Dear Editor,
The latter part of 2013 was truly remarkable for Jamaica and Jamaicans both here and abroad.
For the first time a non-American, Tessanne Chin, won NBC's The Voice. Everyone is still talking about Chin's commanding performances throughout the season. Indeed, we are still basking in the glory that Tessanne's victory brought to us as a nation. The entire Jamaica, including the Diaspora, anticipates great things from her in 2014.
However, something had to spoil the moment. The clash between Lady Saw and Macka Diamond at Sting 2013 on Boxing Day was most disgraceful and distasteful. We continue to worship at the altar of indecency and money, and as a result we continue to lose our sense of self. What's worse, we are no longer content with only feeding our own people these lewd and offensive lyrics. We are now exporting this ugly side of us for the entire world to see.
The fact that this annual event was streamed live via the Internet allowed people from all over the world to see the muck dished out by these two veterans of dancehall. The profanity-laced performance of these two big women is certainly a new low in dancehall music and all civic-minded Jamaicans should speak up about this. Enough is enough!
After so many years in the industry one would have thought that they would 'dress up' their performance — only wishful thinking. There was nothing diamond like about your performance "Macka"; "Saw" there was nothing ladylike about yours.
Ladies, it's no longer cute to be vulgar and crude. I encourage both of you to try and diversify your repertoire for the new year and beyond. How do you feel when you watch the video of your Sting performance? Are you satisfied with how you are representing yourself, your brand, and women in particular? Would you want your daughter or someone you care about dearly to emulate your Sting performance?
The 2013 award for most shameful behaviour in the field of entertainment goes to Saw and Macka for their lewd Sting performance. We all have a collective responsibility to work towards making Jamaica a better place to live and raise our families.
Wayne Campbell
waykam@yahoo.com
www.wayaine.blogspot.com
The high and low end to 2013
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The latter part of 2013 was truly remarkable for Jamaica and Jamaicans both here and abroad.
For the first time a non-American, Tessanne Chin, won NBC's The Voice. Everyone is still talking about Chin's commanding performances throughout the season. Indeed, we are still basking in the glory that Tessanne's victory brought to us as a nation. The entire Jamaica, including the Diaspora, anticipates great things from her in 2014.
However, something had to spoil the moment. The clash between Lady Saw and Macka Diamond at Sting 2013 on Boxing Day was most disgraceful and distasteful. We continue to worship at the altar of indecency and money, and as a result we continue to lose our sense of self. What's worse, we are no longer content with only feeding our own people these lewd and offensive lyrics. We are now exporting this ugly side of us for the entire world to see.
The fact that this annual event was streamed live via the Internet allowed people from all over the world to see the muck dished out by these two veterans of dancehall. The profanity-laced performance of these two big women is certainly a new low in dancehall music and all civic-minded Jamaicans should speak up about this. Enough is enough!
After so many years in the industry one would have thought that they would 'dress up' their performance — only wishful thinking. There was nothing diamond like about your performance "Macka"; "Saw" there was nothing ladylike about yours.
Ladies, it's no longer cute to be vulgar and crude. I encourage both of you to try and diversify your repertoire for the new year and beyond. How do you feel when you watch the video of your Sting performance? Are you satisfied with how you are representing yourself, your brand, and women in particular? Would you want your daughter or someone you care about dearly to emulate your Sting performance?
The 2013 award for most shameful behaviour in the field of entertainment goes to Saw and Macka for their lewd Sting performance. We all have a collective responsibility to work towards making Jamaica a better place to live and raise our families.
Wayne Campbell
waykam@yahoo.com
www.wayaine.blogspot.com
The high and low end to 2013
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