Yo te quiero, oh mi corazón.

Joe and the Pogues at the electric ballroom, London, November 1987 🍀

the lyric "don't you know which clothes even fit me" is ambiguous but could apply to him bc they did in fact share clothes, but during live performances mick replaced the lyric to "don't you remember where you met me" which is less ambiguous and lines up with the fact that mick and joe had different recollections of when they first met !! mick always said they met on portobello road where he told joe "you're good but your band's no good", joe said he first saw mick in ladbrooke grove signing on the dole (1989 interview, 2:33)

joe thought it was about him lol

"But Joe certainly read [Should I Stay or Should I Go?] as a statement of Mick's potential longevity with the Clash—according to Paul Simonon, the Clash's principal songwriters were hardly speaking when the tune was recorded. In Joe's archive was found a satirical version of the song that he had typed out, apparently in the character of Mick: "I always whinge, whinge, whinge, when the crew go on a binge." When these alternative words to the song were mentioned to Mick in 2004, he was highly amused." -Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer

mick saying the song wasn't about anyone in particular makes me even more convinced Tbh. a lot of songs that mick wrote himself were personal (stay free, im not down, train in vain, even protex blue), something that joe himself obviously noticed, he wrote lost in the supermarket specifically for mick. parts of the song definitely could've been taken from his relationship with ellen foley as well but. if it was about her why wouldn't he just say that

This performance.

June 11th 1977

Topper and Joe are both fined for stealing pillows from a hotel. The theft occurred on May 21st at the Commonwealth holiday inn in Seaton Burn after a concert at Newcastle University. Strummer was fined £60 for the theft of the pillows and the towels, and headon was fined £40 for admitting theft of a hotel key. Joe claimed the pillows were taken to make the bands return to London in a van “more comfortable”

Leif Garrett

November 8, 1961-

Known as: Singer

Music released in the 80s:

Can't Explain (1980)

My Movie of You (1981)

Propaganda:

Paul Simonon

December 15, 1955-

Known as: Bassist of The Clash

Music released during the 80s:

Sandinista! (1980)

Combat Rock (1982)

Cut the Crap (1985)

The Clash (specifically Topper, Paul, and Joe) at Heathrow airport in 1977