RocktheCasbah是英国摇滚乐队TheClash所演唱的一首歌曲。TheClash(碰撞)乐队是前朋克时期具有开创意义的乐队,也是这一时期在商业运作上最为成功的朋克乐队。最初是一支政治反叛乐队,然后逐渐吸收雷盖尔及流行摇滚的元素、MTV的运作。尽管后来他们逐渐偏离了朋克的路线,但他们的首张同名专辑已经成为了朋克摇滚的圣典,而1979年的专辑《LondonCalling》更被众多的摇滚评论家推为有史以来最好的摇滚专辑之一。RocktheCasbah此曲收录在1982年乐队的专辑《CombatRock》中。
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' cruisnin' 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 wiff
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.
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