The Clash & Ranking Roger ¦ Rock The Casbah

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2022

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"Rock the Casbah" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, released in 1982 as the second single from their fifth album, Combat Rock. It reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US (their only top 10 single in that country) and, along with the track "Mustapha Dance", it also reached number eight on the dance chart.[4]

Recording

The music for "Rock the Casbah" was composed by the band's drummer Topper Headon, based on a piano part that he had been toying with.[5][6] Finding himself in the studio without his three bandmates, Headon progressively taped the drum, piano and bass parts, recording the bulk of the song's musical instrumentation himself.[5][7]

This origin makes "Rock the Casbah" different from the majority of Clash songs, which tended to originate with music written by the Joe Strummer–Mick Jones songwriting partnership.[7] Upon entering the studio to hear Headon's recording, the other Clash members were impressed with his creation, stating that they felt the instrumental track was essentially complete.[7] From this point, relatively minor overdubs were added, such as guitars and percussion.

However, Strummer was not impressed by the page of suggested lyrics that Headon gave him.[5] According to Clash guitar technician Digby Cleaver, they were "a soppy set of lyrics about how much he missed his girlfriend".[5] "Strummer just took one look at these words and said, 'How incredibly interesting!', screwed the piece of paper into a ball and chucked it backwards over his head."[5]

Strummer had been developing a set of lyrical ideas that he was looking to match with an appropriate tune. Before hearing Headon's music, Strummer had already come up with the phrases "rock the casbah" and "you'll have to let that raga drop", as lyrical ideas that he was considering for future songs.[8][9] After hearing Headon's music, Strummer went into the studio's bathroom and wrote lyrics to match the song's melody.[6][7]

The version of the song on Combat Rock, as well as many other Clash compilations, features an electronic sound effect beginning at the 1:52-minute point of the song. This noise is a monophonic version of the song "Dixie". The sound effect source was generated by the alarm from a digital wristwatch that Mick Jones owned, and was intentionally added to the recording by Jones.[7]

Algerian rock singer Rachid Taha believes that an early demo tape of his, which he gave to The Clash in 1981, helped inspire the original song.[10]

Lyrics

Joe Strummer had been toying with the phrase "rock the casbah" prior to hearing Topper Headon's musical track that would form the basis of the song. This phrase had originated during a jam session with Strummer's violinist friend Tymon Dogg. Dogg began playing Eastern scales with his violin and Strummer started shouting "rock the casbah!" Not hearing Strummer properly, Dogg thought that Strummer had been shouting at him to "stop, you cadger!"[8]

Further inspiration for the lyrics of "Rock the Casbah" originated from Strummer observing the band's manager Bernie Rhodes moaning about The Clash's increasing tendency to perform lengthy songs. Rhodes asked the band facetiously "does everything have to be as long as this rāga?" (referring to the Indian musical style known for its length and complexity). Strummer later returned to his room at the Iroquois Hotel in New York City and wrote the opening lines to the song: "The King told the boogie-men 'you have to let that rāga drop.'"[11][9][8]

The song gives a fabulist account of a ban on Western rock music by a Middle Eastern king.[5] The lyrics describe the king's efforts to enforce and justify the ban, and the populace's protests against it by holding rock concerts in temples and squares ("rocking the casbah"). This culminates in the king ordering his military's fighter jets to bomb the protestors; however, after taking off, the pilots ignore his orders and instead play rock music on their cockpit radios, joining the protest and implying the loss of the king's power.

The events depicted in the song are similar to an actual ban on Western music, including rock music, enforced in Iran since the Iranian Revolution. Though classical music and public concerts were briefly permitted in the 1980s and 1990s, the ban was reinstated in 2005, and has remained in force ever since. Western music is still distributed in Iran through black markets, and Iranian rock music artists are forced to record in secret, under threat of arrest.[12][13][14]

The song's lyrics feature various Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, and Sanskrit loan-words, such as "sharif", "bedouin", "sheikh", "kosher", "rāga", "muezzin", "minaret", and "casbah".[15]

Single

Single issues

The single has several issues, all with different cover, format and B-side (see the table below).[16]

YearB-sideFormatLabelCountryNote
1982"Rock the Casbah"45 rpm 7" vinylEpic 34-03245CAN/USAPromo
1982"Mustapha Dance"45 rpm 12" vinylCBS/Sony Records Inc. 07.5P-191JP—
1982"Mustapha Dance"33 1/3 rpm 12" vinylEpic 49-03144USA—
1982"Mustapha Dance"33 1/3 rpm 12" vinylEpic 49-03144CAN—
1982"Mustapha Dance"45 rpm 7" vinylCBS A112479UKPicture disc
1982"Red Angel Dragnet"45 rpm 7" vinylEpic 34-03245CAN—
1982"Long Time Jerk"45 rpm 7" vinylEpic 34-03245USAIn blue Epic generic die cut sleeve
1982"Mustapha Dance"45 rpm 12" vinylCBS A 13-2479UK—
1982"Long Time Jerk"45 rpm 7" vinylEpic 15-05540USA—
1991"Mustapha Dance"45 rpm 7" vinylColumbia 656814-7UKReissue
1991
  1. "Mustapha Dance"
  2. "The Magnificent Dance"
45 rpm 12" vinylColumbia 656814-6UK—
1991
  1. "Mustapha Dance"
  2. "The Magnificent Dance"
CDColumbia 656814-2UK—

Music video

The music video for "Rock the Casbah" was filmed in Austin, Texas by director Don Letts on 8 and 9 June 1982.[17] 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 (played by actor Titos Menchaca) and a Hasidic Jewish limo driver (Dennis Razze) befriending each other on the road and skanking together through the streets to a Clash concert at Austin's City Coliseum. Throughout the video, an armadillo appears at points. 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."[18]

The Clash is shown miming a performance of the song in front of a pumpjack in a Texas oil field. For most of the video clip, guitarist Mick Jones's face is obscured by a veiled camouflage hat. The reason for this is that Jones was in a bad mood during the film shoot.[17] Jones' face remains hidden until the final 30 seconds of the clip, when Strummer pulls the hat off at the "he thinks it's not kosher!" line.

Topper Headon left the band because of a drug problem before the song was released at the beginning of the band’s Combat Rock tour, and was replaced by Terry Chimes, who appears in the “Rock the Casbah” video. Headon was extensively interviewed for the Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten documentary film about the late Clash frontman, which was released in 2007. Headon related his experiences during this period, how he became addicted to heroin and how there were problems before his dismissal.

Legacy

The song was chosen by Armed Forces Radio to be the first song broadcast on the service covering the area during Operation Desert Storm. In one of the campfire scenes late in the 2007 documentary Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten, a friend states that Strummer wept when he heard that the phrase "Rock the Casbah" was written on an American bomb that was to be detonated on Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War.[19]

Following the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, the song was placed on the list of post-9/11 inappropriate titles distributed by Clear Channel.[20] In 2006, the conservative National Review released their list of the top 50 "Conservative Rock Songs", with "Rock the Casbah" at number 20, noting the Clear Channel list as well as frequent requests to the British Forces Broadcasting Service during the Iraq War.[21] Cultural reviewer and political analyst Charlie Pierce commented that "the notion of the Clash as spokesfolk for adventurism in the Middle East might have been enough to bring Joe Strummer back from the dead."[22]

Vulture writer Bill Wyman in 2017 ranked the song number ten of all the band's 139 songs, calling it "one of the greatest rock singles of all time."[23] Wyman further wrote, "Like other Clash songs, this song requires some historical context" about Iran, starting from the 1953 coup d'état—which overthrew the democratically elected leader Mohammad Mosaddegh—to the Islamic Revolution of 1979, which resulted in overthrowing the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, king of the Imperial State of Iran, and the hostage crisis at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, rupturing their diplomatic relations—followed by Jimmy Carter, who was criticized for the way he handled the hostage crisis, losing the 1980 U.S. presidential election to Ronald Reagan.[23]

Cover versions

Algerian rock singer Rachid Taha covered the song (in Algerian Arabic and the chorus in English) 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."[24] They again played Taha's version of the song, "Rock el Casbah", in February 2006, at the France 4 TV show Taratatà.[citation needed] 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."[25][26]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertificationCertified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[43]Gold25,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[44]Platinum600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[45]2× Platinum2,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

References

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  43. ^ "Italian single certifications – The Clash – Rock the Casbah" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 13 September 2019. Select "2019" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Rock the Casbah" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
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Bibliography

  • Gilbert, Pat (2004). Passion Is a Fashion: The Real Story of the Clash. Aurum Press Ltd. ISBN 1845130170.

External links

Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_the_Casbah

Artist(s)

Veröffentlichungen von The Clash die im OTRS erhältlich sind/waren:

The Clash ¦ London Calling ¦ Hits Back ¦ Combat Rock + The People's Hall ¦ Rock The Casbah

The Clash auf Wikipedia (oder andere Quellen):

The Clash (englisch für „die Kollision“) war eine britische Rockband, die 1976 in London gegründet wurde. The Clash gilt als eine der einflussreichsten frühen Punkbands neben anderen Gruppen wie den Ramones und den Sex Pistols. Sie verarbeiteten Einflüsse aus Reggae, Folk und Popmusik.

Bandgeschichte

The Clash wurde im Juni 1976 in der ersten Welle der englischen Punk-Bewegung in London gegründet. Paul Simonon und Mick Jones (beide Mitglieder der Band London SS) wurden am 31. Mai von ihrem Manager Bernie Rhodes mit Joe Strummer bekannt gemacht, der zu dieser Zeit mit den 101'ers lokal erfolgreich war. Keith Levene, der anfangs den zweiten Gitarristen geben sollte, verabschiedete sich bald nach der eigentlichen Gründung und spielte später mit Johnny Rotten bei Public Image Ltd., einer Post-Punk-Band. Einen Drummer fand man mit Terry Chimes.

Das erste Konzert von The Clash fand am 4. Juli 1976 als Vorgruppe der Sex Pistols statt. Im Februar 1977 unterschrieben sie einen Majorvertrag mit CBS Records, kurz darauf erschien die erste Single White Riot sowie das Album The Clash, die zu Verkaufserfolgen wurden.

Der Vertrag mit CBS stellte sich später als großer Fehler heraus, da er sie zur Ablieferung von acht Alben verpflichtete. Die Bandmitglieder gaben später zu, dass es leichtsinnig gewesen war, ihn zu unterschreiben. Auch vereinbarte The Clash mit ihrem Label, Doppel- oder Dreifach-LPs für ihr meist jugendliches und daher wenig zahlungskräftiges Publikum zu einem verhältnismäßig günstigen Verkaufspreis auf den Markt zu bringen. Die Mindereinnahmen wurden von der Band getragen, so dass diese an einigen ihrer Platten nicht viel Geld verdiente, sondern anfangs – trotz guter Verkaufszahlen – bei ihrer Plattenfirma sogar Schulden hatte.

Kurz nach ihrem Debütalbum, das nach der Band benannt wurde, verabschiedete sich Terry Chimes und wurde durch Topper Headon ersetzt.

Das zweite Album Give ’Em Enough Rope erschien im November 1978. Im Juli 1979 erschien die amerikanische Version des Debütalbums. In ihr waren drei Lieder (u. a. Protex Blue) der englischen Version ausgetauscht. Die Höchstplatzierung in den Billboard-Charts war Platz 100.

Im Dezember 1979 kam das berühmteste und erfolgreichste Album, London Calling, heraus, dem im Dezember 1980 das wesentlich experimentellere – und weniger erfolgreiche – Sandinista! folgte. Ebenfalls 1979 erschien der The-Clash-Film Rude Boy, bei dem die Band selbst mitspielt und in dem etliche Konzertausschnitte zu sehen sind, unter anderem aus ihrem berühmten Konzert im Londoner Victoria Park. Der Film handelt vom Pornoverkäufer Ray, der sich in der Punk- und Skinheadszene herumtreibt, Bier trinkt und später als unzuverlässiger Roadie bei The Clash anheuert.

Im Jahr 1982 folgte dann der Absturz von The Clash. Der einige Jahre zuvor gefeuerte Manager Rhodes wurde von Strummer gegen den Willen von Mick Jones wieder ins Boot geholt. Zwischen den wichtigen Bandmitgliedern entwickelten sich Streitigkeiten. Dennoch war ihre nächste Veröffentlichung im Mai desselben Jahres äußerst erfolgreich: Combat Rock enthält ihre berühmtesten Klassiker, Should I Stay Or Should I Go? und Rock the Casbah. In Großbritannien schaffte es das Album auf Platz 2, in Amerika erreichte es Platz 7.

Kurz nach der Veröffentlichung musste Topper Headon wegen seiner Heroinsucht die Band verlassen. Ersetzt wurde er wieder durch Terry Chimes, der 1983 erneut ausschied und dessen Platz Pete Howard einnahm. Auch Mick Jones wurde von Strummer und Simonon, nicht zuletzt auf Betreiben von Rhodes, aus der Band gedrängt.

Die Besetzung des letzten Albums Cut the Crap, das im November 1985 erschien, bestand aus Strummer, Simonon, Howard, dem 1983 dazugekommenen Gitarristen Nick Sheppard (The Cortinas) sowie Vince White. Das Album erreichte in den englischen Charts Platz 16.

Das Ende

Joe Strummer (2001)

Nach einer Festivaltour quer durch Europa rief Strummer im Herbst 1985 die Mitglieder der Band zusammen und beschloss mit ihnen, die Band aufzulösen.

Im Frühjahr 1991 erlebte der Titel Should I Stay Or Should I Go nochmals große Popularität und eroberte oberste Plätze der Charts, als er für eine Werbekampagne der Jeans-Marke Levi’s eingesetzt wurde.

Im Dezember 2002 starb Joe Strummer an einem angeborenen und zu Lebzeiten nicht festgestellten Herzfehler.

2003 wurde The Clash in die Rock and Roll Hall of Fame aufgenommen.[1]

Einfluss

Die Band hatte einen großen Einfluss auf das weitere Musikgeschehen. Sie beeinflusste den später entstehenden Britpop besonders durch die Kombination von griffigen Hooklines und aggressivem Auftreten. Besonders die Manic Street Preachers berufen sich auf die Band, aber auch andere Alternative-Größen wie Green Day, The Levellers, U2, The Cure oder R.E.M. Auch der experimentelle Sound von Manu Chao wurde von ihnen beeinflusst. Die Toten Hosen bezeichnen sich selbst als Clash-Fans und coverten Songs von The Clash auf verschiedenen Alben. Außerdem widmeten sie Joe Strummer das Lied Goodbye Garageland, dessen Text hauptsächlich aus Zitaten diverser Clash-Songs besteht. Auf die Frage nach der besten Punkband aller Zeiten antwortete Campino 2022 The Clash.[2]

The Clash wurde von diversen Bands gecovert – zum Beispiel coverten die Celtic-Punk-Rocker The Levellers 1994 „English Civil War“ – oder, direkt beeinflusst (aktuelle Beispiele sind The Dead 60s, The Libertines oder Hard-Fi), was ihren Einfluss auf die Musikkultur der Post-Punkära und alles, was danach folgte, nochmals untermauerte. Auch die Beatsteaks widmeten Joe Strummer ihr Lied „Hello Joe“. Die Amerikanische Polit- und Hardcore Punkband Anti-Flag coverte die Clash-Hits „Should I Stay or Should I Go?“, „I Fought the Law“, „London Calling“, „Clash City Rockers“ und „Career Opportunities“. Eine alternative Version von „Rock The Casbah“ veröffentlichte 2004 der algerisch-französische Musiker Rachid Taha – wobei Taha gegenüber Medien anführte, dass das Stück ursprünglich von ihm stamme und über eine Demoaufnahme zu The Clash gelangt sei.[3]

Der Rolling Stone listete die Band auf Rang 28 der 100 größten Musiker aller Zeiten.[4]

In der Mysteryserie Stranger Things von 2016 spielt der Clash-Song Should I Stay or Should I Go eine zentrale Rolle.

Songrechte

Das Clash-Management ließ am 31. Januar 1977 die Firma Nineden Limited registrieren, die dem Clash-Manager und den Bandmitgliedern gehörte und sowohl die eingehenden Tantiemen als auch allgemein die Veröffentlichungsrechte der Songs verwaltete. Die Band besaß somit ihren eigenen Musikverlag und behielt daher im Gegensatz zu anderen Künstlern die kommerzielle Kontrolle über ihr Material.[5]

Auftreten der Bandmitglieder auf den Studioalben

BandmitgliedAlbumInstrument
The ClashGive ’Em Enough RopeLondon CallingSandinista!Combat RockCut the Crap
Joe StrummerJaJaJaJaJaJaGitarre, Gesang
Paul SimononJaJaJaJaJaJaBass, Gesang
Mick JonesJaJaJaJaJaNeinGitarre, Gesang
Topper HeadonJa (USA)JaJaJaJaNeinSchlagzeug, Gesang
Keith LeveneNeinNeinNeinNeinNeinNeinGitarre, Gesang
Nick SheppardNeinNeinNeinNeinNeinJaGitarre, Gesang
Vince WhiteNeinNeinNeinNeinNeinJaGitarre
Terry ChimesJaNeinNeinNeinNeinNeinSchlagzeug
Pete HowardNeinNeinNeinNeinNeinJaSchlagzeug
Rob HarperNeinNeinNeinNeinNeinNeinSchlagzeug

Diskografie

Studioalben

JahrTitelHöchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, AuszeichnungChartplatzierungenChartplatzierungen[6]
(Jahr, Titel, Plat­zie­rungen, Wo­chen, Aus­zeich­nungen, Anmer­kungen)		Anmerkungen
 DE AT CH UK USTemplate:Charttabelle/Wartung/Charts inexistent
1977The Clash———UK12
Gold (UK-Version) + Silber (US-Version)
Gold (UK-Version) + Silber (US-Version)
Gold (UK-Version) + Silber (US-Version)

(17 Wo.)UK		US126
Gold
Gold

(6 Wo.)US
Erstveröffentlichung: 8. April 1977
Verkäufe: + 760.000
1978Give ’Em Enough Rope———UK14
Gold
Gold

(2 Wo.)UK		US128
(10 Wo.)US
Erstveröffentlichung: 10. November 1978
Verkäufe: + 100.000
1979London Calling—AT17
(2 Wo.)AT		—UK9
Platin
Platin

(39 Wo.)UK		US27
Gold
Gold

(33 Wo.)US
Erstveröffentlichung: 14. Dezember 1979
Verkäufe: + 1.550.000
1980Sandinista!———UK19
Silber
Silber

(9 Wo.)UK		US24
Platin
Platin

(20 Wo.)US
Erstveröffentlichung: 12. Dezember 1980
Verkäufe: + 660.000
1982Combat RockDE48
(1 Wo.)DE		—CH56
(1 Wo.)CH		UK2
Gold
Gold

(23 Wo.)UK		US7
Doppelplatin
×2
Doppelplatin

(61 Wo.)US
Erstveröffentlichung: 14. Mai 1982
Charteinstieg in DE und CH erstmals 2022
Verkäufe: + 2.255.000
1985Cut the Crap———UK16
Silber
Silber

(3 Wo.)UK		US88
(12 Wo.)US
Erstveröffentlichung: 4. November 1985
Verkäufe: + 60.000

grau schraffiert: keine Chartdaten aus diesem Jahr verfügbar

Livealben

JahrTitelHöchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, AuszeichnungChartplatzierungenChartplatzierungen[6]
(Jahr, Titel, Plat­zie­rungen, Wo­chen, Aus­zeich­nungen, Anmer­kungen)		Anmerkungen
 DE AT CH UK US
2008Live at Shea Stadium———UK31
(2 Wo.)UK		US93
(2 Wo.)US
Erstveröffentlichung: 3. Oktober 2008
Live-Mitschnitt von 1982

Kompilationen

JahrTitelHöchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, AuszeichnungChartplatzierungenChartplatzierungen[6]
(Jahr, Titel, Plat­zie­rungen, Wo­chen, Aus­zeich­nungen, Anmer­kungen)		Anmerkungen
 DE AT CH UK US
1980Black Market Clash———UK74
(16 Wo.)UK		—
1988The Story of The Clash – Volume 1DE53
(8 Wo.)DE		——UK7
Gold
Gold

(20 Wo.)UK		—
Verkäufe: + 310.000
1991The Singles———UK68
(2 Wo.)UK		—
Erstveröffentlichung: 11. November 1991
Verkäufe: + 10.000
1999The Story of The Clash – Volume 2———UK70
(2 Wo.)UK		US—
Platin
Platin
US
Verkäufe: + 1.000.000
From Here to Eternity———UK13
Gold
Gold

(5 Wo.)UK		US193
(1 Wo.)US
Erstveröffentlichung: 1. Oktober 1999
Live-Kompilation
Verkäufe: + 100.000
2003The Essential Clash———UK18
Gold
Gold

(4 Wo.)UK		US99
(2 Wo.)US
Verkäufe: + 107.500
2004London Calling 25th Anniversary—AT17
(2 Wo.)AT		CH72
(1 Wo.)CH		UK26
Silber
Silber

(2 Wo.)UK		—
Erstveröffentlichung: 19. September 2004
Verkäufe: + 60.000
2005The Singles———UK13
Platin
Platin

(9 Wo.)UK		—
Box-Set mit allen 7"-Singles
Verkäufe: + 325.000
2013The Clash Hits Back———UK13
Gold
Gold

(3 Wo.)UK		—
Erstveröffentlichung: 6. September 2013
Verkäufe: + 100.000
Sound System———UK53
(1 Wo.)UK		—
Erstveröffentlichung: 6. September 2013

grau schraffiert: keine Chartdaten aus diesem Jahr verfügbar

Weitere Kompilationen

  • 1992: Twelve Inch Mixes
  • 1993: Super Black Market Clash
  • 2000: Clash on Broadway (UK:SilberSilber)
  • 2003: The Ultimate Collection

Singles

JahrTitelHöchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, AuszeichnungChartplatzierungenChartplatzierungen[6]
(Jahr, Titel, Plat­zie­rungen, Wo­chen, Aus­zeich­nungen, Anmer­kungen)		Anmerkungen
 DE AT CH UK US
1977White Riot
The Clash		———UK38
(3 Wo.)UK		—
Erstveröffentlichung: 18. März 1977
Complete Control
–		———UK28
(2 Wo.)UK		—
Erstveröffentlichung: 23. September 1977
1978Clash City Rockers
–		———UK35
(4 Wo.)UK		—
Erstveröffentlichung: 17. Februar 1978
(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
–		———UK32
(7 Wo.)UK		—
Erstveröffentlichung: 16. Juni 1978
Tommy Gun
Give ’Em Enough Rope		———UK19
(10 Wo.)UK		—
Erstveröffentlichung: 24. November 1978
1979English Civil War
Give ’Em Enough Rope		———UK25
(6 Wo.)UK		—
Erstveröffentlichung: 23. Februar 1979
The Cost of Living EP
–		———UK22
(8 Wo.)UK		—
Erstveröffentlichung: 11. Mai 1979
London Calling
London Calling		———UK11
(10 Wo.)UK		—
Erstveröffentlichung: 7. Dezember 1979
1980Train in Vain
London Calling		———UK—
Silber
Silber
UK		US23
(14 Wo.)US
Erstveröffentlichung: 1980
Bankrobber
Black Market Clash		———UK12
(10 Wo.)UK		—
Erstveröffentlichung: 1. August 1980
The Call Up
Sandinista!		———UK40
(6 Wo.)UK		—
Erstveröffentlichung: 21. November 1980
1981Hitsville UK
Sandinista!		———UK56
(4 Wo.)UK		—
Erstveröffentlichung: 16. Januar 1981
The Magnificent Seven
Sandinista!		———UK34
(5 Wo.)UK		—
Erstveröffentlichung: 10. April 1981
This Is Radio Clash
–		———UK47
(6 Wo.)UK		—
Erstveröffentlichung: 20. November 1981
1982Know Your Rights
Combat Rock		———UK43
(3 Wo.)UK		—
Erstveröffentlichung: 23. April 1982
Rock the Casbah
Combat Rock		———UK30
(10 Wo.)UK		US8
Doppelplatin
×2
Doppelplatin

(24 Wo.)US
Erstveröffentlichung: 11. Juni 1982
Should I Stay or Should I Go
Combat Rock		———UK17
(9 Wo.)UK		US45
(23 Wo.)US
Erstveröffentlichung: 17. September 1982
1985This Is England
Cut the Crap		———UK24
(5 Wo.)UK		—
Erstveröffentlichung: 30. September 1985
1988I Fought the Law
The Story of the Clash		———UK29
Silber
Silber

(6 Wo.)UK		—
Verkäufe + 200.000
London Calling
The Story of the Clash		———UK46
(3 Wo.)UK		—
Wiederveröffentlichung
1990Return to Brixton
–		———UK57
(2 Wo.)UK		—
1991Should I Stay or Should I Go
The Singles		DE5
Gold
Gold

(20 Wo.)DE		AT5
(12 Wo.)AT		CH4
(20 Wo.)CH		UK1
Doppelplatin
×2
Doppelplatin

(9 Wo.)UK		—
Wiederveröffentlichung
Verkäufe + 1.552.500
Rock the Casbah
The Singles		———UK15
Platin
Platin

(6 Wo.)UK		—
Wiederveröffentlichung
Verkäufe + 625.000
London Calling
The Singles		———UK64
Platin
Platin

(2 Wo.)UK		—
Wiederveröffentlichung
Verkäufe + 680.000

grau schraffiert: keine Chartdaten aus diesem Jahr verfügbar

Weitere Singles

  • 1977: Remote Control
  • 1991: Train in Vain (Wiederveröffentlichung)

Videoalben

JahrTitelHöchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, AuszeichnungChartplatzierungenChartplatzierungen[6]
(Jahr, Titel, Plat­zie­rungen, Wo­chen, Aus­zeich­nungen, Anmer­kungen)		Anmerkungen
 DE AT CH UK US
2008Live: Revolution Rock———UK6
(11 Wo.)UK		—
Erstveröffentlichung: 10. Oktober 2008

Weitere Videoalben

  • 1999: Westway to the World (UK:GoldGold)
  • 2005: Rude Boy – The Movie (UK:PlatinPlatin)

Auszeichnungen für Musikverkäufe

Goldene Schallplatte

  • Australien Australien
    • 1982: für das Album Combat Rock[7]
  • Danemark Dänemark
    • 2023: für die Single Should I Stay or Should I Go
  • Frankreich Frankreich
    • 1982: für das Album London Calling
    • 1982: für das Album Sandinista!
    • 1993: für das Album Combat Rock
  • Italien Italien
    • 2016: für das Album The Singles
    • 2019: für die Single Rock the Casbah
    • 2021: für das Album Combat Rock
  • Kanada Kanada
    • 1980: für das Album London Calling
    • 1982: für das Album Combat Rock
    • 2019: für die Single Train In Vain
  • Neuseeland Neuseeland
    • 1992: für die Single Should I Stay or Should I Go
    • 2003: für das Album The Essential Clash[8]
    • 2007: für das Album The Singles (2005)[9]
  • Spanien Spanien
    • 2024: für die Single London Calling
  • Vereinigtes Konigreich Vereinigtes Königreich
    • 2016: für das Album The Clash (Re-Release 1999)

2× Goldene Schallplatte

  • Frankreich Frankreich
    • 1992: für das Album The Story of The Clash – Volume 1

Platin-Schallplatte

  • Italien Italien
    • 2019: für das Album London Calling
  • Kanada Kanada
    • 2019: für die Single London Calling
  • Neuseeland Neuseeland
    • 1983: für das Album Combat Rock[8]
    • 1988: für das Album The Story of The Clash – Volume 1[8]
    • 1992: für das Album The Singles (1991)
  • Spanien Spanien
    • 2024: für die Single Should I Stay or Should I Go

2× Platin-Schallplatte

  • Italien Italien
    • 2021: für die Single Should I Stay or Should I Go
  • Neuseeland Neuseeland
    • 1980: für das Album London Calling[8]

Anmerkung: Auszeichnungen in Ländern aus den Charttabellen bzw. Chartboxen sind in ebendiesen zu finden.

Land/RegionAus­zeich­nung­en für Mu­sik­ver­käu­fe
(Land/Region, Auszeichnungen, Verkäufe, Quellen)		 Silber Gold PlatinVer­käu­feQuel­len
 Australien (ARIA)0! S— Gold10! P—20.000Einzelnachweise
 Dänemark (IFPI)0! S— Gold10! P—45.000ifpi.dk
 Deutschland (BVMI)0! S— Gold10! P—250.000musikindustrie.de
 Frankreich (SNEP)0! S— 5× Gold50! P—500.000infodisc.fr
 Italien (FIMI)0! S— 3× Gold3 3× Platin3245.000fimi.it
 Kanada (MC)0! S— 3× Gold3 Platin1250.000musiccanada.com
 Neuseeland (RMNZ)0! S— 3× Gold3 5× Platin592.500nztop40.co.nz
 Spanien (Promusicae)0! S— Gold1 Platin190.000elportaldemusica.es
 Vereinigte Staaten (RIAA)0! S— 2× Gold2 6× Platin67.000.000riaa.com
 Vereinigtes Königreich (BPI) 7× Silber7 9× Gold9 7× Platin74.575.000bpi.co.uk
Insgesamt 7× Silber7 29× Gold29 23× Platin23

Literatur

  • Barry Miles: The Clash. Omnibus Press, London 1980, ISBN 0-86001-803-2.
  • Pennie Smith: The Clash before after. Photographs. Eel Pie Publishing, London 1980, ISBN 0-906008-23-9.
  • John Tobler, Barry Miles: The Clash. A Visual Documentary. Omnibus Press, London 1983, ISBN 0-7119-0288-7.
  • Barry Miles, John Tobler, Mal Peachey: The Clash. The New Visual Documentary. Omnibus Press, London u. a. 1992, ISBN 0-7119-3004-X.
  • Julian L. Yewdall: Joe Strummer with The 101’ers & The Clash. 1974–1976. Image Direct, London 1992, ISBN 0-9519216-0-6.
  • Marcus Gray: Last Gang in Town. The Story and Myth of the Clash. Fourth Estate, London 1995, ISBN 1-85702-146-0.
  • Paul Du Noyer: The Clash. Modern Icons. Virgin Publishing, London 1997, ISBN 1-85227-604-5.
  • Johnny Green, Garry Barker: A Riot of Our Own. Night and Day with the Clash. Faber & Faber, New York NY 1999, ISBN 0-571-19957-7.
  • David Quantick: The Clash. Thunder’s Mouth Press, New York NY 2000, ISBN 1-56025-269-3.
  • Marcus Gray: The Clash. Return of the last Gang In Town. New edition. Helter Skelter, London 2001, ISBN 1-900924-16-1.
  • Bob Gruen: The Clash. Vision On, London 2001, ISBN 1-903399-33-5.
  • Keith Topping: The Complete Clash. Reynold & Hearn, Richmond 2003, ISBN 1-903111-70-6.
  • Alan Parker: Rat Patrol from Fort Bragg. Abstract Sounds, London 2004, ISBN 0-9535724-9-8.
  • Antonio D'Ambrosio: Let Fury Have the Hour. The Punk Rock Politics of Joe Strummer. Nation Book, New York NY 2004, ISBN 1-56025-625-7.
  • Kris Needs: Joe Strummer And The Legend of The Clash. Plexus Publishing, London 2005, ISBN 0-85965-348-X.
  • Pat Gilbert: Passion Is A Fashion. The real Story of The Clash. Da Capo Press, Cambridge MA 2005, ISBN 0-306-81434-X.
  • Tony Fletcher: The Clash. The Complete Guide to Their Music. Omnibus Press, London u. a. 2005, ISBN 1-84449-506-X.
  • Chris Salewicz: Redemption Song. The Ballad of Joe Strummer. Faber & Faber, New York NY 2006, ISBN 0-571-21178-X.
  • Nick Johnstone: The Clash „Talking“. Omnibus Press, London 2006, ISBN 1-84609-400-3.
  • Vince White: Out Of Control. The Last Days Of The Clash. Moving Target, London 2007, ISBN 978-0-9555038-0-1.
  • Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon: The Clash. Atlantic Books, London 2008, ISBN 978-1-84354-788-4.

Weblinks

Commons: The Clash – Sammlung von Bildern

Einzelnachweise

  1. ↑ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The Clash in der Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  2. ↑ Campino, hast du schon mal einen Polizisten geschlagen? | Die Toten Hosen | SRF 3. Abgerufen am 13. November 2022 (deutsch).
  3. ↑ Nuclear fusion, Robin Denselow, The Guardian, 28. Mai 2001 (engl.)
  4. ↑ 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Rolling Stone, 2. Dezember 2010, archiviert vom Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar) am 11. März 2017; abgerufen am 8. August 2017 (englisch).
  5. ↑ Failure Page. Abgerufen am 23. Mai 2021.
  6. ↑ a b c d e Chartquellen:
  7. ↑ David Kent: Kent Music Report No. 453. 28. Februar 1983 (englisch).
  8. ↑ a b c d Dean Scapolo: The Complete New Zealand Music Charts: 1966 – 2006. Maurienne House, 2007, ISBN 978-1-877443-00-8 (englisch).
  9. ↑ Gold für The Singles in Neuseeland (Memento vom 31. August 2011 im Internet Archive)
Quelle: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clash

Veröffentlichungen von Ranking Roger die im OTRS erhältlich sind/waren:

Rock The Casbah

Ranking Roger auf Wikipedia (oder andere Quellen):

Roger Charlery (22 February 1963 – 26 March 2019), known professionally as Ranking Roger,[1][2][3][4] was an English musician. He was a vocalist in the 1980s ska band the Beat (known in North America as the English Beat) and later new wave band General Public. He subsequently was the frontman for a reformed Beat lineup.

The "Ranking" moniker is short for "top-ranking" or "high-ranking", and was a titular boast common amongst reggae music MCs.[5]

Early life

Roger Charlery was born in Birmingham, England, and grew up in the Small Heath area of the city.[6] The son of Jean Baptiste Charlery and his wife Anne Marie, he was of West Indian descent; his mother and father were from Saint Lucia. He attended Archbishop Williams school, and while still at school began deejaying with reggae sound systems before becoming a drummer with the Dum Dum Boys in 1978.[7][8][9]

1970s–2001

Roger became a punk rock fan as a teenager and was the drummer in the Dum Dum Boys before joining ska revival pioneers the Beat in the late 1970s. The Dum Dum Boys' first gig was with the Beat and his burgeoning friendship with them meant he began to gatecrash their gigs, take the mic, and start toasting.[10] He had appeared on stage, toasting and singing with them, many times before officially joining the band. His energetic style and Jamaican-influenced vocals, paired with Dave Wakeling, were crucial in distinguishing the band from the other second-wave ska bands. The Beat released three albums: the critically acclaimed and seminal I Just Can't Stop It (1980), Wha'ppen? (1981) and Special Beat Service (1982).[2]

Music journalist Richard Grabel wrote in 1985: "In the Beat, his role was mainly to 'toast' — Jamaican slang for the rhythmic raps that Roger would interject into the middle of the Beat's songs. But those toasts often contained the songs' most important emotional messages. Beyond that, Roger was the one whose looseness and humor, great dancing and general presence made the Beat happen on stage."[11]

In 1981, Joe Strummer and Mick Jones of the Clash invited him to sing on a version of "Rock the Casbah" which was later released in 2015.[12]

After the Beat's 1983 break-up, Roger and Wakeling formed General Public with former members of Dexys Midnight Runners and Horace Panter of the Specials.[13] Roger took more of a leading role with vocals in this group.[11] They released the album All the Rage (1984), aided by the single "Tenderness". Three years later, they released Hand to Mouth (1986), which was less successful, and the band broke up.

In 1995, Roger and Wakeling reformed General Public with a new supporting band, and released the album Rub It Better. The duo also worked on various projects and reunited for the 1994 Threesome soundtrack, recording a cover of "I'll Take You There".[14]

Roger released Radical Departure, his first solo album, in 1988 which included band members Panter and Fuzz Townshend.[15] The single "So Excited" peaked at No. 23 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart.[16] On 2001's Inside My Head, Roger pursued a more dance/electronic sound.[17]

Collaborations

In the early 1990s, Roger joined members of the Specials to form the new band Special Beat which released two live albums.[18] In 1996, he sang back-up and toasting on the new version of the Police's "The Bed's Too Big Without You" on Sting's "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" CD-Maxi single. The American rock band Smash Mouth featured Roger on the song "You Are My Number One" from their album Get the Picture? (2003).[19]

He collaborated with Pato Banton in 1995 on "Bubbling Hot", which peaked at No. 15 on the UK single charts.[20]

Ranking Roger, performing with his daughter Saffren Murphy and son Ranking Junior (Matthew Murphy) in 2015

In 2005, the Beat re-formed, with Roger and Everett Morton of the original line-up, with Roger's son, Ranking Junior also on vocals. Performing some new material, the Beat performed at Glastonbury the same year, where Roger was joined by Ranking Junior.[21]

Roger sang on "Roxanne" onstage with the Police on their 2007 reunion tour.[22] He was a guest performer on Big Audio Dynamite's seventh album Higher Power in 1994 when the band were known as simply 'Big Audio'. He later became a member of Big Audio Dynamite for their final studio album Entering a New Ride (1997).[23]

Roger contributed to Walls Come Tumbling Down: The Music and Politics of Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone and Red Wedge, written by Daniel Rachel and published in 2016.[24]

Roger collaborated with Welsh ragga-metal band Dub War on a cover of the Upsetters' "War Ina Babylon" in what is claimed to be his last recording before his death, which will be included on their 2022 album Westgate Under Fire.[25]

Later work

Roger continued to lead the Beat and tours throughout Europe as well as works on solo projects. In his last years he released a series of new albums. 2013 saw the release of Retrospective, an album of solo work recorded over the 25 years since the break-up of General Public, featuring various artists and producers including Sly and Robbie,[26] and songs such as "Bubbling Hot" (the 1994 hit collaboration with Pato Banton) and a cover of "The Bed's Too Big Without You" (first recorded with Sting for the 1996 film The Truth About Cats & Dogs[27]).

Live in London was released in 2013 – a live recording of the Beat playing at 229 The Venue, featuring some of their greatest hits as well as new tracks by Roger and Ranking Junior.[28]

2014's Pop Off the Head Top consisted of entirely new compositions, including additional vocals and song writing from Ranking Junior. They recorded tracks for this project with Hugh Harris from London, Dopegrinders from Brighton and Mr. Anonymous from Colorado. Other key tracks involved the Italian producer AleXannA whose version of "Sixteen Tons" features vocals by Roger, Ranking Junior, and Roger's daughter Saffren Murphy.[29]

Rock the Casbah,[30] released in 2015 in collaboration with the charity Strummerville (founded by the friends and family of Joe Strummer to support aspiring musicians and projects that create social mobility through music) is a five-track EP which features a previously unheard version of "Rock the Casbah", which Joe Strummer and Mick Jones of the Clash had asked Roger to sing on back in 1981, re-recorded by the Brighton producers Dopegrinders, and using the original stems donated by Mick Jones. The EP features new tracks by Roger, Ranking Junior and Hugh Harris as well as a re-working of "Muscle Ska", co-written by Roger and Neville Staple from the Specials.

In September 2016, DMF released Bounce; the first new album by the Beat in 30 years. Written by Ranking Roger, Mick Lister and Ranking Junior, it was produced by Mick Lister and mixed by Tim Hamill and Mick Lister, with the exception of "Side to Side" and "My Dream", which were mixed by Dennis Bovell. The album was recorded in Roger's 'eco-friendly hideaway' – a round recording studio in his back garden, which he called The Pod.[8][31] The album received generally positive reviews[32] with reviewers typically praising the band's 'passionately political edge'[33] and pointing to how the album 'encompasses every aspect of one of the most musically diverse bands to come out of the multi-racial, multi-cultural explosion that made British pop music what it was in the 80's'.[34]

The band continues to tour, as of 2020, and currently features Roger's son Ranking Junior (real name Matthew Murphy), with drummers Oscar Harrison of Ocean Colour Scene and Fuzz Townshend of Pop Will Eat Itself. The line-up is completed by Chiko Hamilton on sax, bass guitarist Andy Pearson, former Bad Manners and Specialbeat guitarist Andy Perriss and Bobby Bird of Higher Intelligence Agency.[25][35]

In 2017, the Beat joined fellow two-tone band the Selecter for a co-headline UK tour,[36] Owing to demand, the tour was extended to cover other countries.[37][38]

In early August 2018, Ranking Roger was hospitalised with a suspected mini-stroke. He recuperated at home, but cancelled planned live shows in the United Kingdom and United States. The band had just finished recording an album and Roger had written his autobiography, I Just Can't Stop It, published June 2019.[39][40]

Personal life and death

Roger had five children, including son Ranking Junior (Matthew Murphy) and daughter Saffren who both featured with their father in a Beat revival band.[9]

In January 2019, it was announced that Roger had undergone surgery for two brain tumours, and was undergoing treatment for lung cancer.[13] He died at his home in Birmingham on 26 March 2019 at the age of 56.[41][42][43]

In 2021, Ranking Junior and indie rock band the Ordinary Boys recorded a tribute single to his father called "Legacy".[44]

One year earlier, in 2020, the band Heavensbee recorded a tribute single called "Rude! Original! Suave! (Tribute to Ranking Roger)" off their We Mean Business album.[45]

Discography

Solo albums

  • Radical Departure (1988)[46]
  • Inside My Head (2001)[46]

The Beat Feat. Ranking Roger

  • Bounce (2016)
  • Public Confidential (2019)

References

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  4. ^ Moskowitz, David V. (2006) Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall, Greenwood Press,ISBN 0-313-33158-8, p. 246
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  6. ^ Mason, Peter (27 March 2019). "Ranking Roger obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  7. ^ Block, Adam (1985). "David Wakeling Goes Public." Mother Jones Magazine- "Music" section, Feb–Mar 1985. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
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  11. ^ a b Grabel, Richard (July 1985). "Being of General Public Interest". Creem. Retrieved 3 June 2019 – via Rock's Backpages.
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  36. ^ "THE BEAT FEAT RANKING ROGER / THE SELECTER CO-HEADLINE SHOW AT LONDON ROUNDHOUSE!". The Beat Official Website. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  37. ^ "Pauline Black of the Selecter talks music, politics and the British band's three shows in Southern California this week". LA Daily News. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  38. ^ "Pauline Black interview: race, female empowerment and the 2 Tone life". Skiddle. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
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