Hammersmith pants?

[sinkoman]

I just got the Clash CD "The Clash" and I was wondering, wtf are hammersmith pants?

Addressed to you UK types.

 

[mortiz]

I just got the Clash CD "The Clash" and I was wondering, wtf are hammersmith pants?

Addressed to you UK types.

Well Hammersmith is an arena in London, I'm not sure what Hammersmith pants are though.

 

[WacK]

screw pants.. i dont wear PANTS!! LOL HELL NO!

 

[MuToiD_MaN]

I know what Hammer pants are... M.C. Hammer that is...

Uh-oh, uh-oh u-Uh-oh, uh-oh, Here comes the Ham-mer!

 

[sinkoman]

I know what Hammer pants are... M.C. Hammer that is...

Uh-oh, uh-oh u-Uh-oh, uh-oh, Here comes the Ham-mer!

The song is called (White Man) In Hammersmith Pants...

 

[Sulkdodds]

Yus, it's good. However I have no idea what Hammersmith pants are....they might be just some obscure forgotten snippet of 70s punk culture.

 

[MrMan]

Maybe they're just a style of jeans, and for some reason they use the american term 'pants'?

http://www.edgewear.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?store_code=E&screen=PROD&product_code=OBE-OP1061

But i dunno

 

[MuToiD_MaN]

Hammer as opposed to Hammersmith; I should have bolded the "Hammer."

 

[Solaris]

I have it on first ed. vinyl!

 

[sinkoman]

Maybe they're just a style of jeans, and for some reason they use the american term 'pants'?

http://www.edgewear.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?store_code=E&screen=PROD&product_code=OBE-OP1061

But i dunno

Yeah, I bought the American version (explains why they didn't use the term "trousers" in the song title) over the UK version. American version had a few more songs than the UK one, and the UK one didn't have Whiteriot.

I doubt that they're an item of clothing. Pants probably has something to do with a riot, or a revolution, and it's in Hammersmith.

Dunno though.

Oh, and were you guys [Brittish] having some sort of economical or political issue in the 70's? Because listening to this CD and thinking back on the Sex Pistols' whole anarchy movement really makes me wonder...

 

[15357]

*gets greatly confused*

 

[sinkoman]

*gets greatly confused*

Over what?

If you mean me purchasing the American version of the CD, it's because there are two versions that should both be readily available at most CD outlets. An American version, and a UK version.

EDIT: Maybe Hammersmith Pants = slang for "police"?

 

[PickledGecko]

It’s White Man In Hammersmith Palais

Palais:
A mainly British word meaning, "a public hall for dancing."

 

[sinkoman]

Just looked back at my CD and realized that you're right, I completely missed the last word

Anyway, is that some sort of reference to a riot?