Read a little about this in Mick Middles book about Factory... spent a couple of years growing up in Jamaica. I've never seen this mentioned anywhere else, not by Hooky or anyone, but it seems like something interesting that hasn't been touched on in any sort of detail. Maybe instead of talking about the same things in his interviews someone could ask him about that part of his life.
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Yes it is true. Hooky's stepfather got a job in Jamaica and they moved there for a couple of years, but they were soon back in England.
BTW is there any truth in a Hooky statement at the 1987 Logan Campbell gig that his mum was an expat New Zealander??
Razed In A New Division Of Agony wrote: That explains their covers of Turn The Heater On and Vietnam then..
He was about 7 or 8 I think! It explains nothing! Turn The Heater On was one of Ian's favourite songs (and the album it's from is excellent btw).
oldmonkey wrote:
Razed In A New Division Of Agony wrote: That explains their covers of Turn The Heater On and Vietnam then..
He was about 7 or 8 I think! It explains nothing!
However with his mum hailing from NZ it does explain the sheep at the end of Fine Time.
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[orange]depthcharge[/orange] wrote:
oldmonkey wrote:
Razed In A New Division Of Agony wrote: That explains their covers of Turn The Heater On and Vietnam then..
He was about 7 or 8 I think! It explains nothing!
However with his mum hailing from NZ it does explain the sheep at the end of Fine Time.
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SPOKEN like a TRUE Huntsman
oldmonkey wrote:
Razed In A New Division Of Agony wrote: That explains their covers of Turn The Heater On and Vietnam then..
He was about 7 or 8 I think! It explains nothing! Turn The Heater On was one of Ian's favourite songs (and the album it's from is excellent btw).
What album is that? Would you be so kind as to give more details on that? I'd appreciate it very much, Tim.
Think Ian's asking about the album that the original, from Keith Hudson, came from Marc. (Even though I've got a lot of reggae and dub, I don't have that one unfortunately).
[magenta]shedmonite61[/magenta] wrote: Wow. It would be great if that was true.
why would that be great?
[orange]depthcharge[/orange] wrote:
oldmonkey wrote:
Razed In A New Division Of Agony wrote: That explains their covers of Turn The Heater On and Vietnam then..
He was about 7 or 8 I think! It explains nothing!
However with his mum hailing from NZ it does explain the sheep at the end of Fine Time.
:\pimp3:
ghost rider wrote:
[magenta]shedmonite61[/magenta] wrote: Wow. It would be great if that was true.
why would that be great?
Because that's the first time most of us have heard about this.
[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote: Think Ian's asking about the album that the original, from Keith Hudson, came from Marc. (Even though I've got a lot of reggae and dub, I don't have that one unfortunately).
True. I'm new to reggae and completely unfamiliar with "dub". After listening so much to the Clash for the past year (having not listened to them for 12 years) it occured to me that if I really like their reggae tunes, it'd be interesting to hear genuine reggae and therefore I turned to try Bob Marley.
I was pleasantly astounded by the fact that a lot of Bob Marley's songs that I liked (I bought Legend) were recorded actually in 1974-77! Unbelievable. Those have a breezy feel, - without that heaviness that imbued the typical rock of the 70's! It sounds maybe naive but I'm so glad to have this kind of discovery excitement.
It was like when I heard for th first time a Kraftwerk album a long time ago. I didn't know anything of them and it was so unusual to me, who had listened to New Order but apart from that was completely alien to any electronic type of music.
I'm so happy to have ability still to feel something fantastic. I thought I wouldn't hear anything anymore :)
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oldmonkey wrote:
Razed In A New Division Of Agony wrote: That explains their covers of Turn The Heater On and Vietnam then..
He was about 7 or 8 I think! It explains nothing! Turn The Heater On was one of Ian's favourite songs (and the album it's from is excellent btw).
What album is that? Would you be so kind as to give more details on that? I'd appreciate it very much, Tim.
It's Keith Hudson's "Torch of Freedom" and there's both "Turn The Heater On" and a dub version called "So Cold Without You". Plus 12 other excellent tracks. One of the best albums I own.
oldmonkey wrote:
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oldmonkey wrote:
Razed In A New Division Of Agony wrote: That explains their covers of Turn The Heater On and Vietnam then..
He was about 7 or 8 I think! It explains nothing! Turn The Heater On was one of Ian's favourite songs (and the album it's from is excellent btw).
What album is that? Would you be so kind as to give more details on that? I'd appreciate it very much, Tim.
It's Keith Hudson's "Torch of Freedom" and there's both "Turn The Heater On" and a dub version called "So Cold Without You". Plus 12 other excellent tracks. One of the best albums I own.
Sounds great. The only original Keith Hudson song I've heard was Satia (some dub track he did with King Tubby). The bass is so heavy, it nearly knocks the walls on my house down every time I play it!
oldmonkey wrote:
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oldmonkey wrote:
Razed In A New Division Of Agony wrote: That explains their covers of Turn The Heater On and Vietnam then..
He was about 7 or 8 I think! It explains nothing! Turn The Heater On was one of Ian's favourite songs (and the album it's from is excellent btw).
What album is that? Would you be so kind as to give more details on that? I'd appreciate it very much, Tim.
It's Keith Hudson's "Torch of Freedom" and there's both "Turn The Heater On" and a dub version called "So Cold Without You". Plus 12 other excellent tracks. One of the best albums I own.
Thank you so much. I'll try to find this CD out.
Yes, I've definitely read or heard him talk about this in the past, but I can't remember where??
Hooky "Me Mam had me in the Carribian for a couple of years"
jounalist:"oh,Jamaica?"
Hooky:"No,its what SHE wanted" 
[orange]depthcharge[/orange] wrote:
oldmonkey wrote:
Razed In A New Division Of Agony wrote: That explains their covers of Turn The Heater On and Vietnam then..
He was about 7 or 8 I think! It explains nothing!
However with his mum hailing from NZ it does explain the sheep at the end of Fine Time.
:\pimp3:
The ones that also showed up on RIAD
