Agreed, lovely stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irr5FwGXsQs
Ras Michael & Sons Of Negus - Rise Jah Jah Children - nice roots reggae for a Sunday morning
― paolo, Sunday, 10 April 2022 09:44 (two years ago) link
my 12 year old, soon to be step daughter, is always singing this one -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEpaSLoBuj8
― stirmonster, Sunday, 10 April 2022 13:32 (two years ago) link
i recently discovered this 80s cover version of it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2aysbEKY0Y
― stirmonster, Sunday, 10 April 2022 13:34 (two years ago) link
not a 7" but one i keep listening to. Super haunting and more so once you know the backstory. Sir Collins' son was killed (murdered) in the New Cross Fire in 1981 and he made a tribue album which this is from (also recently came out on a 12").
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bp2JTx-wMA
― stirmonster, Sunday, 10 April 2022 13:41 (two years ago) link
One more, 70s UK delight, should have been a hit, forgotten gem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWollW-wEjI
― stirmonster, Sunday, 10 April 2022 13:46 (two years ago) link
Marie Pierre β "Can't Go Through (With Life)" (1979)^^^
so good!
― stirmonster, Sunday, 10 April 2022 13:49 (two years ago) link
Holy crap at this Sir Collins track. Monstrous.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 10 April 2022 15:28 (two years ago) link
It's a good one. Had this stuck in my head most of yesterday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2AftBc754E
Lady Saw - Sycamore Tree
― paolo, Monday, 11 April 2022 07:41 (two years ago) link
my 12 year old, soon to be step daughter, is always singing this one
She certainly has better taste than I did at age 12.
― paolo, Monday, 11 April 2022 07:42 (two years ago) link
When my sister brings my one year old niece round I always stick on some dub music because she finds it calming (my niece, not my sister). I'm giving her a head start in life!
― paolo, Monday, 11 April 2022 07:44 (two years ago) link
Sycamore Tree is all time!
And than I did too, although I did like Jamamican music when I was that age as there was so much of it in the top 40. Janet Kay's "Silly Games" was the one that opened the gates for me.
i do think children often seem to be drawn to it.
― stirmonster, Monday, 11 April 2022 08:49 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do06nYT3O-c
black harmony - "don't let it go to your head" (1979)
there's a whole compilation on the internet jukebox and it absolutely smashes. lovers rock girl groups ftw.
― γππ π π € π ‘ π π π彑 (Austin), Saturday, 17 September 2022 20:14 (one year ago) link
i love a good ILM coincidence - i just found the Laser Records 12" of this this week. So good.
― stirmonster, Sunday, 18 September 2022 03:34 (one year ago) link
Iβve been revisiting this early 90s dancehall favourite of mine, I have mused over the years whether Steelyβa piano on this is supposed to touch an Italo House kind of feeling. Chaka Demus is good, I think, but a bit one paced and so best in small doses. Spanner Banner is Pliersβs brother. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IDO_vk5ywY
― Tim, Sunday, 18 September 2022 14:39 (one year ago) link
brentford all stars β "greedy g" (1974)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhWO1eItBas
― up and down. SO FAST! stay together.π (Austin), Monday, 27 February 2023 15:02 (one year ago) link
looking at vinia mojica features i missed+found this tasty one-off-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8YLSTATSPsticklah feat vinia mojica - "deception" (2007)
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Friday, 1 December 2023 16:00 (five months ago) link
a couple years on and i'm ready to declare the "dancehall version" of marie pierre's "can't go through with life" the superior, based solely on the embarrassingly entertaing rap she drops:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G41n7aZKuk
YER NUMBER ONE WOMAN MY MAN!
not _really_ better than the og, but it sure is fun!
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Saturday, 4 May 2024 00:47 (one week ago) link
h/t stirmonster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUIVZXQzd_Y
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Saturday, 4 May 2024 02:47 (one week ago) link
Sandra Reid- Donβt tell me Tell her
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XihGps-X4Js
― bbq, Monday, 6 May 2024 09:44 (six days ago) link