Desmond Dekker - 007 Shanty Town (60s skinhead anthem video e testo)

I versi “Rudeboys cannot fail / Cause them must get bail” (il cui significato è che il rudeboy deve cercare di non finire in galera perché non ha i soldi per ottenere la libertà su cauzione) hanno sicuramente ispirato i Clash per la loro “Rudie Can't Fail” (da London Calling, 1979).  Dal sito: www.antiwarsongs.org/

👉Dread Inna Inglan: identità, musica e lotte politiche della controcultura Black British 1948 - 1981

👉Original rude boy. Dalla Giamaica agli Specials, l'autobiografia dello ska inglese

👉Bass culture. La musica dalla Giamaica: ska, rocksteady, roots reggae, dub e dancehall

👉Solid foundation. Il reggae raccontato dai suoi protagonisti

👉Punk & dread. Quando la cultura giamaicana incontrò il punk (Don Letts)

Desmond Dekker 007 Shanty Town TESTO 

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At Ocean Eleven

And now rudeboys have a go wail

Cause them out of jail

Rudeboys cannot fail

Cause them must get bail

Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail

A Shanty Town

Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail

A Shanty Town

Dem rude boys out on probation

A Shanty Town

Them a rude when them come up to town

A Shanty Town

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At ocean eleven

And now rudeboys have a go wail

Cause them out of jail

Rudeboys cannot fail

Cause them must get bail

Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail

A Shanty Town

Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail

A Shanty Town

Dem rude boys out on probation

A Shanty Town

Them a rude when them come up to town

A Shanty Town

Police get taller

A Shanty Town

Soldier get longer

A Shanty Town

Rudeboy a weep and a wail

A Shanty Town

Rude boys a weep and a wail

A Shanty Town