{"id":2543,"date":"2008-06-17T09:35:48","date_gmt":"2008-06-17T07:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/?p=2543"},"modified":"2008-06-17T09:35:48","modified_gmt":"2008-06-17T07:35:48","slug":"white-man-in-hammersmith-palais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/white-man-in-hammersmith-palais\/","title":{"rendered":"White Man (In Hammersmith Palais)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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En af The Clash’s fineste singler har fra i g\u00e5r 30 \u00e5r p\u00e5 B-siden. Joe Strummer brugte sin disillusion fra oplevelsen af en steril reggae-allnighter ude i Hammersmith, som baggrund for et undrende angreb p\u00e5 flere fl\u00f8je i det England der var. Ikke at sangens adresseringer er blevet mindre relevante med tiden; der er stadig skarp race- og kulturadskillelse blandt unge som \u00e6ldre, der er stadig nye bands med st\u00f8rst empati for egen karriere – denne sangs ord derom gik for at v\u00e6re en slet skjult hilsen til The Jam, Paul Weller’s Burton-ikl\u00e6dte trio – og der er stadig en fokek\u00e6r h\u00f8jrefl\u00f8j med parallel til tysk historie, \u00e5r tilbage.<\/p>\n

Strummer’s 1978-utilfredshed ville sikkert v\u00e6re glemt og borte, var den ikke blevet sendt afsted ovenp\u00e5 et af de mest vellykkede \u00e6gteskaber nogensinde mellem militant hvid rock og \u00e5ben m\u00f8rk reggae. Det var her The Clash med et blev s\u00e5 meget mere end ‘bare’ et fremragende punkband, det var her Strummer\/Jones sprang ud som tidens bedste britiske sangskrivere, det var her Joe Strummer fandt sin helt egen stemme. Den er blevet h\u00f8rt lige siden. Her de levende ord fra ‘the all night drug-prowling wolf’<\/em> i Hammersmith Palais:<\/p>\n

WHITE MAN (IN HAMMERSMITH PALAIS)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Midnight to six man
\nFor the first time from Jamaica
\nDillinger and Leroy Smart
\nDelroy Wilson, your cool operator
\nKen Boothe for UK pop reggae
\nWith backing bands sound systems
\nAnd if they’ve got anything to say
\nThere’s many black ears here to listen
\nBut it was Four Tops all night with encores from stage right
\nCharging from the bass knives to the treble
\nBut onstage they ain’t got no roots rock rebel
\nOnstage they ain’t got no…roots rock rebel
\nDress back jump back this is a bluebeat attack
\n‘Cos it won’t get you anywhere
\nFooling with your guns
\nThe British Army is waiting out there
\nAn’ it weighs fifteen hundred tons
\nWhite youth, black youth
\nBetter find another solution
\nWhy not phone up Robin Hood
\nAnd ask him for some wealth distribution
\nPunk Rockers in the UK
\nThey won’t notice anyway
\nThey’re all too busy fighting
\nFor a good place under the lighting
\nThe new groups are not concerned
\nWith what there is to be learned
\nThey got Burton suits, ha you think it’s funny
\nTurning rebellion into money
\nAll over people changing their votes
\nAlong with their overcoats
\nIf Adolf Hitler flew in today
\nThey’d send a limousine anyway
\nI’m the all night drug-prowling wolf
\nWho looks so sick in the sun
\nI’m the white man in the Palais
\nJust lookin’ for fun
\nI’m only
\nLooking for fun<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a9 Strummer\/Jones<\/p>\n

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En af The Clash’s fineste singler har fra i g\u00e5r 30 \u00e5r p\u00e5 B-siden. Joe Strummer brugte sin disillusion fra oplevelsen af en steril reggae-allnighter ude i Hammersmith, som baggrund for et undrende angreb p\u00e5 flere fl\u00f8je i det England der var. Ikke at sangens adresseringer er blevet mindre relevante med tiden; der er stadig … L\u00e6s videre White Man (In Hammersmith Palais)<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n