Songs that move me:Desmond Dekker “The Israelites” (Pat & Jerry, in their small row house in Grimsby? finding their record collection and discovering Desmond Dekker. I recognized the name from Rancid, but only had a rough sense of his music. They had a small record player, and some 45s. It was prohibited, but I was weak, and I asked if we could play one of the singles. Trojan records? On one side was “Israelites” and the other was “You Can Get It If You Really Want.” I wept. They gave me the record. I saw them again almost a year ago, hundreds of miles away, in the Barnsley city centre. I was walking up high street and say Pat in her motorized wheelchair. They invited us to their home and Pat told me the story of a home intruder, explained how he got his black eye and we rejoiced and wondered at having found each other miles and months apart. Strange coincidence.Black Dub “Canaan”Kim Johnson. Almost perfect pop song.K’Naan “Take a Minute” or “Waving Flag”?Connection to Canaan. The idea of the promised land.