REBEL SONG

London Calling

London calling to the faraway towns

Now war is declared and battle come down

London calling to the underworld

Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls

London calling, now don't look to us

Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust

London calling, see we ain't got no swing

'Cept for the ring of that truncheon thing

The ice age is coming, the sun is zooming in

Meltdown expected, the wheat is growin' thin

Engines stop running, but I have no fear

'Cause London is drowning, and I, I live by the river

London calling to the imitation zone

Forget it, brother, you can go it alone

London calling to the zombies of death

Quit holding out and draw another breath

London calling and I don't want to shout

But when we were talking I saw you nodding out

London calling, see we ain't got no high

Except for that one with the yellowy eye

The ice age is coming, the sun is zooming in

Engines stop running, the wheat is growin' thin

A nuclear era, but I have no fear

'Cause London is drowning, and I, I live by the river

The ice age is coming, the sun is zooming in

Engines stop running, the wheat is growin' thin

A nuclear era, but I have no fear

London is drowning, and I, I live by the river

Now get this

London calling, yes, I was there, too

An' you know what they said? Well, some of it was true!

London calling at the top of the dial

And after all this, won't you give me a smile?

I never felt so much a' like a'like a'like

This song is a protest song, it’s a punk one. I like this song because it remembers me that some things are to be changed. Also it has some critics to our society.

The title of the song makes reference to the code the americans and the english people used when they communicate each other during second world war. 

For example in this verse we can see how criticizes the police brutality. 

London calling, see we ain't got no swing. ’Cept for the ring of that truncheon thing 

In this other case we can see how also criticizes the drug addicted people comparing them with zombies 

London calling, see we ain't got no high. Except for that one with the yellowy eye.