Saturday, August 21, 2021

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOE STRUMMER

The greatest. Would’ve been 69 today. Joe Strummer died 19 years ago today. It's one of the most shocking celebrity deaths for me, partly because I worshiped him as a god and partly because it was such a shock - he hadn't been sick or even unhealthy. He just sat down on his couch and died at age 50. Cannot believe he’s been dead 20 years :(
 
DEATH OR GLORY
Now every cheap hood strikes a bargain with the world
And ends up making payments on a sofa or a girl
"Love and hate" tattooed across the knuckles of his hands
Hands that slap his kids around 'cause they don't understand how
 
Death or glory
Becomes just another story
Death or glory
Becomes just another story
 
And every gimmick hungry yob digging gold from rock and roll
Grabs the mic to tell us he'll die before he's sold
But I believe in this and it's been tested by research
He who fucks nuns will later join the church
 
Death or glory
Becomes just another story
Death or glory
Becomes just another story
 
From every dingy basement, on every dingy street
Every dragging handclap over every dragging beat
It's just the beat of time, the beat that must go on
If you've been trying for years, we 'lready heard your song

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