Harrysong's 'Reggae Blues' Ranks Third in Africa's Top 40 Songs of 2015 ~ #TheYamboSelection

Harrysong has a reputation for releasing catchy, catchy tunes, and he doesn't disappoint here. Reggae Blues, his latest song, is an oxymoron, and a playful one at that, which adds spice to a song whose name it is; and intrigues those yet to hear it. The presence of five Master Artists in this music video is a brave statement of purpose, which is ultimately well-justified by a very high quality of vocal and instrumental delivery, as well as the high spirits that they thereby infuse into the video and the club atmosphere. Both of these are surely noticed and appreciated by all who have the chance to watch and the time to contemplate, and so savor, Reggae Blues.

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The video's dance-acts are easy-going and self-assured, performed by known impresarios, here blended by team spirit into one but many-sided and swinging and swaying and vibrant thing -- a tour d'force kind of thing inside the virtual live-entertainment spot.

Everyone's just having a good time in the kanightclub, and not minding all that raw slang -- whose meaning everyone knows anyway (which is what I gathered from a recent Harry Song interview with that lovely hostess on HipTV). Not at all. Thought I heard: "Idhi i pop champagne", but I'm sure that's not what Harry said.

The song's tune is very easy to follow, and easy to appropriate -- with body and soul. But its simplicity is deceptive. The thinking behind its use is accomplished thinking and, given the effect it has on one, admirable. One beat, and the one tune, subtly run and loop through the whole song, which is just four seconds short of five minutes long. The sum total of all this creative endeavor is a song, Five Star Music, that will be liked by almost all who hear it, and who watch the video -- or feel moved by it to dance.

Reggae is a word that sounds very familiar in my household. So, let me conclude by saying: "Hi Rege, they're singing your song!"

NOTE: Reggae Blues was published on August 7, 2015. It was directed by Adasa Cookey of Squareball Media. It had a total of 1,600,346 YouTube views as at 3:45 p.m. on December 26, 2015.


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