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The Mighty Clash. They had a song "remote control" featured on their debut album, and is written against oppression and conformity.The Clash didn’t want to release this song along with the rest of their first studio album, “The Clash,” so CBS Records, the label they (regrettably) signed onto, released it in single form. The Clash were not exactly thrilled about that. They didn't consult them. To the band, the song became a symbol of everything they were fighting against. The i...

The Mighty Clash. They had a song "remote control" featured on their debut album, and is written against oppression and conformity.The Clash didn’t want to release this song along with the rest of their first studio album, “The Clash,” so CBS Records, the label they (regrettably) signed onto, released it in single form. The Clash were not exactly thrilled about that. They didn't consult them. To the band, the song became a symbol of everything they were fighting against. The incident was referred to in the first lines of this song, I uploaded here, "Complete Control", which is on the 1979 US release of the album:

They said, 'Release "Remote Control", but we didn't want it on the label...
It is about how much they hate being on a record label and also how they hate capitalism. This video shows live footage of playing in a smaller club. They were known for letting fans inside for free, if they couldn't affort a ticket.Did sneak them in their hotelrooms, let them sleep on the floor. At 2:30 in this clip you see how big the arena's were they played in the US . Round 1980 they were about the biggest band in the world. Joe never could come to terms with that. That's why they broke up. Cause he fired Mick Jones, who enjoyed the lifestyle of the big loaded rockstar, a little too much. And he wrote the songs with Joe, like Lennon/McCartney or Richards/Jagger. Joe Strummer always stood by for what he believed in. RIP Joe Strummer.