It's sad that these days a lot of people don't listen to albums anymore, this song was included on The Clash's eponymously titled first album. IMO Listening to that record all the way through at high volume is one of rock'n'roll's essential life experiences! Definitely one of the greatest rock records ever made.

A true Punk classic

44 years ago my dad brought London Calling then The Clash and Give Em Enough Rope he would hide them from me on weekends with him because he reckoned I'd A make him sick of them B I'd wear them out. As a kid in the seventies dad introduced me to The Clash The Ramones The Members The specials B52s Devo The Pretender's Adam and the Ants Madness Elvis Costello and they are still some of my favourite bands singer's But I'm very lucky to have had a dad that was really into music and would take me to gigs I've seen dozens and dozens of band's with dad over the years the last one about two years ago THE CURE hopefully plenty more to come with him the grumpy 75 year old English Man and as long as he's Grumpy i know he's Happy It's if he's smiling that's when you should be worried

Good. You're doing the version that was the Clash's debut single in early '77. A second version was recorded for their debut LP. (The US version of their first album uses the single take.)

Thanks for playing this , your channel is superb 👌

I saw The Clash on their first 🇺🇸 tour at The Santa Monica Civic with Bo Diddley opening. The drummer , Topper Headon was incredible. The energy in the venue was electric. For a few years , they truly were " The Only Band That Matters "

'A riot of my own...' brilliant.

We will turn you both into a couple of Clash City Rockers :-) LOL X I remember when I was 16 years of age . My friend and I hot footed it over to Lewisham South London to watch the Clash at Lewisham Odeon. It was an amazing concert and Mikey Dread was also on the stage. The Stranglers were always my favourite band , but for sheer stage presence and pure adrenaline, you couldn't beat the Clash ! RIP Joe Strummer x

Kia ora my friends I love the fact that you guys are taking the time to make sure you aren't promoting RACISM and with THE CLASH you can be sure that RACISM is a very big NO NO these guy's were my moral compass from my earliest teenage years till the present time.... YOU ARE NOTHING WITHOUT PEOPLE ( Joe Strummer )

That was a great way to introduce this great song which can be mistaken for something a whole lot different. 👍

I love the amount of Clash you're putting out just now, but please add The Lotus Eaters to your list. It really is perfect pop! 🙏

Humanists they are for sure

You should definitely watch the White Riot documentary, it puts everything into perspective.

"I think they made their point" < dude definitely works in HR!

Great song. Had this disturbansies back home growing up in sweden. Let it be. Live and love. Hugs! Greetings from Gothenburg Sweden.

I was there. Those were amazing times. Oppression, joblessness, and the poor economy created the perfect storm that caused new music and new social outlooks to come to the forefront. The name of this song has indeed been misinterpreted many times. Anyone familiar with the Clash knows exactly what they were about, but it's good to give a short introduction lest anyone get the wrong impression based on the song's name. Their debut album, from which it's from, is still my favorite! by the Clash.

Is the interview part from the Westway To The World documentary? It's been a while since I saw it last. Well worth a watch if you can track it down. The Clash are an excellent band to follow chronologically, they have a pretty amazing and interesting development. Starting in Punk and morphing through different genres, there's slices of Folk, Funk and Reggae along the way. Kind of similar to the path The Stones took in a way. It's an interesting parallel.

Now that you have crossed the Rubicon, have a listen to another early Clash track - White Man in Hammersmith Palais. Another song that dared to not only have White in the title but also managed to namecheck Hitler in the lyrics, all done without a whiff of racism. Great song.

Kia ora hello my friends you know I've got nothing to say negative about THE CLASH (apart from this is England) this is ground zero this album is pure platinum so bloody good

Heard that for the first time in 77 on the John Peel show.

Great song

👏 Awesome! Thanks for including the interview, because there are some white power skinheads out there who desperately try to subvert the meaning of this song.

Yep ! Ace Band ! Ace Album ! One band that frightened the living crap out of the establishment ! were this lot ! They were like coiled springs ready to go off ! Some people call this passion ! I called it out and out Aggression ! Check the 2nd album "Give them enough Rope " tracks such as "English Civil War " and "Tommy Gun " set the tone !! Brilliant ! They called it " Combat Rock " later on ! Can go for a request ? "Rory Gallergher " track " Shin Kicker " live ! and "The Lotus Eaters " any track will suffice ! Cheers !

class track!

Wasn't there you lucky man :), but know what ya saying. Was born in Brixton 1960 but moved away before me years. Me aunty Susie and uncle John lived oppisite the prison, so was there on and off. It's still where I'm from. Irish mum, scottish/irish dad, so of course We know what it was like. Live in hope me friends. Equality is a must!

Armageddon Time I'm pretty sure this CLASH song will put a smile on ya dial 🙂😜

Mick jones so sav and joe strummer all energy Paul the looks and toppers story with rock the casbah is crazy

As has been said below , white riot isn’t a call to Caucasian arms , far from it , The Clash were very much a radical , inclusive band and were at the forefront of Rock against Racism . 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The more punk I hear, the more I like it. Lemmy always said that Motorhead were more punk than metal but the metal community claimed them as their own. So, I suggest Motorhead snd Girlschool, Saint Valentines day massacre.

It’s an anti racist song ..anti fascist

The original UK album release version of this song is better imo but nice to see the reaction.

The Only Band That Matter’s “THE CLASH”

If you thought this would be misunderstood then god forbid you do white noise by the stiff little fingers lol

One of their most famous songs, but there are plenty on that first album I think are better - especially Janie Jones, Cheat, Protex Blue, Police and Thieves, I'm So Bored with the USA ...

afraid to get cancelled huh?

The angriest band in the world

Best of luck on channel Sub👍🏽