Escoltes Ona Mediterrània. Des de la 88.8 de la freqüència modulada.
Molt bon vespre, estem escoltant Sprite Belly, un dels innumerables ritmes d'up, parits pel baixista Robbie Shakespeare i pel baterista Sly Dunbar. Sly and Robbie, productors musicals jamaicans d'èxit universal. Han treballat amb Black Uhuru, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Whaler, Grace Jones, Gregory Isaacs, Henry Hancock, Ian Dury, Jimmy Cliff, Joe Cocker, Mick Jagger, Peter Tosh, Serge Gensburg, Toots Hibbert i un llarg etc. de músics destacadíssims.
Els ritmes dub evolucionaren des del riguei, que havia evolucionat des del rocksteady, que havia evolucionat des de l'esca, mescla dels originals ritmes caribenys. Dub, ska, riguei i rocksteady formen un tòtum revolutum de fronteres difuses i no les intentarem delimitar aquí ni molt manco, simplement posant la música que ens agrada. Avui xirà sobretot ska i riguei. Benvinguts a Copinya de Volta Verda.
Continuam recorregut per l'escam, un instrumental del trombonista kingstonià, Vin Gordon, que havia començat els Scatolites i que va col·laborar amb els Heptons i també amb Bob Marley. S'atitula Atlas.
Bona nit.
Següents convidats, els Jamaicans, amb vuit anys de trajectòria que vallen entre els seixantes i els setantes. Tenim d'ells una versió del tema de Curtis Mayfield, Dedicate My Song To You.
I wanna sing about the love of my soul And tell the flow where it's never been told I wanna sing melodies pure and true And dedicate my song to you I wanna sing about the feeling you give
I know I hope my heart forever will live I want to sing certain things pure and true And dedicate my song to you How good it is to think of the sunshine you brought And the many lessons you've been taught
Bona nit.
I want to sing about the love of my soul. Tell a flood the way it's never been told. I want to sing melodies pure and true. And dedicate my song to you. Dedicate my song to you.
I just wanna... Don't you cope?
Aquí tenim una altra versió, és el cantant Tony Tribe accelerant un tema de Neil Diamond de 1967, Red Red Wine, que havia arribat al número 62 de les llistes d'èxits. Tribe el va fer arribar a la 46, dos anys més tard. 14 anys més tard, els UB40 la convertiren en número 1. Red
Fins demà!
Fins demà!
A mitjans dels anys 70 se va produir el Boom Revival Ska a la Gran Bretanya, la segona onada, el Two Tone, en paper destacat per Bad Manners, The Selector, The Specials i per supost Madness, protagonistes d'un dels punts culminants d'aquell moviment, el famosíssim One Step Beyond, actualització d'un tema de Prince Buster de 1964.
Hey, you! Don't watch that. Watch this. This is the heavy, heavy monster sound. One step beyond!
Fins demà!
Pel que fa als specials, el seu major èxit va ser A Message to You, Rudy, però també se sol recordar d'ells el Too Much, Too Young i per supost els atants Guns of Navarone de Dimitri Tionkin. Aquí tenim amb dos interpretats en directe. Too Much, Too Young!
I'll spend my girl in your bed of roses.
Fins demà!
Bona nit.
I thought we're wrong.
Fins demà!
Acabarem la part dedicada a les camps, els més moderns de la selecció d'avui. Són els Toasters, nascuts en 1981, fruit de la denominada tercera ona nord-americana. Escoltem tres èxits seus, Shocker, Pool Shark i Wicked in LA.
Mr. Boo says he is a winner And had to take a hug tonight But it stops donning in the morning Sorry boys, it's a horrible sight It's a shocker Shocker Shocker Shocker Shocker Well, there's a crack in my head But it hurts like crazy It's bigger than the pound
Fins demà!
Bona nit.
Fins demà!
Chaka! Chaka!
We're doing crimes, it's never very funny Have we got arrested just this afternoon? I ain't got a job, I ain't got too much money I guess it's my turn pretty soon It's a shocker!
Fins demà!
Talking about a pool shark. Pool shark. Pool shark. Pool shark.
Fins demà!
Fins demà!
Pulsar. Pulsar. Well, if you see this man, don't hesitate. Just make that break and don't be late. Cause you're way too drunk and you're way too late. When all of that money goes down without it. Talking about a Pulsar. Pulsar.
Pulsar! Pulsar! C'mon!
Fins demà!
Bona nit!
Fins demà!
Fins demà!
Abandonem l'esca i passam a revisitar èxits del seu net, el Riguei. La punta de llança d'aquest estil han sigut sempre dos músics, el més popular Bob Marley i el millor Jimmy Cliff. Comencem amb el més popular, això s'atitula Dopey Conqueror.
They tried to keep me down.
Fins demà!
Don't try to cold me up on this bridge now. I've got to reach Mount Sinai. Yes, reach up. If you are pulled back up, let me tell you.
Bona nit.
Bona nit.
Fins demà!
Bye and bye It can't be this way always A change must come A change must come There must be some brighter days We'll have fun
Better days are coming by and by Things get rough, your friends get few
Bona nit. Bona nit.
Better days are coming Five o'clock in the morning I'm not yet asleep Soon the day will be dawning Since I broke up with you My homeland is through
Fins demà!
You break down inside, you could die. My world is a blue. My world is a blue. Help me mama, help me papa, can't you see I made a mistake? I'm only living for a loving endless heartache, I just can't take.
They say the world is spinning around I say the world is upside down They say the world is spinning around I say the world is upside down Oh yeah
Bona nit!
Fins demà!
Peace, religious hypocrisy, political tyrannity. You see it, my brethren, where are the children? Hey, I said the world is spinning around. I said the world is upside down.
They say the world is spinning around I say the world is upside down They say the world is spinning around I say the world is upside down They say the world is spinning around I say the world is upside down Crime and violence
Poverty and starvation Ecological calamity Economic instability What's wrong with humanity Have they lost their sanity For the sake of vanity
Per darrere de Marley i Cliff hi ha trecalades de nons. Desmond Decker, Peter Tosh, Prince Buster, Burning Spear, Gregory Isaacs i molts altres. Ens aturam ara en la capital figura de Toots Hibbert i el seu grup els Mitals, autors de Duda Reggae, la primera cançó en figura aquest terme. Entre les seves millors cançons, Monkey Man, Precious Drop, Reggae Got Soul, Sweet and Dandy i aquestes dues, Pump and Pride i Daddy.
Bona nit.
Bona nit!
Bona nit. Bona nit. Bona nit. Bona nit.
Fins demà!
Bona nit.
Bona nit.
Bona nit.
Bona nit.
Fins demà!
Sing my song for you, darling. Tell my mommy for me. Oh, on the teller. Tell her that I'm right here. I'm longing to see my mommy.
I want to hold her up. I want to talk with her. I want to listen. I want to shake her up. I love her so. Let me tell you something. Once I was away far, far from my home. I didn't know how to come home. No, mama. And one night as I wake up, I could see clearly
I met a girl, whose name Jean, she said,
You know, I got to give you a new name before you leave this place. I said, why? She said, just because you look to be very great. They said, I got to call you Mr. Mr. Santinabona. You hear me now, you hear me now, you hear me now, you hear me now, you hear me now, you hear me now, you hear me now, you hear me now, you hear me now, you hear me now, you hear me now, you hear me now, you hear me now, that's my new name.
Fins demà!
Fins demà! Fins demà!
El programa acabarà amb un tema d'Eddie Grant, el líder dels equals, bandat de recorregut certament exitosa entre 1968 i 1971, fins que Grant va patir una etat de cor i va deixar el grup. No va tenir massa èxit en solitari fins a arribar a 1979 amb Living in the Frontline, justament el tema que tanquerà avui. Deu anys més tard va tenir èxit també en Give Me Hope Joanna. Així que veurem, molt bona nit per tant,
Adeu. Ahoj.
Fins demà!
They got me living on top of my existence Oh, appreciate my resistance Oh, mama, mama, you got me Living on the front line Oh, mama, mama, you got me Living on the front line I said yeah Yeah Oh, yeah I said yeah
Bona nit.
Fins demà!
Fins demà!
Oh, yeah!
Bona nit.
Bona nit.
Bona nit.
Oh, mama, mama, you got me Living on the front line Oh, mama, mama, you got me Living on the front line Oh, I say yeah
Fins demà!