Blow Away the Wicked, Part 5: Sound, Words & Power

Year: 2022
Original Format: mp3

Yesterday I picked up David Katz’s People Funny Boy: The Genius of Lee “Scratch” Perry to look something up, and found an old post-it with this LSP quote written on it:

I am sure Jesus Christ is black, because Jesus Christ is my sweet cock.

The man certainly had a way with words. Sound too. As for power, well, he had some. Remember:

It was four tracks written on the machine, but I was picking up twenty from the extra terrestrial squad.

Hmmm, “Extra Terrestrial Squad” would be a hell of a band name… though hard to live up to.

Anyway, let’s listen to some music.

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