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Complete Control by The Clash
Genre: Rock
Year: 2007
Year: 2007
"Complete Control" is a song by The Clash, released as a 7" single and featured on the U.S. release of their debut album.
The song is often cited as one of punks greatest singles, and is a fiery polemic on record companies, managers and the state of punk music itself, the motivation for the song being the bands label (CBS Records) releasing "Remote Control" without bothering to ask them, something that infuriated the group. The song also features perhaps the earliest usage of the phrase "guitar hero" in rock music, as sung by Joe Strummer to Mick Jones. The song also refers to managers of the time who sought to control their groups–Bernie Rhodes (of The Clash) and Malcolm McLaren (the Sex Pistols)–indeed, the songs very title is derived from Read full article at wikipedia.org
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More songs by The Clash: Spanish Bombs, I Fought the Law, I'm So Bored With the USA, This is England, straight to hell.
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