Wednesday, 29 July 2009

Cockney Translation

"The translation of cockney to understand is easy. So long as you ain't deaf and you listen me keenly. You should pick it up like a youth who find some money. Go tell it to your friends and also your family. No matter if a English or a Yardy ..." Another smash from the Fashion label, Smiley Culture's Cockney Translation pitched the old against the new, helpfully detailing English like what it is spoken. It was even a minor hit in the mid 1980s when the UK reggae scene generally and the Saxon Sound System specifically produced a number of talented DJs who were talking about daily life in London with considerable wit and wisdom. "Sweet as a nut.... just level vibes seen?"

3 comments:

  1. Love it.

    Police Officer is even better.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkIz3-8wRgo

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  2. That reminds me...

    You've probably got this on here already, too.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXFEBe_1DDY

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  3. Thanks Boz. Yup have featured police Officer and Newtrament. Fantastic choices though. Exactly what the project's about.

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