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Without Ska, There Would Be No Reggae
PRI ^ | August 14, 2015 | Traci Tong

Posted on 08/15/2015 3:18:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: PallMal

I was just getting ready to post this, then saw your My Boy Lollipop - yep, it was of its time. Here is the other one I remember.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaMncRaH494


21 posted on 08/15/2015 3:55:33 PM PDT by smalltownslick
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To: nickcarraway

“Jamaican Ska”.. Been hearing some old reggae music on a BBC show called “Death in Paradise”, a mystery show set in the Caribbean.


22 posted on 08/15/2015 4:05:05 PM PDT by psjones (u)
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To: nickcarraway

Ska/Reggae heavily lifted from American/English music.

“Last Train to Skaville” really does have a similar horn arrangement to Johnny Cash’s “Ring of fire”; I think there are other examples, Desmond Dekker’s ‘007 (Shantytown)’ is very similar to another song, “Bristol Stomp” may be it.

“Guns of Navarone” and other songs are rather good pieces all the same.


23 posted on 08/15/2015 4:20:16 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: Squawk 8888

A ping to you Rudy.


24 posted on 08/15/2015 4:31:49 PM PDT by To Hell With Poverty (All freedom must be transported in bottles of 3 oz or less. - Freeper relictele)
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To: struggle
Desmond Dekker was an awesome talent.

Agreed 100% Also not to be forgotten are Dave & Ansell Collins. I have the strangest music tastes, preferring hard-core old time country, Southern Gospel and big band. The rock revolution totally passed me by but I did acquire a real taste for reggae.

25 posted on 08/15/2015 4:34:48 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: re_nortex; All

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUx1i38Rco8

Dick Clark wants info on ska (this says reggae came first though). Police Squad


26 posted on 08/15/2015 5:00:22 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: ballearthout

Any O.C. Supertones fans here?


27 posted on 08/15/2015 5:07:58 PM PDT by PlateOfShrimp
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To: nickcarraway

Has Tyrone Greene and His Reggae Band put out anymore songs? :>}


28 posted on 08/15/2015 5:09:16 PM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: cva66snipe
They were actually pretty good:Eddie Murphy - Kill the White People (Murphy has a good voice)
29 posted on 08/15/2015 5:12:53 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Dick Clark asks Johnny the shoeshine guy about ska.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUx1i38Rco8


30 posted on 08/15/2015 5:17:32 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: raccoonradio

LOL!


31 posted on 08/15/2015 5:17:55 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: nickcarraway

I know. He has Stevie Wonder down to a science. But after he did that skit every time I hear Reggae that skits pops up in my mind LOL. About as hilarious as Cheech and Chongs Earache My Eye parody on Punk Rock.


32 posted on 08/15/2015 5:18:00 PM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: tet68

I highly recommend an album I recently downloaded from iTunes based on the Death in Paradise BBC series. Really excellent.


33 posted on 08/15/2015 5:22:04 PM PDT by Stand W ("Gentlemen! You can't fight in here! This is the WAR ROOM!")
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To: mothball

In the River of Babylon?


34 posted on 08/15/2015 5:22:50 PM PDT by Stand W ("Gentlemen! You can't fight in here! This is the WAR ROOM!")
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To: nickcarraway

dislike them both

BOUT a interesting as hip hop and rap


35 posted on 08/15/2015 5:31:10 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Stand W

Disregard. That was the Melodians. Sorry


36 posted on 08/15/2015 5:32:20 PM PDT by Stand W ("Gentlemen! You can't fight in here! This is the WAR ROOM!")
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To: nickcarraway; Jack Hydrazine; Norm Lenhart; Salamander; TheOldLady; spyone; To Hell With Poverty; ..

This is the Modern Music Ping List. Our topic is music from the 20th and 21st century, from Ravel and Shostakovich through to the Synth Pioneers and beyond.

Topic suggestions are always welcome, and pings to music-related threads are appreciated.

FReepmail or reply to this post to be added to or removed from this list.

37 posted on 08/15/2015 5:35:37 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (I don't run; if you see me running, you should run too.)
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To: Squawk 8888

please add me to the list


38 posted on 08/15/2015 5:46:44 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: nickcarraway
"Ernest Ranglin is 83 years old and still playing."

Yep, and he's a musical genius, sorely underrated.

It's a cryin' damn shame.

He can do more on a guitar than 1,000 other guitar geniuses.

Maybe 1,000,000 people worldwide even know who he is.

39 posted on 08/15/2015 5:51:22 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Yes!!


40 posted on 08/15/2015 5:53:27 PM PDT by rabidralph
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