Gurl_E_Nerdd April 30th, 2008 02:41PM  
This song is most def about wars raging.

anonymous June 2nd, 2008 08:38AM  
To me it has quite a prophetic meaning.

"engines stop running" oil crisis anyone? look at the price of a gallon nowadays.

it is sort of an abstract call for revolution except its all too late for the word is already doomed.

and the part about "I have no fear" might very well be about the selfishness people show, as in they know the world is going to shit but as long as they themselves are not, they don't care to whats happening around them.

Also, in the end when he says "Now get this" it sounds as if he was talking about some conference or show by that name when something in the likes was dicussed, except I have no idea about it.

anonymous June 19th, 2008 01:35AM  
When Joe sings a "nuclear error" he is talking about a nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania that went into meltdown

anonymous May 14th, 2009 02:00AM  
'London is drowning and I live by the river' is a reference to the fear that if the river thames was to flood, a large amount of central London would be left under water, hence the construction of the Thames barrier.

The part about yellowy eyes is likely just referring to recreational drug use in general.

The chorus is just referring to different ways in which the world could end. oil crisis (big at the time with trade embargo's and whatnot) famine, ice age/global warming ect.

Oh and of course 'London calling' is a reference to the BBC radio call sign.

anonymous June 16th, 2009 03:21PM  
London Calling is apocalyptic, written right after Three Mile Island partial meltdown in 1979. (In Clampdown, on the same album, they sing, 'Working hard in Harrisburg (closest town to TMI), working hard in Petersburg (site of a Russian nuclear institute) ... begging to be melted down..."). Engines were theorized to stop running during a nuclear attack - don't know if people still believe that. In London, anything close to the Thames would be underwater during a flood caused by sea level rise or nuclear meltdown or any other reason, thus, you'd be the first to go. So no need to fear. Other apocalyptic images include the Sun becoming a red giant, an ice age taking place, and mass starvation. Not a pretty sight. London Calling itself is, of course, the call sign for the BBC.

anonymous August 3rd, 2009 04:04AM  
Reading these, I think the song is about the end of the world too.