A case in point. Saturday night we had a sound system down the road about 100 yards away. This is a local system called Reggae King from Elderslie and the crowd kind of small but the sound was HUGE. We don't have police up here and thus no lock off time.Originally Posted by JitterBug
At about 3 or 4 in the morning, the DJ was shouting guttural animal noises into the microphone on top of what could only be considered noise making the result an ear-splitting din. You might get the impression that the locals liked it but when you talked to those who live near the venue you got a different point of view. The vulgarity and female demeaning was also an issue with people who have children but everyone just quietly acquiesced to what the minority wanted.
One man's music is another man's noise. Put Bob Marley on at night and people would enjoy it but the sound system people only play Marley music etc. until midnight or so when the REAL party begins (at least in their minds).
In Negril, the police would lock off the sound well before that happened. A good choice in my opinion.
Hi Jitters!
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