Clash, The

Rock the Casbah

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Lyric discussion by slapshot303 

by slapshot303

To clear up a few things:

  1. Topper wrote the riff. Joe the lyrics.
  2. A casbah is a section (the citadel) of MANY middle eastern cities. Not just in Algiers. Just like many western cities have a downtown, an arts district, etc., many Mideast cities have a casbah. (In fact this song is loosely based on something that happened in Iran)
  3. This song was the first song played on armed forces radio during Desert Storm (something that made Joe Strummer furious). He obviously opposed everything that the US invasion stood for. Need proof? Listen to songs like 'The Call Up', 'Clampdown', and 'Washington Bullets'.
  4. I'm not even going to waste my time discussing whether the Clash "sold out." Stop playing 'punk rock police' and get a life. The scene doesn't need you.
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