Music
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This is the most pure rock performance I have ever seen in person. (sound sucks on youtube, but…)
This is also… quite compelling. As rock music.
I don't believe in "all-time" favorites! Too mutable! Especially with history in mind. These are contemporary though…
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Bad Card - Bob Marley, in fact all his albums released on the Island label
I am that I am - Peter Tosh, all his albums until Wanted Dread and Alive
Youths of Eglington - Black Uhuru, all their albums released on the Island label
African Race - Abyssinians - everything
Warrior Charge - Aswad - everything between Showcase and Distant thunder
Just another dance - Bunny Wailer - everything until Marketplace
Hush Darling - Gregory Isaacs (my favorite artist of them all, I had the privilege of working with him and I feel blessed)
Night Nurse - Gregory Isaacs
Secretary - Gregory Isaacs
Mi Come Again - Gregory Isaacs
Material Man - Gregory Isaacs
more Gregory Isaacs
and some more (everything until 1984)
anything produced by Sly & Robbie between 1976 and 1985, then Tease Me by Chaka Demus & Pliers, X Uhuru (the album they did for Michael Rose)
Games with Love - Bitty McLean (which I produced with Sly & Robbie and Bitty last year)
Any Burning Spear until 1984
All of Slim Smith
The first 3 Ijahman albums
Pablo Moses - A Song, Pave the way, Confession of A Rastaman, Mission
Buju Banton - Til Shiloh
Gladiatos - all their albums released on the Frontline label and Back to roots (which I was privileged to reissue on CD 10 years ago)I could list about 2.000 Reggae tunes that I think are essential, but we need some room for other genres:
ALL of Fela Kuti
ALL of the Stones until Steel Wheels with my favorite being Emotional Rescue and Some Girls
Bob Dylan = Desire, Infidels (with Sly & Robbie!), Street Legal, his first 3 albums too, Live at Budokan, Slow train coming
All of the Grace Jones albums produced by Sly & Robbie
Dr Dre and the album he produced for Snoopso much more: African, Salsa, more Reggae, reggae reggae reggae
One last thing: PLEASE DO NOT DOWNLOAD, buy the music to support us small indie producers, us small artists. Buy less but buy good stuff! Thank you
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Gregory Isaacs doing Night Nurse in Jamaica in 1982
Burning Spear live in Paris in 1988, so majestic (notice the female horn section), a mystical experience
Enjoy!
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gbougard, I dig your tastes!
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originally purchasing this cd at a tender age of 7 years old for the track "If I Ruled The World" it would take me a few years and some listen throughs to truly appreciate how amazing Nas was and still is. It Was Written, one of my favorite albums of all time.
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Just one of so, so many tunes that I love. And - sorry if this makes everyone gag - but reminds me of when G and I first met.
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^ hehehehee, you two went to see Romeo and Juliet didnt you? Silly star-crossed lovers youz. hahha
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Thanks, Shoque!
^ hehehehee, you two went to see Romeo and Juliet didnt you? Silly star-crossed lovers youz. hahha
Haha, how did you guess? I LOVE that film. G humours me.
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Mrs. P, its because if number one crush was a song that reminded you of when you two first started dating, #1 Crush by Garbage is also like track 1 on the soundtrack to the movie. i just strung together the info and decided that this was highly likely… i too am a huge fan of that movie. hahhahaha
and i think it was this version that really captured my attention when i was way younger (in a single digit age) because this R+J had guns, and guns are cool to play with at arcades on the video games! a little boy with a desire for destructive weapons = 90's influence. hehehehe, just kidding!anyways, off of the soundtrack, my favorite song is probably...
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I studied R&J at school, too many years ago. Agree, the Baz Luhrmann film version was incredible, using the original Shakespearean script, but so brilliantly putting everything into a contempary and cool setting. I'm gonna dig out the DVD and watch it again. Am a big fan of Dicaprio, and a HUGE fan of Radiohead, and Talk Show Host is one of their best!
Don't apologise for liking the guns, so did I - did you notice, in the film all the guns had names? Sorry, could go on for hours…! Listening to film soundtrack as I post...
p.s. another fave film of mine - WELL before your time, and nearly before mine - is West Side Story, based on R&J, have you seen it? Knock-out soundtrack, albeit a bit dated in places.
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Just what I am currently listening to…
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See you in 11 days NY!
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I remember when Zion-I came out. Good stuff! My boy has a cameo on that album I believe…
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This thread should just be called "What are you listening to?" or Music…
On that note, I guarantee 99% of you will hate this shit but I grew up as a little gromlet on this stuff. For those of you who know...
