When a member of the company is killed on patrol when a washing machine is thrown on him from a rooftop, tomer is one of four men chosen by his commanding officers to carry out a surveillance operation to catch the perpetrator. Rock the casbah remastered by the clash on amazon music. Licensed to youtube by sme on behalf of sony bmg music uk. The result was a song that was tough enough for rock fans but rhythmic enough to appeal to dance music lovers. When the clash returned in june of 1982 to film rock the casbah, the armadillo had been closed a year and a half. Rock the casbah music video clip the music video for rock the casbah was filmed in austin, texas by director don letts on 8 and 9 june 1982. The video was filmed in austin in june 1982, showing both the band performing the song even though mick jones face is covered for the vast majority of it, allegedly because he was in a bad mood and a muslim hitchhiker and a hasidic jewish driver becoming. Complications ensue, but suffice it to say that rock the kasbah morphs into a pretty implausible feelgood movie thats nearly as maudlin as it is unconvincing. According to the rock the casbah songfacts, clash drummer topper headon wrote the music and the original lyrics. Vocalist joe strummer then decided to take headons lyrics in a different direction, to tell the story of an arab ruler the shereef. With bill murray, leem lubany, zooey deschanel, bruce willis. A downonhisluck music manager discovers a teenage girl with an extraordinary voice while on a music tour in afghanistan and takes her to kabul to compete on the popular television show, afghan star.
The film stars bill murray as a talent manager sent to afghanistan for a uso tour, kate hudson as his partner in country, bruce willis as his armed protection and book client, and leem lubany as his musical discovery. Bill murray and bruce willis rock the kasbah in morocco published july 23rd, 2015 12. This blogger tracks down a location thanks to a donut sign debris. When the clash returned in june of 1982 to film rock the casbah, the. The clash rock the casbah official video song rock the casbah.
The music video for rock the casbah was filmed in austin, texas by director don letts on 8 and 9 june 1982. Bill murray and bruce willis rock the kasbah in morocco. Just make sure that you have dinner reservations for after the film youll be hungry for. It was great working in morocco, where my phone didnt work, murray said. Strong imagery is portrayed through the characters outfits, for example, the jewish man in a top hat and the muslim man in a keffiyeh. Facebooktheclash filmed all over 1980s austin, this phenomenally famous song, performed by the english punk rock band the clash, shot to number 8 on the billboard hot 100 chart in 1982. If youre in the mood for a solid family story, rock the casbah should at least partially satisfy. To download the clash rock the casbah music video use thirdparty services.
Those who were familiar with downtown austin in the 80s might recognize many obscure spots that make an appearance in the music video. There is an old bk in this music video by the british rock band the clash, the song is rock the casbah 1982. While casbah plays more like a conventional french family saga, complete with sibling rivalries, sexual tensions and contentious inheritances, it continues to explore notions of class and culture. It was great working in morocco, where my phone didnt. Torchys is dropping the alabama shake, mr pink, hipster off secret menu, and pig in a poncho off kids menu, as well as the dirty sanchez being moved onto the secret menu instead of being on the main menu. The parts of the arab and jew were played by longtime clash manager bernie rhodes the arab and longtime clash friend mark frothler helfont the jew. A hasbeen rock manager from van nuys, california stumbles upon a onceinalifetime voice in a remote afghan cave in rock the kasbah, a dramatic comedy inspired by. Filmed in austin, texas, it depicts an arab and a hasidic jew befriending each other on the road and skanking together through the streets to a clash concert at austins city coliseum, often followed by an armadillo, interspersed with. It became a trivia game amongst my office of longtime austinites to try to identify all of the various shots. My mind was somewhat blown when i discovered that the clash filmed the video for rock the casbah here in austin, tx back in 1981 go watch it, its on youtube. The clash rock the casbah, listen and watch music video.
Previous clash drummer terry chimes appeared in the songs video in his place. The video was filmed in austin in june 1982, showing both the band performing the song even though mick jones face is covered for the vast. A hasbeen rock manager from van nuys, california stumbles upon a onceinalifetime voice in a remote afghan cave in rock the kasbah, a dramatic comedy inspired by strangerthanfiction, reallife events and directed by oscar winner barry levinson. My mind was somewhat blown when i discovered that the clash filmed the video for rock the casbah here in austin, tx back in 1981 go. Rock the casbah was the clashs biggest hit in the united states.
Perhaps in homage to the venue that hosted that first texas performance, the video features a recurring armadillo running through various shots. Now, the king, he told the boogie men you have to let that raga drop the oil down the desert way has been shaken to the top the sheik, he drove his cadillac he went acruisin down the ville the muezzin was astandin on the radiator grille sharif dont like it rocking the casbah rock the casbah sharif dont like it rocking the casbah rock the casbah by order of the prophet ban. Rock the casbah won the berlin international film festivals c. Rock the casbah video 1982 movies, tv, celebs, and more. Watch rock the casbah online vimeo on demand on vimeo. Til the clash filmed the rock the casbah music video in. By the time rock the casbah was released, its original songwriter headon had been kicked out of the band.
At the time of this music video, the restaurant still had the old red shingles on the roof. The swimming pool shots were filmed at the villa capri hotel. With the clash, topper headon, mick jones, paul simonon. The video was mostly shot in the cactusstudded landscape of the texas hill. Gc4rtnq rock the casbah traditional cache in ontario. Rock the casbah june 11, 1982 developed from a piano riff that topper headon had written, the drummers words were eventually replaced with joe strummers lyrics about rock music being banned under fundamentalist religious regimes. A combination of live exposure via a tour with the who and a video on the thennew mtv network helped rock the casbah shoot to number eight on the u.
Jewish limo driver picks up muslim hitchhiker and they travel together to austin, texas to see a rock concert. On the clash, winchells donuts, and 1980s austin adam. The narrative of rock the casbah music video by the clash can be perceived as quite ambiguous. The video was filmed in austin, tx so, could anyone here identify exactly where this bk is and, if it still exists. Meanwhile, the clash perform rock the casbah in front of an active texas oil well. A muslim man and a jewish man befriend each other on a road trip on their way to see the clash perform. Rock the kasbah is a 2015 american comedy film directed by barry levinson and written by mitch glazer. Sfn the music video intermixes footage of the clash with terry chimes on the drums miming a performance of the song, with a storyline depicting two characters traveling together throughout texas. Robert from austin, txthere is a little error about the facts about the music video which was filmed in austin texas. The clash originally released rock the casbah written by topper headon, mick jones gb1 and joe strummer and the clash released it on the album combat rock in 1982. Bill murrays image as an entertainer has always wobbled somewhere between a debauched rock star who demands a pipinghot wolfgang puck pizza to be delivered at 4 a. Open road films released the film on october 23, 2015. It looks like those shots were filmed right outside of bergstrom afb, where f4s landing would have been a common sight.
Til the clash filmed the rock the casbah music video in austin in. Rock the casbah follows tomer yon tumarkin and his army unit during the first intifada in 1989. To watch the video now is to see glimpses of the austin that longtime natives speak of. On the clash, winchells donuts, and 1980s austin adam norwood. Rock the casbah was filmed in austin, texas, and depicts an arab, played by austin actor titos menchaca, and a hasidic jew, played by local stage director dennis razze, befriend each other on the road and skanking together through the streets to a clash concert at palmer auditorium, often followed by an armadillo, interspersed with the band performing in front of an oil well.