Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post provides some information about Jamaican Ska artist Prince Buster.
This post also showcases two of Prince Buster's now classic records: "Texas Hold-Up" and "Al Capone".
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Prince Buster for his musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these examples on YouTube.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/information-videos-comments-about.html for the 2019 pancocojams post [re-titled] "Jamaican Skanking (Dance) Information, Videos, & Comments"
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INFORMATION ABOUT PRINCE BUSTER
From https://www.allmusic.com/artist/prince-buster-mn0000359494/biography
Artist Biography by Jo-Ann Greene
"On an island overflowing with exceptional talent on both sides of the mixing board, to suggest that just one man was the most influential is perhaps absurd, but if you took a poll, Prince Buster would inevitably win by a wide margin. He was synonymous with ska, while being equally important to rocksteady. From Judge Dread to rude reggae, Prince Buster left his imprint across Jamaica's musical landscape, both as a singer and a producer. 2-Tone wouldn't have existed without him, and by extension, neither would the third wave. And many decades after he first appeared on the music scene, Prince Buster was still making an impact.
Cecil Bustamente Campbell was born on the island of Jamaica on May 28, 1938, the son of a railway worker. While still in his teens, Campbell simultaneously pursued two quite separate careers -- boxing and singing. Eventually, he'd give up the former, a talent he honed as a child leading a gang in one of Kingston's toughest neighborhoods, although it would hold him in good stead once he opened his sound system. He made his singing debut at the Glass Bucket club in the mid-'50s and fronted a number of now long-forgotten groups. Several of them included drummer Arkland "Drumbago" Parkes in their lineups and the two became friends. The drummer provided the introduction to Coxsone Dodd, not yet a producer, but at the time running a hot sound system in competition with another businessman soon to turn producer, Duke Reid. Dodd employed the young singer not for his vocals, but for his fists, as a security guard cum Guy Friday. By 1959, the young Buster understood the sound system business inside and out and set off on his own. He began by opening a record store, Buster's Record Shack, and then set up the Voice of the People sound system.
The following year, the young entrepreneur took the next logical step and produced his debut single, the instrumental "Little Honey," credited to Buster's Group (a trio of Jah Jerry, Rico Rodriguez, and Parkes). It immediately created a sensation, with a sound far removed from the American R&B swamping the sound systems. Prince Buster had basically introduced the classic syncopated rhythm of ska to a voracious Jamaican nation. A second recording session was arranged, this time including vocalists Derrick Morgan, Owen Gray, and the Folkes Brothers, while nyahbinghi drummers Count Ossie & His Wareikas were brought in from the hills to create a rhythm never experienced before by most Jamaican audiences. A baker's dozen of songs were recorded and amazingly, every one became a hit, kicking off with the Folkes Brothers' seminal hit "Oh Carolina." And the smashes just kept on coming, with these artists and more, including Basil Gabbidon, the boogie "War Paint Baby"; Eric Morris, "Humpty Dumpty"; and Chuck & Dobby. All were backed by Buster's Group an aggregation of excellent musicians that included various Skatalites-to-be. Particularly revolutionary was Bunny & Skitter's "Chubby," a startling single that featured the duo a cappella, accompanied by Count Ossie & His Wareikas tribal beats. Not surprisingly, the single wasn't a success as audiences preferred the more commercial sound of "Oh Carolina." But both songs were breaking new ground and kicked off a wave of releases employing nyahbinghi-style rhythms.
Prince Buster himself made his recording debut in 1962, releasing a clutch of hits over the year. Among these was "Hey Got to Go," co-written by the teenaged Derrick Morgan, whose lyrics pointedly summed up Prince Buster's feelings toward his rival producers. This business feud, which the elder men were still winning thanks to their better financial resources, became personal in 1963 when Derrick Morgan deserted Buster for producer Leslie Kong. In truth, it wasn't quite that simple, as the young singer had made his debut with "Lover Boy" for Reid and had remained loyal to him until the producer took a brief hiatus from the music business. Reid had burned him, however, by recording but often not releasing the teen's songs. Needless to say, the youngster was now determined to record for whomever offered him the most work and money. And at the moment, that was Kong. However, adding insult to perceived injury was Morgan's second cut for his new master, "Housewife's Choice," which apparently featured an instrumental break stolen from one of his former employer's own songs. Prince Buster's fury could barely be contained. It all seems a tempest in a teapot today, but the upshot was serious, even though it did create a host of seminal singles. Prince Buster fired the first salvo with "Blackhead Chinaman," a stinging riposte aimed directly at Kong. Of course, the producer had to retaliate, shooting back with Morgan's "Blazing Fire," which ripped off the melody to Buster's own smash hit "Madness."
I Feel the Spirit
To muddy the waters, "Madness" itself had borrowed the rhythm from "They Got to Go." Weeks turned to months, and the feud showed no signs of ebbing as the two men took aim and fired off song after insulting song at each other, each one a classic of wit and music. Unfortunately, the fight was not contained to the studio, but soon spilled over into the sound system parties and streets, as each side's supporters slugged it out on the dancefloors and the streets. The situation had become so serious that the government finally stepped in and a public reconciliation finally put an end to this musical melee. By this time, Prince Buster, as artist and producer, was already releasing so many singles that he set up two new imprints (Islam and Buster Wild Bells) to help with the overflow from his original Voice of the People label. Blue Beat, his U.K. distributor, could barely keep up with the output, and over an eight-year period he released over 600 Prince Buster productions. This works out to approximately two new singles a week produced by Buster, with two new singles of the artist's own hitting the British streets every month. A superstar in Jamaica, he was almost as big in the U.K. Hit after classic hit, a flood of seminal singles was fed into the market, many of which were rounded up on Blue Beat's I Feel the Spirit in 1963.
The year 1964 was just as prolific, as was 1965, and included such classics as "One Step Beyond," "Al Capone" (which broke the Top 20 in the U.K. two years later), "Burke's Law (arguably the blueprint for Eek-A-Mouse's distinctive vocal style), and many, many more. Blue Beat released three compilation albums of Prince Buster productions across 1964-1965. This trio of Fly Flying Ska, Pain in My Belly (the title track is a Maytals' classic), and It's Burke's Law remain the definitive collection of Buster's work during this period. Among the classics included are Don Drummond's "Ska Town," Owen Gray's "River Jordan," the Maytals' smoking "Dog War," and of course, "Al Capone."...
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SHOWCASE YOUTUBE EXAMPLES
Example #1: Texas hold up =Prince Buster
doowopAmnon, Oct 17, 2011
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Example #2: Prince Buster ( Al Capone) Blue Beat, Ska.
BobbyBlueBeat, Jul 1, 2008
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Example #3: Prince Buster - Madness
MetryRoad, Aug 13, 2008
Great Blue Beat from the king himself
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"Ska" was called "Blue Beat" in the United Kingdom.
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Toots And The Maytals - "Funky Kingston" (YouTube sound file & selected comments)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part III of a three part pancocojams series about Toots And The Maytals, an iconic Jamaican Ska & Rocksteady music group.
Part III showcases a YouTube sound of file of Toots And The Maytals' "Funky Kingston" and documents selected comments from the discussion thread of that sound file.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/information-about-iconic-jamaican-ska.html for Part I of this series. Part I presents information about Toots And The Maytals and showcases a YouTube video of the group's song "54-46 That's My Number." Information about that song is included in this post along with a link to that song's lyrics.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/toots-and-maytals-song-funky-kingston.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II presents information about the Toots And The Maytals' song "Funky Kingston". This post also showcases a YouTube video of Toots And The Maytals performing "Funky Kingston", and includes the lyrics to that song.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Toots And The Maytals for their musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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SHOWCASE SOUND FILE: Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston
Alvaro Sánchez, Published on Nov 5, 2009
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Statistics: as of April 16, 2019 3:32 PM ET
total views - 2,717,446
total likes - 15,000
total dislikes - 275
total comments - 464
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Information about Kingston, Jamaica
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston,_Jamaica
"Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island....
In the Americas, Kingston is the largest predominantly English-speaking city south of the United States."...
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS SOUND FILE'S DISCUSSION THREAD
This compilation presents selected comments from a sound file for the song "Funky Kingston" by Toots and the Maytals. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
Disclaimer: I didn't read all of the comments in that discussion thread, but I did read A LOT of them. I believe that these selected comments are representative of the comments in that entire discussion thread.
1. Thefog666, 2010
"funny how most people only know this from GTA, i known this song since i was little, probably cause my mom and dad used to play this stuff all the time. back in the day. Ruddy Brilliant!
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_San_Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It was released on 26 October 2004 for PlayStation 2, and on 7 June 2005 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox. A high definition remastered version received a physical release for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on 30 June 2015 and 1 December 2015, respectively.
[...]
Considered one of the sixth generation of video gaming's most significant titles, and by many reviewers to be one of the greatest video games ever made, San Andreas received rave reviews by many critics who praised the music, story and gameplay. It became the best-selling video game of 2004, and has sold over 27.5 million copies worldwide as of 2011;[3] it remains the best-selling PlayStation 2 game of all time."...
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2. Omer, 2011
"haha it's the miami ink theme song :P"
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Ink
"“Miami Ink is an American reality show on TLC that follows the events that took place at a tattoo parlour in Miami Beach, Florida. The show premiered in July 2005 and finished broadcasting its sixth and final season in 2008.[1] The show led to several spin-offs, including the shows LA Ink, London Ink, NY Ink, and Madrid Ink, some of which are also broadcast on TLC.[1]”
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3. A2Z11tree, 2012
"Yeeee, I live in Funky Kingston... Ontario"
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Ontario, Canada
Comment #36 below is another example of prefacing the name of your city with the place name "Kingston". This probably implies that your city is also "funky" ("cool", "hip").
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4. Bruno Prestat, 2012
"trop superbe pour mettre des commentaires. from nowher in France"
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Google translate from French to English
"Too superb to put comments"
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5. Xamuri Rimura, 2012
"brasil e jamaica punks e skins unit! lindo som"
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Google translate from Portuguese to English
"brazil and jamaica punks and skins unit[e]! Beautiful sound"
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6. fizzska, 2012
"love this tuuune reggae for ever"
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7. Bullzown, 2012
"Alot of us now this song because of the PLEBS :) Itv2 comedy :)"
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plebs_(TV_series)
"Plebs is a British television series broadcast on ITV2"...
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8. Justin Tyme, 2013
"London calling In the Groove!"
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This is one example in this compilation of what I refer to as a "nation signing comment". "Nation signing in" comments serve as "shout outs" (brief public acknowledgements/greetings and/or praises) for a particular song and/or singer/s. These comments document the global reach of a particular song, singer/s, and particular musical genres by serving as a "roll-call" of the nations (and sometimes also from ethnic groups, language groups, cities/states etc.) that know this song/singer and are enthusiastic about this song/singer. I'm not sure if the comment given below (#9) was written in response to this "nation signing in" custom, but, either way, it nicely sums up one of the main purposes for that custom.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/examples-of-nation-signing-in-comments.html for more information about and examples of "nation signing comments" from the discussion thread of a Nigerian Afrobeat record by Wizkid.
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9. Jent Borgstijn, 2013
"so, It's a sort of a tribute and the song is awesome haha"
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10. Chris topher, 2013
"If it weren't for the old school masters like Toots all these modern so called Pop artists could and would not exist..who would they copy from? Great piece of music!"
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11. Vocal viv, 2014
"wicked.... lovin it.."
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12. Mario Gomez, 2014
"You can't beat the classics,...Woooooooooooooooo! 1"
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13. LIFE LIBERTY RADNESS, 2015
"One of the greatest jams ever."
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14. lasarousi, 2014
"i hate that pitbull sampled this song which is a classic by its own and perfect roots."
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15. felix, 2014
"Actually TJR sampled.."
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16. i2Shea, 2015
"+lasarousi Sampled? Lmfao he pretty much stole the song word for word. He's a pathetic excuse for an "artist". More than half of his songs are just stolen from music made years and years ago."
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17. Giuseppe LoGiurato, 2015
"I'm so glad that I don't know who this pitbull person is/was... he sounds like he might be a lame person who needs to steal other's good ideas..."
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18. tam 1445, 2016
"lasarousi omg I just heard this on the radio and I thought "wow, this sounds like that pit bull song". Sad"
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17. igotasweetass, 2018
"^this. i wouldn't mind if he sampled a bit. No he straight up took the whole song. I hope toot's got his."
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18. Jagoff PhD, 2019
"TJR sampled and then sold it to pitbull so this song got double raped"
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19. Rootslove, 2015
"Toots is Roots ..."
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20. caleb basile, 2017
"Root toot ska-boot"
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21. MrViperVip, 2017
"doot doot"
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22. yeye, 2017
"Ye but "do the raggay" of the same band give his name to that new style betwin the Roots, the ska, the rock and thé soul ;)"
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23. GoodIceMaster, 2015
"I actually came here from a video game, shark tales."
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24. Master Of Disaster, 2017
"Gta San Andreas! 😂😂"
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25. Chance Vought, 2016
"And Scarface The World Is Yours :D"
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26. Tracy Turner, 2017
"Plebs brought me here. Salve Grumio!"
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27. Marron Giant, 2017
"This song is similar to the plebs closing theme"
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28. Ping Pong, 2016
"Just hearing this on the UK movie 'County Kilburn'!"
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29. T-Zay, 2016
"Kingston native here!"
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30. Abraham Palmer, 2016
"Legit song. Reggae use to be awesome back then 70s/80s."
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31. Abraham Palmer, 2016
"Is true I notice that too even the production of reggae nowadays is so artificial"
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32. Fat Max, 2017
"I agree, some is, but check out Chronixx. He is the next big thing in reggae, true legend."
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33. ArchosR14, 2017
"who's here because they were looking for the end credits song from plebs..."
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29. chasmanian remakas, 2017
"Been jamming to this for quite some time and it still moves me every time I listen too it. Always keep it rolling!"
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30. paul elliott, 2017
"Toots, and the mighty Maytals rocking it out in the best way
Cool groove"
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31. David Washburn, 2017
"Such a great song from an amazing man / group. I've been lucky to see Toots and the Maytalls 5 or 6 times and loved every show. The last time, a few years ago he was close to 70yrs old and hadn't slowed down a bit. He never phones in a show, he works every one. At one show he was wearing a light purple shirt and a dark leather vest. He was working the crowd and having fun with the band and giving it everything. He took off his vest, obviously hot from the effort, and he had sweat so completely under the vest, it looked like he still had it on as the light purple shirt and turned dark and wet matching the vest outline. See him while you can!"
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32. Jaibi Tico, 2017
"Que piezotaa....!!! Calidad de reggae..!!!! Buenas vibras desde Costa Rica 🤙🏻🇨🇷"
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Google translate from Spanish to English
"What piezotaa .... !!! Reggae quality .. !!!! Good vibes from Costa Rica 🤙🏻🇨🇷"
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33. Pigmeat Martin, 2017
"A favorite since I was a young boy. It spawned a ton of knockoffs like "Funky Nassau" and "Funky Lagos" to name a few. Anywhere this was played someone would cut a knock off, it was too damned good of a groove to waste."
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34. ruiz Lomas Cajun Trujillo, 2017
"this is the maytals but recorded as "The Flames" cause they didn´t had their own "rights" at the moment..."
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35. Crypto Steve, 2018
"Toots and the Maytals have so many classic hits that everyone knows...and many don't realize how active and groundbreaking the group was. Much love and respect to Toots and the Maytals!"
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36. Rianna Ricco, 2018
"❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ from Kingston, London"
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37. Gehan Dileepa, 2019
"Narcos Mexico!!!11"
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38. Pynner, 2019
"Man, I didn't discover this original until like 5 years after I heard Funky Vodka!
They didn't change much, probably should have called it a "remix"."
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39. SANDIEGOROOTS™, 2019
"Just this "Toots and the Maytals " Funky Kingston" Lp OG press out diggin' for vinyl today! Love this track as well as " Pressure Drop" on this record !"
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This concludes Part III of this three part series on Toots And The Maytals.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This is Part III of a three part pancocojams series about Toots And The Maytals, an iconic Jamaican Ska & Rocksteady music group.
Part III showcases a YouTube sound of file of Toots And The Maytals' "Funky Kingston" and documents selected comments from the discussion thread of that sound file.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/information-about-iconic-jamaican-ska.html for Part I of this series. Part I presents information about Toots And The Maytals and showcases a YouTube video of the group's song "54-46 That's My Number." Information about that song is included in this post along with a link to that song's lyrics.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/toots-and-maytals-song-funky-kingston.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II presents information about the Toots And The Maytals' song "Funky Kingston". This post also showcases a YouTube video of Toots And The Maytals performing "Funky Kingston", and includes the lyrics to that song.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Toots And The Maytals for their musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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SHOWCASE SOUND FILE: Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston
Alvaro Sánchez, Published on Nov 5, 2009
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Statistics: as of April 16, 2019 3:32 PM ET
total views - 2,717,446
total likes - 15,000
total dislikes - 275
total comments - 464
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Information about Kingston, Jamaica
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston,_Jamaica
"Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island....
In the Americas, Kingston is the largest predominantly English-speaking city south of the United States."...
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS SOUND FILE'S DISCUSSION THREAD
This compilation presents selected comments from a sound file for the song "Funky Kingston" by Toots and the Maytals. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
Disclaimer: I didn't read all of the comments in that discussion thread, but I did read A LOT of them. I believe that these selected comments are representative of the comments in that entire discussion thread.
1. Thefog666, 2010
"funny how most people only know this from GTA, i known this song since i was little, probably cause my mom and dad used to play this stuff all the time. back in the day. Ruddy Brilliant!
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_San_Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It was released on 26 October 2004 for PlayStation 2, and on 7 June 2005 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox. A high definition remastered version received a physical release for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on 30 June 2015 and 1 December 2015, respectively.
[...]
Considered one of the sixth generation of video gaming's most significant titles, and by many reviewers to be one of the greatest video games ever made, San Andreas received rave reviews by many critics who praised the music, story and gameplay. It became the best-selling video game of 2004, and has sold over 27.5 million copies worldwide as of 2011;[3] it remains the best-selling PlayStation 2 game of all time."...
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2. Omer, 2011
"haha it's the miami ink theme song :P"
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Ink
"“Miami Ink is an American reality show on TLC that follows the events that took place at a tattoo parlour in Miami Beach, Florida. The show premiered in July 2005 and finished broadcasting its sixth and final season in 2008.[1] The show led to several spin-offs, including the shows LA Ink, London Ink, NY Ink, and Madrid Ink, some of which are also broadcast on TLC.[1]”
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3. A2Z11tree, 2012
"Yeeee, I live in Funky Kingston... Ontario"
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Ontario, Canada
Comment #36 below is another example of prefacing the name of your city with the place name "Kingston". This probably implies that your city is also "funky" ("cool", "hip").
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4. Bruno Prestat, 2012
"trop superbe pour mettre des commentaires. from nowher in France"
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Google translate from French to English
"Too superb to put comments"
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5. Xamuri Rimura, 2012
"brasil e jamaica punks e skins unit! lindo som"
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Google translate from Portuguese to English
"brazil and jamaica punks and skins unit[e]! Beautiful sound"
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6. fizzska, 2012
"love this tuuune reggae for ever"
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7. Bullzown, 2012
"Alot of us now this song because of the PLEBS :) Itv2 comedy :)"
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plebs_(TV_series)
"Plebs is a British television series broadcast on ITV2"...
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8. Justin Tyme, 2013
"London calling In the Groove!"
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This is one example in this compilation of what I refer to as a "nation signing comment". "Nation signing in" comments serve as "shout outs" (brief public acknowledgements/greetings and/or praises) for a particular song and/or singer/s. These comments document the global reach of a particular song, singer/s, and particular musical genres by serving as a "roll-call" of the nations (and sometimes also from ethnic groups, language groups, cities/states etc.) that know this song/singer and are enthusiastic about this song/singer. I'm not sure if the comment given below (#9) was written in response to this "nation signing in" custom, but, either way, it nicely sums up one of the main purposes for that custom.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/examples-of-nation-signing-in-comments.html for more information about and examples of "nation signing comments" from the discussion thread of a Nigerian Afrobeat record by Wizkid.
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9. Jent Borgstijn, 2013
"so, It's a sort of a tribute and the song is awesome haha"
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10. Chris topher, 2013
"If it weren't for the old school masters like Toots all these modern so called Pop artists could and would not exist..who would they copy from? Great piece of music!"
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11. Vocal viv, 2014
"wicked.... lovin it.."
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12. Mario Gomez, 2014
"You can't beat the classics,...Woooooooooooooooo! 1"
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13. LIFE LIBERTY RADNESS, 2015
"One of the greatest jams ever."
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14. lasarousi, 2014
"i hate that pitbull sampled this song which is a classic by its own and perfect roots."
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REPLY
15. felix, 2014
"Actually TJR sampled.."
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REPLY
16. i2Shea, 2015
"+lasarousi Sampled? Lmfao he pretty much stole the song word for word. He's a pathetic excuse for an "artist". More than half of his songs are just stolen from music made years and years ago."
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17. Giuseppe LoGiurato, 2015
"I'm so glad that I don't know who this pitbull person is/was... he sounds like he might be a lame person who needs to steal other's good ideas..."
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REPLY
18. tam 1445, 2016
"lasarousi omg I just heard this on the radio and I thought "wow, this sounds like that pit bull song". Sad"
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REPLY
17. igotasweetass, 2018
"^this. i wouldn't mind if he sampled a bit. No he straight up took the whole song. I hope toot's got his."
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18. Jagoff PhD, 2019
"TJR sampled and then sold it to pitbull so this song got double raped"
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19. Rootslove, 2015
"Toots is Roots ..."
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20. caleb basile, 2017
"Root toot ska-boot"
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21. MrViperVip, 2017
"doot doot"
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22. yeye, 2017
"Ye but "do the raggay" of the same band give his name to that new style betwin the Roots, the ska, the rock and thé soul ;)"
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23. GoodIceMaster, 2015
"I actually came here from a video game, shark tales."
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REPLY
24. Master Of Disaster, 2017
"Gta San Andreas! 😂😂"
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25. Chance Vought, 2016
"And Scarface The World Is Yours :D"
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26. Tracy Turner, 2017
"Plebs brought me here. Salve Grumio!"
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REPLY
27. Marron Giant, 2017
"This song is similar to the plebs closing theme"
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28. Ping Pong, 2016
"Just hearing this on the UK movie 'County Kilburn'!"
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29. T-Zay, 2016
"Kingston native here!"
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30. Abraham Palmer, 2016
"Legit song. Reggae use to be awesome back then 70s/80s."
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31. Abraham Palmer, 2016
"Is true I notice that too even the production of reggae nowadays is so artificial"
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32. Fat Max, 2017
"I agree, some is, but check out Chronixx. He is the next big thing in reggae, true legend."
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33. ArchosR14, 2017
"who's here because they were looking for the end credits song from plebs..."
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29. chasmanian remakas, 2017
"Been jamming to this for quite some time and it still moves me every time I listen too it. Always keep it rolling!"
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30. paul elliott, 2017
"Toots, and the mighty Maytals rocking it out in the best way
Cool groove"
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31. David Washburn, 2017
"Such a great song from an amazing man / group. I've been lucky to see Toots and the Maytalls 5 or 6 times and loved every show. The last time, a few years ago he was close to 70yrs old and hadn't slowed down a bit. He never phones in a show, he works every one. At one show he was wearing a light purple shirt and a dark leather vest. He was working the crowd and having fun with the band and giving it everything. He took off his vest, obviously hot from the effort, and he had sweat so completely under the vest, it looked like he still had it on as the light purple shirt and turned dark and wet matching the vest outline. See him while you can!"
**
32. Jaibi Tico, 2017
"Que piezotaa....!!! Calidad de reggae..!!!! Buenas vibras desde Costa Rica 🤙🏻🇨🇷"
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Google translate from Spanish to English
"What piezotaa .... !!! Reggae quality .. !!!! Good vibes from Costa Rica 🤙🏻🇨🇷"
**
33. Pigmeat Martin, 2017
"A favorite since I was a young boy. It spawned a ton of knockoffs like "Funky Nassau" and "Funky Lagos" to name a few. Anywhere this was played someone would cut a knock off, it was too damned good of a groove to waste."
**
34. ruiz Lomas Cajun Trujillo, 2017
"this is the maytals but recorded as "The Flames" cause they didn´t had their own "rights" at the moment..."
**
35. Crypto Steve, 2018
"Toots and the Maytals have so many classic hits that everyone knows...and many don't realize how active and groundbreaking the group was. Much love and respect to Toots and the Maytals!"
**
36. Rianna Ricco, 2018
"❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ from Kingston, London"
**
37. Gehan Dileepa, 2019
"Narcos Mexico!!!11"
**
38. Pynner, 2019
"Man, I didn't discover this original until like 5 years after I heard Funky Vodka!
They didn't change much, probably should have called it a "remix"."
**
39. SANDIEGOROOTS™, 2019
"Just this "Toots and the Maytals " Funky Kingston" Lp OG press out diggin' for vinyl today! Love this track as well as " Pressure Drop" on this record !"
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Toots And The Maytals' song "Funky Kingston" (with video & lyric)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a three part pancocojams series about Toots And The Maytals, an iconic Jamaican Ska & Rocksteady music group.
Part II presents information about the Toots And The Maytals' song "Funky Kingston". This post also showcases a YouTube video of Toots And The Maytals performing "Funky Kingston", and includes the lyrics to that song.
Update: April 17, 2019: The Addendum to this post presents a (music) definition for the word "funk" and information about "Funk music".
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/information-about-iconic-jamaican-ska.html for Part I of this series. Part I presents information about Toots And The Maytals and showcases a YouTube video of the group's song "54-46 That's My Number." Information about that song is included in this post along with a link to that song's lyrics.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/toots-and-maytals-funky-kingston.html for Part III of this series. Part III showcases a YouTube sound of file of Toots And The Maytals' "Funky Kingston" and documents selected comments from the discussion thread of that sound file.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Toots And The Maytals for their musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
****
SHOWCASE VIDEO: Funky Kingston - Toots and the Maytals
connectartists, Published on Aug 23, 2009
-snip-
Statistics: as of April 16, 2019 2:13 PM EST
total views - 547,411
total likes - 3,300
total dislikes - 25
total comments - 157
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE ALBUM AND SONG "FUNKY KINGSTON"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_Kingston
"Funky Kingston is the name of two albums by reggae singing group Toots and the Maytals. The first was issued in Jamaica and the United Kingdom in 1972 on Dragon Records, DRLS 5002, a subsidiary label of Island Records, owned by Chris Blackwell.[2] A different album, with the same cover and title, was issued in the United States in 1975 on Mango Records, MLPS 9330. That album peaked at #164 on the Billboard 200 and was voted the eleventh best album of 1975 in the annual Pazz & Jop poll.[3] In 2003, the American version was placed at number 378 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[4]
[...]
Context
When the music for this album was recorded at Dynamic Sound Studios in Kingston, reggae music was little known outside of its native Jamaica, other than in musical circles. The first international release by The Wailers, Catch A Fire, would not be until 1973. Awareness of reggae began to change in 1972 with the release of the seminal film The Harder They Come (1972), which became a cult hit that year in the UK, with its soundtrack featuring two numbers by the Maytals.[7] The Maytals had been consistent hit makers in Jamaica during the 1960s, and had even given the genre its name with their single "Do the Reggay". As he would with the Wailers the following year, producer Chris Blackwell tailored the Maytals for the international market on this album.[8]
Appearances in other media
The title track, "Funky Kingston", appears in the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas video game soundtrack, on the fictitious radio station K-Jah West. It also features as the opening theme for the reality show Miami Ink. It was the basis for the "Funky Vodka" track, which in turn fueled "Don't Stop The Party". The song can be heard in the film "Notes On A Scandal" where the Hart family can be seen dancing to it. The song "Time Tough" was featured on the soundtrack for Tony Hawk's Project 8.”...
-snip-
The song “Funky Kingston” is a track on Side One of the album with the same name.
“Funky Vodka” was recorded by ___
“Don’t Stop The Party” was recorded by Pittbull
****
LYRICS: FUNKY KINGSTON
(Frederick "Toots" Hibbert)
Everybody, give it to me! Uh!
Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey!
Yeah! Oh yeah
Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey!
I want you to believe every word I say
I want you to believe everything I do
I said music is what I've got to give
And I've got to find some way to make it
Music is what I've got baby
I want you to come on and shake it
Shake it, shake it baby
Oh yeah, hey
Na na na
Oh yeah! Na na na
Funky, Funky, Funky
Funky Kingston, is what I've got for you
Oh yeah
Funky Kingston, yeah, is what I've got for you
Funky Kingston, oh yeah
Oh!
Uh! (x9)
Lemme hear your, funky guitar
Eh Eh! Eh Eh! Eh Eh!
Yo reggae
Hear the piano, stick it to me, stick to me
Na Na Na Na
Oh yeah, alright, oh yeah
Watch me now
You watch me now
Playing from east to west yeah
I just play from north to south, yeah
I love black America
People keep on asking me for, Funky Kingston!
But I ain't got none
Somebody take it away from me
Source: https://genius.com/Toots-and-the-maytals-funky-kingston-lyrics
****
ADDENDUM- (MUSIC) DEFINITION FOR "FUNKY" AND INFORMATION ABOUT "FUNK MUSIC"
Funky
a) of or related to funk music
b) something or someone that is "cool", "hip" (and the same or similar newer superlatives)
-snip-
These definitions are different from the "smelly", "odorous", "nasty", "stinky" (and "stinking") meaning of "funky". However, if music is really funky, it will cause people to sweat while they "get down", i.e. dance/perform soulfully without inhibitions, including dance close to the ground. Also, “getting down and dirty" means playing music and dancing with all your heart. In so doing, those people and that place will smell funky (stink).
Note that one contemporary African American vernacular meaning of "nasty" is to perform or otherwise do something very well.
****
Excerpt #1:
From https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/17228/where-does-funk-and-or-funky-come-from-and-why-the-musical-reference answered by Callithumpian Mar 22 '11
"As the Wikipedia entry on Funk indicates, Yale art historian Robert Farris Thompson has posited an African origin to the musical use of funky. Here is an expanded quote from his 1984 work, Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy:
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Excerpt #2:
From https://uselessetymology.com/2017/11/25/the-etymology-of-funk/
....“a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B).”...
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Excerpt #2: From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk
"Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when African-American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B). Funk de-emphasizes melody and chord progressions and focuses on a strong rhythmic groove of a bass line played by an electric bassist and a drum part played by a drummer. Like much of African-inspired music, funk typically consists of a complex groove with rhythm instruments playing interlocking grooves. Funk uses the same richly colored extended chords found in bebop jazz, such as minor chords with added sevenths and elevenths, or dominant seventh chords with altered ninths and thirteenths.
Funk originated in the mid-1960s, with James Brown's development of a signature groove that emphasized the downbeat—with heavy emphasis on the first beat of every measure ("The One"), and the application of swung 16th notes and syncopation on all bass lines, drum patterns, and guitar riffs.[2] Other musical groups, including Sly and the Family Stone, the Meters, and Parliament-Funkadelic, soon began to adopt and develop Brown's innovations. While much of the written history of funk focuses on men, there have been notable funk women, including Chaka Khan, Labelle, Lyn Collins, Brides of Funkenstein, Klymaxx, Mother's Finest, and Betty Davis."...
-snip-
The words that are written in italics were given that way in this article.
****
This concludes Part II of this three part pancocojams series on Toots And The Maytals.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This is Part II of a three part pancocojams series about Toots And The Maytals, an iconic Jamaican Ska & Rocksteady music group.
Part II presents information about the Toots And The Maytals' song "Funky Kingston". This post also showcases a YouTube video of Toots And The Maytals performing "Funky Kingston", and includes the lyrics to that song.
Update: April 17, 2019: The Addendum to this post presents a (music) definition for the word "funk" and information about "Funk music".
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/information-about-iconic-jamaican-ska.html for Part I of this series. Part I presents information about Toots And The Maytals and showcases a YouTube video of the group's song "54-46 That's My Number." Information about that song is included in this post along with a link to that song's lyrics.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/toots-and-maytals-funky-kingston.html for Part III of this series. Part III showcases a YouTube sound of file of Toots And The Maytals' "Funky Kingston" and documents selected comments from the discussion thread of that sound file.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Toots And The Maytals for their musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
****
SHOWCASE VIDEO: Funky Kingston - Toots and the Maytals
connectartists, Published on Aug 23, 2009
-snip-
Statistics: as of April 16, 2019 2:13 PM EST
total views - 547,411
total likes - 3,300
total dislikes - 25
total comments - 157
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE ALBUM AND SONG "FUNKY KINGSTON"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_Kingston
"Funky Kingston is the name of two albums by reggae singing group Toots and the Maytals. The first was issued in Jamaica and the United Kingdom in 1972 on Dragon Records, DRLS 5002, a subsidiary label of Island Records, owned by Chris Blackwell.[2] A different album, with the same cover and title, was issued in the United States in 1975 on Mango Records, MLPS 9330. That album peaked at #164 on the Billboard 200 and was voted the eleventh best album of 1975 in the annual Pazz & Jop poll.[3] In 2003, the American version was placed at number 378 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[4]
[...]
Context
When the music for this album was recorded at Dynamic Sound Studios in Kingston, reggae music was little known outside of its native Jamaica, other than in musical circles. The first international release by The Wailers, Catch A Fire, would not be until 1973. Awareness of reggae began to change in 1972 with the release of the seminal film The Harder They Come (1972), which became a cult hit that year in the UK, with its soundtrack featuring two numbers by the Maytals.[7] The Maytals had been consistent hit makers in Jamaica during the 1960s, and had even given the genre its name with their single "Do the Reggay". As he would with the Wailers the following year, producer Chris Blackwell tailored the Maytals for the international market on this album.[8]
Appearances in other media
The title track, "Funky Kingston", appears in the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas video game soundtrack, on the fictitious radio station K-Jah West. It also features as the opening theme for the reality show Miami Ink. It was the basis for the "Funky Vodka" track, which in turn fueled "Don't Stop The Party". The song can be heard in the film "Notes On A Scandal" where the Hart family can be seen dancing to it. The song "Time Tough" was featured on the soundtrack for Tony Hawk's Project 8.”...
-snip-
The song “Funky Kingston” is a track on Side One of the album with the same name.
“Funky Vodka” was recorded by ___
“Don’t Stop The Party” was recorded by Pittbull
****
LYRICS: FUNKY KINGSTON
(Frederick "Toots" Hibbert)
Everybody, give it to me! Uh!
Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey!
Yeah! Oh yeah
Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey!
I want you to believe every word I say
I want you to believe everything I do
I said music is what I've got to give
And I've got to find some way to make it
Music is what I've got baby
I want you to come on and shake it
Shake it, shake it baby
Oh yeah, hey
Na na na
Oh yeah! Na na na
Funky, Funky, Funky
Funky Kingston, is what I've got for you
Oh yeah
Funky Kingston, yeah, is what I've got for you
Funky Kingston, oh yeah
Oh!
Uh! (x9)
Lemme hear your, funky guitar
Eh Eh! Eh Eh! Eh Eh!
Yo reggae
Hear the piano, stick it to me, stick to me
Na Na Na Na
Oh yeah, alright, oh yeah
Watch me now
You watch me now
Playing from east to west yeah
I just play from north to south, yeah
I love black America
People keep on asking me for, Funky Kingston!
But I ain't got none
Somebody take it away from me
Source: https://genius.com/Toots-and-the-maytals-funky-kingston-lyrics
****
ADDENDUM- (MUSIC) DEFINITION FOR "FUNKY" AND INFORMATION ABOUT "FUNK MUSIC"
Funky
a) of or related to funk music
b) something or someone that is "cool", "hip" (and the same or similar newer superlatives)
-snip-
These definitions are different from the "smelly", "odorous", "nasty", "stinky" (and "stinking") meaning of "funky". However, if music is really funky, it will cause people to sweat while they "get down", i.e. dance/perform soulfully without inhibitions, including dance close to the ground. Also, “getting down and dirty" means playing music and dancing with all your heart. In so doing, those people and that place will smell funky (stink).
Note that one contemporary African American vernacular meaning of "nasty" is to perform or otherwise do something very well.
****
Excerpt #1:
From https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/17228/where-does-funk-and-or-funky-come-from-and-why-the-musical-reference answered by Callithumpian Mar 22 '11
"As the Wikipedia entry on Funk indicates, Yale art historian Robert Farris Thompson has posited an African origin to the musical use of funky. Here is an expanded quote from his 1984 work, Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy:
The slang term 'funky' in black communities originally referred to strong body odor, and not to 'funk,' meaning fear or panic. The black nuance seems to derive from the Ki-Kongo lu-fuki, 'bad body odor,' and is perhaps reinforced by contact with fumet, 'aroma of food and wine,' in French Louisiana. But the Ki-Kongo word is closer to the jazz word 'funky' in form and meaning, as both jazzmen and Bakongo use 'funky' and lu-fuki to praise persons for the integrity of their art, for having 'worked out' to achieve their aims. In Kongo today it is possible to hear an elder lauded in this way: 'like, there is a really funky person!--my soul advances toward him to receive his blessing (yati, nkwa lu-fuki! Ve miela miami ikwenda baki) Fu-Kiau Bunseki, a leading native authority on Kongo culture, explains: 'Someone who is very old, I go sit with him, in order to feel his lu-fuki, meaning, I would like to be blessed by him.' For in Kongo the smell of a hardworking elder carries luck. This Kongo sign of exertion is identified with the positive energy of a person. Hence, 'funk' in black American jazz parlance can mean earthiness, a return to fundamentals."
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Excerpt #2:
From https://uselessetymology.com/2017/11/25/the-etymology-of-funk/
....“a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B).”...
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Excerpt #2: From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk
"Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when African-American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B). Funk de-emphasizes melody and chord progressions and focuses on a strong rhythmic groove of a bass line played by an electric bassist and a drum part played by a drummer. Like much of African-inspired music, funk typically consists of a complex groove with rhythm instruments playing interlocking grooves. Funk uses the same richly colored extended chords found in bebop jazz, such as minor chords with added sevenths and elevenths, or dominant seventh chords with altered ninths and thirteenths.
Funk originated in the mid-1960s, with James Brown's development of a signature groove that emphasized the downbeat—with heavy emphasis on the first beat of every measure ("The One"), and the application of swung 16th notes and syncopation on all bass lines, drum patterns, and guitar riffs.[2] Other musical groups, including Sly and the Family Stone, the Meters, and Parliament-Funkadelic, soon began to adopt and develop Brown's innovations. While much of the written history of funk focuses on men, there have been notable funk women, including Chaka Khan, Labelle, Lyn Collins, Brides of Funkenstein, Klymaxx, Mother's Finest, and Betty Davis."...
-snip-
The words that are written in italics were given that way in this article.
****
This concludes Part II of this three part pancocojams series on Toots And The Maytals.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
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Information About The Iconic Jamaican Ska, Rocksteady Group "Toots And The Maytals" (with a YouTube video of "54-46 That's My Number")
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part I of a three part pancocojams series about Toots And The Maytals, an iconic Jamaican Ska & Rocksteady music group.
Part I presents information about Toots And The Maytals and showcases a YouTube video the group's song "54-46 That's My Number." Information about that song is included in this post along with a link to that song's lyrics.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/toots-and-maytals-song-funky-kingston.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II presents information about the Toots And The Maytals' song "Funky Kingston". This post also showcases a YouTube video of Toots And The Maytals performing "Funky Kingston", and includes the lyrics to that song.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/toots-and-maytals-funky-kingston.html for Part III of this series. Part III showcases a YouTube sound of file of Toots And The Maytals' "Funky Kingston" and documents selected comments from the discussion thread of that sound file.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Toots And The Maytals for their musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
****
Toots & the Maytals - 54-46 That's My Number - 11/15/1975 - Winterland (Official)
Toots on MV, Published on Sep 17, 2014
Toots & the Maytals - 54-46 That's My Number
Recorded Live: 11/15/1975 - Winterland - San Francisco, CA
More Toots & the Maytals at Music Vault: http://www.musicvault.com
-snip-
Statistics as of April 16, 2019 1:26 PM EST
total views - 177,473 views
total likes - 1, 300
total dislikes - 34
total comments - 51
-snip-
Click https://genius.com/Toots-and-the-maytals-54-46-thats-my-number-lyrics for the lyrics to this song.
****
INFORMATION ABOUT TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS
Excerpt #1
From https://www.allmusic.com/artist/toots-the-maytals-mn0000790988/biography
Artist Biography by Mark Deming
While they never achieved the commercial success or cultural impact of the Wailers, Toots & the Maytals were nearly as important in the history of Jamaican music; like the Wailers, the Maytals thrived as ska gave way to rocksteady and then evolved into reggae, they boasted one of the island's finest singers and most charismatic frontmen in the great Toots Hibbert, and they worked with many of the most important producers and sidemen on the island. The Maytals were also the band that most clearly demonstrated the links between Jamaican sounds and American R&B (Hibbert's rich, emotive vocal style was informed by Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and other soul icons), and the group's catalog contains a number of crucial, frequently covered tracks, most notably the classic "Pressure Drop."....
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Excerpt #2
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toots_and_the_Maytals
"Toots and the Maytals, originally called The Maytals, are a Jamaican musical group and one of the best known ska and rocksteady vocal groups. The Maytals were formed in the early 1960s and were key figures in popularizing reggae music. Frontman Toots Hibbert's soulful vocal style has been compared to Otis Redding, and led him to be named one of the 100 Greatest Singers by Rolling Stone.[1] Their 1968 single "Do the Reggay", was the first song to use the word "reggae", naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience.[2][3] As Island Records founder Chris Blackwell says, "The Maytals were unlike anything else ... sensational, raw and dynamic."[4]
[...]
In 1972, the group changed its name from The Maytals to Toots and the Maytals,[7] with "Toots" referring to frontman Toots Hibbert, and "the Maytals" referring to the group's instrumentalists and background vocalists.
[...]
Awards, Recognition and Accolades
1981 Toots Live! nominated for Grammy Award
1989 Toots in Memphis nominated for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album of the Year[47]
1998 Skafather nominated for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album of the Year[48]
2004 True Love won Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album of the Year[49]
2010 Toots Hibbert named one of the 100 Greatest Singers by Rolling Stone[1]
2013 Reggae Got Soul: Unplugged On Strawberry Hill nominated for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album of the Year[50]
Record holder for most number one songs in Jamaica (31 #1 songs)[23]
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Excerpt #3
From https://www.allmusic.com/artist/toots-the-maytals-mn0000790988/biography
Artist Biography by Mark Deming
While they never achieved the commercial success or cultural impact of the Wailers, Toots & the Maytals were nearly as important in the history of Jamaican music; like the Wailers, the Maytals thrived as ska gave way to rocksteady and then evolved into reggae, they boasted one of the island's finest singers and most charismatic frontmen in the great Toots Hibbert, and they worked with many of the most important producers and sidemen on the island. The Maytals were also the band that most clearly demonstrated the links between Jamaican sounds and American R&B (Hibbert's rich, emotive vocal style was informed by Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and other soul icons), and the group's catalog contains a number of crucial, frequently covered tracks, most notably the classic "Pressure Drop."....
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG "54-46 THAT'S MY NUMBER"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54-46_That%27s_My_Number
"54-46 (That's My Number)" is a song by Fred "Toots" Hibbert, recorded by Toots and the Maytals and originally released on the Beverley's label in Jamaica and the Pyramid label in the UK.[1] A follow-up version released a year later (as "54-46 Was My Number")[2] was one of the first ska songs to receive widespread popularity outside Jamaica and is seen as being one of the defining songs of the reggae genre. It has been anthologized repeatedly and the titles of several reggae anthologies include "54-46" in their title.
The lyrics describe Toots' time in prison after being arrested for possession of marijuana. The song features a similar riddim as "Train to Skaville"[3] by Toots and the Maytals' contemporaries The Ethiopians.[4]"...
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This concludes Part I of this three part pancocojams series on Toots And The Maytals.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This is Part I of a three part pancocojams series about Toots And The Maytals, an iconic Jamaican Ska & Rocksteady music group.
Part I presents information about Toots And The Maytals and showcases a YouTube video the group's song "54-46 That's My Number." Information about that song is included in this post along with a link to that song's lyrics.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/toots-and-maytals-song-funky-kingston.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II presents information about the Toots And The Maytals' song "Funky Kingston". This post also showcases a YouTube video of Toots And The Maytals performing "Funky Kingston", and includes the lyrics to that song.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/toots-and-maytals-funky-kingston.html for Part III of this series. Part III showcases a YouTube sound of file of Toots And The Maytals' "Funky Kingston" and documents selected comments from the discussion thread of that sound file.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Toots And The Maytals for their musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
****
Toots & the Maytals - 54-46 That's My Number - 11/15/1975 - Winterland (Official)
Toots on MV, Published on Sep 17, 2014
Toots & the Maytals - 54-46 That's My Number
Recorded Live: 11/15/1975 - Winterland - San Francisco, CA
More Toots & the Maytals at Music Vault: http://www.musicvault.com
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Statistics as of April 16, 2019 1:26 PM EST
total views - 177,473 views
total likes - 1, 300
total dislikes - 34
total comments - 51
-snip-
Click https://genius.com/Toots-and-the-maytals-54-46-thats-my-number-lyrics for the lyrics to this song.
****
INFORMATION ABOUT TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS
Excerpt #1
From https://www.allmusic.com/artist/toots-the-maytals-mn0000790988/biography
Artist Biography by Mark Deming
While they never achieved the commercial success or cultural impact of the Wailers, Toots & the Maytals were nearly as important in the history of Jamaican music; like the Wailers, the Maytals thrived as ska gave way to rocksteady and then evolved into reggae, they boasted one of the island's finest singers and most charismatic frontmen in the great Toots Hibbert, and they worked with many of the most important producers and sidemen on the island. The Maytals were also the band that most clearly demonstrated the links between Jamaican sounds and American R&B (Hibbert's rich, emotive vocal style was informed by Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and other soul icons), and the group's catalog contains a number of crucial, frequently covered tracks, most notably the classic "Pressure Drop."....
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Excerpt #2
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toots_and_the_Maytals
"Toots and the Maytals, originally called The Maytals, are a Jamaican musical group and one of the best known ska and rocksteady vocal groups. The Maytals were formed in the early 1960s and were key figures in popularizing reggae music. Frontman Toots Hibbert's soulful vocal style has been compared to Otis Redding, and led him to be named one of the 100 Greatest Singers by Rolling Stone.[1] Their 1968 single "Do the Reggay", was the first song to use the word "reggae", naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience.[2][3] As Island Records founder Chris Blackwell says, "The Maytals were unlike anything else ... sensational, raw and dynamic."[4]
[...]
In 1972, the group changed its name from The Maytals to Toots and the Maytals,[7] with "Toots" referring to frontman Toots Hibbert, and "the Maytals" referring to the group's instrumentalists and background vocalists.
[...]
Awards, Recognition and Accolades
1981 Toots Live! nominated for Grammy Award
1989 Toots in Memphis nominated for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album of the Year[47]
1998 Skafather nominated for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album of the Year[48]
2004 True Love won Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album of the Year[49]
2010 Toots Hibbert named one of the 100 Greatest Singers by Rolling Stone[1]
2013 Reggae Got Soul: Unplugged On Strawberry Hill nominated for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album of the Year[50]
Record holder for most number one songs in Jamaica (31 #1 songs)[23]
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Excerpt #3
From https://www.allmusic.com/artist/toots-the-maytals-mn0000790988/biography
Artist Biography by Mark Deming
While they never achieved the commercial success or cultural impact of the Wailers, Toots & the Maytals were nearly as important in the history of Jamaican music; like the Wailers, the Maytals thrived as ska gave way to rocksteady and then evolved into reggae, they boasted one of the island's finest singers and most charismatic frontmen in the great Toots Hibbert, and they worked with many of the most important producers and sidemen on the island. The Maytals were also the band that most clearly demonstrated the links between Jamaican sounds and American R&B (Hibbert's rich, emotive vocal style was informed by Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and other soul icons), and the group's catalog contains a number of crucial, frequently covered tracks, most notably the classic "Pressure Drop."....
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG "54-46 THAT'S MY NUMBER"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54-46_That%27s_My_Number
"54-46 (That's My Number)" is a song by Fred "Toots" Hibbert, recorded by Toots and the Maytals and originally released on the Beverley's label in Jamaica and the Pyramid label in the UK.[1] A follow-up version released a year later (as "54-46 Was My Number")[2] was one of the first ska songs to receive widespread popularity outside Jamaica and is seen as being one of the defining songs of the reggae genre. It has been anthologized repeatedly and the titles of several reggae anthologies include "54-46" in their title.
The lyrics describe Toots' time in prison after being arrested for possession of marijuana. The song features a similar riddim as "Train to Skaville"[3] by Toots and the Maytals' contemporaries The Ethiopians.[4]"...
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Saturday, January 16, 2016
Tony Scott - What Am I To Do (Ska classic)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This post showcases a sound file of the 1969 Reggae instrumental classic "The Liquidator" by Harry J All Stars.
Selected comments from this sound file's discussion thread are also featured in this post. Many of those commenters refer to this song being associated with "Chelsea", a United Kingdom football (soccer) team.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Tony Scott for his musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this sound file on YouTube.
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The tune for Tony Scott's "What Am I To Do" was sampled for the song "The Liquidators" by Harry J All Stars. That tune is associated with Chelsea, a United Kingdom football (soccer) team. Click for a post on that tune.
The tune for "The Liquidator" was sampled for the Staple Singers 1972 Soul song "I'll Take You There". Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/01/staple-singers-ill-take-you-there.html for a pancocojams post on that song.
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SHOWCASE SOUND FILE: Tony Scott - What Am I To Do
dimasalgar, Uploaded on Jun 29, 2010
Trojan Skinhead Reggae Box Set
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COMMENTS ABOUT THIS TUNE
From the above YouTube sound file
sweeneybanton, 2011
"ORIGINAL TUNNNNNNNNE BEFORE LIQUADITOR RHYTHM TRACK LAID BY THE HIPPY BOYS TONY SOLD THE MASTER OF THIS TO HARRY J WHO IN TURN PUT WINSTON WRIGHT ON ORGAN AND MADE LIQUIDATOR SO ALL PROPS GO TO THE HIPPY BOYS."
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DRUMMERxGURU, 2011
"skin head willl bust ya... and this is reggae/ska... they brought us the music!.. lets remember that"
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oishark , 2012
"@sweeneybanton Dandy livingston also nicked the liquidator riff for his song 'Everybody loves a winner'...Search youtube and you'll find it."
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sweeneybanton
in reply to oishark
"@oishark
I knoww but its nice to educate people that tony scott was the original and Hippy boys laid the rhythm and never got any dues for it but keep firing the tunes my friend"
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From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTn01jjEFfY
summary statement by Trojan Records Official "Cut on the rhythm first used on Tony Scott's 'What Am I To Do' the recording remains a favourite at football grounds around the UK, notably Chelsea FC's Stamford Bridge"
From comments posted to the above linked YouTube sound file's discussion thread:
Shaun Kelly
"Its a original ska song it has nothing to do with football"
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skabuoy
"... This song belongs to Tony Scott, as Trojan Records Official has mentioned in the extra info right underneath the video. Harry J took the song, replaced the vocal track with an organ, and hit the big time with an instrumental cover-song. Props to the original artist!"
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Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This post showcases a sound file of the 1969 Reggae instrumental classic "The Liquidator" by Harry J All Stars.
Selected comments from this sound file's discussion thread are also featured in this post. Many of those commenters refer to this song being associated with "Chelsea", a United Kingdom football (soccer) team.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Tony Scott for his musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this sound file on YouTube.
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The tune for Tony Scott's "What Am I To Do" was sampled for the song "The Liquidators" by Harry J All Stars. That tune is associated with Chelsea, a United Kingdom football (soccer) team. Click for a post on that tune.
The tune for "The Liquidator" was sampled for the Staple Singers 1972 Soul song "I'll Take You There". Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/01/staple-singers-ill-take-you-there.html for a pancocojams post on that song.
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SHOWCASE SOUND FILE: Tony Scott - What Am I To Do
dimasalgar, Uploaded on Jun 29, 2010
Trojan Skinhead Reggae Box Set
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COMMENTS ABOUT THIS TUNE
From the above YouTube sound file
sweeneybanton, 2011
"ORIGINAL TUNNNNNNNNE BEFORE LIQUADITOR RHYTHM TRACK LAID BY THE HIPPY BOYS TONY SOLD THE MASTER OF THIS TO HARRY J WHO IN TURN PUT WINSTON WRIGHT ON ORGAN AND MADE LIQUIDATOR SO ALL PROPS GO TO THE HIPPY BOYS."
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DRUMMERxGURU, 2011
"skin head willl bust ya... and this is reggae/ska... they brought us the music!.. lets remember that"
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oishark , 2012
"@sweeneybanton Dandy livingston also nicked the liquidator riff for his song 'Everybody loves a winner'...Search youtube and you'll find it."
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sweeneybanton
in reply to oishark
"@oishark
I knoww but its nice to educate people that tony scott was the original and Hippy boys laid the rhythm and never got any dues for it but keep firing the tunes my friend"
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From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTn01jjEFfY
summary statement by Trojan Records Official "Cut on the rhythm first used on Tony Scott's 'What Am I To Do' the recording remains a favourite at football grounds around the UK, notably Chelsea FC's Stamford Bridge"
From comments posted to the above linked YouTube sound file's discussion thread:
Shaun Kelly
"Its a original ska song it has nothing to do with football"
**
skabuoy
"... This song belongs to Tony Scott, as Trojan Records Official has mentioned in the extra info right underneath the video. Harry J took the song, replaced the vocal track with an organ, and hit the big time with an instrumental cover-song. Props to the original artist!"
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