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Horace Andy & Ashley Beedle have pulled out according to Twitter and been replaced by The Beat. (Two original members! And one of those is the drummer!)
And just spotted eFests has announced the comedy stage: http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/09/090610g.shtml
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They're playing at The Charlotte soon I think...
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There's the relevant bit from the original post. Who were you referring to if not El Pussycat? Because i don't recall any other Ska last year and this year's were from the same outfit. I haven't twisted any of your words, just quoted them back at you. My underlying issue is music snobbery and my complete aversion to it. And if the topic is what you'd like to see next year, you have no need to comment on what has gone previously, that's all.
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There is nothing nonsense about it. How new is something that can be traced back in a direct lineage through all forms of popular music that preceded it and further into classical music? It wasn't new and it wasn't original, though it may have freshened things up.
It isn't a free country by any means though this is a forum where views can be and are freely expressed, which is exactly what Im doing. My point isn't about what you find interesting or would like to see next year - that really is entirely up to you. My issue is with the derogatory way you refer to stuff you find less interesting - and your original description of El Pussycat was both dismissive and derogatory. By the fact that El Pussycat play in the dance hall style of the 50's and 60's, how were the artists of the 60's in any way original? The fact that they were recreating stuff of the previous decade clearly highlights that as nonsense
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I also hope you're not trying to claim that the Jamaican artists of the 60's didn't derive what they were doing from somewhere else because that would clearly be nonsense - they are as derivative as El Pussycat
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im a bit lost on the ska every year. i know people love it, and its an ace crowd pleaser. but like i said before, unless it involves a bunch of blokes from coventry circa 1979, it all sounds the same to me, and yes could someone please simply remove no doubt from the surface of the planet?
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You kind of said it there.
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So unless they're specifically Jamaican, all Ska is fake?
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Some general wishes:
-Some genuine Jamaican reggae or ska (or both). Skatalites played elsewhere this year and would have been great at SSW. We seem to have some middle-aged British blokes playing ska every year - why can't we get the real thing?
-Some African music - not very specific, I know, but let's have a bit more variety. Rise Kagona was a breath of fresh air the other year. Orchestre Baobab would be good, and there's no shortage of younger African musicians around who are doing good stuff.
-More bands who haven't played SSW before - the last thing I want to see is bands who've played before and were less than great.
-More good local bands (e.g. Her Name Is Calla, and most from this year), less mediocre ones (e.g., er, let's not go there)
-More great bands I won't have heard of before - it's always nice to be surprised
-Obviously we'll be wanting to keep the Saturday headliner theme going - maybe Hazel Dean for next year?
-Free entry (for me).
...and you can add me to the Zane Lowe list - can't be doing with him. Nearly as bad as George Lamb.
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