THE CLASH - POLICE ON MY BACK (HD)
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13 жыл бұрынRECORDED LIVE AT SUN PLAZA HALL, TOKIO JANUARY 2, 1982
@MarcoTerrile 7 ай бұрын
My first born learned the days of the week with this song
@angelpup4767 5 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@scottsandquist5381 5 ай бұрын
That's awesome. If I were your child I'd be honored to have been taught the Clash System. Seriously.
@josmith6306 3 жыл бұрын
Nothing compares to a great live performance. Pure energy. Awesome song. Rock on. Roll away. The music world desperately needs another Clash.
@95thFoot 12 жыл бұрын
I love the Clash, but I must admit, musically Topper's the glue that holds it all together. he's a drum-hammering navvy!
@skipbosco7467 4 жыл бұрын
it's not them without him
@robotboy719 3 жыл бұрын
Really helped define the Clash sound(s). I don't think too many punk drummers could have handled all the world grooves that the Clash got into.
@lejlatiric7037 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed, Topper headon is amazing!
@JMcLeodKC711 3 жыл бұрын
Metronome
@scottfraser3200 3 жыл бұрын
Nah it's Jones - vocals, lead, rhythm, arrangements, jumps and skips. He would fill the sound if Joe stopped playing to just sing or interact with the crowd. I saw them 5 times and it's Jones's guitar you hear, Joe's guitar was a buzzsaw filler to make that big sound.
@juicyi3ig 8 жыл бұрын
So Good... Anyone else start their day off with this?
@brianjones6613 3 жыл бұрын
I start my morning afternoon evening night morning afternoon evening night.....with the greatest rock and roll band that theres ever been........wish I'd seen them in concert 🎸🎸🎸🎸
@Juliana-ge5rt 3 жыл бұрын
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@ruka__14k51 3 ай бұрын
Yo!!!
@CIOMBEI 11 жыл бұрын
I love this song. God bless the Clash.
@landlinesandpercolators8822 5 жыл бұрын
What a great drummer -- to not rush the tempo when you have the other three guys going nuts....
@BabyBoomerChannel 2 жыл бұрын
Very insightful - so true. Mick and Strummer wanted to take off sprinting - and the drummer pulls them into alignment - and so the melody can be appreciated without turning into a mess.
@scottcasey825 Жыл бұрын
I love the very simple driving force of the drums, so much energy, yet, as BabyBoomerChannel said, (to paraphrase) He keeps the train on the track wile still driving it forward.
@katmandew2152 Жыл бұрын
U must be a player 4 sure.
@katmandew2152 Жыл бұрын
@@BabyBoomerChannel Blondie dreaming original live is close.
@decimated550 Жыл бұрын
@@scottcasey825 can't believe it,skiny little topper headon the drummer was the drug addcit of the group, having done lots of heroin. how he was able to maintain the energy and stamina required to the the clash drummer is amazing
@ILikechipsandham97 6 жыл бұрын
Joe looks so happy, they'd hit their peak here.
@godsgifttotheinternet4538 5 жыл бұрын
This is by far the best song to listen to when your driving your motorcycle through a hotel or shopping mall.
@decimated550 Жыл бұрын
joe strummer look at him so happy he gets to bang away on his guitar and take a break from vocals, he is in total bliss!
@TheRealColinGrigson 12 жыл бұрын
all these years and I never realised Mick sang it......
@FCUK- 5 жыл бұрын
Haha same 🤦🏽♀️
@bartlett454 4 жыл бұрын
The greatest band ever. 'Nuff said.
@king77703 2 жыл бұрын
Not heard of Jedward have ya?
@219Dave 12 жыл бұрын
This is an awesome version. Thanks for uploading.
@PeterWesleyBastone 10 жыл бұрын
Great Clip!
@stefanosabattini8702 4 жыл бұрын
The Clash in a wonderful punk hit... love it. Mick awsome
@GaryT1952 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant performance...incredible rhythm section...Paul and Topper holding the whole thing together
@mitchmatthews6713 3 ай бұрын
Totally rock and roll! Just like Bill Haley & the Comets circa 1955, The Beatles at The Cavern 1962, and this! The energy is the sum of the players!
@jaxetric 6 жыл бұрын
Saw them a few months before this show, in Cascais, Portugal, 1981. Opening with Pearl & Explosions :) .
@IsisMusic 12 жыл бұрын
Great videos of the Clash, TheNorbertchen. Thank u
@PeterWesleyBastone 11 жыл бұрын
TY
@tobiasforsner 12 жыл бұрын
fantastic! it feels like I have to start jumping around!
@sacredfire8023 Жыл бұрын
Great live performance!
@Keplerleds 12 жыл бұрын
The Clash, a band is really amazing!!
@user-oc6ed7cr6i 6 жыл бұрын
どこか懐かしい香りがする...ジョー...ポール...ミック...the clash!!
@ronaldmueller5147 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome Song and Rockband. My favorite song
@denisepearson4134 4 жыл бұрын
I fucking love Mick Jones
@samueleghione8878 4 жыл бұрын
I love the clash
@BenCulture 10 жыл бұрын
I love that they played everything faster in concert. This song is tough because Mick hardly gets any time to breathe. There has to be vocal support from the others on the "Monday, Tuesday ..." section, because he's just sang the verse and has had no chance to take a breath. It would not surprise me if the Clash took stimulants (amphetamines, cocaine, etc.) before their shows, because their material is exhausting to play! Skinny little Topper Headon is a fucking POWERHOUSE drummer! Using "uppers" to put on a better show is a tradition that dates back to the Beatles in their pre-fame Hamburg era. I'm not recommending it -- better not to be in a band at all, than to get hooked on cocaine! Or heroin, as poor Topper found out. Anyway, the Clash still rule! Joe Strummer was a visionary, but I am definitely a Mick Jones man. Mick was the fine craftsman that brought a touch of beauty to their hard-edged music.
@jpplanas6075 9 жыл бұрын
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@LeGrandeOrange 8 жыл бұрын
+Ben Culture Mick Jones was the man - the McCartney to Strummer's Lennon
@gymnastix 8 жыл бұрын
+LeGrandeOrange Well put, LeGrande. And it WAS necessary for someone to reign in Joe Strummer's Marxist rants just as was necessary for Paul McCartney to offer those pop hooks and "silly love songs" as a balance to John Lennon's bent toward self-imporant "message" songs. But even Lennon at his most self-indulgent wouldn't make one leave the room the way a purely Joe Strummer Clash song did. Some of us liked our "phony Beatlemania," you see. And for die-hards of early Beatles music, we never heard that "London Calling" about the Fab Four having "bitten the dust." My political philosophy has certainly evolved since I first heard (on records in 1977) The Clash, then first heard and saw the band live in February of '79. I was never specially political anyway. And to me the best punk was Blondie, The Ramones, and The Undertones; The Jam if I was feeling a bit more cerebral. What I liked most about punk rock was the pure sonic rush, plus its restoration of short-and-sweet pop tunes (thank you, Ramones) after a decade of overly long and self-flagellating guitar solos, and manufactured disco. But I may still appreciate The Clash on a purely musical level, at least for their first three albums and early 45s, plus what little good material (maybe two songs, and one of them's a cover) from "Sandinista!" and "Combat Rock" (exactly two songs). I don't even count "Cut the Crap"as the real Clash, without Mick Jones and "Topper" Headon.
@SM-4359 4 жыл бұрын
Zeppeling didn't need it ,many others didn't need t
@fixa71 12 жыл бұрын
It' s amazing video ...
@katmandew2152 Жыл бұрын
Great ...... Thanks. Some real stuff here 4 sure.
@aClockworkSeven 11 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@lacennapassidean943 3 жыл бұрын
Such a great cover from The Clash 👌
@jimkay2728 3 жыл бұрын
Shout out to The Equals!
@Bach_shinichiro 12 жыл бұрын
これは、嬉しいです
@losthighwayish 11 жыл бұрын
Man, Joe looks blissed out. That is some pure grade rock n roll coursing through his veins
@blackmetalerik962 Жыл бұрын
post-punk
@Lunatic4Bizcas 2 жыл бұрын
That driving bass ........¡ Good God !
@guillermoflores6145 5 жыл бұрын
Badass drummer
@JuanPigni84 Жыл бұрын
Una máquina los 4!!!
@tonyessemusikconnections6293 11 жыл бұрын
fantasticiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
@user-im9zw9dm5y 3 жыл бұрын
Respect from nara japan.
@jaytv777 13 жыл бұрын
on fire with topper....great stuff!
@michaelhandala 8 жыл бұрын
the only band that will ever matter
@adventuremadpunk4427 7 жыл бұрын
14 people are cops.
@ddust102 4 жыл бұрын
20
@robotboy719 3 жыл бұрын
@@ddust102 22 now. They're keeping tabs on us.
@VONCEIL1 Жыл бұрын
I've seen alot of great drummers.... ln my day...Topper was one of the very best
@jimmygray4072 3 жыл бұрын
Wish i had a Time machine! Clash Crew forever
@ashiswaycool 12 жыл бұрын
@hotelboutiquecasafoch8372 Жыл бұрын
Best drummer ever
@bigearedmouse17 11 жыл бұрын
JOE LOVED DOING THIS...
@musicglenn 3 жыл бұрын
found out this was written by Eddy Grant, the guy who had a hit with “electric Avenue” in the 80s. He wrote it in the late 60s when he was part of the group the equals, and they had a minor hit with it.
@barquillodepapel7186 8 жыл бұрын
Desde el Cerro al Parque Central...
@amanfromnorthcountry 12 жыл бұрын
Priceless. Long live The Clash.
@user-fh7fo3pe5y 3 ай бұрын
Awesome band!
@raywhittenjr 7 жыл бұрын
HAPPY GOOD FRIDAY!
@OiforEngland 3 жыл бұрын
Same to you 3 years later.
@kogen800 8 жыл бұрын
Well I'm running police on my back I've been hiding police on my back There was a shooting police on my back And the victim well he wont come back I been running monday tuesday wednesday Thursday friday saturday sunday runnin monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday Saturday sunday What have I done? Yes, I'm running down the railway track Could you help me? Police on my back They will catch me if I dare drop back Wont you give me all the speed I lack
@TheStewartmyers 11 жыл бұрын
Cool....
@deadleg6 11 жыл бұрын
So intense.
@surlechapeau 11 жыл бұрын
I remember a band called Pearl Harbour and the Explosions. have to go look for their song now :)
@decimated550 Жыл бұрын
what an insensitive nwhat an insensitive name!ame!
@ozzyozcorn 3 жыл бұрын
Gold
@asabiia 11 жыл бұрын
damn im born 30 yrs too late!
@shamsoni 3 жыл бұрын
You don’t wot u missed - I was about 14 and video hadn’t quite arrived let alone music channels
@LuigiCian 8 жыл бұрын
bel modo di svegliarsi questa mattina....
@user-mh3tv4me3v 3 жыл бұрын
..Τhe clash,explosion and revolution....too bad ,to die young!!!!!
@cara7196 7 жыл бұрын
mick drives me crazy in this video. I must have watched it 20 times this morning and he is so hot. he is very attractive in other videos but none like this. it makes me so frustrated. I love when he looks straight at the camera like he's looking into my soul and his beautiful brown eyes are like the icing on the cake. this gives me shivers all over my body
@cara7196 7 жыл бұрын
his voice is so good and makes me wanna scream because it's so hot. he's so sweaty and that turns me on so much. he's such a dream
@thomaskossnar356 5 жыл бұрын
Sorry for him he didn't age too well. Now he's got yellowed buck teath. Someody's rogue uncle. But hey...
@bigtimefirebreather214 7 ай бұрын
Electric Avenue, Eddy Grant had a hand in this tune., that dude was so f'n underrated. Great version✊
@jackiemastin261 3 жыл бұрын
Paul. Swoooon!
@BabyBoomerChannel 2 жыл бұрын
“The Only Band That Matters”! Yup.
@kensommer8772 4 жыл бұрын
I realize now more then years back what an all time great The Clash are for me. Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, The Pretenders worthy. Your not worthy. Bill, Ted now Wayne and Garth. Brooks friends in low places. Stay or go Dave or U2. Lost in the supermarket with Sting, Lorde. Veruca Salt, and Blondie I saw The Ramones with Weezer, Greenday and Material issue. Cheap trick watched with the smoking popes, the Verve, as Peter Gabrial, the Who and Oasis meditated to Rage, Wilco, Pearl jam and the kinks. Nice train ride.
@StateOfTheIndustry2020 5 жыл бұрын
Has anyone heard the levellers cover of this, they are who got me into the clash
@andygass9096 7 ай бұрын
This is a cover of the 60s band The Equals , song written by their base player Eddie Grant.
@slrflash722 2 жыл бұрын
FAN..TAS..TIC !!. Don't actually remember the year, 1982-83, but ! I had a beer with Joe at the T&C Club, LONDON
@kerouacroads 10 жыл бұрын
wow
@robertfrost38 5 жыл бұрын
Watch the frenetic energy pour out of joe strummers pores as he strikes staccato chords repeatedly behind the lead guitar segments of mick Jones while his young voice staggers lines about the police after common criminals, providing a melody of frustration and yearn for safety prominently above the realm of a thick steady beat banged out on simple drums by topper headon whose Japanese flag bandana holds back the sweat of another night of damaged ear drums underneath blinding lights, while the too handsome Simonin staggers a pulsating rhythm on his fender bass that has seen more than its share of walking, no, running lines from tropical reggae records left to English punks with too much time on their hands, tying together the band into one tight unit of desperation howling for one more gift of danceable harmony before a return to top 40 radio broadcasts beamed into sweltering city high rise apartments in the early days of Reagan's intriguing research on a neutron bomb that can wipe out papa san but leave his moped in good order because it was 1980 and nobody knew how to fucking care anymore so let them bounce and wail until six am when they must retire to the monotony of a 9 to 5 society overran by crooks feeding the youth foreigner and Toto eps in Hopes that they wont read the international section of the Tribune or listen to the God forsaken 12 inch clash singles meant to wake up our souls and alleviate the burden of future elevator music pumped into their iv unless they can tear out that stick and mainline a shot of south American rhythms coming from stacks of Marshall Amps piled high behind the only band that matters, THE CLASH. the future certainly is unwritten.
@decimated550 Жыл бұрын
The great thing about the clash was that Joe Strummer didn't have to shoulder the entire burden of putting personality out there on the stage. Mick Jones had a tremendous amount of verve as well. Topper and Paul were more reserved and Paul was no singer and topper was fine in the background. Clash just wasn't one big personality and like three random guys like a lot of punk bands. The clash had a very good division of labor up front and in support
@lorenmansfield Жыл бұрын
Wow.
@richard9444 6 жыл бұрын
Mick was from Mitcham met him great guy proper honest
@misfit2022 3 ай бұрын
Great song, great version and greatest drummer in British punk rock which isn’t too bad for a drummer more at home with triplets on the ride cymbal
@dasfsadg 4 жыл бұрын
The only band that mattered
@gabriellacapodaglio7465 3 жыл бұрын
👊🔥
@knitkicker 3 ай бұрын
Miss Joe 😢
@hannibal1319ify 10 жыл бұрын
Only 522 likes?
@qwisp 11 жыл бұрын
The Magnificent Four--plus Pearl Harbor.
@WiIIyeckerslike Жыл бұрын
One of the greatest cover versions ever. Great musicians, great band
@jeffallen997 4 жыл бұрын
Topper is just badass
@decimated550 Жыл бұрын
unreal to comprehend that he was almost always full of heroin and despite being a small man, it didn't kill him , unlike so many other rock n rollers
@ivanphotomaker1190 11 жыл бұрын
n 1
@jimmyjazz95 12 жыл бұрын
O right yeah,had it mixed up there! Yeah I heard that story about her going mad at Joe too haha.Did you read Salewicz biography on Joe? Amazing book
@halenbud 3 жыл бұрын
Kick Ass!
@MartyMcFly88 5 жыл бұрын
Fuck yeah!!!!!! 🤘🤘🤘
@danpastirik3682 9 жыл бұрын
always thought joe sang this....
@lejlatiric7037 3 жыл бұрын
Samee😂
@lacennapassidean943 3 жыл бұрын
I mean, technically, they both sing on the official audio.
@jeffallen997 6 жыл бұрын
Eddie Grant!!!!
@jimmyjazz95 12 жыл бұрын
thats what I thought lol wasn't quite sure if it was from that book or not
@marcusmedeiros9433 8 жыл бұрын
O PUNK NÃO MORREU (A)
@jp00349 10 жыл бұрын
he'sclean and rehearsing... thats all I can tell ;)
@bricktrainsoulja 13 жыл бұрын
Great performance.. whose the crazy Japanese dancer girl whos taken over backing vocal responsibilies!
@paulgoold1438 3 жыл бұрын
Pearl Harbour. Not a dancer, singer in her own right.
@rswindol 4 жыл бұрын
Where's Paul? I wanna see some bass.
@ViXzintenzzz 10 жыл бұрын
Honningbarna!
@katmandew2152 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, the drums control in conjunction with the vocal phrasing. Heavy back beat......killing drums god bless.
@unclemort1960 12 жыл бұрын
@95thFoot great drummer he could play funk and jazz as well as rock he wrote the music to `rock the casbah`and `lightning strikes` (one of my clash favs)
@davidstobie2751 Жыл бұрын
Topper is my Hero
@jeffweeks9645 Жыл бұрын
topper headon the only punk drummer that mattered
@jeffallen997 6 жыл бұрын
Eddy Grant
@wovokanarchy 12 жыл бұрын
Joe Strummer looks like the hockey player Daniel Briere.
@katoness 4 жыл бұрын
Under House Arrest in These Deceitful Times.
@lesleyvalencia6222 9 жыл бұрын
Pearl's dance moves give me second hand embarrassment
@lesleyvalencia6222 8 жыл бұрын
Listen, imbecile. I was talking about Pearl Harbour, Paul's ex wife. And what I said wasn't a derogatory thing of her nor Paul, I just said her dancing gives me second hand embarrassment as does my mom's dancing. You're probably too stupid to understand it & that's why I find myself trying to explain. Smfh
@patro878 8 жыл бұрын
Quanti qui per Zerocalcare?
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