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You Can Get It If You Really Want: the Definitive Collection
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Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 5050159923922
Label : Trojan
Manufacturer : Trojan
Publisher : Trojan
Release date : 2005-03-21
Title : You Can Get It If You Really Want: the Definitive Collection
Original release date : 2005-04-26
Studio : Trojan
Number of discs : 2
RRP: £13.99 This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
You save: £1.30 (9 %)
Availability: Usually dispatched within 6 to 9 days
Average customer rating:
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 5050159923922
Label : Trojan
Manufacturer : Trojan
Publisher : Trojan
Release date : 2005-03-21
Title : You Can Get It If You Really Want: the Definitive Collection
Original release date : 2005-04-26
Studio : Trojan
Number of discs : 2
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review by: date: 2006-09-04 rating:You really want to get it
Ska was a Jamaican musical style that evolved from an amalgam of native Calypso and American R&B in the late 1950s/early 60s. It developed into Rocksteady, Reggae and a host of other variations since. We often overlook how influential these Jamaican styles have been on American and British music. In December, 2005, I took my teenage daughter to a Skafest in Chicago and was amazed at how a packed crowd of Goths, Punks, Emos, et al, responded enthusiastically to all these styles, including some pure Calypso that Harry Belafonte might have recorded back in the 50s!
It was Dekker who introduced Ska to the outside world. Fellow Jamaican Bob Marley became a bigger star, but Dekker was the trailblazer. He is the 'Desmond' referred to in The Beatles' 1968 Ob-La-di, Ob-La-da. His music continued to develop and he enjoyed considerable success in the UK. Classic, must-hear songs are: Honor Your Father and Your Mother, You Can Get it if You Really Want, Israelites and It Mek. His biggest hit was Israelites.
There was a darker side. The Rude Boy culture that emerged in 60s Jamaica was often very violent. Dekker celebrates and glamorizes this in songs like 007 (Shanty Town), Rudy Got Soul and Rude Boy Train. In Britain, these songs were taken up by the Mod gangs, and later by Skinheads. How justified I am in saying he celebrates gang violence, rather than just makes music, is up to each individual listener to decide.
If you buy just one Dekker album, this comprehensive and truly definitive compilation is the one to get. It has 2 discs (59 tracks), good insert notes, and is reasonably priced. It is a fitting tribute to the singer, who died in May, 2006.
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