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i've been neglecting tumblr, but i'm bored in recovery so not anymore

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mick jones wrote should I stay or should I go about joe strummer (or at the very least took inspiration from their relationship):

the lyric "don't you know which clothes even fit me" is ambiguous but could apply to him bc they did in fact share clothes, but during live performances mick replaced the lyric to "don't you remember where you met me" which is less ambiguous and lines up with the fact that mick and joe had different recollections of when they first met !! mick always said they met on portobello road where he told joe "you're good but your band's no good", joe said he first saw mick in ladbrooke grove signing on the dole (1989 interview, 2:33)

joe thought it was about him lol

"But Joe certainly read [Should I Stay or Should I Go?] as a statement of Mick's potential longevity with the Clash—according to Paul Simonon, the Clash's principal songwriters were hardly speaking when the tune was recorded. In Joe's archive was found a satirical version of the song that he had typed out, apparently in the character of Mick: "I always whinge, whinge, whinge, when the crew go on a binge." When these alternative words to the song were mentioned to Mick in 2004, he was highly amused." -Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer

mick saying the song wasn't about anyone in particular makes me even more convinced Tbh. a lot of songs that mick wrote himself were personal (stay free, im not down, train in vain, even protex blue), something that joe himself obviously noticed, he wrote lost in the supermarket specifically for mick. parts of the song definitely could've been taken from his relationship with ellen foley as well but. if it was about her why wouldn't he just say that

This performance.

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just set up an instagram account for clash stuff if anyone is interested !! @/hewhofucksnuns :)

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Hyde Park, April 1981 🌿

📸: Jacqui White

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another one of these because i just remembered i saved all of these ones sorry. illustrations by ray lowry + some pictures included in johnny green's a riot of our own ^_^

once again heres one and the rest are under the cut

+ accompanying words because its a great story

above and below are illustrations of the same incident... aka mick jones refusing to go anywhere until somebody got him weed following them crossing the us-canadian border lol

anyways this one was a very interesting read. truly its rather impressive any of them lived past 30 tbh

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old-ish joe edit !

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joe + mick, april 1977

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mick fantano in eye exploding HQ !

📷: lynn goldsmith

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the clash at a press conference in san francisco, 1979.

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THE CLASH AT THE LYCEUM THEATRE. LONDON, 10/19/81.

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Running the London Marathon, 17th April 1983🍀

📸: Steve Rapport

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if she has no fans I have passed on

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Topper !!!

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48 years ago today

The Clash kicked off the UK leg of their White Riot tour at Guildford Civic Hall, supported by Buzzcocks, Subway Sect, and the Slits.

All for £ 1.5

The picture is a rare shot from that evening.

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i absolutely adore this analysis 😭😭 on the topic of topper, i find his bio fascinating because of the likes/dislikes/ambition section. topper's answers are so plain and kind of depressing, it reminds me of the tom snyder interview where essentially the only thing he said throughout the whole interview is that "life is boring". obviously preexisting mental health issues such as depression could tie into his later addiction, so i think it's noteworthy. additionally, topper was always pretty quiet and reserved, which works for him as a drummer given that he's placed at the back of the stage and isn't expected to speak or anything. Anyways. topper is definitely the most difficult member of the band to find information on and i think it's a shame he's so underrated!!! thank you for this addition i think it's Beautiful

the clash's bios for the armagideon times, a zine published by kris needs and robin banks <3