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The Clash — Spanish Bombs
Album: London Calling
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Released: 1979
Length: 3:17
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Spanish songs in Andalucia
The shooting sites in the days of '39
Oh please leave the ventana open
Federico Lorca is dead and gone

Bullet holes in the cemetery walls
The black cars of Guardia Civil
Spanish bombs on the Costa Rica
I'm flying in on a DC-10 tonight

Spanish bombs, yo te quiero infinito
Yo te quiero, oh mi corazón
Spanish bombs, yo te quiero infinito
Yo te quiero, oh mi corazón

Spanish weeks in my disco casino
The freedom fighters died up on the hill
They sang The Red Flag, they wore the black one
After they died it was mockingbird hill

Back home the buses went up in flashes
The Irish tomb drenched in blood
Spanish bombs shatter the hotels
My señoritas rose was nipped in the bud

Spanish bombs, yo te quiero infinito
Yo te quiero, oh mi corazón
Spanish bombs, yo te quiero infinito
Yo te quiero, oh mi corazón

The hillsides ring with "Free the people"
Or can I hear the echoes from the days of '39?
Trenches full of poets, a ragged army
Fixing bayonets to fight the other line

Spanish bombs rock the province
I'm hearing music from another time
Spanish bombs, Costa Brava
I'm flying in on a DC-10 tonight

Spanish bombs, yo te quiero infinito
Yo te quiero, oh mi corazón
Spanish bombs, yo te quiero infinito
Yo te quiero, oh mi corazón

Spanish songs in Andalucía, Mandolina
Oh mi corazón
Spanish songs in Granada
Oh mi corazón
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,"Guernica" is not in Barcelona, it is in Madrid.


I respectfully disagree.  This is classic Clash political ideology.  Anti-fascist, etc. Very powerful song.  If you ever find yourself in Barcelona, go see Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" in the Reina Sofia museum.  Or better yet, visit the town it's named for.  Incredibly powerful stuff.  

 


Posted 8 years ago by Nosm    [ Reply ]
 old_shep wrote:

Album filler.



 
You Ignorant ahole
Posted 10 years ago by Stranglersfan    [ Reply ]
 old_shep wrote:

Album filler.



 
I respectfully disagree.  This is classic Clash political ideology.  Anti-fascist, etc. Very powerful song.  If you ever find yourself in Barcelona, go see Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" in the Reina Sofia museum.  Or better yet, visit the town it's named for.  Incredibly powerful stuff.  
Posted 11 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:

No, it is not.  Spain is a monarchy.

 
Constitutional monarchy.  Important clarification.  And yes, Spain is a representational democracy.  
Posted 11 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
{#Guitarist}Carajo que si, para Las Bombas Espanolas!
Posted 11 years ago by Chi_Guy    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:

Spain has been a democracy for about 36 years now...

love this song...  love this album...
 

 
No, it is not.  Spain is a monarchy.
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]

Spain has been a democracy for about 36 years now...

love this song...  love this album...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]

Album filler.


Posted 11 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:
Yawnsville, not bad, nothing exciting. Yep, it's The Clash.
 
Try listening to the lyrics.  And the music.  Maybe that would give you a credible opinion.
Posted 12 years ago by Gregoria    [ Reply ]
 WayUpNorth wrote:
danc
 
Perfect!  Not quite there yet, but working on it :)
Posted 12 years ago by RoaringGirl    [ Reply ]
 toterola wrote:
My favorite Clash album, hands down!
 
Hands down and thumbs up.
Posted 12 years ago by gemtag    [ Reply ]
This was an unbelievable release at the time and it holds timeless today...
Posted 12 years ago by heliskimaster    [ Reply ]
Yawnsville, not bad, nothing exciting. Yep, it's The Clash.
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
My favorite Clash album, hands down!
Posted 13 years ago by toterola    [ Reply ]
Love It!
Posted 13 years ago by Stranglersfan    [ Reply ]
 Great song from an amazing album...
Posted 13 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
danc
Posted 13 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
 Zep wrote:
Six now (dunno which one was added after this comment, Unk!). But damn, can't this chestnut get a spin?
 
8
Posted 13 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
UncleRemus wrote:
With the addition of "Spanish Bombs", London Calling now has five representatives in the main RP rotation. That's quite an accomplishment!
Six now (dunno which one was added after this comment, Unk!). But damn, can't this chestnut get a spin?
Posted 16 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
You should listen to the version of Rio Reiser. One day he played a concert on his piano just for fun and it was released later on as it was so good. This was one of the songs.
Posted 17 years ago by Indikator    [ Reply ]
Every song on this album deserves inclusion; despite the incorrect Spanish, in my not so humble opinion "Spanish Bombs" is the cream of this great crop. Now, if we can just smuggle "White Riot" past the self-appointed Taste Censors on the Listener Review Channel....
Posted 19 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]
With the addition of "Spanish Bombs", London Calling now has five representatives in the main RP rotation. That's quite an accomplishment!
Posted 20 years ago by UncleRemus    [ Reply ]