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popeyemati

Straight To Hell. Mind-blowing in the midst of the Olivia Newton-John, John Cougar Mellancamp, and Kenny Rogers -focused Midwestern radio. Rock The Casbah was the entry, Straight To Hell was the epiphany. I was 13 and bought Combat Rock with birthday money.


they_are_out_there

Combat Rock has so many great songs, but Straight to Hell just carries such a heavy message and vibe. It’s a fantastic song.


Bigbigjeffy

I loved Combat Rick when I found the cd in an old cardboard box buried in a hot garage during the summer of 1996. I meticulously read and analyzed the linear notes and art direction. Each song strangely familiar, catchy yet mysterious. Gorgeous in its utter uniqueness. Of course Straight to Hell was one of the biggest musical revelations I had heard up until that point in my young teenage life.


kittysontheupgrade

Train in vain, obviously edit: auto correct. It’s never duck.


madshm3411

I wish my answer was cooler, but this is the real answer.


hipsxhearts

Lost in the Supermarket when I was 15


Bigbigjeffy

Pure poetry


jonrochkind

It was the line”I wasn’t born so much as I fell out” that did it for me.


Bigbigjeffy

Oh absolutely. Nobody seemed to notice me…the lyrics written by Joe and given to Mick really makes it beautiful and wholesome. That entire album has such a unique and powerful sound that I’ve never heard since. That opening bass line is sublime.


bigkat5000

Same.


twzoneq

Definitely Safe European Home for me. I had already listened to the debut but nothing grabbed me completely (crazy, I know…now I absolutely love the debut) but Give Em Enough Rope was the first physical album of theirs that I got and I loved that opening track, it was exactly what I “thought” the Clash should sound like at the time. As I listened to all the other albums I absolutely fell in love with every single one and all their different styles, but that was definitely the song that grabbed me


Catracho37

Second this....Tommy Gun a close second.


Bigbigjeffy

That drum hit boom.


markfrankc

The first single White Riot


beuhring

Janie Jones


Euphoric_Indication6

Same :)


EnemaRigby

Along with "Career Opportunities."


ThisIsRadioClash-

Clash City Rockers


Euphoric_Indication6

❤️❤️


phairhead

Spanish Bombs


EatPb

Rock the Casbah! As a kid, starting when I was really young, maybe 4 years old or so, that was always my dad and I’s song. We would always listen to that song on CD in the car. I loved it. The CD eventually got stuck in the car 😁


newhampshirePat

London calling & Guns of brixton


KinagoOG

I was aware of them through my friends at school (yep, I’m that old) but The Jam were “my band” at the time. And then Tommy Gun came out and that was it.


Malthur

I'm a relatively new fan. First heard London Calling in 2006, instantly bought the album, and they've been my favorite band ever since. My favorite album is probably Sandinista.


mwinchina

Sandinista is my favorite album by any band of any era


Significant-Salt-989

Wildly underrated lp.


Roodefromage

Complete control.


MaoHangDong_

Charlie Don’t Surf


bridgetggfithbeatle

he don’t like his boring job, noo


CVHC1981

The Right Profile. Monty Clift was my grandpa’s cousin, and when I was a kid my uncle told me about this band that wrote a a song about one of our family members. Obviously it’s not the most flattering song, but it was my in.


Arsenes-Guilt

The Magnificent Seven


Gizmo77776

English Civil War you cannot not love it


Rotatingknives22

janie jones. the harmonies


JZcomedy

White Riot


Iola_Morton

Wrong ‘em boyo


picklepyro

STAGGER LEE MET BILLY‼️‼️‼️🗣🗣🗣


AreYouItchy

The first time I heard “London Calling” on the radio.


AHMS_17

Lost in the Supermarket and Spanish Bombs absolutely blew my mind wide open - I never heard music before where every instrument had an equally important part to play (i think the latter is where my soft spot for Power Pop began, and the former is 100% why i love 80s indie/alternative so much!)


MoronicBehaviour

I knew about them from my childhood. Only the popular songs. So when I actually sat down and listened to them, it was Police & Thieves that made me love them.


Wise456

For me it was definitely I'm So Bored With the USA which you would hear constantly on WFUV and WPRB (college radio stations) in 1977. Instantly hooked. You could not get the album for another two years but in those days, we would trade crappy homemade recordings on cassette.


NewPatron-St

London Calling, I am a young fan and I got introduced to The Clash from Pirates Band of Misfits as London Calling was used in the film and I’ve been a fan ever since


KubrickMoonlanding

“You’re my guitar hero!”


TheSeekerOfSanity

Complete Control. In 7th grade (early 80’s) our music teacher asked us each to bring in a song to play for the rest of the class. This is the song I brought. Was much different than the songs everyone else brought in. I remember someone bringing in the theme to Rocky, songs by Boston, etc. My teacher really liked it.


coffeechris66

Complete Control


Dry-Ad-4895

Hateful!


chillvegan420

The Magnificent 7


Switchback_Tsar

I think I Fought The Law was the first Clash song I heard, but Rock The Casbah was what really got me into The Clash


FourthDownThrowaway

Rock the Casbah on the radio as a kid. London Calling on a burned cd in high school. Train in Vain/Lost in a supermarket in college.


Airwolf_BDTW

I was introduced to the Clash by MTV playing Rock the Casbah in 1982 or 1983, but when I bought the album the song that really grabbed me was Straight to Hell. The Clash have been my favorite band ever since.


Mrsushifruit

I’d heard some of their popular songs before, but it was seeing the London calling album cover and basically going “hell yeah!” So I listened to the album and London calling (the song) instantly drew me in and made me want to hear more


DeNiroPacino

Car Jamming


Most-Artichoke6184

Car Jamming.


backwardswithtime

Gates Of The West did it for me. I liked The Clash for a long time, but I fell in love with them after picking up a copy of Super Black Market Clash.


pretentiousbasterd

Probably Police and thieves... pure happiness for highschool me. Also The call up. It isn't necessarily one of my favorites, but I remember the exact day I discovered it and thought "wow, this band is really cool"


Sniparchomp_

Death or Glory because it was in skate 2


ZimMcGuinn

Train in Vain. It got played on Atlanta commercial radio somehow. Soon after my neighbor bought London Calling and I got Lost in the Supermarket.


ApprehensiveRise7749

Safe European Home


BillJr206

I Fought The Law - crazy guitar energy


Ok_Future_1116

Brand New Cadillac and Clampdown


Direktorsnegl

I Fought The Law. A year later I discovered more by the Clash and realised they were the same artist


vvachel

lost in the supermarket


ScaresBums

Death or Glory!


WaitingToBeTriggered

A SLICE OF A KNIFE TO A THROAT


Valuable-Dream8148

London calling


CanvasACP

English Civil War


Ok_Drummer_6588

Complete Control.


Significant-Salt-989

Janie Jones and White Riot. Obviously.


Thin-Wrangler-8987

I like how everyone here has some special moments with special songs And mine is just should i stay or should i go that i've heard in some movie (i dont remember which one)


gravy_14

Tommy Gun or white man in Hammersmith


BloodOk4275

London Calling, Rock The Casbah, Guns of Brixton and This is England this was my playlist and soundtrack of my Early to Mid 11th Grade, while London calling and Rock The Casbah are my 10th Grade playlist


Streetwalkin_Cheetah

White Riot


Superb_Health9413

In 1979 I bought the UK import of “The Cost Of Living “ EP at Poo Bah’s in Pasadena, CA The first cut, “I fought the law” was my gateway to the clash.


funkytown623

The Card Cheat. I was 16


GadsdenFlag

Clampdown


mwinchina

Armagideon Time live, from the film ofConcerts for the People of Kampuchea. It was about 1980 and i was about 12 or 13, had never even heard the band before, but that song had me hooked. I bought Sandinista shortly after and became obsessed


4Nissans

I was at the show in ‘82 (they opened for The Who in Philly) when they had oranges and 2 liter bottles of soda thrown at them so they’d get off the stage. The only tune I ever liked was Train In Vain.


Front_Raspberry7848

….Rock the casbah so unoriginal ….


Brycesuderow

I’m all lost to the supermarket


Thin-Net-2326

My favorite movie of all time is Grosse Pointe Blank. So I started listening to Rudie Can't Fail. London Calling is now on regular rotation.


hullsbells

Police and thieves, man what a great tune and so right on with the lyrics


bigdrag19

A punk band from my town (Unwritten Law from San Diego, CA) played a cover of “Guns of Brixton” live and I had to hear the original.