Reggae

[Phil B.]

Rock and roll is a wonderful melting pot of influences. I think reggae and ska are often overlooked in the genesis of punk and new wave in paticular.

Paragons: The Tide Is High (Blondie cashed in on this one)

Desmond Dekker and The Aces: Fu Man Chu

Desmond Dekker: The Israelites

The Wailing Wailers (Bob Marley's first band): Simmer Down, a great tune about bad tempers...

 

[gregjohnson1229]

I absolutely love reggae and ska. I love the ska guitar riffs. They are so catchy. Not to mention ska is one of the only danceable rock genres

 

[Gabble Ratchet]

One of my favourite reggae songs is by a probably unlikely suspect, UB40:

 

[Phil B.]

Toots and The Maytals : Louie Louie

 

[Sunny]

From New Zealand (Maori) band Katchafire. Can't get their vid to work Their song "Meant To Be" is good!

 

[E-Z]

BOB MARLEY & PETER TOSH were both great, i like there albums very much

 

[Sunny]

Stir It Up - Johnny Nash

 

[E-Z]

Yeah Johnny Nash a cool black-American dude who arrived in Jamaica in 1968 from the USA and 'picked up' on the local reggae scene in Kingston meeting a young Bob Marley at the sametime. Johnny hit it BIG in the UK with some great 'reggaefied' songs during the early 1970s such as-

I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW
TEARS ON MY PILLOW
THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS
CUPID
GUAV JELLY (a Bob Marley song)
YOU GOT SOUL
REGGAE ON BOARDWAY (a Bob Marley song)
STIR IT UP (a Bob Marley song)

And Johnny is still with us age 71

 

[LivingDead]

I'm not too into reggae, I'm more of a Ska fan, but I do really like The Aggrolites. They're a reggae band signed to Hellcat records.

 

[Sunny]

Mr B posted a Toots & The Maytals song a while ago and I have been listening to them a bit recently

Love Is Gonna Let Me Down

Redemption Song

Time Tough