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I can' resist starting this thread, although it may exist in a similar form.

> The PARAGONS sing the BEATLES...and BOB DYLAN (!!!!!!!)

vlad wrote:I can' resist starting this thread, although it may exist in a similar form.

> The PARAGONS sing the BEATLES...and BOB DYLAN (!!!!!!!)

The Disney Reggae Club.

1. Circle of Life Performed by Matisyahu
2. Can You Feel the Love Tonight Performed by Cedella Marley
3. The Bare Necessities Performed by Steel Pulse
4. The Lion Sleeps Tonight Performed by Morgan Heritage
5. What a Wonderful World Performed by Ziggy Marley
6. True to Your Heart Performed by The Wailing Souls
7. You've Got a Friend in Me Performed by Sly & Robbie
8. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Performed by Toots
9. I Wan'na Be Like You Performed by UB40
10. Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat Performed by Michael G & the Easy Star All-Stars
11. Kiss The Girl Performed by Burning Spear
12. Under The Sea Performed by Gregory Isaacs
13. Find Yourself Performed by Yellowman

1OOO Volts Of Holt
2OOO Volts Of Holt
3OOO Volts Of Holt

Yes, the "Volts of Holt" series is a great examples, especially given the music is all but "high voltage" (good music, but really soft & mellow "violin" reggae / should have been called "Low Volts of Holt")

Now, how about this:

500 VOLTS OF DUB

If any of the series, this one should have gone up in voltage from a title point of view

Everything ever done by Easy Star All Stars

flashman wrote:Everything ever done by Easy Star All Stars

Indeed.

How about whomever it was who did that album of reggaefied Led Zeppelin covers?

flashman wrote:Everything ever done by Easy Star All Stars

ha ha! I totally agree flashman.

That Beatles and Pink Floyd cover crap is as embarassing as it is boring.

Has Reggae, in certain aspects, sunk so low in creativity that this is what some artists/labels resort to?

I'll throw in VP's recent 'Reggae Gone Country' [or whatever that hunk of junk is called] and their recent 'Covers of Lovers'

Covers??? The only thing I want to cover is my ears when I hear these concept albums.

I know this may sound rough but with things like the Pink Floyd and Beatles covers --- do you think they are [strictly] targeting the white people Reggae market?

Apparently these things sell ok though - sure puzzles me how and why.

There are still a couple record stores around here and almost every time I go in and sift through the reggae section lots of people (yes, mostly white) come over and look in the Bob Marley section, then the Easy Star section, and then they leave. So, that may answer your question.

flashman wrote:There are still a couple record stores around here and almost every time I go in and sift through the reggae section lots of people (yes, mostly white) come over and look in the Bob Marley section, then the Easy Star section, and then they leave. So, that may answer your question.

Heh, that pretty much *is* the reggae section in my local music shop.

Last time I went in it was:

Bob Marley albums
Dubious Bob Marley compilations
Reggae covers albums
2-Tone Ska
A few best-ofs
Some hip-hop that somehow get filed under 'reggae'

...or even worse, UB40 albums, Johnny Clegg and Savuka(!), Eddy Grant and Ziggy Marley. That's all I ever see in the used "reggae" bins.