Greatest Reggae song ever?

My vote goes to "Downpressor Man" by Peter Tosh

what is your favorite Reggae song?


*This thread is dedicated to randomkoolzip, who got me thinking about reggae

Thread over.

to "Redemption Song"... :eyes:

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Redstone

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Redstone

No contest. It is one of the best songs of any genre EVER.

still a tie, thanks to me and RebelOne!

:evilgrin:

Police & Thieves or Woman No Cry
The Professor

---I love both the original and the Clash version, but I think the Clash version is even better because of the guitar counter rhthyms

But, i do like the Clash version, and for pretty much the same reason as you like it best. I think that's one of their best crafted recordings.
The Professor

:thumbsup:

Burning Spear rocks

Although I'd probably have to go with the entire "Harder They Come" soundtrack...when I was a kid, I remember my dad playing this record constantly.

Also:

"Wolf in Sheep Clothing," Big Youth
"Revolution," Toots and ther Maytals
"Satta Amassaganna," The Abyssinians
"Back to Africa," Aswad
"Bucky Skank," Lee "Scratch" Perry
"Double Barrel," Dave and Ansel Collins
"Guess Who's Coing to Dinner?" Black Uhuru
"Under Heavy Manners," Prince Far-I
"Babylon Burning," U-Roy

Notice how there's no Bob Marley on the list? Naming a Marley song is too easy.

but I never understood why some Jimmy Cliff songs were on there twice

I especially like "Johnny Too bad" by the Slickers (?) and Rivers of Babylon by the Melodians and the song that went "stop that train, I want to get off..."(I think it was the 2nd song on the album)

Anyhow, I forgot a couple songs:

"Fatty Fatty," the Heptones
"Slavery Days," Burning Spear

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Redstone

by The Melodians

i hadn't even seen your post and said the SAME thing. i don't know many others besides jamaicans who know this one. i love the melodians.

...I am the magnificent....



Tikki

:thumbsup:

It was covered in 94 by Sublime! :smoke:

Johnny Rotten.

He helped Richard Branson scout for reggae artists in jamaica for Virgin Records.

I'm glad that didn't work out.

book England's Dreaming. Branson got Mark and either Bob 1 or Bob 2 down in Jamaica, and sat them down on a couch, got them more stoned than they had ever been before on the hugest joint they had ever seen, then said something like, "I have Johnny Rotten in the next room, and we think it would be great if he were to become DEVO's new lead singer."

And Mark and Bob looked at each other and just started laughing hysterically.

I think Mark ends the story in the book by saying, "I wonder if Johnny Rotten is still waiting to come out of that room."

the brits loved reggae way before the americans

Israelites. yet?



Tikki

I also love "Exodus."

but that's just b/c I can't seem to get it out of my head.

Also, gotta give "Legalize It" a :thumbsup:

I am not super-knowledgeable about reggae, though. I do like Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, but then again who doesn't?

Classic.

:)

but, it's hard to pick just one.

playing at a bar mitzvah near you!

"Blackheart Man," or his "Amagideon" (most chilling reggae song).
Marley's "War" has to rank right up there, too, even though Selassie I wrote the lyrics.

Red, red wine
Go to my head
Make me forget that i
Still need her so

Red, red wine
It`s up to you
All I can do, i`ve done
But mem`ries won`t go
No, mem`ries won`t go

I`d have thought
That with time
Thoughts of her
Would leave my head
I was wrong
And I find
Just one thing makes me forget

Red, red wine
Stay close to me
Don`t let me be alone
It`s tearin` apart
My blue, blue heart

---red red wine rap section---

Red red wine you make me feel so fine
You keep me rocking all of the time

Red red wine you make me feel so grand
I feel a million dollars when your just in my hand

Red red wine you make me feel so sad
Any time I see you go it makes me feel bad

Red red wine you make me feel so fine
Monkey pack him rizla pon the sweet dep line

Red red wine you give me whole heap of zing
Whole heap of zing mek me do me own thing

Redred wine you really know how fi love
Your kind of loving like a blessing from above

Red red wine I love you right from the start
Right from the start with all of my heart

Red red wine in a 80`s style
Red red wine in a modern beat style, yeah

(chorus)

Give me little time, help me clear up me mind
Give me little time, help me clear up me mind

Give me red wine because it make me feel fine
Mek me feel fine all of the time

Red red wine you make me feel so fine
Monkey pack him rizla on the sweet dep line

The line broke, the monkey get choke
Burn bad rizla pon him little rowing boat


Red red wine i`m gonna hold to you
Hold on to you cause I know you love true

Red red wine i`m gonna love you till I die
Love you till I die and that`s no lie

Red red wine can`t get you out my mind
Where ever you maybe i`ll surely find
I`ll surely find make no fuss jus` stick with us.

(chorus)

Red red wine you really know how fi love
Your kind of loving like a blessing from above

Red red wine I love you right from the start
Right from the start with all of my heart

Red red wine you really know how fi love
Your kind of loving like a blessing from above

Red red wine you give me whole heap of zing
Whole heap of zing mek me do me own thing

Red red wine in a 80`s style

Red red wine in a modern beat style, yeah.

She said,"for reggae, this stuff is pretty lame"

I said,"Well yeah, because it's not reggae, it's ska"

I was listening to The Specials. I love when you get a chance to shove in somebody's face that they are not as smart as they think they are.

not even Jamaican ska from the 60s

Although I do like the Specials.

The Selector rocks too, especially "3minute hero" and "Celebrate the Bullet"

nothing like old ska: lord creator, the paragons, kingstonians, owen gray, JACKIE OPEL!!!!!, stranger cole, the list goes on and on!

I'm not all that well- schooled in reggae, but this is my favorite.

Honestly, I'm quite open minded about music, and I still find reggae songs utterly indistinguishable from one another.

maybe Once Ago - Gregory Isaacs

there are about a 100 i could cite as my favorites...

and Easy Skankin...

Some other good ones...

Burial by peter tosh
anything by israel vibration
many rivers to cross, jimmy cliff

Or Rootsman Skanking by Bunny Wailer

:thumbsup:

followed by

Row Fisherman by the Congoes
Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear
When two Sevens Clash by Culture
and Midight Ravers by Bob



Redstone

Desmond Dekker's "The Israelites" is quite good. But I guess technically that's ska and not reggae.

Okay, reggae. Peter Tosh's "Stepping Razor" is pretty good. Maybe that qualifies.


There's a lot of good dub, of course.

is my favorite.

or Red Red Wine by UB40 would be my top two contenders. I'm more partial to Blondie though.

....Lucy in the Sky by Elton John.

:yoiks:

One Bird Flying

Does anyone know where I can find it?

Tennent yard by Jacob Miller -
(Jacob Miller / Roger Lewis)

Right-o!
Hear dem say...ah ah ah!
Dreadlocks can't live in a...tenement

Dreadlocks can't live in a tenement yard
Dreadlocks can't live in a tenement yard
Too much su-su su-su su-su, too much watchie watchie you
Too much su-su su-su su-su, too much watchie what you are
(repeat)

Dreadlocks can't live in privacy
Anything him do, old nigga see
Too much watchie watchie watchie, too much su-su su-su su
Too much watchie watchie watchie, too much su-su su-su su

Dreadlocks can't smoke him pipe in peace
Too much informers and too much fears
Too much watchie watchie watchie, too much su-su su-su su
Too much watchie watchie watchie, too much su-su su-su su

Dreadlocks can't live in a tenement yard
Dreadlocks can't live in a tenement yard
Can't penetrate in a tenement yard
Can't penetrate in a tenement yard

Dreadlocks can't live in a tenement yard
Dreadlocks can't live in a tenement yard
Too much su-su su-su su-su, too much watchie watch you
Too much su-su su-su su-su, too much watchie what you are

Dreadlocks can't penetrate the rent man
All him a do is sell Jah Jah land
Too much watchie watchie watchie, too much su-su su-su
Can't penetrate in a tenement yard
Can't penetrate in a tenement yard

Dreadlocks can't lick him pipe in peace
Too much informers and too much fears
Too much watchie watchie watchie, too much su-su su-su su
Too much watchie watchie watchie, too much su-su su-su

Can't I-ditate in a tenement yard
Can't I-ditate in a tenement yard


Dreadlocks can't lick him pipe in peace
Too much Babylon and too much laws
Too much....
Too much informer.....

:thumbsup:



Redstone

Until the philosophy which holds one race
Superior and another inferior
Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned
Everywhere is war, me say war

That until there is no longer first class
And second class citizens of any nation
Until the colour of a man's skin
Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes
Me say war

That until the basic human rights are equally
Guaranteed to all, without regard to race
Dis a war

That until that day
The dream of lasting peace, world citizenship
Rule of international morality
Will remain in but a fleeting illusion
To be pursued, but never attained
Now everywhere is war, war

And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes
That hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique,
South Africa sub-human bondage
Have been toppled, utterly destroyed
Well, everywhere is war, me say war

War in the east, war in the west
War up north, war down south
War, war, rumours of war

And until that day, the African continent
Will not know peace, we Africans will fight
We find it necessary and we know we shall win
As we are confident in the victory

Of good over evil, good over evil, good over evil
Good over evil, good over evil, good over evil

eom

but totally for my own sentimental reasons.

with Pressure Drop a close second... but there are so many good ones it's hard to pick.

i LOOOOOOOOVE me some old time reggae! reggae, ska and rocksteady are my favorite genres of music!

though I don't have very much reggae on my computer :blush:

my opinion shouldn't count here.

The correct answer is "Warning Warning" by Max Romeo (and if you dont know Max Romeo, you need to FIND OUT!)

Honorable Mentions
-"Politiqui" by Alpha Blondie
-"Johnny Too Bad" by Jimmy Clif
-"Marcus Garvey" by Burning Spear

Lyrics from The Book of James, Chapter 5, practically word-for-word

Givin¡¯out my warning...
Now you rich people listen to me
Weep and wail over the miseries
That are coming, coming up on you
Your riches have rotted away
And your clothes have been eaten by moth
Your gold and silver is covered with rust
And this rust will be witness against you
And eat up your flesh like fire
You have piled up your riches in these last days
But heads a go roll down Sandy Gully one of these days
Heads a go roll down Sandy Gully that¡¯s what Marcus says

Your life here on earth have been filled with luxury and pleasure
You have made yourself fat for the day of slaughter
You've not paid the men that work in your fields
The cries of those that gather your crops
Have reached the ears of Jah, Jah Almighty
Heads a go roll down Sandy Gully one of these days
Heads a go roll down Sandy Gully that¡¯s what Marcus says

Dog up a Beverley Hills a eat T-bone steak an¡¯ drink cornflakes
While poor people in the ghetto a rake an¡¯ scrape to get a cake

Be patient my brother be patient as a farmer is patient
As he waits for the autumn and the spring rains to water his crops
You also must be patient and keep your hopes up high
Happy are those who greatest desire is to do what Jah Jah require

Heads a go roll down Sandy Gully one of these days
Heads a go roll down Sandy Gully that¡¯s what Marcus says
Bald head a go roll down Sandy Gully one of these days
Heads a go roll down Sandy Gully that¡¯s what Marcus says
I say; you look, you look, you look and you can¡¯t see...
I said; you listen, you listen, you listen and you can¡¯t hear...