Κάθε φορά που πατάω play στο επίσημο βίντεο του “Rock the Casbah”, νιώθω ένα μικρό κύμα νοσταλγίας — όχι μόνο για τη δεκαετία του ’80, αλλά για την εποχή που η ροκ μπορούσε να είναι ταυτόχρονα παιχνιδιάρικη, πολιτική και απροσδόκητα ενωτική. Το τραγούδι, από το άλμπουμ Combat Rock (1982), έγινε γρήγορα ένα από τα πιο αναγνωρίσιμα κομμάτια των The Clash: ένα κομμάτι που έφερε τους πειραματισμούς με μεσανατολίτικους ρυθμούς και το χιούμορ σε μια μπάντα που είχε ξεκινήσει ως οργισμένος πυρήνας του αγγλικού punk.
Οι The Clash, σχηματισμένοι στο Λονδίνο το 1976, αποτελούν μία από τις πιο σημαντικές φωνές της βρετανικής μουσικής σκηνής. Με κύρια μέλη τον Joe Strummer, τον Mick Jones, τον Paul Simonon και τον Nicky “Topper” Headon, πέρασαν από το ακατέργαστο punk των πρώτων δίσκων σε μια πολύπλευρη μουσική γλώσσα που αγκάλιαζε reggae, rockabilly, dub και funk. Το London Calling (1979) θεωρείται έως σήμερα κλασικός δίσκος, ενώ το Combat Rock τούς έφερε αναπόφευκτα στο ευρύτερο αμερικανικό κοινό με επιτυχίες όπως τα “Rock the Casbah” και “Should I Stay or Should I Go”.
Το στίγμα του “Rock the Casbah” βρίσκεται στην έξυπνη σάτιρα: οι στίχοι αφηγούνται την κωμικοτραγική σύγκρουση ανάμεσα σε συντηρητικές αρχές που απαγορεύουν το “boogie” και σε ανθρώπους που, με κιθάρα και ηλεκτρικά τύμπανα, αρνούνται να σιγήσουν. Η εικόνα της αντιπαράθεσης — shareef εναντίον boogie — είναι παράλληλα σοβαρή και παιχνιδιάρικη, κι αυτό το διττό συναίσθημα μεταφέρεται και στο βίντεο, όπου η μουσική και το θέαμα γίνονται μέσο υπέρβασης των πολιτισμικών τριβών. Το κομμάτι έγινε μια από τις μεγαλύτερες επιτυχίες τους στις ΗΠΑ, φέρνοντας τους The Clash σε νέα ακροατήρια και στην τηλεόραση μουσικών καναλιών που τότε αναδύονταν.
Η ιστορία της μπάντας μετά το Combat Rock δεν έλειπε από τριβές: ο Topper Headon απομακρύνθηκε το 1982, ενώ το 1983 ο Mick Jones έφυγε υπό τεταμένες συνθήκες· οι διαφορές οδήγησαν στην τελική διάλυση το 1986. Η απώλεια του Joe Strummer το 2002 σφράγισε οριστικά το τέλος μιας εποχής, αλλά η κληρονομιά των The Clash — ζωντανή, πολυδιάστατη και επίκαιρη — παραμένει. Η μουσική τους συνεχίζει να παίζει σε ραδιόφωνα, σε συλλογές και, κυρίως, στις καρδιές αυτών που εκτιμούν έναν ήχο που δεν φοβήθηκε να γελάσει, να καυτηριάσει και να ενωθεί.
Το βίντεο του “Rock the Casbah” είναι, για μένα, ένα μικρό κινηματογραφικό κομμάτι αυτής της κληρονομιάς: χάρη στην απλότητα και στη ζωντάνια του, θυμίζει ότι η ροκ μπορεί να ταρακουνήσει τα στερεότυπα χωρίς να τα καταστρέψει — και ότι μερικές φορές το καλύτερο αντίδοτο στην καταστολή είναι ένα απλό, ακαταμάχητο boogie.
Διαθέσιμα στοιχεία τραγουδιού:
Artist: The Clash
Song title: Rock the Casbah
Album: Combat Rock
Country: UK (England)
Released: 1982
Genre: Punk rock / rock
Charts Peak Position: US Billboard Hot 100 – #8
Music Video: The Clash – Rock the Casbah (Official Video)
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un kirkincho
One of the songs that were not allowed to be played on the radio for a long time 25 years ago tomorrow.
One of the best songs ever! ❤👏
80's army alaska!!!
Here after hearing the cover "Tariff don't like it" and not finding that recording on youtube!
Here we are 16 years later and this song has aged like a fine cognac. 2026 – say's it's not kosher…
Em 2002(ano de falecimento de Strummrer)"London Calling" figurou na trilha de "Um Novo dia para morrer".
🕳✨️👍No comment ..
“Welcome my fellow graduating students of the Irving Weinstein Pre-Collegiate Institute to the final chapter of our studies here. This will be an abrupt end to a long yet memorable traverse from your first days here, fresh out of middle-school, to today, which we hope will end with a bang. For the first few days, when I stepped over the threshold of this institution, I was treated as a Philistine dog — Illiterate and despised. Though my first days and nights here were full of political intrigue and ladled-out rice and beans, I managed to study the Holy Quran in my free time and learned much of the compassion I would need in my Life. Why would I be dis-emboweled ethnically, politically disenfranchised, hung on a cross and crucified by a people who were once a members of a Semite tribe. With my head sabred off, I was imbued with their finger-prints of sticky date honey and unpasteurized milk, mixed with red corpuscles of the same genetic code. As my ancestors did, Semitic Hebrew roots finger dirt-dry sparse sand streams in the Negril Desert. Hungry Nubian Night-jars huddle in the salt flats mouths of a twentieth-century dream cursed with the salt-storms of the Dead Sea Valley. Bitter is the history of the Jews. Our Bitterness is in its youth: a gangling adolescent whose brain is being tweaked and prepared for adulthood. Oscar Wilde once said, “Youth is wasted on the young.” We are both angry young men. Why waste generations of peaceful co-existence on old tribal feuds. Let us engender a future on the fine ideals of our mutual beliefs. How could I study their religious texts when the Jewish state has killed my family and my friends? As most countries in the world, except those financially connected with the United States, they were appalled with the treatment of the Palestinians. Their Bible schools them that they are the Chosen Ones, yet our Holy Quran reveals something different. Why should there be so much bad blood between the Jews and the Palestinians when we try to share our Holy Jerusalem with both the Christians and the Jews. Little enmity existed between our people at a time where there wasn’t a theatre of Nationalism to tear away our historic lands. Categorically, tension was never so high until the the State of Israel was established in 1949. Why must we bomb and kill little children in the name of God. I am a God-fearing Muslim, and the Jews are G-d fearing people as well. Islamism is not the practice of our religion. It is a wrong-headed political movement that divides our people and will only alienate the Jewish State more. Israel is a Nuclear power now, but the Americans don’t wage war on Israel for having weapons of mass destruction. The greatest fear I have my friends is that hostilities will soon commence and escalate into a Jihadist war against the West. As a Muslim I, myself, have a personal Jihad, a struggle to be the best I can be in the eyes of God. Surely every Jewish man or woman have their own struggles to be the best they can be in the eyes of their G-D. Even a Secular Humanist struggles with her own “God” of ethics and morals. All people want is to be the best people we can be. It is a universal struggle. Although I was treated horrendously when I first entered these halls of academia, soon open-minded Jews wanted a dialogue with me. Peace and Brotherhood between Jews and Muslims were the chosen topics of our debating team. And we won the Debating Finals in Niagara Falls last week. It was easy common ground between Muslim, Canadian Jewish women and men. Initially, we waved our Book of choice at each other and paid lip-service to each other. I’m glad I risked my banishment from this school, to share my word to others, who would listen. Soon classes became more specialized in the history of Islam and our close relationship with Judaism. I joined the Football and Hockey league and both my Jewish brothers and I fought side-by-side bringing home the Hebrew Standard Championship cup. I soon was treated more than an equal. And being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, surrounded by professionals and major academics, could never beat the comraderie I experienced, in all my four years here at this institute. I now stand here, before all of you,a Muslim man in Canada chosen to be the Valedictorian of the class of 2015, a Muslim out of many Jews secure in the strong belief that religions are based on Love, charity and tolerance. So I ask you my friends to stand up with me now and give all of your good hearts a standing ovation. You deserve it
Qui connait la reprise de Rachid Taha qui est un franco-algerien décédé il y a peu malheureusement, qui est pas sur l'Iran mais sur le Maghreb? Je l'adore et Joe Strummer lui même dit préférer cette version. Il a d'ailleurs souvent jouer sur scène avec lui cette chanson pendant les concerts de Rachid Taha.
somebody should've told these guys that far right chozen will never treat any of us as equal
the original lyrics form rasheed taha
I wish i could go back , the 80's were the best years.
This video was the only time I had ever seen an armadillo until I moved to Louisiana. Now they're in my backyard every night LOL!
The 80s what more can I say ❤❤❤😊😊😊😊
😂😂😂😂This is Rachid Taha's song Long live Algerian 🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇪🇬
STEP 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Casbah 🙏🏻
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Long Horns 🍽️ Texas 🇺🇸!!!!! ⭐️
Anno:)
La religión vino a dividir al HOMBRE….pensando giles
FINALLY FOUND IT!!! I've heard this song for YEARS and NEVER had a clue what they were saying or what the song was. And now I FINALLY found it!!! YESSS!!!
This song was written by the Algerian singer Rachid Taha—may God have mercy on his soul.
Duh🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Still rockin the kahn🎉🎉🎉🎉
Getting Rich from that Saudi Oil.
…..🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Armadillo
1,000,000% PRO ISRAEL!
Everyone of us is unique with our own troubles and talents! But we have been heavily programmed to conform,to not access our unique self!
Rock the Kezban
Every time i listen to this i hear my old Nokia ringing
Strait of Hormuz
The remix is good to
Im here after watching tony soprano chase down Phil Leotardo in his escalade while this song played in Tony’s escalade. Season 4 or 5, can’t remember. One of them though. GREAT scene!!!!🙌🏼 AND song!!
Freaking brilliant tune
this music makes more sense than ever
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0:14
😂 A un chico le cantábamos David Bañate!!!😂🎶🎼🎵☝️🫶🤗
😂 Shareen don like it!😊
Rock Kazbar🎉
Gas is up, Rock The Casbas
The Sopranos brought me here 😂
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2:12 ~ 2:24 makes my day ! It's a nice song!
Londres
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0:45 OMG SHUT IT DOWN