Word: ganja
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...little further south, Jamaican reggae producer Joe Gibbs has compiled a group of his favorite artists to give us a Christmas ganja-style. Replete with dub noises and other rasta effects. Regeae Christmas brings the spirit of Marley's ghost (Bob that is) to interpretations of old holiday faves and new Christmas songs alike "I'm Dreaming of a Black Christmas, a blistering, syncopated reworking of an old chestnut will keep serious music lovers swinging for many holidays to come
...their strangely lilting English and extraordinary heads of hair that would put Bo Derek to shame, the Rastas never seem to stop dancing, laughing, singing or arguing to a secret rhythm. Rockers often goes to great lengths to reinforce stereotypes about poor Jamaican Blacks. Here are the watermelons, the ganja, the gambling, the be-bop rejection of authority, the broken homes, and the collective hatred of The Man, whomever he represents...
...effect of all this is much less that of a musical masquerade than of a soulful affiliation of outsiders who share a taste for a strong dance beat and a sense of fun as strong as all that ganja Bob Marley goes on about. Besides roots, both Madness and Specials hold similar suspicions about mainstream rock. "Me Mum had a lot of Beatles records," admits Madness Organ Player Mike Barson. "I reckon they're pretty good, but a bit wimpy." Observes the Specials' Panter: "I think the Rolling Stones have been playing Honky Tonk Women for the past...