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If you had one chance
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 7:53 am
by Tubbs
... To play one record to show someone who doesn't know anything about reggae what it's about, and perhaps convince them that it's the best music in the world
For me it would be: 7th Extension - Hard Times
It's a tune that has a bit of everything that reggae can offer: great horns, an upbeat rhythm, a jumping bassline and it's intertwined with moments of rubadub. And if the song really pleased I could go on about Shank I Sheck and how reshuffling songs played a big role in reggae music.
http://youtu.be/xEjflh_dm5g
Re: If you had one chance
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2016 5:33 am
by j j
Great choice Tubbs!
Re: If you had one chance
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2016 2:56 pm
by Tubbs
Waiting to hear yours JJ!
Re: If you had one chance
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2016 9:51 pm
by vlad
Re: If you had one chance
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2016 6:56 am
by j j
Nice one Vlad , I remember me & my mates loving this song when it came out, good old school days:) I think I have a dub version somewhere...?
Tubbs, man it's a hard question to answer! OK today it's this tune:)
https://youtu.be/Ipr2C4Jk87o
Just got a really big aftershock while I was typing this reply, whole house was shaking! Over 400 aftershocks since the big one at midnight last night. It feel like it's finally here.....
https://youtu.be/UelKSF308vU
:)j j
Re: If you had one chance
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2016 10:30 pm
by Tubbs
Nice choices guys! Funny how we look out for the darkest rootsiest minor-chord tunes but these would be our examples of reggae.
Hang in there JJ, hope it calms down.
Re: If you had one chance
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2016 6:45 pm
by 99thfloor
By "record", do you mean only one song? Otherwise I would play something like *Rebel Music - An Anthology Of Reggae Music*. I actually buy spares of it, when I find them cheap, to give to friends.
Re: If you had one chance
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2016 9:51 pm
by Tubbs
Yep I was thinking of a single song that would catch the listener's ear, cus I'm not sure many people would take the time to listen to a whole album of "boring/it's always the same/it doesn't have a beat" reggae.
But a compilation would indeed solve that
