{"id":901,"date":"2015-03-28T09:11:33","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T13:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomasseidman.com\/?p=901"},"modified":"2015-03-28T09:11:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-28T13:11:33","slug":"sh-boom-the-ethiopians-jamaica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasseidman.com\/?p=901","title":{"rendered":"Sh-Boom The Ethiopians (Jamaica)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The original \u201cSh-Boom\u201d was an R&amp;B-styled song that quickly found a second home with Pop arrangements. Over time, other musical genres have appropriated the song to suit their distinctive sonic profiles. The appropriation is evident in this recording of \u201cSh-Boom\u201d by The Ethiopians in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll leave it to the experts to pinpoint where on the ska-rocksteady-reggae continuum this particular recording resides; what\u2019s important to note is that \u201cSh-Boom\u201d has demonstrated its cross-cultural versatility. Nor is this recording a one-off: Alton Ellis (\u201cThe Godfather of Rocksteady\u201d), Toots and the Maytals, and The Marvels also covered the tune, and other Jamaican bands have put it in their playlists.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SYhhrYVJ47Q&amp;list=PLE32C40BCCF450082&amp;index=9\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SYhhrYVJ47Q&amp;list=PLE32C40BCCF450082&amp;index=9<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-ajax=\"{'url':'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SYhhrYVJ47Q&amp;list=PLE32C40BCCF450082&amp;index=9','embed':'&lt;a class=\\&quot;embedly-card\\&quot; href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SYhhrYVJ47Q&amp;list=PLE32C40BCCF450082&amp;index=9\\&quot;&gt;The Ethiopians - Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream)&lt;\/a&gt;'}\"><a class=\"embedly-card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SYhhrYVJ47Q&#038;list=PLE32C40BCCF450082&#038;index=9\">The Ethiopians &#8211; Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream)<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The original \u201cSh-Boom\u201d was an R&amp;B-styled song that quickly found a second home with Pop arrangements. Over time, other musical genres have appropriated the song to suit their distinctive sonic profiles. The appropriation is evident in this recording of \u201cSh-Boom\u201d by The Ethiopians in 1968. I\u2019ll leave it to the experts to pinpoint where on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thomasseidman.com\/?p=901\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sh-Boom The Ethiopians (Jamaica)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasseidman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasseidman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasseidman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasseidman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasseidman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thomasseidman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasseidman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasseidman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasseidman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}