"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
The sheik he drove his cadillac
Shareef
Rockin the casbah
Rock
He thinks it's not kosher
Fundamentally he can't take it
You know he really hates it
Really, really hates it
Shareef
Rockin the casbah
Rock
He thinks it's not kosher
Fundamentally he can't take it
You know he really hates it
Really, really hates it
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Interesting... an early version of Rock the Casbah.
Its just a Dance Remix of Rock the Casbah
Eh. Yeah, it does sound like a remix of it, not an early version. I thought it was an early version because it had less lyrics, apparently I'm wrong.
i don't think you get it punker_ken, a remix is about rearranging/adjusting/adding sounds in an interesting way. This is Mick Jones' attempt at being Lee Perry, twiddling the knobs and such. I think he did a pretty good job. The original spirit of the song is there, and bringing up the bongos in the mix is a nice touch. Perhaps you're too used to hearing the original radio version...give it another listen.
This is really cool, an early remix (not of this song, i mean an early remix if you know what im gettin at). It's in the history boys film, where i heard it first, and i thought it was the original wen i saw it, 'cause they use the begining, middle chorus-y part, and the end when they are revising/doing their exams for oxbridge really suits the part of the film, so great
this song nescessitates the invention of the word Bastardise
IE THIS SONG IS A BASTARDISED VERSION OF ROCK THE CASBAH