Rock the casbah

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  1. vampyregirl

    vampyregirl Moved on

    Know how you can mishear lyrics? Love this video [ame="www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NWE3px40_g"]Rock the Casbah: The Misheard Lyrics - YouTube[/ame]
    Here are the real lyrics. [ame="www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn1Ca8izXto&feature=related"]Rock the Casbah - The Clash {lyrics} - YouTube[/ame]
     
    vampyregirl, May 2, 2012
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  2. vampyregirl

    vampyregirl Moved on

    [ame="www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Hdt_zWIPI&feature=fvwrel"]The Clash - Rock the Casbah - YouTube[/ame]
     
    vampyregirl, May 2, 2012
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  3. finite monkey

    finite monkey Thought Criminal

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lel0PzhU6Pk"]Armageddon Days Are Here (Again) By The The - YouTube[/ame]
     
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  4. vampyregirl

    vampyregirl Moved on

    This song would be highly controversial today in our PC times. During the Gulf War it became a theme song for US pilots. The song was played by armed forces radio over and over. In fact Rock the Casbah was written on a bomb dropped on Baghdad. Although the song has nothing to do with war, they were bombing the casbah of Saddam Hussein.
     
    vampyregirl, May 3, 2012
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  5. Polar Bear

    Polar Bear Moved on

    It's about the circumstances that led up to the Iranian revolution.

    The Bear.
     
    Polar Bear, May 3, 2012
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  6. komuso

    komuso Valued Member

    One of the coolest versions of the tune I have heard

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DbFYsi9iSg"]Rachid Taha - Rock El Casbah - YouTube[/ame]
     
    komuso, May 10, 2012
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  7. vampyregirl

    vampyregirl Moved on

    vampyregirl, May 10, 2012
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  8. komuso

    komuso Valued Member

    Indeed,

    he is a North African rai singer that is pretty huge in France. Another of the blessings bestowed upon me by my lovely French wife :)

    paul
     
    komuso, May 10, 2012
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  9. slipthejab

    slipthejab Hark, a vagrant! Supporter

    even more specifically... he's Algerian. It was his song in Blackhawk Down that fit so well...

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8H-5E_i7b8"]Rachid Taha - Barra Barra (OST Black Hawk Down) (Official Video) - YouTube[/ame]
     
    slipthejab, May 10, 2012
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  10. komuso

    komuso Valued Member

    Thanks Slip,

    I was unsure, so in classic academic mode, opted for vague :)

    paul
     
    komuso, May 10, 2012
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