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- From: andy-w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Andrew webster)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.reggae,soc.culture.caribbean
- Subject: Re: Shabba!
- Keywords: dancehall reggae
- Message-ID: <3HFgwB3w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 11:50:01 MST
- References: <uV0DwB1w165w@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca>
- Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #3, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Steve Frampton <frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca> writes:
-
- - Merry Ho Ho!
- -
- - Although I love soca, roots reggae, and dancehall, my preference lies
- - strongly in the latter. My favorite dancehall artist is Shabba, and
- - when I listen to his music I often try to "sing" along with him.
- -
- - Trouble is, damn that man is hard to understand! I often like to try
- - and transcribe lyrics by listening to a song over and over, but trying
- - to transcribe his works have been especially fruitless. And this seems
- - to be exactly the way Shabba likes it, he was on Arsenio Hall once and
- - was asked "What the hell are you singing??" and he responded with
- - something to the effect of, "It makes no difference what I'm singing".
- -
- - So, there are two things I'm after here:
- -
- - (1) I would very much like to receive lyrics by e-mail of any of his
- - songs (with the exception of "Housecall", which I already have). I would
- - be more than happy to post the results of these to the music lyrics
- - FTP archive site.
- -
- - (2) I think it would be interesting to post as much of a song as a
- - person can understand, and have the rest of the net "collaborate" on
- - figuring out the rest of the words. For example, I am currently working
- - on "What 'Cha Gonna Do" by Shabba & Queen Latifah.
- -
- - What do you think? Does anybody have anything they can send me as per
- - option (1) above? What about option (2), is there any interest in doing
- - something like this? If so, I could post "What 'Cha Gonna Do" as the
- - first attempt. I have about 75% of the song figured out.
- -
- - Hope to hear from ya! By the way it is great to see this newsgroup (it
- - is about time), special thanks to those who voted "yes". For those who
- - voted "no", YOU LOST! :-)
- -
- - Later...
- -
- - +--------+< Unabashed Shabba Ranks Fan! >+------+--------------------+
- - | Steve Frampton - frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca | Steve Frampton |
- - | I collect postcards! If you send me one from | 501-A Princess St. |
- - | your area, I'll send one in return. Send to >| Kingston, Ontario |
- - | (Don't forget both email and mailing address) | CANADA K7L 1C3 |
- - +-----------------------------------------------+--------------------+
-
- ___________________________________________
-
- Well all I can get out of it is:
-
- A trailer full a girls....
- ...rice gone up, gone up....
- and the famous, ".....hear this...."
-
- Hmmmmmm.... BUT ANYWAY, HIM na bad!
-
- Andrew webster andy-w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
-