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Moldy Rutabaga
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea
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| Now when you mention ska, people don't think of bluebeat or two-tone; they think of white guys in frats playing embarrassing music. |
True. There was a period when bands seemed to feel they needed a reggae song on each album because the beat is slow, and thus they could get five minutes of nice filler out of it. Tune down the drums, turn up the treble on the guitars, and it's done. I think many people are unfortunately turned off by Bob Marley after seeing so many trendy dorm posters of him, owned by people who know nothing about the music or the man.
No one has mentioned such crossover artists such as early Police--or the English Beat. "Mirror in the bathroom" has a sort of sped-up reggae groove to it. Not sure how fast reggae can be without calling it something else!
This isn't relevant to reggae at all, but as much as Phil Collins was a drum-machining poseur in the 80s and 90s, people who hear his 70s work with Genesis are sometimes amazed by how good it is-- and how far he fell.
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Forgot to mention 311...not exactly reggae, but some of their tunes have a heavy reggae feel to it, and they've consistently included them on their albums for the past 15 years. |
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skinhead
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Reel Big Fish |
Saw those guys last year. Reel Good Band. A bit thrashy for my bones. Too many goth undergrads pogoing about and moshdiving so I couldn't dance. Should've pogoed but. Can't remember the last time I pogoed. Must've been The Pogues. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Reel Big Fish |
Saw those guys last year. Reel Good Band. A bit thrashy for my bones. Too many goth undergrads pogoing about and moshdiving so I couldn't dance. Should've pogoed but. Can't remember the last time I pogoed. Must've been The Pogues. |
You just lost 40 Skinhead Points �. |
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Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Well I`ve explored a fair bit of the non Marley reggae that`s out there, and there is some good stuff. I still prefer Marley to anything else, and this is not out of ignorance. So that doesn`t fit the profile suggested by a previous poster. Of the post Marley reggae, the stuff I relate to most is the Dub. May I recommend for all reggae fans a band from New Zealand called Fat Freddies Drop. You can find free clips from them on www.amplifier.co.nz you will have to register, but its easy, just create an ID, a password, an give an email address. Then search for the band. These guys combine deep roots reggae with live horns, with jazz, funk, soul, and RnB influences into something that is both rootsy and progressive and modern all at the same time. It`s a very classy concoction they have come up with, the singers voice is like butter too. Very very worth a try... |
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skinhead
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 12:31 am Post subject: |
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| May I recommend for all reggae fans a band from New Zealand called Fat Freddies Drop. You can find free clips from them on www.amplifier.co.nz you will have to register, but its easy, just create an ID, a password, an give an email address. Then search for the band. These guys combine deep roots reggae with live horns, with jazz, funk, soul, and RnB influences into something that is both rootsy and progressive and modern all at the same time. It`s a very classy concoction they have come up with, the singers voice is like butter too. Very very worth a try... |
Done. 'Hope' is a tight laid back track. The sampled trumpets working the magic as I type. Some very strange shyt happening with the site now. Every time I click to play a track, the site window disappears. You get that?
Warning. Sample clips only (45sec) - you gotta pay to hear the whole thing. |
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skinhead
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 12:42 am Post subject: |
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| Reel Big Fish |
Saw those guys last year. Reel Good Band. A bit thrashy for my bones. Too many goth undergrads pogoing about and moshdiving so I couldn't dance. Should've pogoed but. Can't remember the last time I pogoed. Must've been The Pogues. |
You just lost 40 Skinhead Points �. |
That German troupe - name o' "The Seeed". |
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tiger fancini
Joined: 21 Mar 2006
Location: Testicles for Eyes
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| Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 12:53 am Post subject: |
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| No Doubt and all those godawful bands that cashed in on the trend of playing awful music that was neither punk nor ska, and then moved on to other things as soon as they'd sucked all the money out. It was basically invented by record companies and almost none of the real ska bands at the time saw any money from it. Now when you mention ska, people don't think of bluebeat or two-tone; they think of white guys in frats playing embarrassing music. |
Mate I am with you 100% on this. When No Doubt bought in Bounty Killer to guest on Hey Baby, I thought Ok, maybe they do have some kind of an idea... Then they go and release Underneath it All!! 
Without wanting to sound like too up my own backside, I do think that reggae music is an unknown quantity to many people, and in the UK, if you don't hang out in places like Brixton, Birmingham, Bristol and maybe Manchester, you don't really get exposed to it. For me its all about heavy heavy bass, and if you think its all about chicka-chicka, you need to be checking out guys like Jah Shaka and Aba Shanti. These guys make experimental music which sounds rubbish on a standard stereo, but when you hear it on their own soundsystems, prepare to be rumbled!! |
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Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all
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| Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 1:56 am Post subject: |
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| May I recommend for all reggae fans a band from New Zealand called Fat Freddies Drop. You can find free clips from them on www.amplifier.co.nz you will have to register, but its easy, just create an ID, a password, an give an email address. Then search for the band. These guys combine deep roots reggae with live horns, with jazz, funk, soul, and RnB influences into something that is both rootsy and progressive and modern all at the same time. It`s a very classy concoction they have come up with, the singers voice is like butter too. Very very worth a try... |
Done. 'Hope' is a tight laid back track. The sampled trumpets working the magic as I type. Some very strange shyt happening with the site now. Every time I click to play a track, the site window disappears. You get that?
Warning. Sample clips only (45sec) - you gotta pay to hear the whole thing. |
You have to register, with ID, password, and email. Then, you select "lo fi play" and you can hear the whole track!
I havent visited in the last few weeks though, I'll check it out to see what this bizarre behaviour is... |
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skinhead
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 2:24 am Post subject: |
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Ah, lo-fi. I am on the pharaoh. I'll check that as soon as I've completed my saves of Go tell it on the mountain, African Herbman and Mr Brown. No shit, I went to drink my pot from the right fist and it wa gone. Thought "that's weird" then looked across to my left. Thar she blew.
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Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all
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| Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 2:46 am Post subject: |
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Ah, lo-fi. I am on the pharaoh. I'll check that as soon as I've completed my saves of Go tell it on the mountain, African Herbman and Mr Brown. No *beep*, I went to drink my pot from the right fist and it wa gone. Thought "that's weird" then looked across to my left. Thar she blew.
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Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all
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| Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 2:47 am Post subject: |
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This generation
Rules the nation
With version
Music happen to be the food of love
Sounds to really make you rub and scrub
I say: Pass the Dutchie on the left hand side
Pass the Dutchie on the left hand side
It a gonna burn, give me music make me jump and prance
It a go done, give me the music make me rock in the dance
It was a cool and lovely breezy afternoon
(How does it feel when you've got no food ?)
You could feel it 'cause it was the month of June
(How does it feel when you've got no food ?)
So I left my gate and went out for a walk
(How does it feel when you've got no food ?)
As I pass the dreadlocks' camp I heard them say
(How does it feel when you've got no food ?)
Pass the Dutchie on the left hand side
Pass the Dutchie on the left hand side
It a gonna burn, give me music make me jump and prance
It a go done, give me the music make me rock in the dance
So I stopped to find out what was going on.
(How does it feel when you've got no food ?)
'Cause the spirit of Jah, you know he leads you on
(How does it feel when you've got no food ?)
There was a ring of dreads and a session was there in swing
(How does it feel when you've got no food ?)
You could feel the chill as I seen and heard them say
(How does it feel when you've got no food ?)
Pass the Dutchie on the left hand side
Pass the Dutchie on the left hand side
It a gonna burn, give me music make me jump and prance
It a go done, give me the music make me rock in the dance
'Cause me say listen to the drummer, me say listen to the bass
Give me little music make me wind up me waist
Me say listen to the drummer, me say listen to the bass
Give me little music make me wind up me waist, I say
Pass the Dutchie on the left hand side
Pass the Dutchie on the left hand side
It a gonna burn, give me music make me jump and prance
It a go done, give me the music make me rock in the dance
You play it on the radio, a so me say, we a go hear it on the stereo
A so me know you a go play it on the disco
A so me say we a go hear it on the stereo
Pass the Dutchie on the left hand side
Pass the Dutchie on the left hand side
It a gonna burn, give me music make me jump and prance
It a go done, give me the music make me rock in the dance
I say east, say west, say north and south (on the left hand side)
This is gonna make us jump and shout (on the left hand side) |
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anyway
Joined: 22 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 4:06 am Post subject: |
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| Burning Spear is right at the top of my list. I would also vote for Black Uhuru as one of the other cool-runners-up. As in Big Up! |
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LarrytheGiraffee
Joined: 12 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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Ill give it up to Burning Spear, but I would have to say once you see Israel Vibration live, they jump up to the top of any list. They just give off such a good vibe it keeps you groovin' through to the next day  |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| anybody who says they like reggae but doesn't like bob marley is a pretentious douche. they're the kind of poseurs who will stop liking a band as soon as the band gets popular even though the music is the same. |
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