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bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social @bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social · 1m

Ernie Chambers would have pointed out that only the wealthy benefit from laying off tax collectors.

He would have been right.

He will be missed.

bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social @bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social · 5h

Purchase link: www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/...

In the Mood for Ska, Dynamo Ska - Qobuz

Listen to unlimited streaming or download In the Mood for Ska by Dynamo Ska in Hi-Res quality on Qobuz. Subscriptions from $10.83/month.

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bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social @bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social · 5h

Most of the rocksteady versions of "Perfidia" are based on a recording by Tommy McCook and Phyllis Dillon. Germany's Dynamo Ska went a different direction.
#ska adjacent
#rockstead
#bluebeat
#Germany
#Deutschland

DYNAMO SKA - Perfidia (Cover Version) feat. CINZIA RIZZO (Foto Clip)

YouTube video by Dynamo Ska

www.youtube.com

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bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social @bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social · 5h

Yep ... The Phyllis Dillon/Tommy McCook version will be coming up pretty quickly.

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bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social @bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social · 1d

"Perfidia" has become a rocksteady classic. We'll be looking at several versions this week, starting with this one from the Hillbilly Moon Explosion.
#ska adjacent
#rocksteady
#bluebeat
@hillbillymoon.bsky.social

Perfidia

YouTube video by The Hillbilly Moon Explosion - Topic

www.youtube.com

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bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social @bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social · 23h

"Perfidia" has become a rocksteady classic. We'll be looking at several versions this week, starting with this one from the Hillbilly Moon Explosion.
#ska adjacent
#rocksteady
#bluebeat
@hillbillymoon.bsky.social

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bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social @bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social · 23h

"Perfidia" has become a rocksteady classic. We'll be looking at several versions this week, starting with this one from the Hillbilly Moon Explosion.
#ska adjacent
#rocksteady
#bluebeat
@hillbillymoon.bsky.social

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bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social @bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social · 1d

For historical interest, this is how it sounded when first released in 1939 by Orquesta de Los Hermanos Domínguez.

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bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social @bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social · 1d

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Damn Right Honey ! (Sings of Love, Loss, Life & Death), The Hillbilly Moon Explosion - Qobuz

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bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social @bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social · 1d

"Perfidia" has become a rocksteady classic. We'll be looking at several versions this week, starting with this one from the Hillbilly Moon Explosion.
#ska adjacent
#rocksteady
#bluebeat
@hillbillymoon.bsky.social

Perfidia

YouTube video by The Hillbilly Moon Explosion - Topic

www.youtube.com

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bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social @bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social · 1d

Horizon Point with "Burning All My Bridges". They'll be the opening act at Rude Girl Riot on 18OCT2025.
#ska
#bluebeat
#California

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bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social @bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social · 1d

Horizon Point with "Burning All My Bridges". They'll be the opening act at Rude Girl Riot on 18OCT2025.
#ska
#bluebeat
#California

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bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social @bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social · 2d

Here are the 428 known versions. Have a blast.

Cover versions of Perfidia written by Alberto Domínguez | ...

The song Perfidia was written by Alberto Domínguez and was first released by Orquesta de Los Hermanos Domínguez in 1939. It was covered by Mantovani and His Orchestra, Luis Cobos, Takeshi Onodera & Lo...

secondhandsongs.com

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bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social @bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social · 2d

NOT A TOKEN
That would be Perez Prado, then.

Perfidia (Remastered)

YouTube video by Pérez Prado - Topic

www.youtube.com

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bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social @bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social · 2d

Now you've got me doing some research ... the 1939 original by Orquesta de Los Hermanos Dominguez
NOT A TOKEN
youtu.be/7Yr2qKd4Wdc

ALBERTO DOMINGUEZ - PERFIDIA

YouTube video by Matilde Ruiz

youtu.be

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bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social @bluebeatoftheday.bsky.social · 2d

NOT A TOKEN

Perfidia is a bluebeat standard ... I've got ska, reggae, and rocksteady versions. Here's Phyliis Dillon with the definitive rocksteady version.

Phyllis Dillon - "Perfidia" (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Trojan Records Official

www.youtube.com

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 2d

For a long time, the US extreme right was held back from ruthlessly pursuing its goals by the notion that "someone" would stop them & punish them.

Trump 1 taught them nobody would stop them, & Biden taught them nobody would punish them.

And here we are.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?