Prince Buster

[allhourcymbals]

Holy crap, no Prince Buster thread? Jeeeeez. Much needed appreciation and love for this man. One of the great names of ska... did an amazing set with the Aggrolites (link to that is floating around in the Aggrolites thread somewhere). Hopefully there's a yes to this... any fans?

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[versus_god]

Aforementioned set with the Aggrolites: http://www.mediafire.com/?fgbwtmzarib

[allhourcymbals]

hell, that was fast! awesome, didn't know you were much of a traditional ska fan.

[versus_god]

I can get hip to what you're saying. Man's a legend.

[allhourcymbals]

This is only a little part of the foreward from Prince Buster in a book I'm reading right now, This Is Reggae Music.

"Our music is the soul of Africa - it's spirit, its DNA, its heredity - and this they were unable to conquer, enabling the birth in Jamaica of the cultural revolution we call ska: the mother, the womb that gave birth to rocksteady and reggae, our way of life."

"Jamaican music, - call it ska, call it rocksteady, call it roots, call it reggae - has always been the people's music. their statement,s their rhythms, their good times, their sufferation, their love songs. And every time the outside world catches up with it the beat changes again, so what's being played on the sound systems remains truly representative of the people who are making it."

[El_Jeffe]

claims to have invented ska music to start with. but then again so does every jamaican musician who was around at the time... haha. but not only did his own music become a soundtrack to jamaica, he was one of the leading producers of the time too. thanks to him, a lot of great ska artists got their first break & went on to become legends themselves. he's the most crucial jamaican musician, on par with bob & ernest

his music is gorgeous, full rounded rhythms, wailing lush vocals. ten commandments is his greatest ever work in my opinion. my favourite tune has to be the classic "girl, why don't you answer". always great to sing & groove along to

[El_Jeffe]

who wrote that book? that passage sounds familiar, i think i might have read it

[allhourcymbals]

who wrote that book? that passage sounds familiar, i think i might have read it
lloyd bradley! i'm so into it haha, i've never been this into a book in a really long time.

[El_Jeffe]

pretty sure i have... have to search through my bookcase later haha

the greatest guitarist ever is in that first youtube, i like that

[allhourcymbals]

pretty sure i have... have to search through my bookcase later haha

the greatest guitarist ever is in that first youtube, i like that
so have you read this? i finished the first chapter today haha. mostly about how sound-system parties brought "raves" to the rest of the world, and how it brought in money for jamaican towns... and all that. interesting stuff.

[Jumpoff]

claims to have invented ska music to start with. but then again so does every jamaican musician who was around at the time... haha. but not only did his own music become a soundtrack to jamaica, he was one of the leading producers of the time too. thanks to him, a lot of great ska artists got their first break & went on to become legends themselves. he's the most crucial jamaican musician, on par with bob & ernest

Would you say Lee Perry was on par with those guys too?

[El_Jeffe]

so have you read this? i finished the first chapter today haha. mostly about how sound-system parties brought "raves" to the rest of the world, and how it brought in money for jamaican towns... and all that. interesting stuff.

pretty sure i have, i've read soo many ska books over the years. they all start with the sound systems by the way. tom "the great" sebastian & then the original toaster count machuki. the worlds first deejay. you'll quickly learn that depending on who wrote the book, & which artists were interviews will reveal a whole new take on the ska tales & adventures. so don't be afraid to disagree or form your own views on such material

Would you say Lee Perry was on par with those guys too?

there's many others i'd add in there if perry was being included, notably the world's most famous taxi drivers, sly dunbar & robbie shakespeare. who the entire world is in more debt with, than they'll ever realize

but perry played two very important roles in jamaican history, one as a musical artist, the other as a producer. the thing about perry was that he was always ahead of the times, but because much of his music was very "intense" & "dark" & not widely appreciated outside of jamaica, he didn't always recieve credit till many many years later. this is true for both, his work with his record label (black art)'s session band the upsetters, & his production techniques. he was always more willing to take even bigger risks than anyone else, ie recording the mythical nyabinghi music on one of the all-time greatest albums the heart of the congos. when dub music was being created in it's initial stages, it wasn't until a couple years after that people realized "oh hang on, scratch has been doing this two years before we even thought about it". it's many examples like this that make him the mighty & influential power of music he is today. that & some of his music with the upsetters was not only crucial, but bloody enjoyable

[El_Jeffe]

anyone who isn't posting in this thread clearly hasn't heard this (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OR606HRY) gorgeous early hit from buster. always been my favourite song of his. i even upped the remastered version for you guys

i've always had fond memories to that song, not only is it an absolute classic. but one morning many moons ago, no one else was home. so i got up (in nothing but my jocks) & threw on my favourite buster album & as i was in the fridge looking for some grub, that tune ("girl, why don't you answer") came on. so there was me singing & groovin' away by the fridge & as i turn around, i notice a very attractive girl smiling & trying not to laugh in my kitchen. she was the friend of a friend of a friend that i had leant my surfboard to a couple days previous. but she must of saw something she liked, cause a fortnight & half later she was my mrs haha :thumbup:

[allhourcymbals]

pretty sure i have, i've read soo many ska books over the years. they all start with the sound systems by the way. tom "the great" sebastian & then the original toaster count machuki. the worlds first deejay. you'll quickly learn that depending on who wrote the book, & which artists were interviews will reveal a whole new take on the ska tales & adventures. so don't be afraid to disagree or form your own views on such material




of course not! haha, i'm definitely going to start reading more about it, i just don't want to be reading about the same things over and over.