Definitions
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- noun Any of various styles of
Jamaican music , popular in theUnited Kingdom in the 1960s.
Etymologies
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Examples
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There were plenty of '80s flashbacks Friday: An ever-snide Johnny Lydon with the reunited Public Image Limited appeared late into the night while Jay-Z was still on; earlier, Echo and the Bunnymen's enduring melancholy, including "The Killing Moon," had the faithful swaying at Outdoor Stage; and the ska and bluebeat of the Specials fired up the main stage during the early evening.
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It was rocksteady and bluebeat, and people with Bibles under their arms.
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There were plenty of '80s flashbacks Friday: An ever-snide Johnny Lydon with the reunited Public Image Limited appeared late into the night while Jay-Z was still on; earlier, Echo and the Bunnymen's enduring melancholy, including "The Killing Moon," had the faithful swaying at Outdoor Stage; and the ska and bluebeat of the Specials fired up the main stage during the early evening.
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There were plenty of '80s flashbacks Friday: An ever-snide Johnny Lydon with the reunited Public Image Limited appeared late into the night while Jay-Z was still on; earlier, Echo and the Bunnymen's enduring melancholy, including "The Killing Moon," had the faithful swaying at Outdoor Stage; and the ska and bluebeat of the Specials fired up the main stage during the early evening.
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There were plenty of '80s flashbacks Friday: An ever-snide Johnny Lydon with the reunited Public Image Limited appeared late into the night while Jay-Z was still on; earlier, Echo and the Bunnymen's enduring melancholy, including "The Killing Moon," had the faithful swaying at Outdoor Stage; and the ska and bluebeat of the Specials fired up the main stage during the early evening.
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While this event and his subsequent tours of the US and Canada cemented Lee's status as an ambassador of Jamaican music, he was less an originator than an entertainer adept at playing whatever style was popular at the time and moving seamlessly through mento, calypso, bluebeat, ska, rock steady, reggae, soca, dancehall and even easy listening.
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Skinheads = f**kheads unless you're talking about the original bluebeat / ska crowd, which consisted of black Jamaicans and white working-class UK kids both.
Toytown Germany - Germany feed Mr Pasta 2008
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In 1959, Byron Lee and the Dragonaires released their debut single, "Dumplins", on the Dragon's Breath label, and were in at the birth of the bluebeat and ska genres which eventually evolved into reggae.
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The singers on those bluebeat MP3’s could be the brothers of the voice on your GPS, rather than John and Paul.
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I’ll save Billy K23 the trouble of pointing out that it is bluebeat, not ska, but still intruiging enough for my 13 year old ears that the chorus is still with me.
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