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music: reggae
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 1:53 pm
by Rotten Tanx_Archive
Personally I could listen to reggae all day long. But only for one day of the year.
Same goes for playing it. I got onstage with a reggae band once and jammed for what seemed like an eternity. It was fun but I dont need to ever do that again in my life.
Wait, I dont think I can even vote in my own poll. Dammit. Actually, I'm gonna make a third option, just for me.
music: reggae
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:04 pm
by tmidgett_Archive
reggae has died a death more absolute than just about any other kind of music
i mean...it's dead! isn't it? as far as new reggae music is concerned. though it got real sick in the late 70s, i think it died for good around the time marley did, coincidence or not.
anyway, i could listen to good reggae forever. for the last three years or so, in particular, i've listened to the _100-600% dynamite_ comps on soul jazz over and over and over again. the first couple in particular are just mindblowingly good. completely, timelessly great.
not crap
music: reggae
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:10 pm
by Run Around on Fire_Archive
someone has to stand up and vote crap right? allow me.
music: reggae
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:46 pm
by segerandpriest_Archive
( here's a not crap take from a dc/louisville-centric perspective:)
not crap, cuz "figuring out" the downbeat and all that has helped me understand/ripoff fugazi and all those fred erskine projects i so adore.
music: reggae
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 5:01 pm
by evolu_Archive
reggae - utterly, utterly vile
any kind of music that spawns a lifestyle ruled by paranoid, dope smoking, dread locked, wasted youth hippies should be outlawed.
Crap
music: reggae
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 5:33 pm
by capnreverb_Archive
pre disco bob marley - great
linton kwesi johnson - beyond great
some dub can be quite good
the rest, like all genres has some hits and a lot more misses.
for L.K.J. alone I give a not crap.
music: reggae
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:25 pm
by robert thefamilyghost_Archive
dub is one of the best things to have happened to music ever...
music: reggae
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 11:08 pm
by lee_Archive
I love good reggae and especially DUB. King Tubby records are so cool.
music: reggae
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 1:38 pm
by aaron_Archive
agreed that the first few soul jazz comps are untouchable.. also great are most of the trojan box sets (a great value at 3 CDs for $13 or so), though there's a good deal of overlap between them
the skatalites' "guns of navaronne" is one of the best things ever made by humans
music: reggae
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 5:04 pm
by Bradley R Weissenberger_Archive
tmidgett wrote:reggae has died a death more absolute than just about any other kind of music
The CB radio novelty song has not held up too well either.
Try to imagine a reggae version of
"Convoy". I tried to do it, and I made myself dizzy.