From garahge to garidge: The appropriation of garage rock in the Clash"s 'Garageland' (1977)

    Authors

    E. Montague

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    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

    WOS:000239699500002

    ISSN

    0300-7766

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