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Joe Strummer

Joe Strummer (August 21, 1952, Ankara, Turkey – December 22, 2002, Broomfield, Somerset, England): Never Forgotten, Always an Inspiration, Always Missed!!!

Tributes to Joe Strummer: Docs and tributes to a true genius, a great man and humanitarian, a real inspirational leader, best frontman ever, my favourite lyricist of all time and a personal hero.
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"Your words were boots Joe, boots in Lewisham
When black and white and yellow riot put down the Nazi scum,
And in Trafalgar Square in ninety-one
When the fury of our rainbow class put Thatcher on the run
Your words were firing like a gun Joe, firing like a gun.
 
I heard your booming words echo
Through the streets of Prague-
when we shut the World Bank down
And you were roaring vengeance in Genoa
when we had to fight through gas
and bullets just to hold our ground
And when the many-headed future met in Florence
Everyone knew your name Joe
Your songs were all around.
 
And when the threw me in a cell Joe
I sang straight to hell Joe
And when they stood me up in court Joe
I hummed the Brixton guns Joe
 
Oh Joe! when you got up to sing
It was a fist in a copper's face
It was a pitchfork in a landlord's neck
It was a bullet in a contra's gut
It was an arrow in the eye of a general
It was a kick in the balls for the rich.
It was everything good Joe
It was everything good
 
And when us Zombies and us Rastas
and us Punks and Workers win
You will be singing in our blood Joe
You will be dancing like speed in our veins" – Dave Lordan, "Tribute to Joe Strummer", music by Radical Picnic
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"hello hello Joe
 
I am not the only one
I am not the only one
 
It's not over it's just begun
I try to sing along...
 
I got it playing on my stereo
I'm never ever gonna let it go
 
hello hello joe" – Beatsteaks, "Hello Joe"
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"As soon as the sun went down,
up all night we were flying high
'til we got the wake-up call.
There's no Garageland no more.
We're left with memories lying on the floor.
(Did you believe what they said?)
Hear the sound of hate and war.
Death or Glory - we survived it all." – Die Toten Hosen, "Goodbye Garageland"
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"She had to go, she had to go simply because,
simply because, and I let her go, I let her go like
she never was, like she never was cause I didn't
know, cause I didn't know and I don't care what
she does, simply because, she had to go cause
she didn't know who Joe Strummer was, Joe
Strummer was, Joe Strummer was, Joe Strummer
was, Joe Strummer was, Joe Strummer was, Joe
Strummer was, Joe Strummer was" – Cowboy Mouth, "Joe Strummer"
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"Raise a toast to St. Joe Strummer
I think he might've been our only decent teacher" – The Hold Steady, "Constructive Summer"
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"Goodbye inspiration
Voice of a generation
Goodbye Inspiration
I won't be playing Strummerville again" – Stiff Little Fingers, "Strummerville"
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"He was the strongest of men, a real inspirational leader, a guy who never seemed to tire of listening to people and talking to them, learning and teaching all the time. He had true compassion for everyone he met. He was the nicest and also the most fun loving person I've known."
– Bob Gruen, Photographer
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We miss you Joe!
Rest In Peace.
 
 
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