capleton still dashing fire: 9/23/04
All 'spy' pics by Carmen Maria
review by montana
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thought i was gonna miss this one.  my flight was delayed an hour and when i finally hit the road, the traffic was at a standstill! after some weaving and serious driving techniques, i managed to make it to the HOB at the middle of cocoa tea's set.

even when i was at will call picking up my ticket, i couldn't help singing out loud w/cocoa and the prophecy band.  "she loves me now! oooooh, she loves me nooooow..."  highlights included "good life" and "hurry up and come" and a new song about how the rasta will take your woman that is really catchy and had the crowd going (which is hard for someone who has so many good classics).

after a long set, cocoa left and capleton almost immediately took the stage.  the crowd was thick and ready and hyped from cocoa's performance.  "jah jah city" saw capleton singing off stage and the fire man was in full effect in off white brocade from head to toe w/his signature custom made shoes of matching material.

highlights of hour and a half three encore set included, "good in har clothes", "slew dem", "stay far", "highest grade", "rikers island" and his newer hit on the steps riddim, "dash a fire" which saw capleton leading the dances (did i mention that capleton is one of the wickedest dj's who can't dance, next to sean paul???)

of course capleton preached about how we are in our final days and that the US underestimated the power of afganistan and bush is the leader of babylon.  capleton continued to 'dash a fire' on gays even though the homosexual solidarity was shown outside by some protesters which were said to be picketing the house of blues, dubbing it the "house of hate".

well, i'll tell you one thing.  there was no hate inside the house of blues that night, at least not from this humble fan's perspective.  even when someone spilled their drink on my skirt, even when the girl behind me kept juking me w/the heels in her hand of the shoes she took off and even when an overzealous female fan kissed me right on my cheek (don't ask), there was no hate in the house of blues that night.  only pure love of the music and unity of everyone singing in unison, words of power, righteousness, conscienceness and higher 'over'standing. 

MORE FIYA!!!!
 

sidenote to the gay protesters:  i know that it may sound like 'hate' to read they lyrics of a song that says 'burn a battyman' (gay person) and i sympathize with your anger- but the message in dancehall music is no different than the messages you hear in church that tell you that homosexuality is a sin and the message the jamaican government gives because it is ILLEGAL to practice homosexuality in jamaica.  if you want to protest jamaican music, maybe you should start at home first by protesting christian churches or maybe you should petition the government of jamaica to legalize homosexuality.  you are only attacking the footsoldiers who are just trying to entertain the people and feed their families, when you should be looking the general of the army you fight against (the church and state)  in the eye and telling him he's wrong.

 respect, same way.....montana