Janie Jones

The Clash

Imagine putting on the self-titled debut by THE CLASH back in ‘77, not knowing anything about this band. What a beautiful experience that would have been.

In HIGH FIDELITY, Rob chooses JANIE JONES as one of his top 5 track ones. This song announced to the world who the Clash was. It’s all there — melody, guitars and drums. Great vocals from Strummer and Jones. Already socially conscious — this little, touching portrait of a young blue collar worker hating his boring job and working conditions.

But he loves his evenings out with Janie. Lucky lady. He seems like a good dude who just hates his boss. No payola in his alphabetical file. 😂 But he needs to fill his Ford Cortina with gas so he and Janie can go out.

Absolutely love those No’s at the end and how our hero plans to let his boss and government man know exactly how he feels about his shitty job.