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"Rock the Casbah" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, released in 1982 as the second single from their fifth album, Combat Rock. It reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US (their only top 10 single in that country) and, along with the track "Mustapha Dance", it also reached number eight on the dance chart.
An hour later, singer Michael Stipe had the lyrics ready. The song won Best Short Form Music Video and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 34th Annual Grammys and was inducted ...
"Should I Stay or Should I Go" is a song by the English punk rock band the Clash from their fifth studio album Combat Rock, written in 1981 and featuring Mick Jones on lead vocals. It was released in 1982 as a double A-sided single alongside "Straight to Hell", performing modestly on global mus
"Overpowered by Funk" was rarely played live, probably because of the presence of "The Magnificent Seven" and "This Is Radio Clash" in their live setlists.It was played and also recorded on some bootlegs during the nights at the Théâtre Mogador in the fifth district of Paris, between 24 and 30 September 1981, where the band was premiering various tracks from the upcoming Combat Rock.
Rock the Casbah is a 2013 French-Moroccan drama film written and directed by Laïla Marrakchi. It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
In 2012 Headon was interviewed by fellow drummer Spike Webb, sharing stories from his years drumming for The Clash and his experience writing 'Rock The Casbah'. [ 16 ] Actor Alex Gold portrayed Headon in the 2016 film London Town , which tells the story of a Clash-obsessed teenager who crosses paths with Joe Strummer by happenstance in 1979 and ...
Batallion 50 Rock the Hebron Casbah" is a viral amateur dance video in the flash mob style produced by soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The video was filmed in 2010 by soldiers serving in the IDF's Nahal Brigade. It was viewed more than 1.6 million times online in the first few days after being uploaded to YouTube. [1]
Rock the Casbah won the Berlin International Film Festival's C.I.C.A.E. award in 2013. [ 4 ] Jordan Hoffman of Film.com called the film "worth seeing and discussing" and gave it 7.3 out of 10, noting that it "succinctly expresses just how difficult and intractable the [ Israeli–Palestinian conflict ] is", and that "it is essential to ...