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Post by bigwillybear on Apr 17, 2012 14:36:07 GMT -5
Just in case you were starting take it seriously
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Post by MOLEY on Apr 17, 2012 14:40:37 GMT -5
Now you are talkin YAY! Torte Elvis
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Post by BadBeast on Apr 17, 2012 18:11:35 GMT -5
The British Ska explosion of the 1980's really changed the Music scene here forever. For the first time, there was a genuine Black / White cultural crossover, with a common enemy (Thatch) and what a political powder keg. The Two Tone Label and the Rock against Racism Tours were huge. The NF were subverting the Skinhead movement on the Football Terraces and outside our schools.
And the music!
Fatty Reggae
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=uW1Uy8etKzo&feature=related[/youtube]
British Weather Ska
Skinheads in grass skirts[Reggae
6ft5' Baldy in a Dress Reggae
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Post by StormInateacup on Apr 17, 2012 18:34:57 GMT -5
Reggae meets Industrial Metal _ Skindred.
They're both quite political genres:
Quite the dedicated cult following these blokes have:
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Post by philipkduck on Apr 23, 2012 16:20:39 GMT -5
Watching a BBC programme Sounds of the 70s (following on from an earnest documentary about that decade).
This was the first track. Not au fait with the genre to say if it is Ska, Rock Steady or what, but it is SO catchy.
Listen to that bass - like so much reggae and funk bass, it is self-contained - a piece of music all by itself. You can switch between focusing on the whole track or just the bass.
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Post by Tofu DeBeast on Apr 23, 2012 16:27:43 GMT -5
Damn my PC speakers are too tinny to hear much bass. I know what you mean though--bass done right, especially in funk music, really is the foundation of the music. So often it is neglected though; a friend of mine in college often said "Playing bass in AC/DC is the easiest job in the world".
I used to play bass myself, though it's been a good ten years since I've done much with it. Used to be in a band. Nothing serious, just jamming out and so forth. Most fun I've ever had.
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Post by MOLEY on Apr 23, 2012 16:27:55 GMT -5
I can hear the Liquidator Desmond Dekker did that originally **skanks about**
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Post by admin on Apr 23, 2012 16:29:37 GMT -5
I like some Reggae, but not as a steady thing.
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Post by BadBeast on Apr 23, 2012 16:59:14 GMT -5
One of the good things about Reggae is the fact that it's pretty much always been underground. None of the major labels really wanted to run with it, and (In Britain and Jamaica at least) distribution was almost entirely down to soundsystems like Saxon. This kept it edgy and full of new talent. Saxon gave British Reggae some of it's greatest Stars. Like the late great Smiley Culture, who stabbed himself to death while making a cup of tea, while the Police were turning his drum over last year.
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Post by philipkduck on Apr 23, 2012 16:59:32 GMT -5
I can hear the Liquidator Desmond Dekker did that originally **skanks about** Theres the track The Liquidator. Is that what you mean ? : Surprisingly similar intro from the Staples Singers, then a bass riff that I could groove to forever. 'Come Go With Me' is another one. |
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Post by BadBeast on Apr 23, 2012 17:14:46 GMT -5
And to show that even white American boys can do credible Reggae,
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Post by MOLEY on Apr 24, 2012 11:14:49 GMT -5
 I can hear the Liquidator Desmond Dekker did that originally **skanks about** Theres the track The Liquidator. Is that what you mean ? : Surprisingly similar intro from the Staples Singers, then a bass riff that I could groove to forever. 'Come Go With Me' is another one.
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