Clash, The - What's My Name Lyrics

Born to be wi....oh shit, wrong song

They laughed at my lock with their celluloid strip the night my house was broken into , my gear stolen & never recovered , almost took a year to recover & return to YouTube.

Fookin beautiful

Keith Levene wrote this during a soundcheck before he left The Clash and formed PIL with mate Lydon.

British punk rock 🎸

What a bloody fucking bassline!

This is original punk the best

The best punk rock album of all the times.

Well, tied with X's Los Angeles

What the Hell is wrong with 14 people?

like is you come by rock school !!!!

What the hell is wrong with me?
I'm not who I want to be
I tired spot cream an' I tried it all
I'm crawling up the wall

What's my name, name, name

I tried to join a ping-pong club
Sign on the door said "all full up"
I got nicked, fighting in the road
The judge didn't even know

What's my name, name, name

Dad go pissed so I got clocked
Couldn't hear the Tannoy so he lost the lot
Offers mum a bribe through the letter box
Drives you fucking mad

Now, I'm round the back of your house at night
Peeping in the window, are you sleeping tight?
I laugh at your locks with my celluloid strip
An' you won't know who came

What's my name, name, name

What's my name, name, name

Keith LeVine

Awsome Track.

What the hell is wrong with me?
I'm not who I want to be
I tired spot cream an' I tried it all
I'm crawling up the wall

What's my name, name, name

I tried to join a ping-pong club
Sign on the door said "all full up"
I got nicked, fighting in the road
The judge didn't even know

What's my name, name, name

Dad go pissed so I got clocked
Couldn't hear the Tannoy so he lost the lot
Offers mum a bribe through the letter box
Drives you fucking mad

Now, I'm round the back of your house at night
Peeping in the window, are you sleeping tight?
I laugh at your locks with my celluloid strip
An' you won't know who came

What's my name, name, name

What's my name, name, name

Thank you for this posting. I only wish T.H.'s drums were more prominently featured in this and other recordings. I had a particularly well-recorded version of "I fought the Law" that I used to listen to in the car. It spoiled me. I've never found another like it. Wish there were more.

one of the best albums ever...

Probably the Only Good tune that band ever wrote. But a damn fine one.

school of rock???

for any of u who are wondering this song was made before little bitch rhinna made her song of the same name

Is there a heavier cover of this song? Almost everyone who watched School of Rock is looking for a certain part of the soundtrack (when they go to the Battle of the Bands), and the chorus of this is the closest that I can find.

Manic Street Preachers do a proper bass filled cover, best I've heard so far!!!

Daniel Carville Live version

The Manics version is fantastic - faster and heavier!

Always thought this was the most Pistols like Clash song. Perhaps this is because it was written by Keith Levene. It has a real edge to it. Great to hear Strummer play it live during the Earthquake Weather period.

mick cant quite get the screeching guitar  sound of levene

True. However I must say I like Mick's guitar sound on the album. Would have been interesting to have heard the songs with Keith on guitar as well.

also, "cheat", "1977" and "capital radio one"

juveale29
I wonder what would the Clash sound like if Keith had stayed with them...

@ComptGeorges methinks he would've just been dead weight because he thought of that band as a chore

Can anyone tell me what he's talking about during the bridge:
Dad got pissed, so I got clocked (My father got drunk and hit me)
Couldn't hear the tannoy (public address system) so he lost the lot (?)
Offers Mum a bribe through the letter box (?)

+TanzDerSchatten Couldn't hear the tannoy (in the bookmakers) so he lost the lot (all the families money) Offers mum a bribe thru the letter box( trying to weadle his way back in by sweet talking mum)

+Charlotte Earl Excellent, thanks!

Ping Pong 4 life

I tried to join a ping pong club.

I got nicked for fighting in the road....

@Ye Clown And the judge didn't even know.

@Blues Chewy Dad got pissed so I got clocked...

@Blues Chewy Couldn't hear the tannoy so he lost the lot......

Offers mum a bribe through the letterbox.....

<3 in all my memorie ++++

Now I'm round the back of your house at night
Peeping in the window - are you sleeping tight?

my fave CLASH #, penned by KEITH LEVENE too!

1977 was such a great year for music. The Clash, Pink Floyd, Wire, Ramones, Rush, Iggy Pop, Talking Heads ans the Sex Pistols.....<3

What's my nayayayayayayame?

yesssss

Shut....The....Fuck....Up.

White man in Hammersmith palais is just perfection

RIP Joe Strummer

*co-wrote

I got nicked for fighting in the road!!!
Classic!
No-one will ever equal The Clash....

This takes me back LOL

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@LeavingOnAJetPlanex haha fcuk yeah~

@crparkinson63 if i ever forget they bury me along side you

He's so angry here

Under a Clash song, few weeks ago, saw a comment about a graffiti from early 80s somewhere in London: 'UK subs sinks Argentine destroyer - The Clash rule Britannia!'

So true.

@11caulfield well least joe strummer didnt kill himself

1 person doesnt know their name

@IrishEyedBlue Nope, this is The Clash.

If i ever forget how amazing the Clash were put me in a box and bury it.

I Forgot just how fkn amazing the clash were..!!!!!

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME

best album ,by the best band ever.

"What's my name" - Clash (1976)
written by Mick Jones, Keith Levene, Joe Strummer

This LP changed a whole lot of lives at the time...

....and many times after.

Jam to the beat!!!!!!!!!

wayyyyyyyy better than that piece of shit rihanna song that shares this song name

@LeavingOnAJetPlanex
Sex would be quite nice...Ha ha

One of my fave Clash tracks...rockit!

The Clash is Joe

@MultiRingmaster you mean mick jones is the REAL KING

all bow down to the real king of england, JOE STRUMMER

the intro sounds like Joy Division,...