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«The Guns of Brixton» is a song by The Clash on their third album, London Calling, released in 1979. It was written and sung by bassist Paul Simonon, who grew up in Brixton, south London. It has a strong reggae influence, reflecting the culture of the area, with a knowing nod to the classic reggae gangster film, The Harder They Come. A somewhat heavier, faster version than the one found on London Calling appeared on the live compilation From Here to Eternity: Live, released in 1999.
The song pre-dates the race riots that took place in the 1980s in Brixton but the lyrics depict the feelings of discontent that were building due to heavy-handedness of the police that lead to the riots, the recession and other problems at that time.
Riot….
Fuck these guys stole CH bit!
The Clash's best song by far
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the song is about jamican badness in london during the 70s/80s, joe strummer even mentions IVAN, meaning the character jimmy cliff played in the film 'The Harder They Come'. N when i say badness its no insult, it perfectly describes how things were at that time….Joe strummer a social commentator
holy shit this song rocks,,,,,
This song is too freaking thug….
and your life you like it well
crunchy guitars are so dam sick.
One of the dopest bass line ever. PAUL SIMONON
this is my era so much truth in their lyrics ….. applies to all places Compton or Sau Paulo
so good.
marshall law to take ham boy of power!!!!!
Fuck off Trump. Bash the Fash.
fuckin' Rock fuckin' Punk fuckin' shut yer fuckin' trap.
Simonon sings this song well.
im glad bands like cypress hill stole this shit , makes music better than all this manufactured shite
A total freekin JAM!?
The only ska song to make me want to riot in the streets.
omg i fucking love this song its so crazy it reminds me of my childhood its so great
this bass line is a fucking killer!
o e of my personal favorite and influential bands of its era.
I toured w/the guys. They are mates of mine. So your taste are following mine.
FUCK TRUMP
great song
American Horror Story's main theme?