(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais (track)
by The Clash
Year: 1991
From the album The Singles (track #5)
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(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais appears on the following album(s) by The Clash:
- From Here To Eternity: Live (track #6) (1999)
- The Story Of The Clash Volume 1 (track #14) (compilation) (1988)
- The Singles (track #5) (this album) (compilation) (1991)
- The Essential Clash (track #13) (compilation) (2003)
- Clash On Broadway (track #21) (compilation) (1991)
- The Singles (Box Set) (track #14) (compilation) (2006)
- The Clash Hits Back (track #4) (compilation) (2013)
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| 11/14/2025 17:13 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 | |
| 11/14/2022 20:47 | LosWochos | 310,994 | 80/100 | |
| 04/01/2020 07:22 | MaxStorm98 | 51,528 | 99/100 | |
| 12/10/2018 19:59 | phmusic | 62,860 | 100/100 | |
| 08/16/2018 08:58 | GeorgeW49 | 15,332 | 70/100 |
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DeusExMackia 09/18/2017 18:35 | #198193
The world is crying out for another depressive, no-hope anthem like this. There's this wonderful, almost triumphant sense of defeat in Joe Strummer's voice on White Man In Hammersmith Palais, almost as if he knows the country has gone to pot and that there's little he can do about it.
So instead, he finds his pleasure in singing about the woes of modern life and the state of the times. His words capture the struggle of black communities in their hometown of West London, the attitudes of the Punk scene in general and the sorry state of British politics as it was in the late 70s. He sounds so pleased with himself that it practically makes this raucous, driving and innovative masterpiece seem almost heartfelt.
The most Clash-iest song they ever made. And, quite probably, the best song ever written.
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