Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Made in Jamaica

documentary

Reggae music. There's the slow, sinuous, sensual type favored by Marley, Tosh, Gregory Isaacs which is about half this film.

Then there's the modern type-dancehall... hyperkinetic, intense, loud, usually shouted by some motor-mouthed rabble rouser trying desperately to get people on their feet and dancing.

I love the old style and celebrate its entry into the musical canon. For the new style I'm glad I had a mute button ready.

This film is interspersed with interviews of the various practitioners and it was fun watching some of these folks trying to formulate thoughts through a druggy fog.

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