The Jolly Boys Perfect Day ( Lou Reed cover)

A Perfect day was originally recorded by Lou Reed. The Jamaican integrity within the video ties in with it s history and roots of Mento music. The slave population in Jamaica created Mento Music as a mix of the European sounds of ballroom dancing that they would see the plantochracy enjoying in their great Houses mixed with their own African rhythms, it created Quadrille out of that came Mento. The video depicts the Jolly Boys and Albert Minott s contemporary manifestation.