Symarip - Skinhead Moonstomp (Official Audio)

Official audio for Symarip’s skinhead anthem from 1969 Formed in the mid-Sixties by seven young British-based musicians of Afro-Caribbean descent, Symarip first made their mark as the Bees, supporting Prince Buster on a nationwide tour in 1967. Soon after, the group was signed to President, changed their name to the Pyramids and found UK chart success with ‘Train Tour To Rainbow City’. By the close of the decade they were recording under a number of aliases, notably the Seven Letters and Symarip, and it was as the latter that they achieved their greatest UK success, ‘Skinhead Moonstomp’. Greatly inspired by Derrick Morgan’s ‘Moon Hop’, which made the British pop charts early in 1970, the recording became the most successful record of all time to name-call skinheads, the UK youth movement who widely embraced the exciting new reggae sound sfrom Jamaica, so proving instrumental in introducing the genre into mainstream British consciousness. Although not a chart hit at the time of its release, the track finally made its way onto the UK chart listings in 1980, following the Specials’ celebrated live rendering of the song, which featured on their best-selling ’Too Much Too Young (The Special . Live)’ EP, which became a Number One pop hit on 2 February of that year. Follow Trojan Records: SKINHEAD MOONSTOMP LYRICS I want all you skinheads to get up on your feet Put your braces together and your boots on your feet And give me some of that old moonstomping Get ready, we got three million miles to reach on the moon So let’s start getting happy now, ready? Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah Now, before we reach on the moon, fellas We got to make sure that everything is spic and span, alright? We got to make sure you shine your boots, brush your teeth Because the man on the moon looking different from man on the Earth That’s what I said boys Now remember, I am your boss skinhead speaking, my name is Caleb Alright, and remember, I’m the boss You can see, look at my boot, or my feet, or whatever you want to call it And you can see I’ve got the biggest boots, that’s not right Now, when I say “sing“, I want everyone to get in the groove and start singing because we’re on the moon Ready? One time, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah Now, I want all you fellas to gather around me, And we’re gonna start stomping, ready? Here we go, one time Now, we want to make sure when we get back on the earth We’ve got the moon on top of us Now, while we finish this thing on the top of the moon We have to wait till we get back to earth to have a drink, okay? Alright! Now, we want to make sure that everybody is still in the groove when we get back So let’s start singing one more time Ready? Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah! Aha! Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah! Come on, moonwalk, moonwalk, come on, moonwalk! Skinheads, I’m your boss.. Follow Trojan Records: #Symarip #SkinheadMoonstomp #Skinhead #TheSpecials