#bankrobber

The Clash released their single 'Bank Robber' after it been available as an import only. The band's record company CBS didn't want to release the record saying it was not commercial enough.

The Clash - Bank Robber - 3/8/1980 - Capitol Theatre (Official)

So here we go, I was down at Piershill for a wee drink and chant at Monday Club in Porters, I hop on and off buses on my way home and a guy stops me on Princes Street and asks if I can spare a pound for a drink. I tell him a pound won't buy him much, but I appreciate his honesty, I told him I never had any change.

I checked the time of the next bus and sat on a nearby bench and he sat down beside me, I asked what brought him up here, (I thought he was English), he said he got deported and I laughed saying what from England?' I'm not fucking English, I'm from Australia but was born in Scotland!' I apologised, and asked what his story was.

He told he lived there from when he was a child, but was an alcoholic and turned to crime, robbing banks in Sidney, after a few convictions they decided to send him back here. I laughed again and he confessed he wasn't a very good Bankrobber, and said 'in fact I have been called the worst Bankrobber in Edinburgh' Of course I laughed again, he went,'honestly, look me up on the internet', which I did.

Google Edinburgh's Worst Bankrobber and you'll find him, look at the pic, you will see he looks like your typical Jakey

I like people who are honest, and enjoyed his story, but again told him I would give him a pound if I had one, but only had notes. Well, he pulled out a Whisky flask clad in tartan, 'want to buy this?' he asked. I felt a wee bit sorry for him and gave him a fiver for it. And that's the story how I met Edinburgh's worst Bankrobber. . ..

The Clash - “Bankrobber” (1980)