WE ARE CULLING THE VIDEO RANQUES HERE AT WAGRadio and WE ARE COMIN' UP WITH SOME FINE MOVING PICTURES of WONDERFUL NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC STARS . . . WE'RE NOT GONNA TELL YOU WHO'S THE WHO'S ON THIS ONE BUT SUFFICE TA' SAY - Johnny K., Patti L., Gladys K. & Toni B. are comin' your way ! ! YOU WHO LOVE SOUL'eD MUSIC FROM THE 90's ARE GONNA REALLY ENJOY THIS VIDEO. THE FIRST OF MANY FROM THE WAGRadio VIDEO VAULTS.
Oh and sorry but . . . you're gonna hafta turn up the volume on this one.
HOT & HEAVY at THE HILFIGER DENIM LIVE SHOW at MAGAZINI GENERALI IN MILAN . . and woudn't cha know it . . . IT'S MR. CUTE, THE LONDON LAD, THEOPHILUS and HE'S PUNKIN' UP THE FUNK with "ALL AROUND THE WORLD".
AH YEAH ! ONE OF SUNNY 'S.D.F.' WONG'S FAVOURITE CHOONS OF ALL-TIME . . . FROM 1956 IT'S THE CORAL RECORDS ORCHESTRA of ALAN FREED LED BY TENORIST 'BIG' AL SEARS.
HERE FOR SUNNY and all lovers of THE TENOR SOUND 'RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW' . . . Oh, but first ya gotta get through an intro and a kiss by Teddy Randazzo & Tuesday Weld.
THIS CHOON HARKENS BACK TO ANOTHER ERA OF JAM-ROCK MUSIC. SOUNDING MORE LIKE THE IRIE 80's . . . IT'S I-TAWEH and his wonderfully SOULFUL "OVERLOAD" . . . AND THIS WILL BE ON THE UPCOMINGGROOVIN' BLUE 11 - 11 !
OUR LAD FROM SOUTHSIDE JAMAICA QUEENS, NEW YORK CITY GETS SOME VERY, VERY STRANGE LOOKS ON HIS FACE BUT THEN AGAIN HE IS TRYING TO EMOTE and WITH THE EMOTING WANTS TO LEAD US TO THINK OF HIMSELF AS A CREEP . . . so WELL DONE ! ! HA HA . . . BUT THIS IS A GREAT VERSION. THE BEST SOULFUL VERSION OF THE RADIOHEAD CHOON WE AT WAGRadio HAVE HEARD YET.
THIS RHYTHMIC JAMROCK SOULFUL RHYTHMIC RIP-OFF OF THE U.S. SUPER GROUP THE STAPLE SINGERS' CHOON "I'LL TAKE YOU THERE", SEEMS LIKE THE TYPICAL PALM TREES, BIG-BOOB GAL and GOOD LOOKIN', LONG-WALKIN' GUY MIXED WITH A VERY PRO Come Visit Jamaica CHAMBER OF COMMERCE-Financed VIDEO until YOU GET TO WHERE THE LEAD SINGER - HEFLA NYAH - STARTS SINGING ABOUT. . . "(You) no bother come a-yard actin' fruity . . . (because WE) tolerate 'nuff things but that no suit we. HEFLA NYAH also tells us,
"we no like informer so we rebuke (refute?) thee". I IMAGINE YOU SHOULDN'T CALL THE COPS in JAMAICA IF NYAH and his POSSE IS AROUND AFTER YA GET YOUR WALLET STOLEN
and I'M TALKING TO THOSE EUROPEANS and NORTH AMERICANS WHO ARE HOMOSEXUAL.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE HERE AT WAGRadio ARE ALWAYS ON THE LOOK-OUT TO EXPOSE . . . THAT SEEMINGLY WONDERFULLY HAPPY and JOYOUSLY LIFE-AFFIRMING JAMAICAN or CARIBBEAN PIECE OF MUSIC THAT SUDDENLY DRIFTS INTO HOMOPHOBIA.
BECAUSE WE SPEAK NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
and HAVE ONLY A SLIGHTLY PATOIS-EDUCATED EAR,
WE DO MISS SOME PREJUDICE.
WAGRadio HAS TOO MANY FRIENDS IN SHOW BUSINESS
WHO ARE GAY or BI-SEXUAL TO ABANDON THEM
BY TURNING A BLIND EYE TO OUR PLAYLIST.
EVEN THE MOST
FANTASTICALLY SOULFUL PIECE OF
NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC,
IF IT SPEWS SEXIST or RACIAL HATE,
WON'T BE AIRED.
AND with this song it's TOO BAD CUZ it's a fairly GOOD PIECE OF MUSIC!
So....What we're gonna do is decide if we should cut out the section of homophobic lyrics
from Mr. Hefla Nyah's choon
and present it to you the WAGRadio way.
Stay tuned for GROOVIN' BLUE 11 - 11 .
*also for your edification
an article written about Jamaican homophobia
can be perused by clicking - "*clik here*" in the post's subject title
IS ON THE AIR and FEATURES SOME GREAT JAM-ROCK AND AMERICAN
and even
BRITISH NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC.
but . . .
DOESN'T IT ALWAYS ? ?
THIS TIME WE
ARE HEARING
BRAND NEW
WINNERS
FROM
CHRIS TURNER, ANTHONY HAMILTON, N'ERGI, LARRY CORYELL (yes, THAT Larry Coryell), JOGGO, ASA, WAYNE MARSHALL . . . as well as B.I.T.D. MEMORY-JOGGERS FROM
MS. THELMA GIBSON (recently mentioned in the Harlem Nocturne video).
AND JOINING THE AFRO CARIBS and THELMA ARE PAN DRUM VIRTUOSO KENRICK HEADLEY and VANESSA RICHARDS . . .
THE PAL STUDIO THEATRE
581 CARDERO STREET, VANCITY
NOVEMBER 10th & 11th, 2011
This should be a goodun'
(OHHhhhh and Sweet Daddy Fonk asks did ya' peep Thelma in the 60's 8X10 promo glossy in the Harlem Nocturne YouTube video? He sez he did ! ! Cuz Thelma was his secret crush as a baby Chinese chile' ! !)
ERNIE KING'S HARLEM NOCTURNE CABARET DIDN'T HAVE A LIQUOR LICENCE BUT THE JUICES FLOWED AND THE NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC WAS SOWED BY ERNIE ON TROMBONE with MANY OF THE TOP YOUNG RHYTHM 'N' BLUES MUSICIANS IN THE HOUSE BAND. I REMEMBER BEING REGALED BY UNDER-AGE DRUMMER DOUG CUTHBERT'S 'NOCTURNE FABLES' AND SEEING, IN MY MIND'S-EYE, THE 'BAT' THAT TENORIST LARRY VOLEN SAID ERNIE KEPT BEHIND THE BAR ESPECIALLY FOR THE MORE UNRULY PATRONS.
