#mento — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #mento, aggregated by home.social.
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"Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional #JamaicanFolkSong. The song has #mento influences, but it is commonly classified as an example of the better-known #calypsoMusic. It is a #callAndResponse #workSong, from the point of view of dock workers working the night shift loading #bananas onto the large ocean-going cargo ships known as #bananaBoats. The lyrics describe how daylight has come, their shift is over.
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"Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional #JamaicanFolkSong. The song has #mento influences, but it is commonly classified as an example of the better known #calypsoMusic. It is a #callAndResponse #workSong, from the point of view of dock workers working the night shift loading #bananas onto the large ocean-going cargo ships known as #bananaBoats. The lyrics describe how daylight has come, their shift is over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha8vLoqvtoc -
"Jamaica Farewell" is a Jamaican-style #folk song (#mento). The lyrics for the song were written by #LordBurgess (#IrvingBurgie), an American-born, half-#Barbadian songwriter. It is about the beauties of the #WestIndianIslands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXYMVPPIVj8 -
"Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional #JamaicanFolkSong. The song has #mento influences, but it is commonly classified as an example of the better known #calypsoMusic. It is a #callAndResponse #workSong, from the point of view of dock workers working the night shift loading #bananas onto ships. The lyrics describe how daylight has come, their shift is over, and they want their work to be counted up so that they can go home.
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Going to start the #rocksteady #dub #dancehall slow thread that you didn't ask for. Maybe I throw in some #ska and #mento
