Title
From garahge to garidge: The appropriation of garage rock in the Clash"s 'Garageland' (1977)
Abbreviated Journal Title
Pop. Music Soc.
Keywords
Music
Abstract
In the song "Garageland" from their debut album, the Clash use the concept of garage rock to define a working-class, urban community devoted to music and radical politics. This paper explores the relationships between this song and 1960s garage rock, in particular their shared traits of masculinity, whiteness, and the rhetoric of worthlessness. I argue that "Garageland," through music and lyrics, self-consciously adopts the values of garage rock, while abandoning the sound of the earlier genre. Thus, it marks the separation of the ideals of garage rock from its original musical style, a separation with consequence for later genres.
Journal Title
Popular Music and Society
Volume
29
Issue/Number
4
Publication Date
1-1-2006
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
427
Last Page
439
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0300-7766
Recommended Citation
"From garahge to garidge: The appropriation of garage rock in the Clash"s 'Garageland' (1977)" (2006). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 6452.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/6452
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