搖滾樂（A-M) 倫敦奧運 The Clash London Calling
世世代代召喚你的London Calling
倫敦奧運進入倒數第一百天，所以來聽官方奧運歌，The Clash的《倫敦召喚》（London Calling）。
《London Calling》是單曲名，也是雙黑膠專輯名稱，出版於1979年，就我個人的評價，是史上最重要的龐克專輯。它勾勒貧民窟生活、反商業建制、DiY，以及革命精神。聽了《London Calling》，你就知道龐克永遠不只是頭髮與破爛T恤、安全別針，我甚至很想說，龐克與它的「服裝與藝術指導」Malcolm McLaren根本沒關係。（嗯，這是我個人的切割，雖然是反歷史事實言論。）
聽搖滾的，大約都得承認《London Calling》在某個人生階段，呼喚你，引導你，直到你完全被人生折磨到失去革命熱情為止。
但是沒關係，《London Calling》始終召喚世世代代的年輕人，說著「歷史尚未被書寫」（History is Unwritten）。不管你是後龐克，後搖滾，後現代，龐克的精神始終沒有死亡，而是茁壯於各種類型裡。這就是《London Calling》留給我們的最大資產。（請前往留言1聽歌，看歌詞。）
(Strummer/Jones)
London calling to the
faraway towns
Now that war is
declared-and battle come down
London calling to the
underworld
Come out of the cupboard,
all you boys and girls
London calling, now don't
look at us
All that phoney
Beatlemania has bitten the dust
London calling, see we
ain't got no swing
'Cept for the ring of
that truncheon thing
CHORUS
The ice age is coming,
the sun is zooming in
Engines stop running and
the wheat is growing thin
A nuclear error, but I
have no fear
London is drowning-and I
live by the river
London calling to the
imitation zone
Forget it, brother, an'
go it alone
London calling upon the
zombies of death
Quit holding out-and draw
another breath
London calling-and I
don't wanna shout
But when we were
talking-I saw you nodding out
London calling, see we
ain't got no highs
Except for that one with
the yellowy eyes
CHORUS
Now get this
London calling, yeah, I
was there, too
An' you know what they
said? Well, some of it was true!
London calling at the top
of the dial
After all this, won't you
give me a smile?
London Calling 被用在許多電影裡，個人認為最棒的是這個「舞動人生」（Billy Elliot）
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