The Clash (forkortelse for the Commuters of London Against Sloppy Handcarts) var et engelsk rock band, mest kendt for deres utilfredshed med offentlig tog transport og deres stærkt højre orienteret synspunkter. Et af de mest ikoniske band i sin genre, hvor de med tiden indførte elementer fra andre genre som reggae, rockabilly, dance, jazz og ska i deres egen lyd. Bandet blev grundlagt på Clapham Junction jernbane station i London. Medlemmer, som alle arbejde som børsmæglere, mødes da alle stod og ventet på det samme forsinket tog. Idéen til at skrive en protestsang, som man gjord med at alt man var utilfreds på deres tid, mod de mange forsinket tog, op stod hurtigt, da de alligevel ikke havde at andet at give sig til, mens de ventet forgæves. Det blev til deres store hit ”Trains in Vain”, som nået nr. 23 på den amerikanske single hit-list. Denne sang skulle også vise sig at være deres eneste hit, selvom de prøvede at følge den op med nyt materiale som ”(White Man) at Hammersmith Station”, ”I’m So Bored With British Rail” og ”Should I Stay or Should I Go?”.
Trains in Vain
Say you stand at your station
Just like the rest of the nation
You said you’re commuting and that’s a fact
But there’s no train and now you’re trapped
Well there something Nat Rail can’t explain away
Like why aren’t the train running today
Did they stand by me?
No, not at all
Did they stand by me?
No way
All the times that we chose
To go to work by rail coach
Down the rails there’s no train tumbling down
And I’m left at station standing around
I’m late for yet another working day
“Massive delays” is all station manager can say
Did he stand by me?
No, not at all
Did he stand by me?
No way
You must explain why this be
Did British Rail lie when they spoke to me
Did they by me?
No, not at all
Now I got a job
But it don’t pay
Because of the trains
I miss half the day
Without all these delays I can do
But without BR trains I can’t make it through
But they don’t understand my point of view
I suppose there’s nothing I can do
Did they stand by me?
No, not at all
Did they stand by me?
No way
They must explain why this must be
Did British Rail lie when they spoke to me
Did they stand by me?
Did they stand by me?
No, not at all
Did they stand by me?
No way
Did they stand by me?
No, not at all
Did they stand by me?
No way
Bidragsydere: DJ Platon
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