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Thoughts on THE CLASH's "Combat Rock" LP, Side 1
From the very beginning of this album, THE CLASH are just as overtly political as ever. Even on a track as seemingly light as “Rock the Casbah” discusses politics in the Middle East. Of course, “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” isn’t political in the least. It still seems a bit controversial, I would suggest, because it is a pop song that exists outside of the normal...