[QUOTE=combatrock*bass]i thought rock the casbah was a song about the middle east not letting music be played there or somthing along those lines?[/QUOTE]
the part

the king told the boogie man
you gotta let that raga drop

is clearly about bernie

yea but

"by order of the prophet ban that boogie sound"

i always though it meant middle eastern government banning like punk or new wave music..idk i might be wrong

[QUOTE=combatrock*bass]i thought rock the casbah was a song about the middle east not letting music be played there or somthing along those lines?[/QUOTE]

I heard that Bernie kept complaining that all of the tracks on Combat Rock (while still recording it) sounded like ragas (I'm not sure what raga means :confused:) so Joe wrote the lines: "Now the king told the boogie men/ you've got to let that raga drop."

And it turned into a hit single :).

[QUOTE=guns_of_brixton]I heard that Bernie kept complaining that all of the tracks on Combat Rock (while still recording it) sounded like ragas (I'm not sure what raga means :confused:) so Joe wrote the lines: "Now the king told the boogie men/ you've got to let that raga drop."

And it turned into a hit single :).[/QUOTE]
a hit single and a funny video :lol:

I'm pretty sure "raga" is a Middle-Eastern-influenced song structure, or something similar.

[QUOTE=Coma_Girl]a hit single and a funny video :lol:[/QUOTE]
isnt the video shot in el paso texas?

[QUOTE=AndreTheHyena]I'm pretty sure "raga" is a Middle-Eastern-influenced song structure, or something similar.[/QUOTE]

Probably. I thought it was what Brits called reggae :D.

[QUOTE=combatrock*bass]isnt the video shot in el paso texas?[/QUOTE]

Yea, I think the limo with the arabian dude says "el paso limo." And the armadillo is awesome :D.

yea the video is funny...here is some useless info...after the clash broke up paul simonon moved to elpaso...so now i can say i live in the same state paul use to live in :)

[QUOTE=combatrock*bass]yea the video is funny...here is some useless info...after the clash broke up paul simonon moved to elpaso...so now i can say i live in the same state paul use to live in :)[/QUOTE]

Awesome :thumb:. Do you know long Paul lived there?

im not sure...however long he was in havana 3:am..cos thats were the band has located at...i wish he still lived there, i would drive up there and meet my idol...but im sure he lives in england now

[QUOTE=combatrock*bass]im not sure...however long he was in havana 3:am..cos thats were the band has located at...i wish he still lived there, i would drive up there and meet my idol...but im sure he lives in england now[/QUOTE]

Yea, he paints in London now. I'm going to sleep, so see you guys tomorrow.

peace...does all the members of clash live in england now?

Joe Strummer doesn't

[QUOTE=TheNowhereman42]Joe Strummer doesn't[/QUOTE]
shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[QUOTE=TheNowhereman42]Joe Strummer doesn't[/QUOTE] yeap cos he is in heaven which is better than england

no, he's going "Straight to Hell"

har har

[QUOTE=combatrock*bass]yeap cos he is in heaven which is better than england[/QUOTE]
did joe really believe in heaven/hell/god/religion anyway?

I'd like to think he did, at least to a degree, though I doubt he was Christian.

[QUOTE=TheNowhereman42]no, he's going "Straight to Hell"

har har[/QUOTE]
no.if he's somewhere, he's in the punk rock heaven. :D

With GG Alin ><

[QUOTE=AndreTheHyena]I'd like to think he did, at least to a degree, though I doubt he was Christian.[/QUOTE]
i dont think he was anti christ..but i dont belive you go to heaven cos of your belifs, its what you do on earth.and if thats the case joe is in heaven

he probably believed in some obscure eastern religion, knowing him

[QUOTE=combatrock*bass]i dont think he was anti christ..but i dont belive you go to heaven cos of your belifs, its what you do on earth.and if thats the case joe is in heaven[/QUOTE]
i'm always wondering stupid things like...what is death like.it makes me sick to know we all have to die someday and that joe died so young...he could have written a lot of great songs.maybe he writes songs in heaven or something.huh whatever


or when i have a decision to take "what would joe do in this situation"

[QUOTE=TheNowhereman42]he probably believed in some obscure eastern religion, knowing him[/QUOTE]
i think he believed in nothing really.kinda like me.i don't believe in any religion, but i know there's something somewhere and i have to call it god cause i dont know what it is..but it's not the bible one.he had his own god.

I for one think death is great.

Even with death so few people live life to the fullest, imagine how little would get done if we didn't have it.

I find WWBMD? usually works

joes my god

then wouldn't having a Bob Marley icon be worshipping a false idol?

re say that? that made no sense to me

becuase...its...not a Joe Strummer icon?