"You've got to know what to do when facing a wall: you can either bypass it, jump over it or tear it down. As for me, I would tear it down!"

Straight from the Marquesas Islands, Dynamite Jack fires back! Once a French chanson songwriter of international fame, Belgian-born Dynamite Jack, who had retired in the Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) in 1978, now returns as a dancehall singer. In 'Dynamite Jack Rides Again', he shows that he hasn't lost anything off his tougher than tough lyrics and razor-sharp vocal delivery. Everybody get flat!

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On the Dynamite Jack trail

1. 'Jack Of All Trades'
In his debut track as a dancehall singer, Dynamite Jack describes the poor living and working conditions of the people from the early 20th century, spending their days working 15 hours in the mine coals and going to church while sinking into severe alcohol addiction. From bad to worse as they would soon be joining the trenches and cemeteries of World War One.

2. 'Dem People Deh'
The second Dynamite Jack track to be recorded deals with a hopeless love for a woman of (seemingly) higher social class whose family doesn't want her to be involved with a man of (supposedly) lower social extraction. In his usual rougher-than-rough, tougher-than-tough attitude, Dynamite Jack portrays the family members in a very harsh light over the 'Gender Is Not A Danger' riddim.
Should it have been written a few years after, this song could well have been influenced by such songs as Junior Byles' 'Curly Locks (1974) or Black Uhuru's 'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner' (1979), all dealing with similar topics.

3. 'Six Feet Under'
In 'Six Feet Under', voiced over the 'Bad All Around' riddim, Dynamite Jack mourns the loss of Georges P., a beloved friend of his who was his confident, his confessor and his manager as well.

4. 'Life Is Not A Free Ride'
Located in the south of Paris, Orly was the first airport of international standard in France and became as such a symbol of wealth and modernity in the swinging sixties. Back then, families used to have a picnic near the landing strips on sunny sundays to watch the planes take off and dream about holidays abroad, as sung by Gilbert Bécaud in 'Dimanche A Orly' ("Sunday At Orly"). However, in this song, the Orly airport becomes the scene of a couple breaking up and parting ways admist general indifference on a rainy sunday. Business as usual...

5. 'A Friend In Tears'
Although there are many things going wrong, there's nothing more heartbreaking than seeing a friend in tears, Dynamite Jack observes over the 'Asylum Seeker' riddim.

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