Listen to this when
Lost in the Supermarket
When you feel lost in aisle 7 of your own life 🛒
Who it's for
Written by Joe Strummer, the song captures a sense of self getting lost in consumer life and suburban isolation.
Hollow and disconnected→Seen in that hollowness
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Lost in the Supermarket" is a song by the Clash from their third studio album, London Calling, released in December 1979. Joe Strummer wrote it and Mick Jones sings lead. The song follows a person struggling in an increasingly commercialised, consumer-driven world, conveying the numbness of suburban alienation and the disillusionment of young people.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Age: All ages
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Leaves of Grass
