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See Career Opportunities (film) for the movie of this same title. [[Image:|right|thumb|230px|North American DVD release: Jennifer Connelly and Frank Whaley]] Career Opportunities is an American romantic comedy film that was released in 1991. ...
"Career Opportunities" is a song by The Clash, recorded for their first album, The Clash. The song attacks the political and economic situation in England at the time, citing the lack of jobs available, particularly to youth, and the dreariness and lack of appeal of those that were available. They specifically mention service in the military and police forces, in addition to lacklustre jobs like bus driver and ticket inspector, as well as serving tea at the BBC. UK cover of The Clash album The Clash. ...
A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ...
The Clash were a British rock group that existed from 1976 to 1986. ...
April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ...
For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ...
Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ...
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Epic Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Sony BMG. // History Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ...
In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ...
The Clash were a British rock group that existed from 1976 to 1986. ...
The Clash were a British rock group that existed from 1976 to 1986. ...
The Clash is the first full-length recording released by the English punk band The Clash. ...
Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi - Water (%) Population...
The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest public broadcasting corporation in the world. ...
The line "I won't open letter bombs for you" is a reference to a former job of Clash guitarist Mick Jones, opening letters for a British government department to make sure they weren't rigged with bombs. The song was named by bassist Paul Simonon. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Mick Jones on stage with The Clash Michael Geoffrey Jones (born June 26, 1955), better known as Mick Jones, is an English guitarist and singer best known for his work with The Clash. ...
Her Majestys Government, or when the sovereign is male, His Majestys Government, abbreviated HMG, is the formal title used by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the governments of some other kingdoms where executive authority is theoretically vested in the monarch...
A mailbomb (or mail bomb), also called parcel bomb or letter bomb, is an explosive device sent via the postal service, and designed to explode when opened, injuring or killing the recipient, usually someone the sender has a personal grudge against, or more indiscriminately as part of a terrorist campaign. ...
Paul Simonon Paul Gustave Simonon (born December 15, 1955 in Brixton, England) is best known as the bass guitar player for punk rock band The Clash. ...
The song was re-recorded as one of the last songs on the experimental album Sandinista!, though instead of their voices they have the voices of young boys sung over a simple keyboard melody. Sandinista! is the fourth album by the punk rock band The Clash, and their most experimental. ...
The song appears as a live cover track on the Dropkick Murphys' "Singles Collection". Mike McColgan, frontman for the band at the time, often performs the song live with his new band, the Street Dogs. Dropkick Murphys are a Celtic Punk band formed in the Irish Catholic working class neighborhoods of South Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They practiced in the basement of a friends barbershop, blending punk rock, Oi!, Irish folk, rock, and hardcore into something they could call their own. ...
Mike McColgan was the lead singer of the Dropkick Murphys in the bands early years. ...
Street Dogs is a punk rock band hailing from Boston, Massachusetts. ...
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