"All transmitters to Full....All receivers to Boost...This is London Calling, This is London Calling..."
The opening to Joe Strummer's BBC World Service programme between 1998 and 2002 - and heavily featured in "The Future is Unwritten" - Julien Temple's biopic. We had a private screening of it tonight for guests, friends and some BBC-ers. Joe was a fan of the World Service since he first heard it as a schoolboy in Malawi when his diplomat father was posted there.
A reminder of what he achieved, from The Clash (memories of Cardiff 1978) to The Mescaleros, with "London Calling" and the Glastonbury camp fires in between. From his uncompromising determination thirty years ago to a mellower proud father but still lancing hypocrisy and with an unwavering faith in music and people. Much missed...
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Just fabulous.
Wish I could see it too. Like millions of others my first recollection of the country I now live in (Nicaragua) was through Joe Strummer.
The first time I heard the word "Sandinista" it was the name of a Clash album.
Posted by: ourman | July 03, 2007 at 12:10 AM
I finally saw it and have just purchased the CD. Who do we bully in the BBC to rerun Joe's old World Service show as Podcasts?
Posted by: ourman | December 06, 2007 at 03:18 PM
Anyone know where to get Joe's old shows on the internet?
Posted by: Jimbo | February 25, 2008 at 03:34 PM
http://mefeedia.com/entry/joe-strummer-calls-back/5917632/
Posted by: Here's one show | November 27, 2008 at 12:59 PM