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The Clash - Train In Vain

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I don’t remember the first time I heard this track. I remember the first time I learned its name (and I’m kind of ashamed of how late it was, but more on that in a moment), but it feels as though Train In Vain has pervaded the collective consciousness. Or, at least, my social groups’.

This is definitely going to knock my “I’m the music expert” voice down a few notches, but I’d rather be an honest friend than someone you look up to:

I finally learned this song’s name last year, when I was in Korova, and my friend Justin put the Discotech remix of it on while DJing.

And yeah, that’s really weird to admit, especially since The Clash’s London Calling was treated as a big influence of my high school band. I guess I wasn’t ready to appreciate their poppier material while trying to keep up my unaffected punk aura.

(Thank God that’s over.)

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