What is a Cazbah?

[menace]

I woke up to "Rock the Cazbah". Now that its stuck in my head, I'm curious what a cazbah is?  And for those of you who now have it playing in their head, you're welcome  

[Magnet_Eye]

duh. It's, first off, a song by the Clash.

Next, it is CASBAH, meaning a Castle or Palace usually in the middle east or Africa. The song is basically about middle east and OIL. Same ole crap still going on.


Great song btw. The Clash ROCK!


EDIT: Check the Lyrics...


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

CHORUS:
The shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
The shareef don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock 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 shareef
Had cleared the square
They began to wail

CHORUS

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
The temple band took five
The crowd caught a whiff
Of that crazy Casbah jive

CHORUS

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 shareef was
Chauffeured outta there
The jet pilots tuned to
The cockpit radio blare

As soon as the shareef was
Outta their hair
The jet pilots wailed

CHORUS

He thinks it's not kosher
Fundamentally he can't take it
You know he really hates it

[Floyd10]

I always thought that it was a euphamism. Thanks for clearing that up.

[menace]

duh. It's, first off, a song by the Clash

No kidding it's a song?  wow you learn something new everyday...

thanks for the lyrics though, I never listened to them that closely to know what they hell it was about  

[Floyd10]

Yeah, same

[Tailgunner]

I believe The Clash still hold a record for the best selling album by a band without a US record deal.

[Floyd10]

What about Radiohead?

[Magnet_Eye]

What about Radiohead?

Huh? Do they have a Casbah?


PS_ if you like radiohead, check out a band called MUSE. Kinda radiohead, but more rockin. i guess. nirvana meets radiohead some say. check it out!

[Sasquatch!]

Thanks for lodging that song in my head, you jerkass.  

[captainpotato]

Hell Sasquatch, can you think of any better songs to have stuck in your head? Other than some other Clash songs? White Riot, Tommy Gun, Poice on my Back, just to name a few

Ah, that is one nice thing about the age of the average classic arcade game fan - they were alive in the right age to appreciate bands like the Clash

[Floyd10]

hmmm... my post got deleted... reasons?

[SirPoonga]

Your's an mattv's comments were heading towards a continuing debate we just don't need on here.  We don't need racial slurs or arguments to start over them.  Decided to stop it before it started.

[Floyd10]

okokokok

[mattv]

Mine was meant as a joke - no offence intended.

Anyone read Jingo by Terry Pratchett?  The man is a genius masquerading as a kids author - well worth a read, and damn funny too.

[Floyd10]

ok, ok. No bad blood then? And no I havent. I will