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Re: Who or what is Bag a Wire?
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:59 pm
by bwoyrough
My all time favourite song with the Bag-O-Wire lyrics has to be Dillingers cut, has to be his hardest tune eva...
"Burn bagga wire, ah ah ah a a, onna fire...."
It's a toast over johnny clarkes song, does anyone know the title to this dillinger tune i refer to? i must dig this one out, i know i have it somewhere, theres a real heavy dub version with lots of lightening+thunder effects that sound great
Re: Who or what is Bag a Wire?
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:54 pm
by ton1
I guess you're talking about "Selassie I" on Bionic Dread album but i think it's over Mighty Diamonds no ?
there's Mighty Diamonds "Them never love por Marcus" son, Tapper Zukie version "Marcus" on MPLA, U Roy version "Poor Marcus" on "The Lost album" and certainly some others.
Re: Who or what is Bag a Wire?
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:58 am
by bwoyrough
yeh i think your right, it is mighty diamonds, i always mix up the two songs by johnny clarke and the diamonds. When i say it's a toast over that song, i ment they just use the chorus of that song on it, i don't think it's the full song.
Does anyone have a copy of Bionic Dread they wanna trade on mp3?
Re: Who or what is Bag a Wire?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:16 am
by Rescue2
Check out the lyrics of "Door Peep' by Burning Spear:
Where is bag a wire he is no where around
He can not be found,
First betrayer who gave away Marcus Garvey
Son of Satan.....
Re: Who or what is Bag a Wire?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:58 am
by Jumbo
@ resque2, those lyris are part of 'Marcus Garvey', not ' Door Peeper'
Re: Who or what is Bag a Wire?
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:06 am
by kardi
check out Heptones Country boy - A you no know bag-o-wire.... sick song man i love it cant stop listening to it
Re: Who or what is Bag a Wire?
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:18 am
by JoLong
though it sounds quite alike, I'd bet Spear talks about the "son of St Ann", not the "son of satan", who "first prophecized..."
bag o wire is a reference to a close relative to Garvey who, according to the urban legend, betrayed his friend by giving away a lot of details on his plans etc, while he was trying to enter the jamaican political scene once deported from America. I think Big Youth says he shall be stoned with stones...
Re: Who or what is Bag a Wire?
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:46 am
by Solomon
"Where is Bagawire, he's nowhere to be found
He can't be found
First betrayer who gave away Marcus Garvey
Son of Satan, First prophesy..."
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
Re: Who or what is Bag a Wire?
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:09 am
by Arkle.
Prophesy Reveal, by Bo Jangles.
Re: Who or what is Bag a Wire?
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:49 pm
by Vinnie
thought he mentioned him in his speech (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMFZpxeL ... re=related ) but after hearing it again it wasnt but there was a discussion about this
http://www.bloodandfire.co.uk/db/viewto ... =1&t=37022
so its not a fact but its highly probable the man existed
apologies for that