CANCIONERO

THE CLASH. Rock The Casbah.

Siguiente indispensable en el cancionero: “Rock the Casbah”. Ya era hora de que The Clash tuvieran también su momento. Y el momento se centra en una de sus canciones postreras pero más bailables y bailadas. A propósito de una historia de represión contra la música de baile. Qué buenos momentos nos ha hecho pasar este tema en los bares. Su estribillo ya es un clásico asimilable a diversión y resistencia. La canción abanderaba el nada despreciable “Combat Rock” (82). La mente en guardia. El cuerpo en movimiento.

ROCK THE CASBAH

Now the King told the boogie men “you have to let that raga drop”

The oil down the desert way has been shakin' to the top

The Sheik he drove his Cadillac, he went a cruisin' down the ville

The Muezzin was a standing on the radiator grille

The Sharif don't like it

Rockin' the Casbah

Rockin' the Casbah

By order of the Prophet we ban that boogie sound

Degenerate the faithful with that crazy Casbah sound

But the Bedouin they brought out the electric camel drum

The local guitar picker got his guitar picking thumb

As soon as the Sharif had cleared the square

They began to wail

Now over at the temple, oh, they really pack 'em in

The in crowd say it's cool to dig this chanting thing

But as the wind changed direction then the temple band took five

The crowd caught a whiff of that crazy Casbah jive

The King called up his jet fighters, he said you better earn your pay

Drop your bombs between the Minarets down the Casbah way

As soon as the Sharif was chauffeured outta there

The jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare

As soon as the Sharif was outta their hair

The jet pilots wailed

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