Lyrics to
Remote Control

This version of Remote Control was released by The Clash in 1977.

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Who needs remote control
From the Civic Hall
Push a button
Activate
You gotta work an’ you’re late

It’s so grey in London town
With a panda car crawling around
Here it comes
Eleven o’clock
Where can we go now?

Can’t make a noise
Can’t get no gear
Can’t make no money
Can’t get outta here

Big business it don’t like you
It don’t like the things you do
You got no money
So you got no power
They think you’re useless
An’ so you are – puuuuuuunnnnnk!

They had a meeting in Mayfair
They got you down an’
They wanna keep you there
It makes them worried
Their bank accounts
That’s all that matters
And you don’t count

Can’t make no progress
Can’t get ahead
Can’t stop the regress
Don’t wanna be dead

Look out’ those rules and regulations

Who needs the Parliament
Sitting making laws all day
They’re all fat and old
Queuing for the House of Lords

Repression – gonna start on Tuesday
Repression – gonna be a Dalek
Repression – I am a robot
Repression – I obey

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The lyrics for Remote Control are defined as the words making up the song released by The Clash in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Remote Control have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Clash and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Remote Control by The Clash if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Remote Control" means the words set to the music of Remote Control, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Clash. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Remote Control and the lyrics to Remote Control are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Clash who came here looking just for the lyrics to Remote Control, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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