Eric Alper on Nostr: 45 years ago today, The Clash's "London Calling" was released, with the album out a ...
45 years ago today, The Clash's "London Calling" was released, with the album out a week later. The song fades out with a Morse code signal spelling S-O-S, reiterating the urgent sense of emergency and alluding to drowning in the river.
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