Casbah (also spelled Qasbah or Kasbah) refers to walled areas in many North African towns, especially the one in Algiers. The lyrics use many different terms in humorous context from Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish and Sanskrit language and culture - along with Casbah, there are also Sharifs, Bedouins, Sheikh, kosher, raga and minerets in the Clash drummer Topper Headon wrote the music and the original lyrics. In an interview, singer Joe Strummer claimed that the real genius of Rock The Casbah is Topper. He banged down the drum track. Then ran over to the piano and then the bass. The sad irony about the song is that Headon wrote it musically, but had been fired from the group because of drug problems by the time the song became an enormous hit in the US. Indeed, in the music video for the song, its original Clash drummer Terry Chimes at the kit (he had returned to replace Headon temporarily).://youtube/watch?v=bJ9r8LMU9bQ
Posted on: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 00:21:49 +0000
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