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ACA Red In The Morning
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| Not overly familiar with The Clash or Joe Strummer, I've heard from a few people that the title track relates to Joe.
Any ideas? | |
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| - ACA wrote:
- Not overly familiar with The Clash or Joe Strummer, I've heard from a few people that the title track relates to Joe.
Any ideas? Huh? It is well know though that 'I'da Called You Woody, Joe' relates to Joe Strummer. | |
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| I'm a huge Clash fan and haven't made any connection between the two. But yes, you may be thinking of "I'da Called You Woody, Joe." | |
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| I was seeing a connection with American Slang and Joe Strummer actually.
and they cut me to ribbons and taught me to drive. - he really relates to and feels connected to their music/The Clash was probably part of his soundtrack when he started driving
I got your name tattooed inside of my arm. - he has a Joe Strummer tattoo
I called for my father but my father had died. - Joe Strummer is dead, and he was a hero to Fallon
while you told me fortunes, in American Slang. - though he didn't speak the best english, he still managed to convey his message with kickass music and "American Slang"
I don't know if I'm over analyzing this haha, but I thought of this a couple weeks ago. | |
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| A lot of it could be okay except that last line really doesn't fit. Brian has explained quite a few times that the American Slang is the illusion of the American dream...that it doesn't actually work out that way. And I don't see any reason why Strummer would be speaking American Slang when he's British. | |
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| I thought the same thing when I first heard it- I gave this huge explanation to my Dad about how this song was about their musical influences and the whole thing was such a complicated bunch of references that would make people think it was about somethign else....
Turns out we're both wrong....
In the last Making of American Slang he explains the chorus, I can't remember exactly what he says, but each line is a different part of American life basically...
the name tattooed line is the romantic love story, and he explains the others too! check it out on youtube! | |
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKVvQBsaWaI
Fast forward to 1:57 and you'll get his explanation! | |
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| The explanation in that video really helped. The title track might be my new favorite! | |
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| It's about... life basically. ![Wink](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_wink.gif) | |
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| I met Brian Fallon and he said it was about how he grew up. I f you don't believe me, go to my website and read his exact words: http://gaslightanthemfans.blogspot.com/2010/07/american-slang-song-meaning.html ![Very Happy](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_biggrin.png) | |
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| - simo wrote:
- And I don't see any reason why Strummer would be speaking American Slang when he's British.
Completely agree man. I'm a massive Clash fan, since my Dad played them non-stop when I was younger, and I've never had any Clash or Joe Strummer vibes from this song. Personally I think it's allegorical rather than reality. Also, Brian's tat isn't of Joe's name, it's a charicature image of him and his guitar right? I could be wrong about this but I think I remember watching the video where Brian talks about his tattoos? Please correct me if I'm wrong! | |
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| - 18milesaminute wrote:
- simo wrote:
- And I don't see any reason why Strummer would be speaking American Slang when he's British.
Completely agree man. I'm a massive Clash fan, since my Dad played them non-stop when I was younger, and I've never had any Clash or Joe Strummer vibes from this song. Personally I think it's allegorical rather than reality. Also, Brian's tat isn't of Joe's name, it's a charicature image of him and his guitar right? I could be wrong about this but I think I remember watching the video where Brian talks about his tattoos? Please correct me if I'm wrong! Yeah your right about the tattoo, it's a charicature image which he saw in a bar, I think I saw the same video | |
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| this video? =)
http://www.rocksound.tv/tv/article/the-gaslight-anthem-ii | |
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| - Bea wrote:
- this video? =)
http://www.rocksound.tv/tv/article/the-gaslight-anthem-ii Yeah dude, that's the one! Knew I'd watched him talk about it | |
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