Damian Marley falls into my favourite genre of musician, being socially conscious while still making great music. Songs like Stand a Chance are angry and activist without being self-rightous, soppy or sounding bloody awful. Damian has a Counting Crows-like way of shoving a book's worth of text into a song, but stays structured and rhymy (just made that up). I don't subscribe to the jah-worship in Rasta culture, but the burning anger for change is an almost-chemical high.
Spearhead, with Michael Franti also do great activist music. Will write something on it soon... Meanwhile, All the Freaky People is one of my favourite Spearhead songs. Positive is another great Spearhead number. Its about HIV.
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- Atticus
- Owns a grey Rasta hat, a very old church organ which doesn't work, and a suit with Buck Mulligan monogrammed on the inner pocket. Likes small cafes with newspapers on wooden tables. Also, second-hand stores with curious junk, old paintings, books and beaten-up antiques. Identifies with losers. Bugger. This is not a good sign.
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