Lost in the Supermarket" is a 1979 song by The Clash. Written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones and produced by Guy Stevens, it is credited to the Strummer/Jones songwriting partnership. It was released on their third studio album London Calling. It is the eighth song on the track listing. Although it features Mick Jones on lead vocals, the song was written by Joe Strummer. The supermarket in question was The International, located at 471-473 Kings Road, beneath the World's End Estate. 31 Whistler Walk was where Joe lived at the time with his girlfriend Gaby Salter, her two younger brothers and her mother. The song's lyrics describe someone struggling to deal with an increasingly commercialised world and rampant consumerism. The song opens with Strummer's autobiographical memories of his parents' home in suburban Warlingham, with a hedge "over which I never could see." With lines such as "I came in here for that special offer - guaranteed personality", the protagonist bemoans the depersonalisation of the world around him. The song speaks of numbers about suburban alienation and the feelings of disillusionment that come through youth in modern society. In the Making of 'London Calling': The Last Testament DVD, released with the 25th anniversary edition of London Calling in 2004, Strummer said he wrote the lyrics imagining Jones' life growing up in a basement with his mother and grandmother.
London Calling es el tercer álbum de estudio de la banda británica de punk The Clash, lanzado el 14 de diciembre de 1979, por CBS Records en el Reino Unido y en enero de 1980 por Epic Records en Estados Unidos. El álbum representó un cambio en el estilo musical de The Clash, incluyendo estilos como el ska, pop, soul, rockabilly y reggae, que no habían sido utilizados por la banda anteriormente.1 El álbum habla sobre temas como el desempleo, los conflictos raciales, el uso de drogas, y las responsabilidades de los adultos.
Lost in the Supermarket" is a 1979 song by The Clash. Written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones and produced by Guy Stevens, it is credited to the Strummer/Jones songwriting partnership. It was released on their third studio album London Calling. It is the eighth song on the track listing. Although it features Mick Jones on lead vocals, the song was written by Joe Strummer. The supermarket in question was The International, located at 471-473 Kings Road, beneath the World's End Estate. 31 Whistler Walk was where Joe lived at the time with his girlfriend Gaby Salter, her two younger brothers and her mother.
ResponderEliminarThe song's lyrics describe someone struggling to deal with an increasingly commercialised world and rampant consumerism. The song opens with Strummer's autobiographical memories of his parents' home in suburban Warlingham, with a hedge "over which I never could see." With lines such as "I came in here for that special offer - guaranteed personality", the protagonist bemoans the depersonalisation of the world around him. The song speaks of numbers about suburban alienation and the feelings of disillusionment that come through youth in modern society.
In the Making of 'London Calling': The Last Testament DVD, released with the 25th anniversary edition of London Calling in 2004, Strummer said he wrote the lyrics imagining Jones' life growing up in a basement with his mother and grandmother.
London Calling es el tercer álbum de estudio de la banda británica de punk The Clash, lanzado el 14 de diciembre de 1979, por CBS Records en el Reino Unido y en enero de 1980 por Epic Records en Estados Unidos. El álbum representó un cambio en el estilo musical de The Clash, incluyendo estilos como el ska, pop, soul, rockabilly y reggae, que no habían sido utilizados por la banda anteriormente.1 El álbum habla sobre temas como el desempleo, los conflictos raciales, el uso de drogas, y las responsabilidades de los adultos.