My Top Tracks: The Clash, Safe European Home

The second post on My Top 100 Tracks . Explosive. That's how this track's often described. One hit on the drum and then the song dives straight in fast and direct. It was released in 1978 as the opening track of The Clash's second album Give 'Em Enough Rope. I was 14. I saw someone say : "It's one of the greatest album opening tracks ever recorded. It's like a punch in the face". When Give 'Em…