liner notes:
up-tempo roots rock ska one-drop reggae. this is an original song about the power and the joy of music. music is a medicine, an anodyne. it is the town cryer, the newspaper, the heartbeat, the backbone, the nation. it is the universal uniter. it is as necessary and needed as the air we breath. all my music is "message music", which of course is a tautology, the way i look at life. (this idea pervades my new paperback "Lyrics, Poems, and Stories, a Literary Lifetime", which may be purchased cheap on Amazon, look up flutemanjohn, please and thank you.)
for a short introduction to the theory and practice of reggae music, please see the liner notes to my new reggae song "roots dub" on this website. Thanks, flutemanjohn, August 2000
lyrics
lyrics:
20 skya doo, reggae chop, sweeter than a lollipop,
feel it upstairs and down below, when the horns begin to blow.
like the tide, lift every boat, make you light, make you float,
in the one drop, every note, music is life, and that's a quote.
love's the gift we give to you, and we know that you have love too,
open up and say i do, to 2020 skyank wah doo !
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if you have music in your heart, well my friend that's a very good start,
doesnt matter, fast or slow, loud or soft, or how you blow.
cultural music, cosmic scope, will unspoken fill with hope,
pure emotion, tears of joy, anodyne for the hoi-polloi.
the velvet glove to bring the love, whispering wing of the singing dove,
full of feeling, soul and love, if you have music, rise above !
credits
released July 1, 2020
track credits:
flutemanjohn, all music and lyrics, all recording and engineering
I played flute ten years (2000-2010) with Bob Marley's immortal band The Wailers. Other folks I got to play with include
Umphrey's Magee, Peter Rowan, New Monsoon, Ancient Harmony, Carolyn Wonderland, and many more. I write & record all my own original music. Please follow me on BandCamp. My music is ever evolving. Please check my new $6 paperback on Amazon under Books: "Lyrics Poems Tales" fmj...more
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