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жанры: punk, 70s
альбомы: Give 'Em Enough Rope, Sound System
Cheapskates
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The Clash
жанры: punk, 70s
альбомы: Give 'Em Enough Rope, Sound System
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I have been a washer up An' he has been a scrubber up An' I seen him a picking up Dog ends in the rainAn' he has never read a book Though I told him to take a look He lifted his pool hall cue For another gameBut it ain't no modern miracle That we found the golden rule What you can't buy, you gotta steal An' what you say can't steal you better leaveI don't like to hang about In this lonely room 'Cos London is for going out And trying to hear a tuneBut people come pouncing up to me And say, "What are you doing here You're supposed to be a star Not a cheapskate bleeding queer"Like a load of rats from a sinking ship You slag us down to save your hip But you don't give me the benefit of your doubt 'Cos I'll bite it off and spit it outWe're cheapskates anything'll do We're cheapskates what are we supposed to do? An' we can rock, hey hey let's roll An' we can walk, an' do the strollWe're cheapskates, anything'll do We're cheapskates, what are we supposed to do? [Incomprehensible]Just because we're in a group You think we're stinking rich An' we all got model girls Shedding every stitchAn' you think the cocaine's flowing Like a river up our noses An' every sea will part for us Like the red one did for mosesWell I hope you make it one day Just like you always said you would some day And I'll get out my money and make a bet That I'll be seein' you down the LaunderetteWe're cheapskates anything'll do We're cheapskates what are we supposed to do?
Это интересно:К началу 80-х в родной Великобритании Clash по популярности почти не знали конкурентов, уступая разве что The Jam. Баловни судьбы, они могли гордиться сразу двумя исключительно талантливыми композиторами в составе - Джо Страммером (Joe Strummer) и Миком Джонсом (Mick Jones), каждый из которых обладал уникальным стилем и голосом. Они не ограничивались рамками традиционного панк-рока, втягивая... продолжение
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