Clampdown - Musik
Clampdown by The Clash
The Clash
Künstlerbiographie The Clash
The Clash Gegründet 1976 In London Gilt Als Eine Der Musikalisch Einflussreichsten Punk-Bands Der Ersten Generation. Sie Waren Musikalisch Vielgestaltiger Als Andere Bands Dieses Genres Und Verarbeiteten Einflüsse Aus Reggae Folk Und Dub. The Clash Gründeten Sich Im Juni 1976 In Der Ersten Welle Der Britischen Punk-Bewegung. Paul Simonon London SS Und Mick Jones London SS Wurden Am 31. Mai Von Ihrem Manager Bernie Rhodes Mit Joe Strummer Der Zu Dieser Zeit Mit The 101'ers Lokal Erfolgreich War Bekannt Gemacht. Keith Levene Der Anfangs Den 2. Gitarristen Geben Sollte Verabschiedete Sich Bald Nach Der Eigentlichen Gründung Zu Public Image Ltd. Einer Post Punk-Band. Einen Drummer Fand Man Mit Terry Chimes. Das Erste Konzert Der Clash Fand Am 4. Juli 1976 Als Vorgruppe Der Sex Pistols Statt. Im Februar 1977 Unterschrieben Sie Einen Majorvertrag Mit CBS Records Und Kurz Darauf Erschien Die Erste Single White Riot Sowie Das Album The Clash Die Zu Verkaufserfolgen Wurden. Der Vertrag Mit CBS Stellte Sich Später Als Großer Fehler Heraus Da Er Sie Zur Ablieferung Von Acht Alben Verpflichtete Die Mitglieder Von The Clash Gaben Später Zu Dass Es Leichtsinnig Gewesen War Ihn Zu Unterschreiben. Auch Vereinbarten The Clash Mit Ihrem Label Doppel- Oder Dreifach-LPs Für Ihr Meist Jugendliches Und Daher Wenig Zahlungskräftiges Publikum Zu Einem Verhältnismäßig Günstigen Verkaufspreis Auf Den Markt Zu Bringen. Die Mindereinnahmen Wurden Von Der Band Getragen So Dass Diese An Einigen Ihrer Platten Nicht Viel Geld Verdiente Sondern Anfangs - Trotz Guter Verkaufszahlen - Bei Ihrer Plattenfirma Sogar Schulden Hatte. Kritiker Meinten Später Dieser Vertrag Hätte Sich Negativ Auf Die Entwicklung Ihrer Musik Ausgewirkt. Kurz Nach Ihrem Debütalbum Das Nach Der Band Benannt Wurde Verabschiedete Sich Terry Chimes Und Wurde Durch Topper Headon Ersetzt. Nach Einer Festivaltour Quer Durch Europa 1985 Rief Strummer Die Band Zusammen Und Beschloss Mit Ihnen Die Band Aufzulösen. Gegen Ende Der 90er Jahre Kamen Noch Einige Male Gerüchte Über Eine Wiedervereinigung Der Ursprünglichen Bandformation Auf. Durch Den Tod Joe Strummers Ende 2002 Ist Dies Aber Nicht Mehr Möglich. Einflüsse Die Band Hatte Einen Großen Einfluss Auf Das Weitere Musikgeschehen. Sie Beeinflusste Den Später Entstehenden Britpop Besonders Durch Die Kombination Von Griffigen Hooklines Und Aggressivem Auftreten. Besonders Die Manic Street Preachers Berufen Sich Auf Die Band Aber Auch Andere Alternative-Größen Wie The Levellers U2 The Cure Oder R.E.M.. Auch Der Experimentelle Sound Manu Chaos Wurde Von Ihnen Beeinflusst. Eine Der Erfolgreichsten Deutschen Punkbands Die Toten Hosen Bezeichnen Sich Selbst Als Absolute Clash-Fans. The Clash Wurden In Den Darauf Folgenden Jahren Von Diversen Bands Gecovert - Z.B. Coverten 1994 Die Celtic-Punk-Rocker English Civil War - Oder Direkt Beeinflusst Aktuelle Beispiele Sind The Libertines Oder Hard-Fi Was Ihren Einfluss Auf Die Musikkultur Der Post-Punkära Und Alles Was Danach Folgte Nochmals Untermauerte.
Frogtoon Musik - Song-Info: Clampdown
The-Clash - London Calling
"Clampdown" Is A Single And A Song By The Clash From Their Album London Calling. The Song Began As An Instrumental Track Called "Working And Waiting". It Is Sometimes Called "Working For The Clampdown" Which Is The Main Lyric Of The Song And Also The Title Provided On The Album's Lyric Sheet. Its Lyrics Comment On People Who Forsake The Idealism Of Youth And Urges Young People To Fight The Status Quo. Writing And Recording "Clampdown" Was Written By Joe Strummer And Mick Jones. The Song's Lyrics Written By Joe Strummer Refers To The Failures Of Capitalist Society. The Wearing Of The "blue And Brown" Refers To The Color Of The Uniforms That Are Mostly Worn By Workers. This Idea Goes Along With Lyrics That Refer To "young Believers" Who Are Brought And Bought Into The Capital System By Those "working For The Clampdown" Who Will "teach With Twisted Speech." Strummer Wrote The Men In The Factory Are Old And Cunning You Don't Owe Nothing So Boy Get Running! It's The Best Years Of Your Life They Want To Steal! You Grow Up And You Calm Down And You're Working For The Clampdown. You Start Wearing The Blue And Brown And You're Working For The Clampdown. So You Got Someone To Boss Around. It Makes You Feel Big Now... These Lyrics Are Seen To Refer To How One Gets Caught By The Capital Economic System And Its Ethos Of Work Debt Power Position And Conformist Lifestyle. Strummer Who Was A Proud And Loud Socialist Also Uses The Song's Closing Refrain To Highlight This Mindset And Potential Trap And Offers A Warning Not To Give Oneself Over To "the Clampdown". He Does This By Repeating As The Song Fades Out The Word "work" Five Times And "more Work" Twice. This Reaffirms The Idea That Strummer Saw "the Clampdown" As A Threat To All Who Get Caught Up In The Modern Economic Wage-Hour System. Bass Player And Clash Co-Founder Paul Simonon In An Interview With The LA Times Spoke About The Opportunities Available To Him After He Finished His Education “ What Was Worse Was That When It Got Time For Us To Start Leaving School They Took Us Out On Trips To Give Us An Idea Of What Jobs Were Available. But They Didn't Try To Introduce Us To Anything Exciting Or Meaningful. They Took Us To The Power Station And The Navy Yards. It Was Like Saying 'This Is All You Guys Could Ever Do.' Some Of The Kids Fell For It. When We Got Taken Down To The Navy Yards We Went On A Ship And Got Cooked Up Dinner And It Was All Chips And Beans. It Was Really Great. So Some Of The Kids Joined Up - Because The Food Was Better Than They Ate At Home.” —Paul Simonon Strummer Like Simonon Spent Time On The Dole But Strummer Did Not Come From A Lower-Class Family. In The Same Interview With The LA Times Strummer Said “ You See I'm Not Like Paul Or The Others I Had A Chance To Be A 'good Normal Person' With A Nice Car And A House In The Suburbs - The Golden Apple Or Whatever You Call It. But I Saw Through It. I Saw It Was An Empty Life.” —Joe Strummer Strummer's Father Was A Diplomat In The British Field Service And Joe Was Sent Away To Boarding School Where He Detested "the Thick Rich People’s Thick Rich Kids". Strummer Said “ I Only Saw My Father Once A Year After Being Sent To Boarding School He Was A Real Disciplinarian Who Was Always Giving Me Speeches About How He Had Pulled Himself Up By The Sweat Of His Brow A Real Guts And Determination Man. What He Was Really Saying To Me Was 'If You Play By The Rules You Can End Up Like Me'. And I Saw Right Away I Didn't Want To End Up Like Him. Once I Got Out On My Own I Realized I Was Right. I Saw How The Rules Worked And I Didn't Like Them. ” —Joe Strummer Later Verses Suggest An Alternative In Revolution A Theme Common Throughout Joe Strummer's Songwriting. This Point Of View Also Points To The Lyric "You Start Wearing The Blue And Brown" As Supporting Their Cause. The Barely Audible Lyrics At The Beginning Of The Song Were Deciphered By Clash Fan Ade Marks And First Published In Q Magazine's Clash Special The Kingdom Is Ransacked The Jewels All Taken Back And The Chopper Descends They're Hidden In The Back With A Message On A Half-Baked Tape With The Spool Going Round Saying I'm Back Here In This Place And I Could Cry And There's Smoke You Could Click On What Are We Going To Do Now? Cover Versions "Clampdown" Was Later Covered By Rage Against The Machine At Their First Live Show In 1991 As Well As Their More Recent Show In Antwerp Belgium On 2 June 2008. It Was Also Was Covered By Indigo Girls And Can Be Heard On Rarities 2005 As Well As The Clash Tribute Album Burning London The Clash Tribute 1999 . The Song Was Also Covered By The Strokes At Their Oxegen And T In The Park Appearances In July 2004 Poster Children On Their 2004 Release On The Offensive And James Dean Bradfield Of The Manic Street Preachers On His Solo Tour In October 2006. Another Band That Covered This Song Was Hot Water Music On Their B Sides And Rarities Compilation Album Called "Till The Wheels Fall Off". The Song Was Also Covered By The National On The Album "A Tribute To The Clash " And By Inward Eye Which They Released Through A Video On Their YouTube Channel. Released 14 December 1979
Format 7" Single
Recorded August-September 1979 November 1979 At Wessex Studios
Genre Punk Rock
Length 3 50
Label CBS ES 486
Writer S Joe Strummer And Mick Jones
Producer Guy Stevens
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The Clash Gegründet 1976 In London Gilt Als Eine Der Musikalisch Einflussreichsten Punk-Bands Der Ersten Generation. Sie Waren Musikalisch Vielgestaltiger Als Andere Bands Dieses Genres Und Verarbeiteten Einflüsse Aus Reggae Folk Und Dub. The Clash Gründeten Sich Im Juni 1976 In Der Ersten Welle Der Britischen Punk-Bewegung. Paul Simonon London SS Und Mick Jones London SS Wurden Am 31. Mai Von Ihrem Manager Bernie Rhodes Mit Joe Strummer Der Zu Dieser Zeit Mit The 101'ers Lokal Erfolgreich War Bekannt Gemacht. Keith Levene Der Anfangs Den 2. Gitarristen Geben Sollte Verabschiedete Sich Bald Nach Der Eigentlichen Gründung Zu Public Image Ltd. Einer Post Punk-Band. Einen Drummer Fand Man Mit Terry Chimes. Das Erste Konzert Der Clash Fand Am 4. Juli 1976 Als Vorgruppe Der Sex Pistols Statt. Im Februar 1977 Unterschrieben Sie Einen Majorvertrag Mit CBS Records Und Kurz Darauf Erschien Die Erste Single White Riot Sowie Das Album The Clash Die Zu Verkaufserfolgen Wurden. Der Vertrag Mit CBS Stellte Sich Später Als Großer Fehler Heraus Da Er Sie Zur Ablieferung Von Acht Alben Verpflichtete Die Mitglieder Von The Clash Gaben Später Zu Dass Es Leichtsinnig Gewesen War Ihn Zu Unterschreiben. Auch Vereinbarten The Clash Mit Ihrem Label Doppel- Oder Dreifach-LPs Für Ihr Meist Jugendliches Und Daher Wenig Zahlungskräftiges Publikum Zu Einem Verhältnismäßig Günstigen Verkaufspreis Auf Den Markt Zu Bringen. Die Mindereinnahmen Wurden Von Der Band Getragen So Dass Diese An Einigen Ihrer Platten Nicht Viel Geld Verdiente Sondern Anfangs - Trotz Guter Verkaufszahlen - Bei Ihrer Plattenfirma Sogar Schulden Hatte. Kritiker Meinten Später Dieser Vertrag Hätte Sich Negativ Auf Die Entwicklung Ihrer Musik Ausgewirkt. Kurz Nach Ihrem Debütalbum Das Nach Der Band Benannt Wurde Verabschiedete Sich Terry Chimes Und Wurde Durch Topper Headon Ersetzt. Nach Einer Festivaltour Quer Durch Europa 1985 Rief Strummer Die Band Zusammen Und Beschloss Mit Ihnen Die Band Aufzulösen. Gegen Ende Der 90er Jahre Kamen Noch Einige Male Gerüchte Über Eine Wiedervereinigung Der Ursprünglichen Bandformation Auf. Durch Den Tod Joe Strummers Ende 2002 Ist Dies Aber Nicht Mehr Möglich. Einflüsse Die Band Hatte Einen Großen Einfluss Auf Das Weitere Musikgeschehen. Sie Beeinflusste Den Später Entstehenden Britpop Besonders Durch Die Kombination Von Griffigen Hooklines Und Aggressivem Auftreten. Besonders Die Manic Street Preachers Berufen Sich Auf Die Band Aber Auch Andere Alternative-Größen Wie The Levellers U2 The Cure Oder R.E.M.. Auch Der Experimentelle Sound Manu Chaos Wurde Von Ihnen Beeinflusst. Eine Der Erfolgreichsten Deutschen Punkbands Die Toten Hosen Bezeichnen Sich Selbst Als Absolute Clash-Fans. The Clash Wurden In Den Darauf Folgenden Jahren Von Diversen Bands Gecovert - Z.B. Coverten 1994 Die Celtic-Punk-Rocker English Civil War - Oder Direkt Beeinflusst Aktuelle Beispiele Sind The Libertines Oder Hard-Fi Was Ihren Einfluss Auf Die Musikkultur Der Post-Punkära Und Alles Was Danach Folgte Nochmals Untermauerte.
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"Clampdown" is a single and a song by The Clash from their album London Calling. The song began as an instrumental track called "Working and Waiting". It is sometimes called "Working for the Clampdown" which is the main lyric of the song, and also the title provided on the album's lyric sheet. Its lyrics comment on people who forsake the idealism of youth and urges young people to fight the status quo.
Writing and recording
"Clampdown" was written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones.
The song's lyrics, written by Joe Strummer, refers to the failures of capitalist society. The wearing of the "blue and brown" refers to the color of the uniforms that are mostly worn by workers. This idea goes along with lyrics that refer to "young believers" who are brought and bought into the capital system by those "working for the clampdown" who will "teach with twisted speech." Strummer wrote,
The men in the factory are old and cunning
You don't owe nothing, so boy get running!
It's the best years of your life they want to steal!
You grow up and you calm down and you're working for the clampdown.
You start wearing the blue and brown and you're working for the clampdown.
So you got someone to boss around. It makes you feel big now...
These lyrics are seen to refer to how one gets caught by the capital economic system and its ethos of work, debt, power, position and conformist lifestyle. Strummer, who was a proud and loud socialist, also uses the song's closing refrain to highlight this mindset and potential trap and offers a warning not to give oneself over to "the clampdown". He does this by repeating as the song fades out the word "work" five times and "more work" twice. This reaffirms the idea that Strummer saw "the clampdown" as a threat to all who get caught up in the modern economic wage-hour system. Bass player and Clash co-founder Paul Simonon, in an interview with the LA Times, spoke about the opportunities available to him after he finished his education,
“ What was worse was that when it got time for us to start leaving school, they took us out on trips to give us an idea of what jobs were available. But they didn't try to introduce us to anything exciting or meaningful. They took us to the power station and the Navy yards. It was like saying, 'This is all you guys could ever do.' Some of the kids fell for it. When we got taken down to the Navy yards, we went on a ship and got cooked up dinner and it was all chips and beans. It was really great. So some of the kids joined up - because the food was better than they ate at home.”
—Paul Simonon ,
Strummer, like Simonon, spent time on the dole, but Strummer did not come from a lower-class family. In the same interview with the LA Times Strummer said,
“ You see, I'm not like Paul or the others, I had a chance to be a 'good, normal person' with a nice car and a house in the suburbs - the golden apple or whatever you call it. But I saw through it. I saw it was an empty life.”
—Joe Strummer ,
Strummer's father was a diplomat in the British Field Service, and Joe was sent away to boarding school where he detested "the thick rich people’s thick rich kids". Strummer said,
“ I only saw my father once a year (after being sent to boarding school,) he was a real disciplinarian, who was always giving me speeches about how he had pulled himself up by the sweat of his brow: a real guts and determination man. What he was really saying to me was, 'If you play by the rules, you can end up like me'. And I saw right away I didn't want to end up like him. Once I got out on my own, I realized I was right. I saw how the rules worked and I didn't like them. ”
—Joe Strummer ,
Later verses suggest an alternative in revolution, a theme common throughout Joe Strummer's songwriting. This point of view also points to the lyric "You start wearing the blue and brown" as supporting their cause. The barely audible lyrics at the beginning of the song were deciphered by Clash fan Ade Marks, and first published in Q magazine's Clash special:
The kingdom is ransacked, the jewels all taken back
And the chopper descends
They're hidden in the back, with a message on a half-baked tape
With the spool going round, saying I'm back here in this place
And I could cry
And there's smoke you could click on
What are we going to do now?
Cover versions
"Clampdown" was later covered by Rage Against the Machine at their first live show in 1991, as well as their more recent show in Antwerp, Belgium on 2 June 2008. It was also was covered by Indigo Girls and can be heard on Rarities (2005) as well as the Clash tribute album Burning London: The Clash Tribute (1999). The song was also covered by The Strokes (at their Oxegen and T in the Park appearances in July 2004), Poster Children on their 2004 release, On the Offensive, and James Dean Bradfield (of the Manic Street Preachers) on his solo tour in October 2006. Another band that covered this song was Hot Water Music, on their B sides and rarities compilation album called "Till the Wheels Fall Off". The song was also covered by The National on the album "A Tribute to The Clash," and by Inward Eye, which they released through a video on their YouTube channel.
Released 14 December 1979
Format 7" single
Recorded August-September 1979, November 1979 at Wessex Studios
Genre Punk rock
Length 3:50
Label CBS ES 486
Writer(s) Joe Strummer and Mick Jones
Producer Guy Stevens Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.