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Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 1:20 pm
by Ron
In fact "Jungle Lion" by Lee Perry has the same melody as "Love and Happiness" by Al Green.
Soul Fire is something entirely different.
Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 3:44 pm
by 6anbatte
Horace Andy's version of **["Where Do The Children Play"](
http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1 ... light=2074)** gets the thumbs up from me! (tu)
Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:06 pm
by Guest
johnny osbourne "tin pan sound" -> the spinners "how could i let you get away"
Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:19 pm
by Zionist
Two great covers:
Tamlins - Baltimore. If you're only going to listen to one Sly and Robbie backed cover of a Randy Newman song, make it this one
Skatalites - theme from Exodus. Exodus is one of the great film scores, and the Skatalites version is a scorcher.
Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:48 am
by ACEtone
I could never get into that one...
Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:25 am
by Pluie
Junior Byles - Fever (Peggy Lee)
Enos Mc Leod - World in his Hands (Laurie London - He's got the whole world in his hands)
Both these tunes are 50's standards...
Pluie.
Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:02 pm
by ACEtone
wait a minute - this is exactly the post I was going to make.
Ah, too much to get to grips with now, how about
Labba, Labba Reggae (the Lonely Goat) TMcCook + SSonics
saves you ever having to hear Julie Andrews singing
My Cherie Amour HJ Allstars (cover of Stevie W) monster cheese but for me the Allstars beats Stevie, even with a blindfold on.
David Isaacs Place in the Sun. I heard Stevie Wonder's version in the supermarket last week and I wanted to run home and hear the song properly. Damn, Stevie you're not singing it right. Yeah well I hear all of this stuff before I heard the soul...trying to rectify that but it is a hard task - the JA stuff is just transcendent...
Hip Hug (Hip Hug Her) Jackie Mittoo (case in point) and all of his covers of the meters stax volt stuff have a heap more soul...just my opinion of course.
Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:08 pm
by Jesco77
What about the Owen Gray Studio 1 version of Stevie's "I Just Called to Say I Love You" - weird, semi-computerised backing, terrible song but something vaguely enjoyable about Owen's cut (except my copy is pretty warped).
Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:50 pm
by stepping razor
Rico - Star Wars. Version from Rico from the theme tune of the Star Wars movie.
peace
Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:59 pm
by mr mountain
does junior murvin's "rasta get ready" count?
curtis mayfield, chambers brothers -"people get ready"
the silvertones "skanking matilda"
that is a traditional song. The Pogues do a great version
Evon Jones "4 & 20 dreadlocks" is "puff the magic dragon"
the silvertones sing "bring it on home" by sam cooke