A man who dressed like a sheikh stood amongst the broken stones on top of the sun baked hill. With his sunglasses and binoculars he spots an armadillo running in the desert and these guys with guitars are jamming in front of an oil rig. For reasons currently unknown, the man flees with a red boombox in hand....
That is all I saw and all I needed to know when I first saw this video and heard this song. I was only 5 and it made a huge impression on me and how I saw the world. There were these guys on TV who were dressed like they were from the future, and it dawned on me that there is a whole world out there, and it listens to music and is expressive and creative and different. I was too small too understand the messages in the video or behind the lyrics but I didn't care. This was the early 1980s, there were people from the future on TV playing music in the desert with that armadillo and I loved it.
Fast forward to 2012 and you find me listening to this song before the sun comes out to play. The love is still there, the music is still there, the only difference is now I watch the Clash on YouTube and I love the messages I never saw as a kid. To me, this song, and video is timeless and will forever kick ass.
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