It is about a fictional Arab chieftain trying to keep his people from listening to rock & roll music, which in this context means both to dance & figuratively shake your ass

A Hassidic Jew and an Arab in a Cadillac back then was not happening. That alone made the video controversial when it came out. The Clash was really good and cool with/about sticking it in your face but in their own way. Those two boys are rocking out!!

Next up: The Clash "London Calling" and "Guns of Brixton" Peace

Casbah is also a term for music nightclubs in the middle east !

this song is about Western music coming into Muslim countries and the perceived corruption it brought.

They are from England and your reaction is priceless.

The ONLY band that ever mattered!!! 💯😎

Gotta react to the Clash- this is England a really great song.

🤣😂 @Sceez- Oregon & New Jersey it's illegal to pump your own gas... 🤘

Casbah : a North African castle or fortress

Hello from Cody Wyoming!! You're awesome .😊 you keep reacting and I will keep watching...i love your energy...and Bertha rocks

The clash were an English rock band formed in london in 1976, wo were key players in the original wave of British punk rock 👍🇬🇧

It's funny, I never noticed the "Lone-Star Limo" service that The Clash crew were using, but the song is about the religious oppression of the freedom of expression in Muslim countries in the middle-east (Hence the oil derricks)...the "Sharif" mentioned in the chorus is a class of Muslim religious leader...and the video depicts a Hasidic Jew cruising in a Cadillac with an Arab Muslim, which would be unheard of in Israel and the other Jewish/Arab areas at the time...the song is a kind of protest against the divisions that were flaring up, that we could all get along and party regardless of our religious belief...

A couple of my friend were in this video, but they said it was only their feet. I assume it was shot in Texas, because my friends were a bunch from Hill Country.

The Clash was a British punk band. This song was about an incident in Iran after sharia law took over and Western music was outlawed by Muslim leaders. They started playing disco music and a spontaneous street party broke out. The music was so loud they heard it in the mosques. The leader was so angered he called out the national guard to break the party up, but according to the song as soon as the leader was gone the pilots tuned into the music too.

Thank you so much! These guys are so amazing Skeez! The armadillo in this video always makes me smile!

From an article: Casbah, also referred to as “Kasbah” and “Qasbah,” refers to a citadel or fortress surrounding towns in North Africa, particularly Algiers After this song, there have been at least a few seedy punk clubs named The Casbah (various cities including London and San Diego) and they generally host smaller bands and have a very small cover charge... to pay homage to Ian McKay.

Lol, The Clash joined my tattoo sleeve of bands last week. Try their song Death or Glory

Lived in Portland too..nice

I hope the Armadillo wss treated well..and lived a good retirement after stardom! I love this 🎵 song from my youth.

Yo, great reaction again.. Yessir, it was called..'PUNK'... Punk rock exploded in the 70's-..

Can’t be west Texas…the wind ain’t blowin’ 😂😂😂😂

The comment was made that The Clash were the only band that mattered.

You should check out more of the clash songs like Tommy gun,The magnificent seven,should I stay Or Should I go,English Civil War,I Fought The Law,Rudie Can’t Fail,And Their best songs London Calling And Clampdown

Rock the casba my jammy jam😁💖

👏👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥. More clash man Keep em coming bruv 👍👍

Fun fact...The Magnificent 7 was one of the first ever rap songs to be released.

The Clash were an English Punk Rock Band.

♥ The Clash! Gotta check out these songs: London Calling, This Is Radio Clash & Should I Stay or Should I Go Google if yer friend 🙂

Check out "Know Your Rights". RIP Joe Strummer

I believe "Sharif don't like it" here was supposed to mean "Sherriff don't like it" They may have been concerned that Oil Sheikhs were buying up local law enforcemnt in the late 70s, or summat. Punk rock was frowned upon in those days ;) :D

There from England.

A casbah is a fortess. This song is about the Arab ban on westernized music back in the eighties. The young people continued to listen to it.

The band is from the U.K. but they were great friends with Joe Ely . Lubbock Texas son. Those were great days.

so good , my youngness ( ;

The future is unwritten.. Know your rights

Those fundamental people didn't approve of the music in that area I guess, but that beat is so catchy

Filmed in Austin Texas 🤘

Punk at its finest.

Joe strummer the lead singer now no longer with us 💔 was a out spoken punk rocker who wrote brilliant songs... Judy's been working for the drug squad 👍and career opportunity's early favourites Jimmy jazz and London calling from later and so much more ✌️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Politically and culturally probably the most important and influential band of the punk genre. Rooted heavily in ska and reggae they crossed a wide range of musical tastes. This song concerns the middle eastern fight over the money machine that is oil.

Was literally waiting for you to figure out what "Casbah" means... before I could like your analysis.

jersey pumps your gas too

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Can't pump your own gas in Jersey either.

Now you need to do Big Audio Dynamite II The Globe

You’re not allowed to pump your own gas in New Jersey either

Clash are British

The clash are british

Please, please, PLEASE learn to look outside the boundaries of the US. You might be glad you did.

AK?????????

The biggest oil reserves are in Kuwait & all the other Arab states, what the US has compared to those rich countries is practically nothing, you simply have no idea do you?

The Clash is definitely not from Texas. Just sayin....😂

NOT TEXAS 😂. Stop saying Texas 🤣

"Who are they"?? ..please, back to listen to 50cent and jay z.

prob one of the weakest songs ( good but not the best) and ya getting stoked lol

I hope the Armadillo wss treated well..and lived a good retirement after stardom! I love this 🎵 song from my youth.