Prophetic lyrics in this 1979 song by Joe Strummer. I had always liked this song (brings back memories) but had never payed attention to the lyrics. And isnt that armadillo in the video real cool? The Shareef dont like it Rockin the Casbah Rock the Casbah The Shareef dont like it Rockin the Casbah Rock the Casbah By order of the prophet We ban that boogie sound Degenerate the faithful With that craazy 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 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 He thinks its not kosher Fundamentally he cant take it. You know he really hates it.
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 11:14:59 +0000