Going to use this Friday to play what I would have had up here on Wednesday. The first track everyone knows. Everyone. The Clash’s Rock the Casbah:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAkfHShATKY[/youtube]
Algerian Rachid Taha knows it, too. Apparently a huge fan of Joe Strummer. But he thought the song was a little condescending, so he had a go at it, in Arabic. Dunno about you, but I like this version – Rock el Casbah – better:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw6Xw2q_91M[/youtube]