the clash rock the casbah was filmed at austin, texas.
the clash rock the casbah was filmed at austin, texas.
where was the clash rock the casbah filmed?
austin , texas
the music video for "rock the casbah" was filmed in austin, texas by director don letts on 8 and 9 june 1982. it intermixes footage of the clash (with terry chimes on the drums) miming a performance of the song, with a storyline depicting two characters travelling together throughout texas. the video depicts a muslim hitchhiker and a hasidic jewish limo driver befriending each other on the road and skanking together through the streets to a clash concert at austin's city coliseum. at one point they are seen eating hamburgers in front of a burger king restaurant. at another point, the muslim character is seen drinking a beer; letts stated that all that imagery was "about breaking taboos." throughout the video, an armadillo is repeatedly shown walking near the band members, walking along the road, and following the two characters into the city, all the way to the clash concert.
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the algerian rock singer rachid taha covered the song (in arabic) on his 2004 album "tékitoi". on 27 november 2005 at the astoria, london, during the stop the war coalition benefit concert, "...for the night's grandstanding conclusion, the clash legend mick jones strides on in a skinny black suit and plays probably the most exciting guitar he has delivered in years. he and the band are brilliant on taha's definitive take on "rock the casbah", for which the audience goes berserk." they again played taha's version of the song, "rock el casbah", on february 2006, at the france 4 tv show "taratatà." in 2007 at the barbican, "... the band were later joined by special guest mick jones from the clash who performed on "rock el casbah" and then stayed on stage for the remainder of the show."
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