Behind The Song Episode 46: The Clash "Rock The Casbah"

In this episode of the Behind The Song podcast, Janda Lane details the lyrics of "Rock The Casbah" by The Clash. It's a song about rising up from oppression, but it started out as a love song. Janda also talks about the reasons why The Clash became known as "the only band that matters" and shares the story of that time she met the late Joe Strummer.

Music: Christian Lane
Video Director: Michael Collier

About Janda:

Behind The Song podcast host and creator Janda Lane is a radio DJ at WDRV-FM in Chicago, the city she now calls home with her husband and podcast partner, Christian Lane, and their two cats, Ollie and Liam. She is a transplant from Los Angeles, where she was a video director at Fender, Executive Producer at Yahoo Music, playlist curator for ITunes, worked in rock management with artists like the Foo Fighters and Beck, was on the radio at KCRW, and she was a DJ at online radio pioneer site Soundbreak. She has not worked a day in her life.

Follow Janda on Facebook and Instagram @jandalaneradio and on Twitter @jandalane.