{"id":29313,"date":"2016-01-05T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=29313"},"modified":"2026-05-30T09:46:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:46:27","slug":"cover-me-clampdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2016\/01\/05\/cover-me-clampdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Clampdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em>Let fury have the hour. Anger can be power. Do you know that you can use it?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29424\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2016\/01\/05\/cover-me-clampdown\/strummer\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/strummer.jpg?fit=465%2C673&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"465,673\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"strummer\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/strummer.jpg?fit=465%2C673&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29424\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/strummer.jpg?resize=758%2C1098&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"758\" height=\"1098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/strummer.jpg?resize=207%2C300&amp;ssl=1 207w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/strummer.jpg?w=465&amp;ssl=1 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bruce Springsteen and Joe Strummer had more than a bit of mutual admiration between them, each citing the other as an influence.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a wonder then that Bruce hasn&#8217;t covered Strummer and The Clash more often. There are exceptions, like &#8220;London Calling&#8221; and &#8220;Coma Girl,&#8221; but rarely does Bruce give one of Joe&#8217;s songs multiple outings in concert.<\/p>\n<p>That changed in Pittsburgh on the High Hopes Tour, when temporary E Streeter Tom Morello joined Bruce on vocals to open with a cover of a song Morello was more than a bit familiar with.<\/p>\n<p>The Clash released &#8220;Clampdown&#8221; as a single in Australia only, the second single off their landmark 1979 album,\u00a0<em>London Calling.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_lt4O-EHNnw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Clampdown&#8221; never charted, but the punk anthem galvanized audiences, influenced young rockers, and inspired a host of covers with its galvanizing rallying cry.<\/p>\n<p>One such band heavily influenced by The Clash was Rage Against the Machine, who covered &#8220;Clampdown&#8221; in their very first show&#8230;\u00a0<em>ever<\/em>. In fact, &#8220;Clampdown&#8221; was only the second song they ever played live, and it was miraculously captured on video. Here&#8217;s that performance from 1991, featuring a 27-year-old Tom Morello:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/skVAw1NkuYA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>So when Bruce decided to make &#8220;Clampdown&#8221; their show opener that April evening in Pittsburgh and asked Tom to join him on vocals, Morello was more than up to the task.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IZH7-dR4agg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>It was a brilliant decision: &#8220;Clampdown&#8221; rocketed the show out of the starting gate. Bruce was so pleased with the way it turned out that\u00a0 he went on to perform it not once but <em>five\u00a0<\/em>more times over the next four weeks (although he would drop the horns immediately after that debut performance in Pittsburgh).<\/p>\n<p>By their third performance a week later in Sunrise, they&#8217;d nailed both arrangement and performance. Within days, Bruce released an official video of that performance on his YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GqRN7N7lH8o?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Bruce, Tom, and the band continued performing &#8220;Clampdown&#8221; through the end of the High Hopes Tour. When Morello left the band at that point, The Clash&#8217;s anthem went too. It was the Obama era, after all. The economy was booming, and the United States was at the peak of its progressive arc. &#8220;Clampdown&#8221; didn&#8217;t feel urgent enough to warrant a regular spot in the set list.<\/p>\n<p>That would change.<\/p>\n<p>A dozen years later, the lyrics of &#8220;Clampdown&#8221; sound eerily resonant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>In these days of evil presidentes<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Working for the clampdown<\/em><br \/>\n<em>But lately, one or two has fully paid their due<\/em><br \/>\n<em>For working for the clampdown<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was almost certainly Morello&#8217;s suggestion to reprise &#8220;Clampdown&#8221; on the Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour, and it was a great one.<\/p>\n<p>It was a late addition, first appearing on Night Three of the tour, but it&#8217;s been a staple ever since.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/72i4hxX9zmo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>As part of the show&#8217;s opening salvo, &#8220;Clampdown&#8221; sears ferociously and makes it clear that Bruce and the band aren&#8217;t going to hold back.<\/p>\n<p>Nor should they.<\/p>\n<p>Let fury have the hour. 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Do you know that you can use it?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clampdown<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> April 2, 2014 (Pittsburgh, PA)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> May 30, 2026 (Philadelphia, PA)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 September 10, 2021 \/ April 25, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late on the High Hopes Tour, Bruce added a Clash cover to his set lists\u2013one that temporary E Streeter Tom Morello was more than a little familiar 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