Talk:Lee "Scratch" Perry

Should the "Pogus Caesar, photographs of Lee 'Scratch' Perry (UK). Muzik Kinda Sweet" link under Reference be moved to External Links? - Teklund 09:06, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

homophobia?

I have heard from people who've seen Scratch perform that goes into spiels about the immorality of homosexuality. I think he's pretty insane as well. Anyone?

Well he is certainly free to condemn what he perceives as immoral behaviour, SqueakBox 15:23, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

Homosexuality, insanity, etc.

Is he tho? I met Lee Perry in Brixton, London, England in 2005. He was walking around with his children and I bought him a drink. He declined anything stronger than orange juice, was very quiet and obviously devoted to his children. I was quite disappointed. (Geoff Dennis)

Yup, he's insane, totally off his rocker in every way. Last interview I saw with him he claimed to be anti-black (but not like Michael Jackson, he said, whatever that means) and hated the blackness of Jamaica because black is associated with the devil. I have no idea what it means, either, just relating.

He said one shouldn't kill animals or eat meat but that he kills who has to be killed, again he refuses to clarify, stating only that since he wore the "ring of Solomon" he was now "lord of the rings" and had the power over life and death. He's frequently ranted against gays, but frankly I'd say that's par for the course for the following reasons:

1. He rants against EVERYTHING, he feuds with everyone and he makes very little sense so people kind of let it slide 2. Everyone in Jamaica would more or less agree that homosexuals need to be lynched. Sad but true, homophobia is beyond common there, it's carried out with almost religious fervor.

Perhaps he is also playing to his audience, of journalists or whatever. It is one thing to be an insane unknown but when you are a legend with a nutty reputation....perhaps he was just playing it up. I wonder if his music is still any good. It certainly used to be brilliant, I listen to his Congos production a lot. Incredible. Beethoven seemed to go insane as he got older yet his music tells another story which is why I wonder about the music. Shame the Jamaicans are so intolerant of gays; its not like that here on the Caribbean mainland, SqueakBox 13:49, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Mystic Warrior/Mystic Warrior Dub Release Date

I remember listening to this album (on vinal) in 1988 but its listed as 1997 does anyone know the actual release date? Htaccess 15:40, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

1997 is certainly wrong. According to Ariwa Records' website [1], it was released in 1986. Perry Fanatix lists the release as having been "recorded & mixed at ARIWA Studios, London, 1989". [2] In the sleeve notes to "Method To The Madness – The Best Of Mad Professor", Neil Fraser is quoted as saying "[Perry] came down with Winston Edwards and Joe Gibbs in September 1984 and Scratch said he wanted to do some work, so I said "No problem." He voiced "Judgement Inna Babylon" in my studio and when he finished with his tracks, he then ended up voicing a load of tracks for me as well and a lot of them came out on Mystic Warrior, which wasn’t released until 1988, but there was at least another two albums' worth left that never came out." KovacsUr 21:18, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

The Upsetters

Why does the link to the Upsetters point directly to Lee "Scratch" Perry? I am aware that he has been involved in producing that musical formation, but he himself is not the Upsetters.

• Agreed - there should be a seperate article about the Upsetters, listing key personnel, etc. I may get round to it myself one day, if no-one gets there first! --129.67.30.92 16:28, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

There is now a stub about them at The Upsetters. --Ezeu 06:27, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

The film

I think the sentence about the feature film should have the word "definitive" removed. Let history decide its value after it is released.