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The Clash — The Magnificent Seven
Album: Sandinista!
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Released: 1980
Length: 5:28
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The magnificent seven
Ring! Ring! It's 7 A.M.!
Move y'self to go again
Cold water in the face
Brings you back to this awful place
Knuckle merchants and you bankers, too
Must get up an' learn those rules
Weather man and the crazy chief
One says sun and one says sleet
A.M. and the F.M. the P.M. too
Churning out that boogaloo
Gets you up and gets you out
But how long can you keep it up?
Gimme Honda gimme Sony
So cheap and real phony
Hong Kong dollars Indian cents
English pounds and Eskimo pence

You lot! What?
Don't stop! Give it all you got!
You lot! What?
Don't stop! Yeah!
You lot! What?
Don't stop! Give it all you got!
You lot! What?
Don't stop! Yeah!

Working for a rise better my station
And take my baby to sophistication
Seen the ads, she thinks it's nice
Better work hard I seen the price
Never mind that it's time for the bus
We got to work an' you're one of us
Clocks go slow in a place of work
Minutes drag and the hours jerk
Yeah wave bye-bye

'''''Spoken:'''''
"When can I tell 'em wot I do?
In a second, maaan...
oright Chuck!"

Wave buh-buh-buh-bye to the boss
It's our profit, it's his loss
But anyway the lunch bells ring
Take one hour do your thanng!
Cheeesboiger!

What do we have for entertainment?
Cops kicking Gypsies on the pavement
Now the news has snapped to attention!
Lunar landing of the dentist convention
Italian mobster shoots a lobster
Seafood restaurant gets out of hand
Car in the fridge
Or fridge in the car?
Like cowboys do in T.V. land

You lot! What? Don't stop give it all you got
You lot! What? Don't stop. Huh?
You lot! What? Don't stop give it all you got
You lot! What? Don't stop.

So get back to work and sweat some more
The sun will sink and we'll get out the door
It's no good for man to work in cages
Hit the town he drinks his wages
You're fretting you're sweating
But did you notice you ain't getting?
You're fretting you're sweating
But did you notice you not getting anywhere?
Don't you ever stop long enough to start?
To take your car outta that gear
Don't you ever stop long enough to start?
To get your car outta that gear
Karlo Marx and Fredrich Engels
Came to the checkout at the 7-11
Marx was skint but he had sense
Engels lent him the necessary pence

What have we got? Yeh-o
What have we got? Yeh-o
What have we got? magnificence!
(Spoken) I say
What have we got?

Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi
Went to the park to check on the game
They was murdered by the other team
Who went on to win 50-nil
You can be true, you can be false
You be given the same reward
Socrates and Milhous Nixon
Both went the same way through the kitchen
Plato the Greek or Rin Tin Tin
Who's more famous to the billion millions?
News Flash: Vacuum Cleaner Sucks Up Budgie
Oooohh oww...buh-bye

Buh bu

Magnificence!!

FUCKING LONG, INNIT?
Comments (490)add comment
 fredriley wrote:

Seriously danceable agitprop that stands the test of time, both musically and politically. If only there were more musical Marxists, but they're as rare as hen's teeth. A rare 10 from the Nottingham jury.




Bien d'accord Amigo
Posted 3 months ago by Stéphane    [ Reply ]
Love the lyrics!
Posted 8 months ago by Rcallinjr    [ Reply ]
 rhlrstn wrote:


2 people downvoted this... I don'd understand!

Their cats drugged them. 

Where's fredriley's "feckin' long innit?" 
Posted 10 months ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Clash rap! 
Posted 1 year ago by siqbal    [ Reply ]
Fantastic segue BillG!!! Obviously love this Clash!!! 10
Posted 1 year ago by Montreal_Mort    [ Reply ]
This version along with the other versions of this song are overplayed IMHO.
Posted 1 year ago by VV    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:


Cheeesboiger!


Had to scroll through 2 years of comments to find the original and revive this. So worth it.... heh...
Posted 1 year ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
Important album - yes. Amazing song - f yes Ok, so find a quiet moment and JUST listen to this. Quiet on either side. No one did this in the 1980s. Listen to their flow. F’ing amazing MM
Posted 1 year ago by Montreal_Mort    [ Reply ]
Turn it up you lot!
Posted 1 year ago by BillE    [ Reply ]
One of the most important rock album since the beginning........
Posted 2 years ago by ThierryP    [ Reply ]
See. Now that I can read the lyrics, this song makes a lot more sense.
Posted 2 years ago by MilidelEubanks    [ Reply ]
Can we be done with this burger meme please - it's cute, but silly; this powerful song deserves a bit more reverence IMHO.  Pretty sure Mick & Joe would not find it so amusing.
Posted 2 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:


Cheeesboiger!

or show my age with "Coke, no Pepsi, we change!"
Posted 2 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:


Cheeesboiger!
I can haz?

Posted 2 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Vacuum clean sucks up fungi
I listened to this entire record for so long the needle cut all the way through the grooves and I had a spiral ribbon of vinyl come off the turntable.
Posted 2 years ago by michael_crf    [ Reply ]
YOU LOT! WHAT!
Posted 2 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:


Cheeesboiger!



Made me smile. Thanks!
Posted 2 years ago by niels1    [ Reply ]
Always wondered what Budgie's back story was.
Ah - just realized Budgie is a kind of parakeet!
Posted 2 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
Not one of my favourite Clash songs but I just read the lyrics and like it better.
Posted 2 years ago by milleymeister    [ Reply ]
 xray38 wrote:

Maaaaaaagnificent!



SEVEN!
Posted 2 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]


Pillow! War!
Posted 2 years ago by Hippostar    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:


Cheeesboiger!


Cheeesboiger belongs at the top of the comments page!
Posted 2 years ago by thatslongformud    [ Reply ]
 rpdevotee wrote:

I used to LOVE this song...Best bass line in modern rock!



Posted 2 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
 exjunkie wrote:

The timeline from disco to punk is pretty tight.



Posted 2 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
 jkforde wrote:

not long enough!



Posted 2 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
 Easyrider wrote:

Great times and stomping good tunes😊



Posted 2 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
 Max32 wrote:

R P is jamming today!



Posted 2 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
 cavemanleong wrote:

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaagnificence! 



Posted 2 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
 myelich wrote:
This song never gets old ~ loved it then, love it now. 


Posted 2 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:


Cheeesboiger!

It's the will of the Cheeesboiger, I mean, people!
Posted 2 years ago by Jayesea    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:


Cheeesboiger!


This should fill up the whole comments page!
Posted 2 years ago by thatslongformud    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:


Cheeesboiger!


Sorry, but for me this is so silly for such a powerful song from the Clash (I don't thing they would find it amusing at all).
Posted 2 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 exjunkie wrote:

The timeline from disco to punk is pretty tight.



Because people were PISSED after suffering through disco! ;)
Posted 2 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
I know there's a lot of love for The Clash, but this is mediocre.  There are many far-better Clash songs that you could offer up, but this really sounds like they phoned it in....
Posted 2 years ago by jtcedinburgh    [ Reply ]
 rhlrstn wrote:


2 people downvoted this... I don'd understand!


Burgered if I know!
Posted 2 years ago by shaun2    [ Reply ]
 rhlrstn wrote:


2 people downvoted this... I don'd understand!


It trivializes an important and powerful song (one perspective)
Posted 3 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Yeah, I dug this the most but it just hasn't held up too well, innit?
Posted 3 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 rhiangalthie wrote:


Really not sure how you get disco out of this.

It is danceable though!
Posted 3 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet    [ Reply ]
 twohearted wrote:

i like a lot of clash stuff but disco still sucks



Really not sure how you get disco out of this.
Posted 3 years ago by rhiangalthie    [ Reply ]
Pretty fuckin' long innit?
Posted 3 years ago by rrowdies    [ Reply ]
 rhlrstn wrote:


2 people downvoted this... I don'd understand!


There's some uptight folks who don't like seeing animated GIFs in the song comments for some reason. *shrug*
Posted 3 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
At first listening, I thought the lyrics said: "The vacuum cleaner sucks up budget." I was a bit disappointed.
Posted 3 years ago by Nix    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:


Cheeesboiger!


2 people downvoted this... I don'd understand!
Posted 3 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]
This song never gets old ~ loved it then, love it now. 
Posted 3 years ago by myelich    [ Reply ]
i like a lot of clash stuff but disco still sucks
Posted 3 years ago by twohearted    [ Reply ]
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaagnificence! 
Posted 3 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
R P is jamming today!
Posted 3 years ago by Max32    [ Reply ]
 exjunkie wrote:
The timeline from disco to punk is pretty tight.
 
They essentially overlap. At least that version of punk overlaps.
Posted 3 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet    [ Reply ]
Great times and stomping good tunes😊
Posted 3 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
 exjunkie wrote:
The timeline from disco to punk is pretty tight.
 So true. Totally freaks me out when I think back on it. 

Posted 4 years ago by KitKatKeno    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:


Cheeesboiger!
 

thanks for posting!  fits the song perfectly!
Posted 4 years ago by powerhuge    [ Reply ]
When it came out seams not enough punk. Too beaty. me parcío cuando salio "poco punk". Hasta se podía bailar !!!! No way The clash in discos?
Posted 4 years ago by sergioso    [ Reply ]
 sjccroquet wrote:

This GIF sums up just about all I get from TikTok. Well, all but the snooping by foreign governments...
 
How is this in perfect synchronicity to the song?!?!
Posted 4 years ago by michelleaddinall    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:


Cheeesboiger!
 
This GIF sums up just about all I get from TikTok. Well, all but the snooping by foreign governments...
Posted 4 years ago by sjccroquet    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:


Cheeesboiger!
 
That is perfection! 
Posted 4 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
not long enough!
Posted 4 years ago by jkforde    [ Reply ]


Cheeesboiger!
Posted 4 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Maaaaaaagnificent!
Posted 4 years ago by xray38    [ Reply ]
The timeline from disco to punk is pretty tight.
Posted 4 years ago by exjunkie    [ Reply ]
I used to LOVE this song...Best bass line in modern rock!
Posted 4 years ago by rpdevotee    [ Reply ]
Never really got into teh Clash but this is still a solid groove after all these years.
Posted 4 years ago by Alastair    [ Reply ]
move y'self to go again
Posted 4 years ago by Froggy_Matt    [ Reply ]
 nbgurler wrote:
Great playlist today!
 

That's every day on RP.
Posted 4 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Listening to The Clash today, I'm surprised at how much of a disco beat is in their music.
Posted 4 years ago by bking    [ Reply ]
Great playlist today!
Posted 4 years ago by nbgurler    [ Reply ]
great to hear this again brings back memories 
Posted 4 years ago by irma_in_goma    [ Reply ]
So many memories inside this song. God I wish I could jam on the dance floor like the old days. Image result for seven
Posted 4 years ago by jahgirl8    [ Reply ]
Definitely one of their all time greatest tunes (among many)!
Posted 5 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Very strong 9 to me, considering 10
Posted 5 years ago by Tomasni    [ Reply ]
That rocked!
Posted 5 years ago by bmabee245    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by MrMelons    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill!
Most excellent.
Posted 5 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
Long Live                                                                                                                                      Radio Paradise
I increase my rating from 8 to                                                                                    9 -OUTSTANDING 
Posted 5 years ago by Tomasni    [ Reply ]
Right on!
Thanks Bill - this is way better than John Cougar or the Counting Crows.
Posted 5 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:

 

 
ey-azz. really mild. 
Posted 6 years ago by jambo    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:

{#No}

Most days I can take this song but today am really wishing Mick had taken the last line to heart before starting. 

 
Hmm, I always thought Joe wrote this, (Clash 101 so to speak)
Posted 7 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
You lot!
Posted 7 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]

{#Clap}

Magnificent Seven?  Hellz no, Magnificent TEN! 


Posted 7 years ago by Shaken_Bake    [ Reply ]
MAGGNIFICENT
Posted 7 years ago by LYS    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:
Effin short, innit?

 
{#No}

Most days I can take this song but today am really wishing Mick had taken the last line to heart before starting. 
Posted 7 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Quel fromage.
Posted 7 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Ha ! The height of Punk was an OK Rock band.
Posted 7 years ago by ccjemmett    [ Reply ]
Excellent stuff. Does not get old.
Posted 7 years ago by ojibwe    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

I find it mildly amusing when someone makes up their own (inaccurate) version of history and then asserts his opinion as scientific fact.  It's like listening to Rush Limbaugh but not as annoying.

 
 
Posted 8 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
This just KICKS ASS! {#Bananajam}{#Guitarist}
Posted 8 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Miss ya Joe! RIP{#Bounce}
Posted 8 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
Ring, ring
7:10 a.m.! 
Posted 8 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
never gets old
Posted 8 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananapiano}{#Drummer}  desk dance 
Posted 8 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
 Rotterdam wrote:

May be so, but if you are not listening to the lyrics, does this not make you want to move? I can't sit still at my desk...

 
Listening to it makes me wish for an instrumental version.
Posted 8 years ago by walchenbach    [ Reply ]
Any audiophiles out there:  The Clash on HiDef is excellent - you would never have thought.  I got the "greatest hits" collection off HD Tracks and it's quite impressive.  Of course it includes this tune that I even use for auditioning equipment now....who knew?!
Posted 8 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
damn, he's a rhyming fool, I wonder if he can break dance too
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
might be my favorite Clash song.
Posted 8 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
Did they invent Disco Music? Mwahahaha! {#High-five}
Posted 8 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
vacuum cleaner sucks up budgie.

say no more...
Posted 9 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

{#Roflol} Was there ever a 12" version back in the day? 

 
"The Magnificent Dance", released on 12 April 1981 by CBS in 12-inch single format, is the dance remix of "The Magnificent Seven". The maxi single was released in the UK featuring an edited version of "The Magnificent Seven" on side-A, and in the U.S., where it was backed with the extended version of "The Cool Out". It is credited to "Pepe Unidos", a pseudonym for Strummer, Paul Simonon and manager Bernie Rhodes. "Pepe Unidos" also produced "The Cool Out", a remix of "The Call Up". This dance version "definitely capitalized on the funky groove of the original, adding in some very cool drumming."
Posted 9 years ago by number7    [ Reply ]
All my early teenage years, trying to self-learn English by rapping on this song, as well as on the instrumental versions of Grandmaster Flash's The Message and Sugarhill's Gang Rapper's Delight. Still having gooseskin when hearing that particular sound of bass and guitar. Eternal.
Posted 9 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
Redefines adequate. 
Posted 9 years ago by trevc    [ Reply ]
 hanssachs wrote:
Dated, self-absorbed, and really tiresome - minority view, to be sure, but it is way too long, innit?

 
May be so, but if you are not listening to the lyrics, does this not make you want to move? I can't sit still at my desk...
Posted 9 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:
Effin short, innit?

 
{#Roflol} Was there ever a 12" version back in the day? 
Posted 9 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Effin short, innit?
Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
{#Cheers}
Posted 9 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
>>That's not how this socialist has always interpreted that verse, which seems to be a not too subtle dig at pacifism.

That's not how I'm reading it. At least not the dig, just irony.
Posted 9 years ago by dingleberry    [ Reply ]
The original white boy reggae rap.
Posted 9 years ago by netskink    [ Reply ]
Rated it at 7. A good, solid, magnificent 7.
Posted 10 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
 ccjemmett wrote:

Not a minority view at all. The band is much loved but by a very small noisy bunch.

I find it amusing that the height of punk was really just a kinda ok rock band.

 
I find it mildly amusing when someone makes up their own (inaccurate) version of history and then asserts his opinion as scientific fact.  It's like listening to Rush Limbaugh but not as annoying.
Posted 10 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 hanssachs wrote:
Dated, self-absorbed, and really tiresome - minority view, to be sure, but it is way too long, innit?

 
Not a minority view at all. The band is much loved but by a very small noisy bunch.

I find it amusing that the height of punk was really just a kinda ok rock band.


Posted 10 years ago by ccjemmett    [ Reply ]
Classic again!
Posted 10 years ago by JohnnySockhead    [ Reply ]
 Thin_Air wrote:

This is right up there with Rolf Harrris' "Two Little Boys" but if I had to choose then Rolf would get the nod. 



 
Nobody is happy with Rolf today.  Seems "innocent until proven guilty" does not apply in the UK.

edit: definitely guilty and becoming more so by the day.
Posted 10 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:

This classic song celebrates the absurdity of commercial consumption by the masses...  love it...

Karlo Marx and Fredrich Engels
Came to the checkout at the 7-11
Marx was skint - but he had sense
Engels lent him the necessary pence
What have we got? Yeh-o, magnificence!!
Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi
Went to the park to check on the game
But they was murdered by the other team
Who went on to win 50-nil
You can be true, you can be false
You'll be given the same reward
Socrates and Milhous Nixon
Both went the same way - through the kitchen
Plato the Greek or Rin Tin Tin
Who's more famous to the billion millions?

 
That's not how this socialist has always interpreted that verse, which seems to be a not too subtle dig at pacifism.
Posted 10 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 hanssachs wrote:
Dated, self-absorbed, and really tiresome - minority view, to be sure, but it is way too long, innit?

 
No, it's fuckin' long, innit? ;-)
Posted 10 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
yeah. cheese boigah! never gets old.
Posted 10 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}{#Bananajam}{#Bananajam}{#Notworthy}
Posted 10 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Great song indeed!
Posted 10 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Dated, self-absorbed, and really tiresome - minority view, to be sure, but it is way too long, innit?
Posted 10 years ago by hanssachs    [ Reply ]
first time i head this album I was on mescaline.  I can still feel the beat taking over my nervous system.  Thanks too "Ed the Lock."
Posted 10 years ago by black321    [ Reply ]
I like this song even better after reading the lyrics, which I'd never completely understood. Interesting stream of consciousness.
Posted 10 years ago by RandomousJam    [ Reply ]

HEY!!  Joe's RAPPIN' again!!


Posted 10 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
 Foot wrote:
8 > 9

 
I just did same and then checked comments and see there is a clear theme! Awesome Tune!
Posted 10 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Sony cheap and real phony! Lol
"Magnificent" tune from the masters of their generation and still is a stand out today -definitely a stranded on an island must have...
RIP Joe Strummer
Posted 10 years ago by orangecraig    [ Reply ]