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White Man In Hammersmith Palais Lyrics
Artist: The Clash
Album: Clash
(Strummer/Jones)
Midnight to six man
For the first time from Jamaica
Dillinger and Leroy Smart
Delroy Wilson, your cool operator
Ken Boothe for UK pop reggae
With backing bands sound systems
And if they've got anything to say
There's many black ears here to listen
But it was Four Tops all night with encores from stage right
Charging from the bass knives to the treble
But onstage they ain't got no roots rock rebel
Onstage they ain't got no...roots rock rebel
Dress back jump back this is a bluebeat attack
'Cos it won't get you anywhere
Fooling with your guns
The British Army is waiting out there
An' it weighs fifteen hundred tons
White youth, black youth
Better find another solution
Why not phone up Robin Hood
And ask him for some wealth distribution
Punk rockers in the UK
They won't notice anyway
They're all too busy fighting
For a good place under the lighting
The new groups are not concerned
With what there is to be learned
They got Burton suits, ha you think it's funny
Turning rebellion into money
All over people changing their votes
Along with their overcoats
If Adolf Hitler flew in today
They'd send a limousine anyway
I'm the all night drug-prowling wolf
Who looks so sick in the sun
I'm the white man in the Palais
Just lookin' for fun
I'm only
Looking for fun
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Comments/Interpretations
BEST SONG EVER!!
The best song ever sung by the best band ever!!
I was 17 when I discovered the Clash. Having the coolest band around at that tender age is almost more nostalgia than I can take sometimes. I always loved this song, but then I heard Complete Control and realized what a great song that was as well. How we need another Clash....
Yeah, its too bad that there is nobody around to make the amazing music of the Clash, or bands like 'em. RIP Joe
I am a total Clash groupie. I know over 45 of their songs by heart; I cried when Joe died back in 2002. <3 Forever!
The white man in Hammersmith Palais is non dead, RIP joe
There will never be another Clash. Cheers Joe
im still pissed i never got to see the clash, i found out about them too late. r.i.p. joe
R.i.p. Joe.
There will never be another clash.
there will never be another Joe Strummer, RIP Joe xx
saw the CLASH 13 times @ bonds in NYC THE BEST SHOWS EVER!! saw joe strummer band shortly after JOEY RAMONE died rip joey and joe did 2-3 ramones covers strummer&joey,johnny and dee dee are still rocking upstairs.
Rest in Peace Joe, you are a legend.
Just watched Rude Boy. Joe was so talented. Sometimes you have to just turn off the music, read his lyrics, to appreciate the depth of the man.
The Clash is the best band ever.There will never be another.
VIVA JOE STRUMMER!!!!
joe strummer your my hero ;]
too bad music isnt this good anymore
we all miss you
I saw The Clash in 1979 in Boston and was blown away, and was lucky enough to see them two more times in the next few years. Probably the best live performance band ever for me, and I saw lots of 'em in my punk rock days! "White Man" was always one of my faves. Boston was hip to The Clash from early on - when London Calling was released, Boston DJ Oedipus famously played the entire album non-stop on his radio show on WBCN, accurately predicting that it would go on to be regarded as a groundbreaking record. It's now considered by some to be the best album of the 1980s and one of the best rock albums of all time. Nuff said!
I was the archetypal Part-Time Punk, as brilliantly depicted by the Television Personalities (po-going in the bedroom but only when my mum goes out!). The early Clash were too rough and noisy for my liking, yet there was something about White Man that was just brilliant raw rock/reggae. l still have the single and have just done a vinyl-MP3 copy for the iPod. Punk for the new-age, eh? It's still a great song.
Best song by the only band that matters. :)
the only band that mattered, it's what im entitling the 10 page research paper im writing on them. each fact I learned the more I fell in love with the clash and joe even deeper. Joe will forever be a legend. I wish I was older so I might have had the chance to meet him.
best song ever from the BEST band ever
best clash song ever! punki reggae party on !!!!!!!!!!!
Truly one of the best songs ever written
it almost makes me cry that i will never get to see them perform - a true band, with true meaning who made true music.
RIP Joe :(
ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER IN MUSIC HISTORY WITH A STRONG NOTE ON SOCIETY'S EVER GROWING ISSUES.
VIVA THE CLASH.... Joe stummer & the Mascaleros... Rip Joe
i'll bring the spirit of this music back for everyone. it lives in all of us.
Well having discovered the Clash at 16 yrs, From Here To Eternity being my first Clash album, always loving this song, all I have to say the world lost a great great man. Joe Strummer was a person (not idealizing) who had a big heart and a conscious intelligent mind to go with it. Memory of him will never die, just the pain and the occasional tear in all of us who got to know him through his non less than epic music. RIP Joe Strummer.
i knew and love the clash since i was 10 fucking years old
best song goin today
" In these days, the beat is militant...must be a Clash, THERE's NO ALTERNATIVE"...
saw them live like 8 times. this is their best song, and one of the best by ANY band...period. There will never be another Clash. You are sorely missed Joe Strummer.
we cant stop marching!
All embraced, I think that the only way to respect the clash is to carry the ideology of carrying the fucking torch while not living in the big shadow of a humble hero. We miss ya Joe
Best song from the best band,so many memories
RIP Joe
You fools... I think Mick Jones had a little more to do with this song than Joe did... besides, no one here seems to grasp any political significance to a crass song about selling out.
What!? what are you even talking about dude, have you ever even listened to the CLASH in your life? this song has so much more in it than that...u prolly didnt even read the lyrics. and yes joe wrote it. so eat that!!
i reckon even tho 1 of them is dead the rest of them are still bloody awesome and are no way what so eva sell outs (correct me if i'm wrong)
one of the best songs ever
Back in 1982,I phoned Joe and asked him why the British army weighs 1500 tonnes and you would not believe what he told me. I will say it has nothing to do with cheesy reggae stage shows or the National Front.
best song by the best band ever
It is one of the best songs ever written, it does not matter that it is in english, you can feel it in any speak.
lyrics work for today times in the United States.
I am having this song played at my funeral (whenever that maybe) - mainly because its my favourite ever track but also because i am a drug prowling wolf and i dont look too good in the sun! And the grim truth is that if Colonel Gaddafi flew in today we would send a limousine anyway (such is the immigration problem in this country - fuck off home the lot of you!!!) Joe hope things are better up there . . .
I don't think Joe would have wanted everyone to stop and just sit there mourning - remember his music, but most importantly, carry on what he stood for. He was the most pro-immigration, anti-racsist, socially just person you could ever read about.
Let us all carry on Joe's spirit.
Amen to that Dan!
Seconded Jurgen. Shame drug-prowling Jimmy hasn't worked out the root message of Joe. Maybe an Ian Stuart song would be more fitting at his funeral.
I remember listening to "White Man In Hammersmith Palais" being made fun of while the other whankers were listening to Journey and Forigner.
The only band that matters
Personally have this listed as the greatest song of all time! Great band with great lyrics the likes of which have not been repeated. Always makes me laugh when people crap on about bands like U2 as being so awesome..... The Clash were inspirational, socially aware and knew how to craft a song. Joe lives on through his songs!
The best band ever THE CLASH PURE CLASS THEN NOW AND ALWAYS
by far the best song ever! Love this song....forever and always
we need joe strummer now. rock on, joe et al chash city rockers forever. you will forever inspire.
Classic track !
the Clash DID turn rebellion into money, and to their credit,in a VERY cool and deserving way.Hello Paul !
Its "Midnight to Six" Band-you can look them up. They made albums and stuff.
Classic
"Best song ever"??? You need to get out more.
FYI, the phrase, 'rebellion into money' is a paraphrase of 'Revolt Into Style', the title of an early work of pop semiology by George Melly that describes the way new pop cults become absorbed into the mainstream when marketeers get involved.
If Adolf Hitler flew in today... They'd send a limousine anyway!!
BEST SONG EVAH!!!!!!!!!
I never tire of the best band ever, they are timeless, here we are 40 years later and still the most talented timeless music, just listen to the music and the lyrics, how i wish we didn't age and die, R.I.P Joe, legend, you bring tears to my eyes