Similarities Between The Music In Prince Buster "Set Me Free" Tune & In A HP Reinvent Learning Ad

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases a Prince Buster Ska tune entitled and a May 2016 Reinvent Learning with HP Education Solutions ad that includes a Ska song that I think sounds very much like that Prince Buster song.

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Thanks to Prince Buster for his musical legacy. Thanks also to the producers of the HP Reinvent Ad and the composer & soloist of the "Set Me Free" song that is sung in that ad.

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Prince Buster - Ska Town Aka Set Me Free



italrel Published on Jan 29, 2013

Ska tune. Voice of the people..
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Here's a comment from this sound file's discussion thread:
charley bembridge, 2013
"original title for this is walk the town its on my channel i have a reel to reel recording of this which was bought from coxsone dodd years ago check it out different horn section" 

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Reinvent Learning with HP Education Solutions



HP Business, Published on Mar 7, 2016
http://www.hp.com/go/sproutpro - HP Education PC´s and tablets with Intel Core Processors provide teachers and students with tools that “unstandardize” learning - making education more flexible, collaborative and dynamic.
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Here's a comment exchange that I participated in on that video's discussion thread:

Chickenug, April 2016
"song name?"

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Moist, Lemon-Scented Towelette, April 2016
"sadly it was made specifically for this ad, and isn't available anywhere else :("

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Azizi Powell, April, 2016
"+Moist, Lemon-Scented Towelette
I'm also very disappointed that this song isn't available anywhere else. I love its Ska tune and the words.

I wish the vocalist would record an expanded version of this song.

Here's my transcription of the lyrics in that HP ad (addition & corrections welcome)
If it was up to me
I’d set me free
I’d be anywhere
Be what I wanna be
For every day that I stay
I’d do the things in my own way
I would set me free
Oh, set me free

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My guess is that this song was based on Prince Buster's instrumental - "Ska Town" (also known as) "Set Me Free" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TA4efPam7M "
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I'd love to know if anyone else thinks that these two tunes are similar.

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