*** SINCE THIS SONG WAS WRITTEN, BRIXTON has been GENTRIFIED and DESTROYED by NEOLIBERALISM and SOCIAL and RACIAL CLEANSING by ESATATE AGENTS: FOXTONS and CORRUPTION by BRITISH GOVERNMENT OFFICES of LAMBERT COUNCIL and NETWORK RAIL***
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*** SINCE THIS SONG WAS WRITTEN, BRIXTON has been GENTRIFIED and DESTROYED by NEOLIBERALISM and SOCIAL and RACIAL CLEANSING by ESATATE AGENTS: FOXTONS and CORRUPTION by BRITISH GOVERNMENT OFFICES of LAMBERT COUNCIL and NETWORK RAIL***
I wrote 'BRIXTON REGGAE' after being INSPIRED on a WONDERFUL DAY in APRIL 2015 passing through the JAMAICAN and MULTICULTURAL town of SOUTH LONDON. It is called BRIXTON. I am always MOVED by the AFRO-CARIBBEAN REGGAE BEAT that PULSES through BRIXTON all day long! I have NO KNOWLEDGE of REGGAE, but REALLY felt I wanted to WRITE and SING a TRIBUTE to BRIXTON! ASIAN, ARAB and EAST EUROPEAN CULTURE are all side by side with JAMAICA alongside TRADITIONAL WHITE EAST LONDON HOSPITALITY and HERITAGE! BRIXTON has the UK's first CARIBBEAN COMMUNITIES who began to make BRITAIN their HOME from in the late 1940s!
Due to globalisation and the major decline in INDOOR and OUTDOOR MARKETS, BRIXTON has won AWARDS for its TRADITIONAL BRITISH COVERED MARKETS as 'BEST MARKETS IN BRITAIN'. The STALLS and SMALL BUSINESSES are a BREATH OF FRESH AIR in today's MULTINATIONALS in GLASS and CONCRETE SHOPPING MALLS. The WEALTH of CAFES and SMALL SHOPS selling and MANUFACTURING INCENSE, PERFUME OILS, CLOTHES and JEWELLERY are a DELIGHT. The EXOTIC FRESH FRUIT and VEGETABLE STALLS for CARIBBEAN and ASIAN customers are SUPERB and a GREAT TREAT!
BRIXTON is both INNOVATIVE and CONTROVERSIAL in NATURE. In the 1980s an ECONOMICS CRASH, DRUGS and POLICING that was found to be RACIALLY INSENSITIVE set about 'THE BRIXTON RIOTS'. BRIXTON has much IMPROVED and BLOSSOMED since those days. However, there is new CONTROVERSY in BRIXTON about whether this is 'REGENERATION' or 'GENTRIFICATION' and in APRIL 2015 began NEW PROTESTS, 'RECLAIM BRIXTON' from HIGH HOUSE and TRADING RENTS which saw STORMING of the TOWN HALL and ATTACKS on 'FOXTONS' ESTATE AGENTS seen as PUSHING UP HOUSE PRICES for THE ELITE in BRIXTON...
Read more about the NOW and THEN of BRIXTON HISTORY and CULTURE:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brixton
'BRIXTON REGGAE' just is me TELLING the STORY of my day PASSING from the AIRPORT in BRIXTON and all of the COLOUR and PEOPLE that I MET in SONG and GREAT PICTURES of a THRILLING and INSPIRING PLACE...BRIXTON SOUTH LONDON...
