{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Just saw the Rock the Casbah video for the first time and it\u2019s\u2026 really literal in that second-generation music video way where...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/180579224083/", "html": "<p>Just saw the Rock the Casbah video for the first time and it\u2019s\u2026 really literal in that second-generation music video way where they\u2019re like \u201cwe need something more than just a filmed stage performance, let\u2019s act out the lyrical themes in the most obvious way\u201d</p><p>Like it\u2019s an Arab sheikh and a Hasidic Jew driving a convertible around Texas, going to the gas station and dancing their way to the concert, intercut with the band in camo performing the song in front of a nodding donkey, when they get to the \u201cjet fighters\u201d  bit they just have footage of like Dassault warplanes cruising around</p>"}