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2007-04-11 by Tommy Squeaker

Chaka Demus and Pliers – Tease Me

Here’s one for the playful but ultimately cruel way the weather here in deepest London is toying with us at the moment. That’s it, tease us with your 8 degree higher than the norm temperatures, lead us on with your glorious rays of spring sunshine… and then, when we’re all rohipnol-ed up with the belief that summer is actually here and that all will be picnics and beers in parks until 10pm from now til mid september, we’ll be brutally bitch-slapped with another month of sleet and miserable greyness. Ahh, what it is to be British.

DJ and singer dancehall team Chaka Demus (he of the djing) and Pliers (he of the singing) must be one of- if not the- first act to bring dancehall rhythms to the UK charts, back in the early 90s. While there’s no denying the pop sensibility of a tune like ‘Tease Me’ it clearly has a Jamaican heart. For some reason it reminds me of a dodgy pub round the corner from me lovely sister’s ex-gaff in Tooting which used to have the most amazing old giffer karaoke session every week. I’m pretty sure none of them had a go at Tease Me, but it’s lodged in the memory. It’s odd the brain, innit?

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  1. The Double K says (on Apr 13, 2007 @ 11:38 AM):

    Murder She Wrote is another great tune of theirs, and they've got some dapper gear on for the video:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IBkp0Eoz-w

  2. Squeaker says (on Apr 13, 2007 @ 03:13 PM):

    I'm with you there. Both tunes are on the All She Wrote album that can be picked up at bigup radio…

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