Comments on: Big up yu batty, gyal II

By: Daps ah say:

Daps ah say: — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:04:10 +0000

later after she tek out har curler, ah murda

By: Ria

Ria — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:29:05 +0000

Mad Bull: If Half Way Tree was between Kingston harbour and Spanish Town, it would mean the harbour was somewhere near the peaks of the Blue Mountains! Think about it. So stet my statement about no one remembers what the tree was halfway between.

All that is known is that the tree marked an important crossroads, as it does today. “In its shade stood a tavern”, adds the Encyclopedia of Jamaican Heritage and continues: “The first written record that we have of Half Way Tree is dated 1696 and notes the behaviour of some men who were drinking in this tavern.”

Seventeenth century rudies!

By: Waterhot

Waterhot — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:25:50 +0000

I linked to a BBC archive clip of Althea and Donna singing Uptown Top Ranking and to a recording of the Canadian singer Scout Niblett singing a very odd cover version (check it out if you can find it online, otherwise I’ll mail you the mp3) almost two years ago – and I still get two or three people a week coming by on Google queries like “Althea Donna one hit wonders” or “Uptown Top Ranking what it mean?” – Now I know where to direct them. Thanks so much for posting the lyrics. Though I must admit the first time I read them I misunderstood the line “True you see me inna pants” and got lost in some very weird pseudo-philosophical conjecture about just what “inner pants” might be and why I wasn’t in touch with mine…

By: Revolution island

Revolution island — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:39:44 +0000

Poppin style, Ria. I too, did not notice the curlers. It aint possible for the weak.

By: Mad Bull

Mad Bull — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:05:51 +0000

How you mean, no one remembers what the tree was halfway between?

“Throughout Jamaican history, other cotton trees have given their names to places, including Spur Tree Hill and Half-Way-Tree (the latter named by the English for the tree’s location half way between Kingston Harbour and Spanish Town; the tree, which no longer stands, was used as a marker between the three plantations once owned by the wealthy Spaniards, Liguaney, de Yalis and Lizama. It was also used as a resting place by slaves and English soldiers on long marches.”

The above was taken from the Gleaners “Pieces of the Past” series, in particular, the story about Tom Cringle’s cotton Tree…

Bwoy, its been awhile since I last heard that song! Memories…. Re the picture, that girl needs to exercise that butt, man! It looks like it wants to take over her entire body! I wonder if theres and alien in there?

By: grannyp

grannyp — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:59:27 +0000

delicious! With without curlers – here am I all myself jamming an’ ting. Thanks

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 03:14:46 +0000

I’m certainly not noticing the curlers.

By: Caribbean Colors

Caribbean Colors — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 12:14:49 +0000

Sometimes curlers can qualify as hair ornaments, if you do it right.