Rapper FIRST time REACTION to The Clash - Rock the Casbah! This is actually WILD...

The song is a child of its time. After Khomeini came to power in Iran in 1979 and turned Iran into a theocracy, Western rock music, among other things, was banned there. Joe Strummer wrote this song in 1982 to make fun of exactly that. The whole thing was actually intended as an anti-war song and for general understanding, but unfortunately it was often misunderstood

“Maybe this is punk rock…” Dude. This IS punk rock.

I am french of Algerian origin, I am an atheist but my family is Muslim and here most North Africans know this song, it was covered by Rachid Taha an Algerian singer very well known in our country, I have never met anyone who took the words of joe strummer badly, I usually agree with you but on this one no, the so-called "kings" more commonly called dictators are not voices of peace, they are there to oppress and ban everything that does not "please" them, the people cannot stand them, this song is a revolt against this constant opression due to a misreading of the Muslim religion, we must really learn about this subject to understand but unfortunately our days, we take everything badly and we are shocked by everything, let's go back to the good old days no ? 😅

Don't leave The Clash behind, before having listened to "London Calling" !!! 😊 ❤

Orthodox Jew and an Arab come together over music. It always said to me that the people on both sides of the conflict are people, they have a lot in common, it's just the institutions that divide them and get them into wars and conflicts. As timely today as it was then.

Different generation my friend, back then we didn't get hurt by words as easily as today's generation.

This song was about the ban of Rock music in the middle east.

Also the Clash was formed in LONDON! Not America.

Get the history before you speak. Joe Strummers dad was a diplomat and Joe saw it all, as a child around the world. This is a protest against banning music, nothing more, nothing less. Just good ole Punk Rock!

This is a song about oppression and liberties being taken away that they previously had. Religion is one thing. Autocracy is another. You are not considering how a whole population was/is suppressed.

Casbah is a Muslim castle in Algiers, Algeria. Such a geat band. So many of their songs have REALLY GOOD hooks. Very gritty, street-ish sound. And they often have some sort of unique sound effect in. Check out "I Fought the Law and the Law Won". They do a thing with the drums to mimic the sound of a revolver that really sticks out. The Clash was not at all afraid of offending folks, regardless of your race, religion, or social class. Notice the Orthodox Jewish guy dancing with the Sunni Muslim guy. This song is basically a Middle Eastern take on the story of Footloose - repressive prudes crack down on the evils of dancing, and the kids rebel. When this song came out, the world was pushing toward a more tolerant society. Now we're wayyyy on the other end of the pendulum's swing, and in a shocking turn of events, tolerance now means banning all sorts of stuff, to avoid hurting people's feelings.

Noting that The Clash weren't doing the whole Boston, Kansas, Journey thing might be the understatement of the year. Nice to see that it still resonates after 40 years.

This song speaks out against censorship in all its forms especially those who use and pervert religion to advance their own personal agendas.

The clash..... the only band that matters

1970-80s a time where no one instandly got offended by anything.... Want to go back😭😭😭😭

The Clash were very anti-establishment. They were against so much they saw as wrong. London's Calling is about the fear of nuclear war., They wrote about the Sandinistas. They got it.

They were known as the garage band these were the fathers of British punk along with the sex pistols

This song is the epitome of what 'Punk Rock' is. Punk is ALL about protest against the Powers that Be. Also, keep in mind that this song came out in 1982. The average American/Brit really did not have any idea of what was forbidden under Islam.

You really need to study up on the issuses in the Middle East during the 70's especially the overthrow of the Iranian gov't the US Hostage situation, the Munich Olympics massacre, Entebbe.

RIP Joe Strummer, very talented guy, great group, loved them then & still now 🔥👍🏻🇬🇧❤️xxx