I don't actually hear 54-56 specifically in there, but Andy's list of
songs with a similar feel all fit in to that very nice rhythm commonly
associated with the term "skinhead reggae." It's a great rhythm, very
big around 68-70 in Jamaican music and extremely popular in the
dancehalls of working class England at the time, hence the "skinhead
reggae" term.
- Bob
Andy Clayden wrote:
>
> Actually, I agree with you on that Jeff. It just seems a bit awkward,
> as if it's kind of shoe-horned in. Love the rest of the track though,
> a kind of mix of 54-46/Feel Like Jumping, Liquidator and Double
> Barrel, although unlike some I don't see this standing up as a single.
>
> All the best
>
> Andy C.
>
> > Judging from what I've seen here so far, I'm the only
> > one who has problems with that whole pilfered poetry
> > bit from The Communicator (the whole
> > history/mystery/etc. bit). I don't like it as
> > borrowed text, think it doesn't fits thematically with
> > the song (why stick this into the wild ska song?) and
> > find the last line of it REALLY awkward in the flow of
> > lyrics. Not to mention that it strikes me as as
> > cloyingly saccharine as a greeting card, Reader's
> > Digest or The Family Circus.
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