THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
638-The Clash-Bankrobber.
1980-Number 12 single.
Best Bit-At 4.29.Dub time.
The lyrics aren’t meant literally,they are a continuation of the themes of dead end jobs and escaping oppression that run through so many of The Clash songs.
The band filmed a low budget video for the song depicting members of the band recording the song in the studio,interspersed with Clash roadies Baker and Green wearing bandanas over their faces performing a bank heist in Lewisham.During filming,Baker and Green were stopped by the police who thought they were genuine bank robbers.
‘Hey,my daddy was a bank robber but he never hurt nobody he just loved to live that way and he loved to steal your money.’
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