Jim, I reckon the ska elements are to the fore in the bonus cd - in all 4
songs you mention but I can't help hearing it in Valerie as well. Try
playing the bonus cd back to back with Dekker's Writing on the Wall and
you'll see what I mean. Now I think of it - apart from Rehab on the first -
it's the bonus one I like best.
Dave McCabe of The Zutons is in trouble with the law after a fracas
outside a Hope Street bar, which gives an unhappy twist to their jail video
of Valerie.
Best,
Jamie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Andrews" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: New on Netartery
> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jamie McKendrick" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> 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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