thanks, Jamie. doing a few google searches on the matter, i see you're right
that there are some songs on 'back in black' that are ska. namely "Monkey
Man", "Hey Little Rich Girl", and "You're Wondering Now". And there's a
ska/reggae take on Sam Cooke's "Cupid". do you see the "extended and
beautiful homage to ska" as extending beyond those tunes in Back to Black?
do you hear ska in "Valerie"? that's a great tune.
ja
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From: "Jamie McKendrick" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 5:45 AM
Subject: Re: New on Netartery
> Jim - just seen you're post on Amy Winehouse. I share your admiration but
> was a bit surprised about the emphasis on the US influences:
>
> "She's such a Londoner but she's also so deeply influenced by USAmerican
> jazz and soul... Sometimes jazz can just have 'too many notes'.
> The profundity of the UK/USA musical bond is nowhere so evident as in
> Winehouse."
>
> Which seems to elide the influence of a much smaller place: Jamaica. Her
> Back to Black (her best so far) is an extended and beautiful homage to
> ska, and specifically to Desmond Dekker.
>
> And of course Liverpool. Her brilliant version of the Zuton's Valerie adds
> ska to scouse, and shows she's as eclectic as she ought to be.
>
> Jamie
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