Spanish bombs

Spanish Bombs is a song by the English punk band The Clash , which appeared on their1979double album London Calling . The song is about the Spanish civil war . The idea for Spanish Bombs arose when the singer and guitarist of the band, Joe Strummer , on a trip home from the recording studio Wessex Studios with Gaby Salter on ETA was talking about.

In addition to the double album London Calling , the song appeared on the albums The Story of the Clash - Volume 1 (1988) and Clash on Broadway (2000). It was also performed by the German rock musician Rio Reiser and the Mexican punk band Tijuana No! covered.

Spanish Bombs and the Spanish Civil War

Spanish Bombs praises the heroism of the moderate to revolutionary Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. This devastated Spain from July 17, 1936 to April 1, 1939, when the nationalists under Franco established their fascist dictatorship.

Many places and personalities associated with the Spanish Civil War are mentioned in the lyrics. Such was Andalusia one of the first Spanish regions that were occupied by the nationalists. Federico García Lorca , called Federico Lorca in the song, was an anarchist poet who was killed during the war. The Guardia Civil is a paramilitary unit under the shared command of the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Defense, which persecuted politically dissenters in Franco's time. The song line “ They sing the red flag, they wore the black one ” is a reference to the communist workers' struggle (red flag) and to the anarchists (black flag). The Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) is an anarcho-syndical union that was instrumental in the initial success of the resistance against Franco. It also carries the previously mentioned black and red flag.

literature

Pat Gilbert: Passion Is a Fashion: The Real Story of The Clash . 4th edition. Aurum Press , London 2004, ISBN 1-84513-113-4 .
Marcus Gray: The Clash: Return of the Last Gang in Town . 5th expanded edition. Helter Skelter, London 2005, ISBN 1-905139-10-1 .
Johnny Green, Garry Barker: A Riot of Our Own: Night and Day with The Clash . 3. Edition. Orion, London 2003, ISBN 0-7528-5843-2 .
Bob Gruen , Chris Salewicz: The Clash . 3. Edition. Omnibus, London 2001, ISBN 1-903399-34-3 .
Kris Needs: Joe Strummer and the Legend of the Clash . Plexus, London 2005, ISBN 0-85965-348-X .
Keith Topping: The Complete Clash . 2nd Edition. Reynolds & Hearn, Richmond 2003, ISBN 1-903111-70-6 .

Web links

Lyrics of the version of the song by Rio Reiser

Individual evidence

^ London Calling. theclash.org.uk, accessed on January 11, 2008 (English): " Spanish Bombs was written as a result of traveling home from Wessex Studios late one evening, Strummer and Gaby Salter were talking about the Basque separatists in Spain who were engaged in a bombing campaign against various holiday resorts on the Costa Del Sol. "
^ ^A ^b Robert Dimery: Collins Gem Classic Albums . Harper Collins Publishers, Glasgow 1999, ISBN 0-00-472485-2 (“ […]“ Spanish Bombs ”praises the heroism of republicans in the Spanish Civil War. ”). The Clash - London Calling. Super Seventies, accessed January 6, 2008 .
↑ Marcus Gray: Route 19 Revisited: The Clash and London Calling . Random House, 2009, ISBN 978-1-4090-7661-2 , pp. 242 f .
↑ Los Angeles Loves ... Ceci Bastida. (No longer available online.) La-underground.net, September 5, 2007, archived from the original on October 7, 2008 ; Retrieved January 15, 2008 : "And for the first show of her residency at the Knitting Factory last night she pulled out a cover of The Clash's 'Spanish Bombs', a long-time favorite for Tijuana No! fans and English-speaking attendees (basically us), in general. “ Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ Franco and the Spanish Civil War. (No longer available online.) New Forum, 2002, archived from the original on January 16, 2016 ; accessed on January 6, 2008 : "The punk band The Clash recorded" Spanish Bombs "in 1979, a song commemorating the Spanish Civil War." Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[1] London Calling. theclash.org.uk, accessed on January 11, 2008 (English): " Spanish Bombs was written as a result of traveling home from Wessex Studios late one evening, Strummer and Gaby Salter were talking about the Basque separatists in Spain who were engaged in a bombing campaign against various holiday resorts on the Costa Del Sol. "

[Dimery-Collins_Gem_Classic_Albums-2] A ^b Robert Dimery: Collins Gem Classic Albums . Harper Collins Publishers, Glasgow 1999, ISBN 0-00-472485-2 (“ […]“ Spanish Bombs ”praises the heroism of republicans in the Spanish Civil War. ”). The Clash - London Calling. Super Seventies, accessed January 6, 2008 .

[3] Marcus Gray: Route 19 Revisited: The Clash and London Calling . Random House, 2009, ISBN 978-1-4090-7661-2 , pp. 242 f .

[4] Los Angeles Loves ... Ceci Bastida. (No longer available online.) La-underground.net, September 5, 2007, archived from the original on October 7, 2008 ; Retrieved January 15, 2008 : "And for the first show of her residency at the Knitting Factory last night she pulled out a cover of The Clash's 'Spanish Bombs', a long-time favorite for Tijuana No! fans and English-speaking attendees (basically us), in general. “ Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[5] Franco and the Spanish Civil War. (No longer available online.) New Forum, 2002, archived from the original on January 16, 2016 ; accessed on January 6, 2008 : "The punk band The Clash recorded" Spanish Bombs "in 1979, a song commemorating the Spanish Civil War." Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2