When (The Clash) were here in 81, they came out to the house. In South Texas when it rains, theres a phenomenon of these little insects that light up. Some people call them fireflies, but in South Texas we call them lightning bugs, and theyre all down in the field below my house--a two or three acre field, full of them. And Ill never forget their complete, total belief that they were insects that lit up. They thought that I had run a bunch of little bitty lights all through that field, and I was somehow controlling them. Until we actually got some jars out and said, Alright, watch this, and Id go up and catch one in the jar and put my hand over it. Ive never seen people turn into instant kids and go out collecting big jars full of lightning bugs. We probably did that for several hours. The next day, we went out and drove these go-karts, and Mick Jones was terrified. Growing up in London, its ridiculous to have a car, and so hed never driven a car. He was going about three miles an hour, and we asked him what the matter was. He said, Some of us are meant to be driven. --Joe Ely, talking to Alex Rawls for Texas Calling, in Oxford Americans Winter 2014 issue.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 20:28:58 +0000
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