Hugh Mundel, what song had these lyrics ? "I want to walk with my father, I want to walk with Jah Jah?"
Is it on one of his albums? I heard him live in San Francisco in the 70s and was knocked out by his rendition of this song. Would love to hear a recording of it.
Hugh Mundel question, what song had these lyrics ? I want to walk
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Bellyman
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Re: Hugh Mundel question, what song had these lyrics ? I want to walk
name of the song is 'walk with jah'. original release on the 'Jah Fire' album fom 1980. first on the Live and Love label. The album has been rereleased on cd and vinyl formats in 2002 on the Black Arrow Label.
rougher yet
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Guido
Re: Hugh Mundel question, what song had these lyrics ? I want to walk
I am afraid we are all well into our forties, mates 
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benjamin
Re: Hugh Mundel question, what song had these lyrics ? I want to walk
You're not my friends !
I am 23 years old and Hugh Mundell has been one the most inspiring singers for me although I was 2 when he died. Roots reggae always regenerates, we're taking over..
I am 23 years old and Hugh Mundell has been one the most inspiring singers for me although I was 2 when he died. Roots reggae always regenerates, we're taking over..
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Guido
Re: Hugh Mundel question, what song had these lyrics ? I want to walk
Yeah yeah yeah...
and I was 23 when he died.
So what?
and I was 23 when he died.
So what?
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benjamin
Re: Hugh Mundel question, what song had these lyrics ? I want to walk
i wish i was 23 when he died, life is unfair
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Guido
Re: Hugh Mundel question, what song had these lyrics ? I want to walk
Why then?
There are worse things in life...as you said, his music still lingers on, and that's what counts in the end.
There are worse things in life...as you said, his music still lingers on, and that's what counts in the end.
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benjamin
Re: Hugh Mundel question, what song had these lyrics ? I want to walk
I was half jocking. Of course it sounds incredible for me to see mundell live in san fransisco, or Marley. There is something frustrating to love a music that is not played as it used to be. But of course, roots vibes just can't die cause it comes from the heart. Today reggae is dressed with new clothes, and although something has gone with the years, the vibration is still there and we're lucky to be right here, seeing this evolution.
I wish I was 23 when Mundell died, but I feel so glad to live my time. Life can't be unfair as Life is fairness.
I wish I was 23 when Mundell died, but I feel so glad to live my time. Life can't be unfair as Life is fairness.
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Guido
Re: Hugh Mundel question, what song had these lyrics ? I want to walk
See, Benjamin, I was 23 when Hugh Mundel died, and it really doesn't make any difference.
In those days I lived - and I still do - in Italy;in my country, reggae music never grew popular. All we got was Marley, and only when he became world famous, just before he passed away; only Island records published something else, but not much.
I got interested in reggae and dub by means of an overlooked record, that is "Ten Years After" by Roy Cousins and the Royals, a record that I recommend you in case you don't know it, although the Tamoki Wambesi cd that's around now is not exactly the same of the old Ballistic album I'm talking about. Anyway.
It was only because in the early eighties I used to spend my holidays in London that I managed to buy a few records: but I was young and money was tight so I just bought what I could afford, and that wasn't much. And I didn't know much about reggae anyway: all I could do was walk into a shop and ask the owner for advice...you see, to be honest I was 23 when Hugh Mundell died but I had never heard of him, and I suspect that he is more famous now than he used to be when he was alive; and not absolutely famous yet, as reggae is stil music for the few, as it always was.
So although I am 44 now, I am in the same situation you are; I have bought most of my reggae records quite recently, and the only original records I own are the ones I bought many years ago: and it looks like we are all doing the same things, that is looking for old records from the past that we didn't know of or we couldn't afford when they came out, and they came out in hundreds but in small numbers each, so it was difficult to get hold of them anyway. It is much easier now, if you are satisfied with re-releases. And I am: I am interested in the sound, not in the item itself: I give much value to my old records but that's because they are my old ones, and I bought them when they came out...guess you know what I mean.
Unfortunately, as you said, the real roots music days are from the mid-seventies and the mid-eighties; there is nothing to do about it. Music it's a product of its time and as time goes by it dies or changes: to play roots music today in the same way as he used to be is out of time, and as far as I am concerned I am not really interested in current stuff. But you see I am old, and I am just happy to listen to the sounds I learned to love when I was as young as you are now; and I am glad to hear that there are young people around who love those sounds too. I was joking as well, but this site sounded too much like a place for middle aged men talking about the good old days.
Hope you didn't fall asleep halfway through.
Selassie.
In those days I lived - and I still do - in Italy;in my country, reggae music never grew popular. All we got was Marley, and only when he became world famous, just before he passed away; only Island records published something else, but not much.
I got interested in reggae and dub by means of an overlooked record, that is "Ten Years After" by Roy Cousins and the Royals, a record that I recommend you in case you don't know it, although the Tamoki Wambesi cd that's around now is not exactly the same of the old Ballistic album I'm talking about. Anyway.
It was only because in the early eighties I used to spend my holidays in London that I managed to buy a few records: but I was young and money was tight so I just bought what I could afford, and that wasn't much. And I didn't know much about reggae anyway: all I could do was walk into a shop and ask the owner for advice...you see, to be honest I was 23 when Hugh Mundell died but I had never heard of him, and I suspect that he is more famous now than he used to be when he was alive; and not absolutely famous yet, as reggae is stil music for the few, as it always was.
So although I am 44 now, I am in the same situation you are; I have bought most of my reggae records quite recently, and the only original records I own are the ones I bought many years ago: and it looks like we are all doing the same things, that is looking for old records from the past that we didn't know of or we couldn't afford when they came out, and they came out in hundreds but in small numbers each, so it was difficult to get hold of them anyway. It is much easier now, if you are satisfied with re-releases. And I am: I am interested in the sound, not in the item itself: I give much value to my old records but that's because they are my old ones, and I bought them when they came out...guess you know what I mean.
Unfortunately, as you said, the real roots music days are from the mid-seventies and the mid-eighties; there is nothing to do about it. Music it's a product of its time and as time goes by it dies or changes: to play roots music today in the same way as he used to be is out of time, and as far as I am concerned I am not really interested in current stuff. But you see I am old, and I am just happy to listen to the sounds I learned to love when I was as young as you are now; and I am glad to hear that there are young people around who love those sounds too. I was joking as well, but this site sounded too much like a place for middle aged men talking about the good old days
.Hope you didn't fall asleep halfway through.
Selassie.
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benjamin
Re: Hugh Mundel question, what song had these lyrics ? I want to walk
yeah guido, that's nice to see how different are the roads bringing to this music. These good old days of reggae have something even more fascinating for us who didn't live it. It's finally a part of the charm, you know, somethnig magic that happened 30 years ago. You see, even young people are nostalgic, so is the reggae vibration : hopes for the future but adornment of the past...
Like you, I'm not interested in new roots, except a few bands (I cite some of them in the modern roots topic). I also have my own band "Wareika Hills", our lyrics and music aims at spreading this same energy as our father's, of course not the same sound, which is impossible. And I hope we're doing it.
Blessings
Like you, I'm not interested in new roots, except a few bands (I cite some of them in the modern roots topic). I also have my own band "Wareika Hills", our lyrics and music aims at spreading this same energy as our father's, of course not the same sound, which is impossible. And I hope we're doing it.
Blessings