How many bands have the balls to play a song about low-income employment before a crowd of 72,000? Or to do so when they are the opening act? In a foreign, powerful country? And then dare to heckle the audience? The answer is The Clash, the band who, probably more than any other in rock history, understood that the dollar was a low priority in comparison to achieving everything that you can and dogfighting for your views and beliefs. 'Shea Stadium' may not be the best document of the Clash live (their diversity is limited and the sound is sometimes a flat wall of bass, guitars and drums) but it is nonetheless incendiary in its raw energy and boasts songs ('Spanish Bombs', 'Clampdown') that can withstand even an average run through.
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