Joe Strummer and the Latino Rockabilly War -- "Trash City"
One of my favorite post-Clash songs from Strummer. It's not an incredibly sophisticated song by any means, but it's one of his best tracks from the "wilderness years." Part of what makes it a good track is the percussion. "Love Kills," for instance, either had a drum machine or it might as well have had one. With the added percussion, which sounds like the primal banging on a can that characterizes many fine rock and roll songs, this track does justice to Strummer's creative vision--not as subtle or as precise as Topper Headon's drumming with The Clash, but it works. Lyrically, the song has the detached observational quality of the witness to the spectacle of post-modern life: "Once I had a hot dog in a nightmare zone."
Life in the city, before the mayor cleaned it all up.
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