tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744444020349998004.post7040505997047552258..comments2024-03-20T18:37:49.933-04:00Comments on The Duff Guide to Ska: History Book: Max Romeo's Slack "Wet Dream"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744444020349998004.post-15642124683532174402009-06-11T13:48:03.568-04:002009-06-11T13:48:03.568-04:00Danjo:
Thanks for all of your comments and correc...Danjo:<br /><br />Thanks for all of your comments and corrections. I've got to be more careful when I'm writing in generalities...what I should have written was that Romeo's "Wet Dream" helped popularize slack or rude reggae records, both in JA and the UK (I'm going to amend my posting soon). <br /><br />And, yes, Romeo certainly didn't create the genre of sexually explicit songs or recordings...again, I was writing in terms that were too broad.<br /><br />Please send the article...and thanks for keeping me honest!<br /><br />SteveSteve from Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14074565580429334218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7744444020349998004.post-49461528833655389122009-06-10T23:37:43.620-04:002009-06-10T23:37:43.620-04:00Steve, I'm just going to go ahead and say that...Steve, I'm just going to go ahead and say that "Wet Dream" was not the birth of slackness in Jamaica. Not by a LOOOOONG shot, regardless of what Max Romeo says. Tunes like "Night Food" and others were threatened to be banned in 1956 by Parliament for slackness reasons. The 1950s was the "birth" of "recorded" slackness, but slackness predates Jamaica's recording industry. In fact, Max did not go totally conscious in the 1970s...I have some "country reggae" 45s to prove it, in fact.<br /><br />I have an article that you should read, by the way...<br /><br />DTNdanjohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08109996088829270540noreply@blogger.com