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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-standin'
On the radiator grille
The sharif don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
The sharif 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 sharif
Had cleared the square
They began to wail
The sharif don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
The sharif don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Now over at the temple
Ooh, they really pack 'em in
The in-crowd say it's cool
To dig this chanting thing
But as the wind changed direction
And the temple band took five
The crowd caught a whiff
Of that crazy Casbah jive
The sharif don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
The sharif don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
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
The sharif don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
The sharif don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
The sharif don't like it (He thinks it's not kosher)
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
The sharif don't like it (Fundamentally can't take it)
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
The sharif don't like it (You know he really hates it)
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah

fredriley Jun 06, 2013 - 03:50	Sasha2001 wrote: You lost a lot of cred with this statement. This song succeeds on so many levels. 1. Catchy as hell 2. A good beat that you can dance to. 3. Ironic, political, and socially aware lyrics (the trifecta) 4. Rocks pretty hard 5. From a legendary album/band Am I missing any others? [ Reply ]
drivingunit103 May 05, 2013 - 08:06	bobcat1963 wrote: thanks bill for my daily shot of CLASH! ...roger that!! [ Reply ]
oppositelock May 02, 2013 - 08:59	trailhub wrote: Might be their most commercially successful song, and a great one at that, but I'm saving my 10's for their even better stuff (like about half the songs on London Calling) Yes! [ Reply ]
islander Jan 31, 2013 - 09:23	I think this suffers from its popularity. It's better than I remember it being. [ Reply ]
jonahboo Oct 29, 2012 - 07:56	YEP! [ Reply ]
treatment_bound Oct 26, 2012 - 09:48	It's somewhat ironic that the killer intro riff here was composed by Topper playing around on a piano one day before a rehearsal, and it went on to be their most "remembered song". And Mr. Headon was subsequently then sacked for his hopeless drug addiction right before the triumphant '82 tour featuring this song and album. [ Reply ]
joelbb Sep 27, 2012 - 20:37	This cut was HUGE for good reason. Topical, clever and rockin'. At least an 8. [ Reply ]
Proclivities Aug 27, 2012 - 08:11	mikeatlarge wrote: 80's alternative you can actually dance to. One of their better tracks. I'm not sure how much '80s alternative music you'd heard, but the majority of it was quite danceable . [ Reply ]
mikeatlarge Jun 25, 2012 - 11:52	80's alternative you can actually dance to. One of their better tracks. [ Reply ]
Weave Mar 22, 2012 - 05:17	frigging classic babes [ Reply ]
trailhub Mar 22, 2012 - 05:03	Might be their most commercially successful song, and a great one at that, but I'm saving my 10's for their even better stuff (like about half the songs on London Calling) [ Reply ]
hencini Jan 18, 2012 - 17:01	holborne wrote: By "single," I trust you mean a song actually released as a single (as opposed to the common use of the term to mean simply "song from one of their albums")? When has anyone who knows anything about music ever used the word "single" in the second sense? : [ Reply ]
Sasha2001 Jan 18, 2012 - 17:01	You lost a lot of cred with this statement. This song succeeds on so many levels. 1. Catchy as hell 2. A good beat that you can dance to. 3. Ironic, political, and socially aware lyrics (the trifecta) 4. Rocks pretty hard 5. From a legendary album/band Am I missing any others? [ Reply ]
bachbeet Aug 13, 2011 - 19:15	Another great song from a great group. [ Reply ]
lemmoth Jul 13, 2011 - 10:34	Stingray wrote: Unbelievable comment!!!!!!!!!!! I agree wholeheartedly. Take a look at the list of great songs this guy rates very lowly. I think he likes to push buttons and I've let him push mine. [ Reply ]
Stingray Jul 13, 2011 - 10:27	sirdroseph wrote: A bad song made worse from overplay. Unbelievable comment!!!!!!!!!!! [ Reply ]
Stingray Jul 13, 2011 - 10:26	Would most certainly be a hit in 2011 as well! 10% for me, Puff Daddy... [ Reply ]
sirdroseph Apr 09, 2011 - 13:08	A bad song made worse from overplay. [ Reply ]
ekeyte Apr 09, 2011 - 13:04	This is my moneymaking jam! [ Reply ]
mrdak Aug 31, 2010 - 11:54	Fu@%ing the gas pump .......... good story Bill [ Reply ]