Song 389: The question on the playlist this week is Should I Stay or Should I Go by The Clash, written by Topper Headon, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer, and you can find a YouTube video of it by clicking on the title. A full week into the new year, following a couple of weeks of brutal cold weather along the East Coast, coupled in some places with a sizable snowfall, this particular question might have occurred to a number of residents in the affected areas. Back in the early 1980s, I generally didn't get that excited by releases from The Clash, but I thought this one justified all of the attention it triggered. That attention continued through a number of reissues for a few years, plus one in 1991, and then the cut had a huge resurgence in 2016 via its inclusion in the Netflix sci-fi drama Stranger Things, so while it may or may not be here 'til the end of time, listeners have for the most part answered the question by having it stick around, evidently because they like the sound of it.
No comments:
Post a Comment