The Clash - «The Meaning Behind 1982 Hit “Rock the Casbah”»

 Released in 1982, off The Clash’s fifth album Combat Rock, “Rock the Casbah” made its radio rounds and got the then-obligatory video rotation on MTV, quickly becoming the biggest U.S. hit for the British punk band.

 

 

The song itself started out as one thing and meant another by the time late singer Joe Strummer was done with it, transforming the song into something that better fits the band’s punk rock ethos—fighting against musical persecution.

 

 

 

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