost in the supermarket…

anything off of London Calling is fantastic…and “White Riot” is a great track too

The Magnificent Seven

Washington Bullets

London Calling. It smashed through the strict rock ceiling of those days blowing it all to f*cking pieces! It added dimension to a genre that had become stagnated.

Safe European Home. Can’t believe there is a debate.

White Man in Hammersmith Palais, without a doubt.

‘Complete Control’…without a shadow of a doubt.

London Calling

Tough one there!
1. Janie Jones
2. White Man in Hammersmith Palais
3. The entire London Calling album

“Rudie Can’t Fail”

White Man.Best song ever.
The Clash is the best album ever.
GEER is the best 2nd album ever.
LONDON CALLING needs no words from me it speaks for itself.
SANDINISTA is a fucking classic.The crooked beat,something about ENGLAND,Broadway i could go on but i wont….
Combat Rock I REALLY have a love/hate thing with this album,SISOSIG RTC STH are classic song`s that i hate to hear on the radio….
Anyway Clash are, were and always will be the ONLY BAND THAT MATTER`S

death or glory

no, wait…

train in vain

no, wait again….

clampdown…

t hat just ain’t fair! that’s like asking which of your children are your favorite. BASTARDS! this is a trick question! all the clash songs are the greatest. that’s why they will never go out of style.

Train in Vain

5. I Fought the Law
4. Police on My Back
3. London Calling
2. Complete Control
1. White Man in Hammersmith Palais

London Calling.
The Album.

First I have to say, to me, The Clash is the greatest band EVER! I was lucky enough to see them 5 times, and 2 Strummer/Mescaleros shows. To pick one, almost impossible, I can get it to 3,
The Guns of Brixton, Somebody Got Murdered, and Straight to Hell

too hard. They are all amazing. Off hand, I’ll go with, um . . .
Bankrobber.

wrong ‘em boyo

or charlie don’t surf

Either The Magnificent Seven or The Guns of Brixton.

police and thieves
white man in hammersmith palais
garageland
safe european home
tommy gun
groovy times
gates of the west
revolution rock
train in vain
clampdown
wrong ‘em boyo
death or glory
card cheat
jimmy jazz
london calling
rudie cant fail
charlie dont surf
lose this skin
magnificent seven
police on my back
lightning strikes
every little bit hurts
armagideon time
straight to hell
car jamming
should I stay?
This is England
and on and on and on and on

train in vain
clampdown
loat in the supermarket
rock the casbah
(white man) in hammersmith palais

“Stay Free”

The Call Up or The Guns of Brixton. I like their reggae songs.

Going with the gut, “The Guns of Brixton”

card cheat, what a great story.

i have to agree with ‘guns of brixton’. to me, it’s their most powerful and affecting song ever.

White man in Hammersmith palace…hands down, not even close. The rest of you need to review your Clash records (CD’s). I’ll wait………….OK, you’re back. I’m sure you all see it my way now. “Train in Vain” ? I think what you’re looking for in a the GREATEST Clash song is a song that is actually representative of the band, not their version of “Miss You” (their disco tune)

not necessarily in order, but:
• Clash City Rockers
• I’m So Bored With the U.S.A.
• Remote Control
• Complete Control
• White Riot
• (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
• London’s Burning
• I Fought the Law
• Janie Jones
• Career Opportunities
• Hate & War
• Police & Thieves
• London Calling
• Brand New Cadillac
• Jimmy Jazz
• Hateful
• Rudie Can’t Fail
• Spanish Bombs
• The Right Profile
• Lost in the Supermarket
• Clampdown
• The Guns of Brixton
• Wrong ‘Em Boyo
• Death or Glory
• Koka Kola
• The Card Cheat
• Lover’s Rock
• Four Horsemen
• I’m Not Down
• Revolution Rock
• Train in Vain
• Know Your Rights
• Car Jamming
• Should I Stay or Should I Go
• Rock the Casbah
• Red Angel Dragnet
• Straight to Hell
• Overpowered by Funk
• Ghetto Defendant
• Inoculated City

Train in Vain

Pretty obviously London Calling… but here are the five runner-ups:

White Man In Hammersmith Palais
Complete Control
Train In Vain
Should I Stay Or Should I Go
Rock The Casbah

Come on! “Death or Glory”! It’s no contest!

whiteman in hammersmith palis

“i’m not down”

my anthem for my life

straigth to hell and lost in a supermarket, and why not include mescaleros stuff , coma girl etc…pretty damn good too..

Impossible to choose just one. Here are some favorites of mine:
Spanish Bombs
London Calling
Train in Vain
Lost in the Supermarket
Hatefull
Complete Control
White Riot
Rock the casbah
Rudie Can’t Fail

Charlie Don’t Surf

I love Complete Control, but then there’s London Calling, Straight to Hell, White Man in Hammersmith Palais, Should I Stay Or Should I Go, etc., etc., you get the point.

“Groovy Times”

We all know Charlie Don’t Surf kicks arse…..

Death or Glory, The Right Profile, Police on my Back, Clampdown, Complete Control, Brand New Cadillac, Career Opportunites…

i’m going with Death or Glory

(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais.

1. janie jones 2. guns of brixton

White man in Hammersmith palace
death or glory

Death or Glory, and Train In Vain

‘Fighting In The Dancehall’ by Goldblade

this modern British group easily picks up the Clash mantle.

you should check ‘em out…
http://www.goldblade.com

Bankrobber
London Calling
The guns of Brixton
Rock the Casbah
I fought the law

greetings from Poland!

no matter the order:
What’s My Name
Stay Free
The Guns Of Brixton
Rudie Can’t Fail
The Magnificent Seven
Ghetto Defendant

Greetings from Poland

Janie Jones, Hate&War, Train in Vain,

Ring, Ring!

Hello.

I need to speak with Rolling Stone!

Who is this?

Uh,…..London.

London who?

None of your business!!

Honey, pick up the phone…it’s London Calling!!!!!

too many to just choose one…but i love…

hateful
rudie can’t fail
stay free
broadway
straight to hell

Guns of Brixton – best beat and basline ever… Spanish Bombs – excellent melody, and funny lyrics

“This Is Radio Clash”
“Complete Control”
“London Calling”

Inoculated City, Best Album is Sandinista though.

LONDON CALLING
SAFE EUROPEAN HOME
ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
HATEFUL
RUDIE CAN’T FAIL
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN [LIVE]
WRONG ‘EM BOYO
TRAIN IN VAIN
POLICE ON MY BACK

“Rock The Casbah”
“Should I Stay Or Go To Hell”

Ghetto Defendant
“slam dance cosmopolis!”

Want a left fielder… I might have to go with “The Card Cheat” Doesn’t get much more rocking than that

soo many great songs everyone has their favourites they vote for, here are mine.

Guns of Brixton – politics, a driving beat, bitter call for action

Rudy can’t fail

I’ve really tried to like the Clash over the years, I got the singles as a gift at one point and tried for a year or so to get into it as the Clash are supposed to be soo good, but although it wasn’t awful, it wasn’t much either in my honest opinion, But I see them as another in the “most overrated artists”, they are the Bruce Springsteen of punk rock. Horribly overrated.

But that said, they do have one great song that all the Clash fans hate–”Train in Vain” is an absolute gem. A beatly, catchy pop song that far outshines “Clash City Rockers”, “London Calling” and anything else Joe Strummer sung….

Tough but…

Red Angel Dragnet

White Man In Hammersmith Palais

I respect other peoples opinions, but I’d prefer it if those who don’t care much for the Clash would try to restrain themselves from knocking them on this page. This is for Clash lovers, not haters. They aren’t overrated (and neither is Springsteen).

London Calling is not only my favorite CLASH song…but my FAVORITE song EVER!!! I decided that a few weeks ago. I never get tired of hearing it. There are many other great songs, but nothing comes close to London Calling for me.

th question is way too hard…………I could spend the rest of my life trying to pick one over the other.
Too many great songs..no matter what I could come up with..two minutes later,I will change my mind.
Why dont we have bands as good as the Clash anymore?

Clash City Rockers

I FOUGHT THE LAW
LONDON CALLING
ROCK THE CASBAH
WHITE RIOT
SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO

Clampdown. No contest.

objectively, london calling or white man in hammersmith palais.

but, personally, the leader.

the clash dominate: Safe European Home, Complete control, Stay Free, Rudie Can’t Fail, Lost in the Supermarket, Somebody got Murdered, White man in Hammersmith Palais, Garageland, career opportunities.

THIS IS RADIO CLASH.

Any Clash song when nobody sings, nobody plays guitar, and nobody plays any other. The Clash are the most overrated band of all time. Punk is dead kiddies

Janie Jones

Train In Vain

Sam, this is sunday, Go back to your church or Iraq where are your friends…in few words : STRAIGHT TO HELL !!!

Workin for the Clampdown.

lick my love pump

Clampdown,Death or Glory, I’m Not Down, Know Your Rights, I’m So Bored with the USA, Rock the Casbah,Magnificent 7, Whats my Name, Safe European Home,Spainish Bombs, the Card Cheat

How could I have possibly left White Man in Hammersmith Palais off my list. “If Adolf Hitler flew in today, we’d send a limousine anyway” makes me think of a Conneticut-Texan who likes to play cowboy and wear flight uniforms

Charlie Don’t Surf
But We Think He SHOULD !!!

An almost impossible question to answer, but here goes a list of my top five:

1. London Calling: From the opening pound of the drums, the stacatto guitar and the flourish of Joe’s opening lines, this is great in the first 20 seconds.

2. White Man in Hammersmith Palais- Maybe the best lyrics of any Clash song, and the reference to Hitler in the last verse, all rage and painful truth, never gets old or cliche.

3. Clampdown- Another London Calling song. Great opening by Mick, killer guitars and what other band could throw in a line like “Who’s barmy now?” at the end of a song and make it sound both bizarre and dead on?

4. Straight to Hell (Live version on From Here to Eternity)- Like the best of Bob Dylan, this one makes time stop. Joe never sounded more weary or pained.

5. White Riot- Less than two minutes long, with barely a word discernable, yet somehow it makes sense, kind of. Is it about a race riot? Blind rage? I know someone understands it, but tell you the truth, I don’t need to know. It’s a song about attitude, and that makes more sense than any translation could.

Ten best of the rest:

Tommy Gun
Gates of the West
London’s Burning
Armegeddon Time
Career Opportunites
Safe European Home
Guns of Brixton
Should I Stay or Should I Go
The Right Profile
I Fought the Law (Yeah, it’s another cover, and it’s the definitive version)

Armagideon Time!!!

Ah The Clash. I was 20 when Give ‘em enough Rope came out. I already had their debut which “at the time” couldn’t quite grasp it’s greatness. Too rough. As the needle dropped onto Safe European Home I thought “Whoaah”…and as Topper’s pulverising drumming finishes it off I thought “DoubleWhoaah”. The rest of the album was just merely great by comparison.
The whole of the London Calling album was their second best track & one of the best albums ever made.

White Man in Hammersmith Palais, by far. They knew what punk was going to become before it even became that…”Hah, you think it’s funny turning rebellion into money?”

its to hard to say there all so good

Bankrobber!

Best lyrics Joe ever wrote:

“Daddy was a bankrobber
But he never hurt nobody
He just loved to live that way
And he loved to steal your money”

“Some is rich
Some is poor
That’s the way the world is
But I don’t believe in lying back
Saying how bad my luck is”

GUNS
OF
BRIXTON

.

You guys are all wrong! The best song is “The Call Up”.

I HAVE TO SAY THIS MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE TOPIC ON THIS WEBSITE EVER. THERE REALLY IS NO WAY TO PICK A FAVORITE WITH THESE GUYS, AS I TRIED EARLIER.

BY THE WAY CHECK OUT U2′S NEW VIDEO “WINDOW IN THE SKIES” FOR A COUPLE OF QUICK, GREAT SHOTS OF OLD CLASH FOOTAGE.

http://www.youtube .com/watch?v=VskbxuehP3I

Complete Control

Straight to Hell from the live album From Here To Eternity

Clash City Rockers, hands down.

spainish bombs

Damnit, perhaps “Koka Kola”

As its been mentioned above… love their harder punk hits but nothing compares to their punk funk flavor like This is Radio Clash, Magnificent Seven, Call Up, and why not throw in Rock the Casbah

I know that my life make you nervous
But I tell you that I can’t live in service
Like the doctor who was born for a purpose

Rudy can’t fail

Without a doubt: Hateful. Great tune, strong lyrics. Smart assesment of smack addiction and it’s implications. But most of all, it just rocks. The only band that matters indeed….

OO!
there are so many!
humm…
1977
complete control
clampdown
Charlie Don’t Surf
and more,,,,,,

Here’s a few gems people have overlooked -

“Broadway” from Sandinista
“The Prisoner” from Black Market Clash
“Pressure Drop”, also from Black Market Clash
“Corner Soul” from Sandinista

Unquestionably the best band in history!

I’ve got agree with whoever said it earlier: the Clash song that most gives me goosebumps and “stop time” is the live version of “Straight to Hell” off of From Here to Eternity, but it’s not necessarily their “best” song. Too many good choices, in too many different styles. Ah…

Stay Free. The album version doesn’t do justice to the live version.

my favorite song is groovytimes followed by 1977

Definitely “Train in Vain” (the live version from “Here to Eternity”)

Lost in the Supermarket?

Spanish Bombs?

Death or Glory?

Police and Thieves?

Clampdown?

Aaaa aagh!!!!

Just not “Guns of Brixton.” Sorry.

I’m looking at my post from last night and I’m almost sick I forgot the following:

Rudy Can’t Fail
Hateful
Complete Control
Death or Glory
Train in Vain (Live version on FHTE)
Police on My Back
Maginficent Seven (Live version)
Lightning Strikes (Live from Clash on Broadway
Jail Guitar Doors
City of the Dead
Groovy Times

Ah, fergit it. This is an exercise in futility. We could be here all night talking this one through. It’s great to know these songs are out there, though

Did anyone mention Garageland?

card cheat!

yea definately train in vain

Death Or Glory

“police on my back” or “guns of brixton”

train in vain and rock the casbar

“And if you can find a Afghan rebel
That the Moscow bullets missed
Ask him what he thinks of voting Communist
Ask the Dalai Lama in the hills of Tibet,
How many monks did the Chinese get?
In a war-torn swamp stop any mercenary,
and check the British bullets in his armory
Que?
Sandinista!”

jonny863

My Favorites

1. Guns of Brixton
2. Safe European Home
3. Should I Stay or Should I Go
4. White Man in Hammersmith Palais
5. White Riot
6. Death or Glory
7. I Fought The Law
8. Janie Jones
9. Police On My Back
10. Rudie Can’t Fail

Many More Great Songs From One Of The Best. I could list just about every song from “London Calling”.

This band just gets better with time…In order, my personal favorites…

London Calling
Train in Vain
Clampdown
Should I Stay or Should I Go
White Riot
Rock the Casbah
Know Your Rights
Somebody Got Murdered
I Fought the Law
White Man in Hammersmith Palais
Know Your Rights

This is a real exercise in futility, but either way…

Spanish Bombs
Atom Tan (did anyone even mention it?!)
Train In Vain
and yes…Guns Of Brixton

Career Opportunities

1) London Calling
2) Train in Vain
3) Armagiddeon Time
4) Clampdown
5) Tommy Gun

Whiteman in Hammersmith Palais for me.

I had the pleasure of meeting Joe Strummer and even having a beer with him a few months before he died. I’ll treasure that brief encounter for the rest of my life.

A true gent and greatly missed.

Brand New Cadillac. If you can stand still to this you are dead.

Brand New Cadillac
Spanish Bombs
Tommy Gun
Last Gang in Town
Police on my Back

I never ‘got’ the huge fuss made over The Clash – but I’ll listen to “London Calling” if it comes on the radio.

Wrong em Boyo
Rudy Can’t Fail
Police on My Back
Train in Vain

Lost in the Super Market

lock the cashbox…….jk

“This Is Radio Clash”
is great, but so is
“Safe European Home”
(try playin’ this one all
you three chord wonders…)
also “1977″ just rocks!

the clash is gay……and so am i

B#stard question.
So many highlights:

London’s Burning
White Riot (UK LP version)
I’m So Bored With The USA
1977
Protex Blue
Hate & War
Garageland
Complete Control
Clash City Rockers
(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
The Prisoner
Safe European Home
All The Young Punks
Stay Free
Pressure Drop
I Fought The Law
Gates Of The West
Capital Radio
Justice Tonight/Kick It Over London Calling
Train In Vain
Spanish Bombs
Rudie Can’t Fail
The Guns Of Brixton
Jimmy Jazz
Clampdown
Revolution Rock
Bankrobber
The Magnificent Seven
Something About England
One More Time
If Music Could Talk
Up In Heaven
Broadway
Sean Flynn
Straight To Hell
Walk Evil Talk
Death Is A Star
Mustapha Dance

#1: I’m So Bored With The USA

London Calling is the best album, and Spanish Bombs is the best song they’ve written. Just my opinion.

The one that consistently sits on my iPOD is “Police On My Back”.

“Clampdown” and “Janie Jones” rank right up there as well.

A better (and truer) punk band there will never be.

Revolution Rock!!!!
Are you listening monsters????

“London Calling” because Tom Morello likes it!!!!!!!

My favourite used to be the ever popular “London Calling”, but when I finally found Super Black Market Clash for sale, I gave it a listen, and now my absolute, never-changing favourite has to be “Gates of the West”.

London Calling
Train in Vain
Tommy Gun
Police on my Back
and so many more!

London Calling
Train in Vain
Tommy Gun
Police on my Back
and so many others!
I love the clash

BRAND NEW CADILLAC! HANDS DOWN!

LONDON CALLING > SLICED BREAD

Outrageous. Not a single Clash song in the candidate list for “Best song ever” on http://www.rankopedia.com

London Calling. Ill never get tired of listening to it.

London Calling is their best. Period.

But BRAND NEW CADILLAC is the shit!!!

Changes all the time. I recently listened to “White Man in the Hammersmith Palais” on repeat for eight hours straight at work. My current faves “The Call Up”-take that for a surge in troops for Iraq, George. And of course “Junco Partner”. Can’t stop listening to Sandinista lately.

sooo many to choose from but one that never lets me down is
“White Man in Hammersmith Palais” without a doubt

Christ there’s too many

White Riot
Stright To Hell
Tommy Gun
London Calling
Know Your Rights
White Man In Hammersmith Palais
Bankrobber
This Is Radio Clash
Should I Stay or Should I Go

White Man in Hammersmith Palais. The best song they ever wrote.

It would be obvious to go with London Calling of White Man, however, i’m going with Know Your Rights, the relevant lyrics, the tension within the music (It was Micks last album with the others), and the fact that everytime i hear it elsewhere it sends shivers down my spine in my opinion, elevates it above everthing else on Combat Rock, Sandinista and ‘Enough Rope, bar maybe straight to hell. However, it would be wrong to deny London Calling it’s rightful position as one of the Greatest sets of songs in Rock History.

P.S, Why come on a ‘Favourite Song Survey’ just to slag the band off, a bit sad innit? Shit like My Chemical Romance is about 2500 miles across the altantic if you want to be a stupid fuck and have no respect for the greatest muslical testiment since John Paul George and Ringo thought “tourings getting pretty boring, I Know, let’s go and make Revolver.”

“1977″ and that’s that.

London Calling Without Question

I’d go for a slightly les well-known and acknowledged one- Rock the Casbah, great rhythm, good riffs, great lyrics, epitomised the punk movement.

My favorite changes everytime I listen to them xD
I couldn’t really chose.

London Calling is a popular choise, it’s up there~

My personal favourite is Straight To Hell…How about This Is England….I know it’s off of Cut The Crap but it’s still a great tune…but London Calling never fails.

I know they’re all off London Calling, but I have to say in no particular order:

Spanish Bombs
Guns of Brixton
Lost in the Supermarket
Clampdown

the clash is my favorite band of all time and it upsets me so that joe is gone. but to me the greatest clash song is: Ghettto Defendant. Mostly because of the reggae vibe it has and the lyrics speak a powerful message.

The Sound of Sinners
Police on my Back
Janie Jones
Safe European Home
English Civil War
Career Opportunities

ROCK THE CASBAH

White Man In Hammersmith Palais was Joe’s favourite so that’s good enough for me! I clearly remember cycling home with a copy of the single clutched in my sweaty young hand and seeing them play this song live soon after. London was a violent and scary town in 1978 for 16 year old – very tribal!

TRAIN IN VAIN

Complete Control (Live FHTE)
Straight to Hell (Live FHTE)
Somebody Got Murdered (Live Bond Bootleg)

Not in any order but:

Rock the Casbah
London Calling
Know your Rights

The Clash rule!!!