Skaville
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Did I spot Jah Shaka earlier?
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Reggae Britannia tonight on BBC4 at 9pm
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Can we go back to the real reggae yet? :-(
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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Bleurgh! Had forgotten quite how much I hated (in no particular order) The Police, The Selecter and UB f***ing 40. Thirty years on, they still sound like the opportunist fakes they were/are. Time to turn the sound down. Nothing to hear here.
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HellBilly
Christ are you related to Shane macgowan, Jesus Dammers, you really did fall out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down. Maybe it was for the best you never came out to play with the specials after all.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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Skaville
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hahahhahaahhahah! Musical Youth!
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HellBilly
He's not aged well, has to be said
To be fair he never exactly started off as a kid that would be fighting them off with a stick, just took a beating with the thing i think.
Hey man, the Youth were TIGHT! Got their debut album, some great roots reggae on there.
severnside gull
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Desmond Dekker was the first reggae singer to have a major hit outside Jamaica and spent more than half his life living and working in the UK (well Croydon anyway but I wouldn't hold it against him). 007 and Israelites made him one of the first and most popular of the rude boys.
I remember seeing Desmond and the Aces and Prince Buster in Streatham in the late 60's and knew then that they were laying foundations for music that would endure. All your JCL's may be good and I'm not knocking them but my heroes were the originals
Happy days
I remember seeing Desmond and the Aces and Prince Buster in Streatham in the late 60's and knew then that they were laying foundations for music that would endure. All your JCL's may be good and I'm not knocking them but my heroes were the originals
Happy days
Buzzer
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- Oct 1, 2006
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Well...that was disappointing. 'sake.
Where to start? Viv Albertine telling us about the riots of '76? Stewart Copeland taking delight in telling us he plagiarised the sounds? Robin Campbell NOT explaining why ALL the hope and goodwill that came with 'Signing Off' was pissed away on cod reggae cover versions?
What about Liverpool and Bristol with huge reggae followings? The influence of reggae on trip-hop? Aba Shanti? The influence of dub in British dance music? Roots Manuva didn't get a mention, pirate radio was a huge part of the music and I don't think was mentioned once.
...and British reggae apparently stopped in 1997.
Pah!
Where to start? Viv Albertine telling us about the riots of '76? Stewart Copeland taking delight in telling us he plagiarised the sounds? Robin Campbell NOT explaining why ALL the hope and goodwill that came with 'Signing Off' was pissed away on cod reggae cover versions?
What about Liverpool and Bristol with huge reggae followings? The influence of reggae on trip-hop? Aba Shanti? The influence of dub in British dance music? Roots Manuva didn't get a mention, pirate radio was a huge part of the music and I don't think was mentioned once.
...and British reggae apparently stopped in 1997.
Pah!
Yes - that was dissappointing indeed. I'm going to bed.
The Spanish
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more to the point it has irratated me for nearly 30 years how the campbell brothers have pronounced reggae, i had nearly forgotten about it until this evening.
Buzzer
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- Oct 1, 2006
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Haha! Having just heard the Clash murdering ' Police and Thieves' I find that comment quite funny, THPP!
Nice to see Rhoda Dakar though.
Yes, not an old boiler by any means.
Buzzer
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- Oct 1, 2006
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Nah. They just irritate me, full stop. Funny but I loved Signing Off. It came with a free 12 inch with an extended version of Madam Medusa. Then 'Earth Dies' was a superb song. ...Then "I got you babe", "Kingston Town", "Red Red Wine" ruined it all so quickly. Hated them ever since.
and Ali Campbell looks like Jim Davidson. Twat.
Eric Potts
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A damn good ( harrowing ) tune , which I still play these days
somerset
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Hey dude, chill out,... you are sounding a bit pompous,... in fact muso pomposity is the worst kind,... they all had their place in the evolution of British Ska/reggae.... I love all the early Jamaican sounds right through to the Lovers Rock and Soul II Soul genre.... it all had its place, even the Police and UB40,.... just because Aswad were a bit snobbish ( dare I say racist ) about white guys playing at reggae doesn't mean it was duff.
Skaville
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Hear hear. Signing Off was brilliant, an album that I have been listening to loads lately. I think it's going to rain today has been my earworm for the last few months and Tyler is a particular fave. It did all get rather shite after that though didn't it (although I still have a soft spot for Baggaridm.
The Spanish
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saying the unsayable even though everyone secretly knows its good.
Buzzer
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- Oct 1, 2006
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haha! Mind you, they played backing vocals on Paco Banton 'Baby Come Back'. Another criminal record, so nope, they're still not forgiven. Come to think of it where was Eddy Grant in that documentary? I'd love to interview him - "So, Eddy - when the Happy Mondays used your recording studio back in the early 90s, do you think they bought into the Jamaican way of life?"