Well, they were both - The Isrealites and Dock of the Bay, the latter just
posthumously - released in 1968, both of them hits in the UK charts, when I
first heard them as a 12-yr-old. So we're well & truly into the retro.
Best,
Jamie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Andrews" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 6:51 AM
Subject: Re: New on Netartery
> Thanks, Jamie. I enjoyed listening to some of Desmond Dekker's tunes on
> youtube, such as Israelites and Writing on the Wall. I haven't really
> looked into ska before, though of course I've heard it and echoes of it in
> many tunes for years and years. I didn't realize that ska preceded reggae
> and, before reggae, was the most popular sort of music in Jamaica. And
> that Dekker was considered the king of ska.
>
> The keyboard in "Valerie" is sort of ska, I guess. The song reminds me a
> little bit of Otis Redding's Sitting on a Dock of the Bay, as in 'sittin
> on a dock of the bay, why don't you come on over, valerie'.
>
> ja
> http://vispo.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jamie McKendrick" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 4:15 AM
> Subject: Re: New on Netartery
>
>
>> 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
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