You can get it if you really want - Desmond Dekker and the Aces.

• 1960's.
• Rastafarianism.
• Bass guitar riffs.
• Off-beat quavers.
• 4/4 time.
• Simple chord sequence.
• Verse/chorus.
• Political lyrics.

• Ska = fast dance music using characteristic off beat jumpy rhythms (1950's)
• Rocksteady = more relaxed with emphasis on beats 2 and 4.

• Lyrics - fight for justice.
• Cuban style trumpet lines.
• Ska/rocksteady organ bass parts.
• American 'Doo-***' backing vocals.
• ROCKSTEADY.

• Jamaican.
• Born 1948.
• Musician, singer and actor.

Guitars:

• Muted rhythm picking of the same thing from bars 7-12 in guitar 1 (/ / / /)
• Accented off-beat quavers playing chords in guitar 2.
• Anacrusis - upbeat - moving chromatically.

Bass guitar,

• Intro - playing Db, tonic, root position.
• Plays root position throughout - follows harmonic structure.
• Same rhythmic motif throughout - 4 note riff.
• Heavy and steady - ROCKSTEADY.

Drums:

• Backbeat = rocksteady.
• Use of cross stick = reggae.
• Tambourine used but very quiet.
• Drum fills.

Title hook:

• Short memorable phrase
  • decorated stepwise descent.
  • appears so often it becomes like a riff.
• Vocals stick to the same notes - major pentatonic - Db, Eb, Fb, Ab, Bb.
  • Bars 25/43/56 - falsetto.

Verses & choruses:

• Verse = 2 bars longer (additional I and IV)
• Different chord progression at the end.

• Bar 1-3, intro, 3 bars.
• Bar 4-13, chorus, 10 bars.
• Bar 14-25, verse 1, 12 bars.
• Bar 26-35, chorus, 10 bars.
• Bar 14-24, verse 2, 12 bars.
• Bar 26-35, chorus, 10 bars.
• Bar 36-43, instrumental, 8 bars.
• Bar 44-53, chorus, 10 bars.
• Bar 54-57, outro, fade.

• Main chords - I and IV = Db and Gb.
• Supplemented with:
  • Ab7, V or V7 (often acts as a structural link).
• Bar 37 stands out:
  • Brass playing the tonic.
  • Brass isn't imitating the vocals.
  • Extended drum fill (whole bar)
  • After bar 40, all brass playing the chord in harmony.
  • Unrelated E major.
  • Descent down part of the WHOLE TONE SCALE.
  • Repeated 4 bars later with the winds harmonising in parallel triads.
• Chromaticism in bar 21 - E natural in the bass, intro - C natural leading to Db.