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Songs about the departed
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:03 pm
by Rhygin
Been thinking of this recently, anyone got a particular track that focuses on the afterlife of a loved one or tribute, ie. Andy & Clyde's We All Have To Part or Busty Browns King Of The Trumbone. Especially interested in roots era...
Re: Songs about the departed
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 1:09 am
by unorthodoxconqueror
i really like prince buster - ghost dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE7mXhDzO90
"since music be the food of love, i'll forever sing on. and for rest us all, we'll soon get back on ship"
Re: Songs about the departed
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:26 am
by j j
Mikey Dread - Jacob,Marcus & Marley.
untold bob tribute tunes especially by the DJ's.
j j
Re: Songs about the departed
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:07 am
by pf
'Everything I own' by Ken Boothe. Not a rare one, I know, in fact a massive hit. It's a cover, don't remember original artist, and despite looking like a love song it was actually written in loving memory of the artist's father. That makes it a bit more moving in my opinion.
Winston Groovy transformed The Commodores tribute to Marvin Gaye 'Night Shift' into a Marley tribute...quite cheesy though depending on your taste...
Reformed 80's Skatalites and Lord Tanamo 'Big trombone' is tribute to Don Drummond.
Re: Songs about the departed
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 8:14 pm
by unorthodoxconqueror
if we are counting selassie tributes there must be hundreds. i like "jah no dead" by burning spear and "can't leave jah" by johnny osbourne. though would you really count these as tributes to a departed hero, or just denial/rejection of the notion that H.I.M had passed? that would be a whole other kettle of fish i suppose.
interesting thread topic though.
Re: Songs about the departed
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:17 pm
by blakbeltjonez
pf wrote:'Everything I own' by Ken Boothe. Not a rare one, I know, in fact a massive hit. It's a cover, don't remember original artist, and despite looking like a love song it was actually written in loving memory of the artist's father. That makes it a bit more moving in my opinion.
song was written by David Gates of Bread as a tribute to his father - a big hit for them sometime 1971 or '72, and covered by Ken Boothe in 1974.
Re: Songs about the departed
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 9:17 pm
by aztecryan
prince lincoln thompson and the royal rasses heroes just the same. from his last album 21st century.
Re: Songs about the departed
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 10:43 am
by jahsteppa
I rate Tribute to King Tubby LP featuring lots of the digital era singers and DJ's (Courtney Melody, Pad Anthony, Ninja, Nigga Mikey). Wicked tribute LP...
Re: Songs about the departed
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:12 pm
by Marky Dread
"Talk About Run" by Clint Eastwood and General Saint is a humorous take on being chased around a graveyard... a bit irreverent to the subject, but a great track!
Re: Songs about the departed
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:27 pm
by jahsteppa
my mistake. its actually called salute to king tubby on taurus records