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Re: Hidden dancehall fans, unite!

At 09:18 PM 7/23/03, Rachael Kafrissen wrote:
>can you clarify what you find
>incongruously Jewish sounding about Get Busy?

I should have mentioned "if you subtract the rhythm".  Especially the parts 
of the tune represented by the first half soundclip (which is more typical 
of the whole song)  if you "daven" the notes non-metrically and consider 
the modal flavor and repetitious quality of the whole piece.

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