August 22, 2014

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The Clash - Rock The Casbah b/w Long Time Jerk (1982) - single

"Rock the Casbah" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, released in 1982. The song was released as the third single from their fifth album, “Combat Rock”. The song gives a fabulist account of a ban on rock music by the Sharif or King being defied by the population, who proceed to "rock the casbah." The King orders jet fighters to bomb any people in violation of the ban. The pilots ignored the orders, and instead played rock music on their cockpit radios. It was inspired by ban on Western music in Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The song's lyrics feature various Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, and Sanskrit loan-words, such as sharif, bedouin, sheikh, kosher, rāga, muezzin, minaret, and casbah.


A - Rock The Casbah (3:40)
Written-By: The Clash / Producer: Mick Jones / Engineer: Bob Clearmountain
B - Long Time Jerk (5:05)
Written-By: The Clash / Producer: Mick Jones / Engineer: Bob Clearmountain

Label:  CBS Records
Genre:  Rock Funk, New Wave
Catalog#  2479

1982

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