I did not confuse bam bam the song and bam bam the riddim ftrbam bam riddim is the best
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Thursday, 20 August 2020 18:06 (three years ago) link
Diwali is an apex of recorded music, and I'm always chasing it, so that.
Would also nominate Street Sweeper for consideration.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 20 August 2020 18:15 (three years ago) link
apologies if mansplaining here, but bam bam the riddim is not the riddim used in bam bam the song. just want to make sure everyone knows what they're voting for...murder she wrote is on the bam bam riddimbam bam is on the stalag riddim― just sayin, Thursday, August 20, 2020 5:07 AM (fourteen hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
murder she wrote is on the bam bam riddimbam bam is on the stalag riddim
― just sayin, Thursday, August 20, 2020 5:07 AM (fourteen hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
thanks - I was confused by this. anyway, voted Stalag
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Thursday, 20 August 2020 18:40 (three years ago) link
where does Dembow fit into all this?
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Thursday, 20 August 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
In this context, wouldn't the "old head" choice be Real Rock?
yes, but i'm not that old.
i could easily pick from about half a dozen of these but with regard to Sleng Teng i also basically only listened to versions of it for months.
i guess Dembow is more important for it going on to have such a fundamental impact on Reggaeton rather than it being a riddim that there are tons of versions that people love.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 20 August 2020 18:50 (three years ago) link
Surprised not to see Tempo, Rumours or African beatAlso love Wicked in Bed (Shabba Ranks), Hypocrites, I'm Just a Guy, Love me Forever (Bim Sherman), Get in the groove...
From these, I don't know, Stalag. It's hard to separate from the performances on them.
― Nabozo, Thursday, 20 August 2020 19:32 (three years ago) link
Sleng Teng. No contest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GDrRNbVpjg
― paolo, Friday, 21 August 2020 08:10 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 26 August 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 27 August 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
I'm v glad my post was able to sway the voters.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 27 August 2020 00:03 (three years ago) link
write in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzqS6MHd9Ek
― A Short Film About Scampoes (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 27 August 2020 08:19 (three years ago) link
A worthy winner, but it would have been nice if Real Rock got a few votes. My second choice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgwW27RvzIc
― paolo, Thursday, 27 August 2020 13:15 (three years ago) link
Answer deserved a vote too; that's one I didn't immediately recognize based on the name, which was pretty dumb in retrospect, given how much I love Lone Ranger's titular version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKmelL9RI9E
On the other hand, the selection criteria are fairly opaque to me. I basically disqualified Real Rock because it seemed like the list was trying to showcase quintessentially dancehall riddims, and RR is such a classic reggae riddim it didn't make sense to me to include it and not Satta Massagana, Drum Story, etc. But Bam Bam, Answer, and Stalag all precede the dancehall era too so idk...
― rob, Thursday, 27 August 2020 13:47 (three years ago) link