Our First Time Reaction to 'Rock the Casbah | The Clash vs. The Establishment

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Жыл бұрын

have you heard the story behind The Clash's "Rock the Casbah"? Joe Strummer came up with the phrase while jamming with his violinist friend Tymon Dogg and hearing him play Eastern scales. He started shouting "rock the casbah," but Dogg misheard him and thought he was being told to "stop, you cadger!" Then, Strummer got inspiration for the lyrics from their manager's complaint about the band's long songs and the Indian musical style, rāga. The song tells a fabulist story of a Middle Eastern king banning Western rock music, and the people protesting by "rocking the casbah," leading to the military being sent to bomb them. But get this, the pilots of the fighter jets ignore the king's orders and join the protest by playing rock music on their cockpit radios! The lyrics even feature Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, and Sanskrit loan-words. It's wild! Did you know it's based on an actual ban on Western music enforced in Iran since the Iranian Revolution? Crazy stuff!
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@hamfox9714 Жыл бұрын

The only band that ever mattered.

@thomasreitemeyer4778 Жыл бұрын

Interesting you are wearing a Public Enemy shirt. Chuck D is a big fan. He did a podcast about the Clash. Chuck D said one of his friends told him Public Enemy should be the rap equivalent of The Clash.

@stephenodubhlaoich Жыл бұрын

Basically talking about Muslim war on western music and how the jet fighters that were supposed to bomb pla ces playing their music basically just ignored orders and started playing western rock instead in the jets lol. Real events

@BattleMatt Жыл бұрын

The Clash were very political and wrote a lot about racism and race relations in the UK, the pop ones always get played but their best ones are things like White Riot and White Man in Hammersmith Palais. RIP Joe Strummer an absolute genius and a lovely man.

@terrisue4059

This video was filmed in Austin. The planes came from Bergstrom AFB before it was turned into the city airport. It was so small back then. Nothing like today. I was able to ride in that Texas limo with longhorns back in the 80's. Ya'll have a great day.

@travisshaffer5157 Жыл бұрын

Other Clash songs that I think you should hit a cover of “I fought the law”, “Should I stay or should I go”,”Train in vain”,”Rudie can’t fail” and “London calling”. I think if you start down the Clash rabbit hole you probably will want to hear more. They were a punk band that at one point sounded like a reggae band more than a punk band. Keep up the good work of sharing good music with the world.

@karlschneider9479 7 сағат бұрын

They are my all time favorite band. Joe Strummer was and still is my idol!

@jacqueline4514 Жыл бұрын

I was 15 in Brooklyn and would go to the local teen club, and even though this wasn’t disco or hip hop, the dance floor flooded when Rock The Casbah came on! The meaning of the song is that the extreme Muslims have banned western music and this was their shining a light on it ❤

@ClueSign

Written by their drummer while waiting for the other band members to show up to rehearsal.

@debnor5387 21 күн бұрын

You wonder why Baby Boomers are a bit crazy, this is what we grew up with! The 60's were all about Vietnam.

@SnoBear626 Жыл бұрын

The Clash! One simply cannot tell the story of Rock-and-Roll without them, especially the album London Calling.

@nessaseetah1805 Жыл бұрын

The whole Combat Rock album is the most incredible trip. Heavy stuff!

@HemlockRidge Жыл бұрын

A Casbah was/is the ancient fortress that was/is the center of a number of North African cities. The one in Algiers is the most famous.

@CALLAHAN19 Жыл бұрын

One of the first bands to ever on MTV... we laughed our asses off to this video when it first Came out in very early 80s

@cindycollier456 Жыл бұрын

I remember turning up my car stereo loud and singing this song with my young kids. Memories.

@frasercathygartside1356 Жыл бұрын

the Clash were trying to build some bridges and burn some others -- they were reaching out and pushing back -- thanks for picking up on this tune

@angelagreen778 Жыл бұрын

Read the lyrics!!! Reads like history!

@antonybrent6232 Жыл бұрын

The clash. Guns of Brixton is a banger 🔥🔥

@geoffsullivan7902 Жыл бұрын

Oh the 80’s were fun! 😂great reaction guys….❤️

@JeffSearust Жыл бұрын

Most of this was filmed in and around Austin Texas... That's why there's an armadillo..lol