"Something that was criticizing Apartheid, they wouldn't play that!"
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lucky dube - "that one broke down some barriers"
"What is YOUR most important song? 'Together as One'?"
"Well, yeah, to me it is one of the most important songs,
because that is the first song of mine
that was played on the White Radio Stations in South Africa."
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(160 K)
"Because, before they couldn't play anything that had Apartheid in it.
Something that was criticizing Apartheid, they wouldn't play that!"
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(160 K)
"And that was the first one that got played
on the White Radio Stations that had,- or rather that was
criticizing Apartheid. And so that one broke down
some barriers for me and just Reggae in general
in South Africa, ya!"
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"I love 'Together as One', because of its messages and lyrics!"
"Well, yeah, the message was a powerful message, you know. Because in that song
for the first time I didn't,- like,- beat about the bush,
I just said things straight,
with risking being arrested
or being shot by the government
or risking the album being banned or something like that."
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"But,- cause I wanted to get that message of togetherness across,
you know. I risked all that and fortunately it worked."
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(120 K)
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