WOEBOT

Comedy Rastas.

A while ago I mentioned Chris Morris's hilarious Chariot recordings gay rasta record. It’s not really available any more so I’ve ripped one of the best tracks as an mp3 for your pleasure. Will Morris bring legal action against TWANBOC?

A few older folks remembered the template for this natty send-up, Keith Allen's Sex Boots and Dread, which comes courtesy of my friend Advertising Copywriter from the Earful Crew. It’s an obscene scat over a peak period Joe Gibbs rhythm, which I think Tappa Zukie uses on the lovely "Pick Up the Rockers". There can’t be many copies of this 12” around.

The story goes that for the record’s release in 1980 Allen (a slightly vicious British comedian, like Morris) installed a rented caravan on the All Saints Road. Hidden inside he addressed the assembled media in a Gregory Isaacs styled accent over a loud hailer.

Clearly this stuff sails very closely to the wind, and I’d like to assure gay readers of TWANBOC that, while I don’t believe these records to be homophobic , I would be upset if they caused any offence.

Posted by Woebot at May 30, 2003 06:24 AM