Album: The Clash (U.K.)
Year: 1977.
And then, without any warning, in the middle all of these short fast songs where the arrangements are holding on for dear life comes a (relative) oasis, a moment to catch your breath amidst all of the punk rock craziness.
At a skosh over six minutes long, The Clash’s cover of Junior Murvin’s “Police And Thieves” isn’t just two (or three) times as long as nearly every other song on The Clash, it’s also a harbinger of things to come. That these incredibly intelligent guys weren’t just going to be satisfied with hard and fast for the rest of their lives.
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