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Scratch Came, Scratch Saw, Scratch Conquered, 2008
Written by Tagati, Mafia & Fluxy, Mad Professor, Baby Dread & Lee "Scratch" Perry
Perry was 72 when he recorded this, and his voice is a papery rasp. Yet age has done nothing to diminish his greatest gift: the ability to ride a groove as if he were channeling transmissions from another dimension. Perry was reggae's premier eccentric long before eccentricity became fashionable, and this track finds him in full extraterrestrial shaman mode. "This is a skeleton from outer space, having a party / It gonna last all night," he declares. Who's coming to this party? "Shotgun will be there / Pop gun, jazz gun will be there." Well that clears things up! Also, there will be ganja, but I guess that's understood. This is the kind of song you don't decipher; you just feel it.
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