Rachid Taha synger Topper Headon m.fl.

En overraskende live-udgave med løsnet slips og blød hat af en sang, som den plagede, men meget musikalske trommeslager Topper Headon skabte til Combat Rock. Er der nogen arabiskkyndige her, som kan hjælpe os med Tahas tekst?

Rachid Taha mødte i øvrigt The Clash i deres storhedstid. I The Guardian kunne man i 2007 læse at

The French-Algerian singer Rachid Taha has a story about the first time he met the Clash. It was September 1981, and Taha bumped into all four members of the band just before they were due to play at the Théâtre Mogador in Paris. Taha gave them a copy of a demo tape by his band, Carte de Séjour (Residence Permit), an outfit from Lyon who combined Algerian rai with funk and punk rock.

“They looked interested,” remembers Taha, “but when they didn’t get in touch, I thought nothing of it. Then, a few months later, I heard Rock the Casbah.” He cackles mischievously. “Maybe they did hear it after all.”

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