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Reggae, shmeggae

Jimmy Cliff time!

Trapped
Many Rivers To Cross
The Harder They Come
Vietnam

failing which

The Clash - Pressure Drop

Bob Marley - Stir it Up or Guava Jelly

BRING ME THE DREADS OF ALFREDO GARCIA!

Walk & Don t Look Back - Peter Tosh & Mick Jagger

Marcia Griffith - 'I Just Don't Want To Be Lonely'

Althea & Donna - 'Uptown Top Ranking'

Bob Marley - 'Trench Town Rock'

#1

my thoughts entirely, then I remembered

#8

Gaie,

I thought was more your style!

:-)

Sideshow / Barry Biggs
Amigo / Black Slate
Just don't wanna be lonely / Freddie McGregor
Money in my Pocket / Dennis Brown
Good Thing Going / Sugar Minott
Homely Girl / Inner Circle
Crying Over you / ken Booth
Maggies Farm / Toots Hibbert

Willie Williams - Armagideon Time

The Clash - Police and Thieves

The Clash ft Mikey Dread - Rockers Galore... UK Tour

"Toasting" U-Roy ~ Natty Rebel

or once again...

Linton Kwesi Johnson ~ All Wi Doin Is Defendin'







If Vic thinks playin' the Pistols earlier this week was an attempt at being edgy he really is reflecting his lack of knowledge & understanding!

Dreadlock Holiday - 10cc

Tosh and Marley - shoo in. Don't mind which.

But how's about some upbeat Johnny Nash I Can See Clearly Now I wish I could be that optimistic.

and a favourite from shock trailer trash TV
Inner Circle Bad Boys
Whatyougonnado???

#9

could you rephrase that please?

Never Knew Her - David Lindley & El Rayo X

he cannot help himself...

Dear Vic, I fervently hope that you don't play mainly the more oft-heard tracks (heard on GIO anyway)...I mean that MOST sincerely...

When I was a teenager, a looooong time ago, my Dad bought The Trojan Story triple vinyl LP, not really knowing what sort of music it was, wasn't keen when he listened so I got it...I was hooked from then on!

The Valentines - 'Guns Fever (Blam Blam Fever)
Justin Hinds and the Dominoes - 'Carry Go Bring Come'
Toots Hibbert - 'Hard To Handle' ("Baby here I ham"!!!)
Bitty McLean - 'Never Let Me Go'
Johnny Nash - 'Hold Me Tight'
Carlton and the Shoes - 'Love Me Forever'
Black Uhuru - 'Guess who's Coming To Dinner'
Max Romeo - 'War ina Babylon'
Jimmy Lindsay - 'Easy'
Jimmy Cliff - 'Miss Jamaica'
Jacob Miller - 'Tenement Yard'
Pluto Shervington - 'Your Honour'
Bob Andy - 'Fire Burning'

and...not a Jamaican artist but with reggae influences aplenty...
Manu Chao - 'Welcome To Tijuana'...live version

Previously on the blog...


Thursday:

Johnny Reggae - The Piglets






Sortet



DC

#18 I agree

Wot abouwt we do de montaahhhge for Vic Mon?

Buffalo Soldiers
Swing low sweet chariot
Dreadlock holiday

to be conteenued Mon...

She's a Woman - The Beatles
Mockin' Bird Hill - Migil Five

Who's been listening to Millie Small?

Seein as how Paolo has nicked half my suggestions, I`ll go with these


The Tide Is High - The Paragons (featuring the great John Holt, who penned it)


OK Fred (now you`re a yabba yabba) - Earl Dunkley


Thinking about it we could also have

Mr Bojangles - John Holt (from 1000 Volts of Holt)

Like the John Holt suggestions.

...a few from Dandy Livingstone.....

Big City
Suzanne Beware of the Devil
Rudy, A Message to You


Paul from Ayr

keepin' in in the family:

Top Cat and Mungo's Hi-Fi - Herbalist

for Doug, Fran, Dorah and Marlin

Hjálmar - 'Borgin'

Icelandic reggae ☺

The suggestions so far are rotten. Could we have some real reggae please Vic:

UB40 - Red Red Wine
Blondie - The Tide Is High
Bowie & Tina - Tonight
Paul Nicholls - Reggae Like It Used To Be
Shaggy & Sean Paul - Sexy Lady
Police - Walking On The Moon
Robert Palmer - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

We had The Police on Outer Space night but the rest of your list is inspired ☺

Rush - 'Vital Signs'

Reggae influenced, does that count?

`The Rise and Fall` - Reggae Perrin


Reggae in the name, does that count?

I forgot for the GIO blogs own:

Ali G and Shaggy - Mi Juli

#18 - Julie - Massive respect for the list!!!

:o)


The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff


Today and tomorrow to go. The countdown has begun!

;o)

Previously on the blog....

DC - Gaie left this link on the blog. Thank you Gaie! I need you to ask for Three Men From Carntyne - Billy Connolly for me next Tuesday. I'll be in Ireland for a fortnight.

Thanks, DC! That's one I owe you!

;o)

#31 Golly! Thanks awfully Norrie! Hate to sound ungrateful but I won't be choosing that one for 'Your name in song' night...nor Jilted John before anyone suggests it!

From your database when was the last Mi Julie was played on Radio?

Hope you have a lovely fortnight Senga. Is henri going too? Mind you by the time he's cycled there it'll be time to come home.

My other link was to

Going Down the Road - Roy Wood

several times requested etc etc.

#35. Unfortunately it was probably Mon 3 Jan 2011 on Radio 2...OK...I'm officially too sad to live...just don't tell me when you're going to pull the trigger!

GUNS OF NAVARONE from GUNS OF NAVARONE by THE SKATALITES

PRESSURE DROP from 54-46 WAS MY NUMBER by TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS

ONCE UPON AN OCEAN from SWEET DECIEVER by KEVIN AYERS

BLACK DOG from UN-LED-ED by DREAD ZEPPELIN

BTW you're probably paying my salary while I'm wasting time 'researching' this guff instead of helping defend the Realm!

Dominant wood bog windows...

#37

By the time I cycle there, Senga wiil be retired - mind you,the old legs are begining to get used to it. Lycra Boy cycled over the Switchback Road this morning at 6:30 which was a bit of an ordeal, but I managed it. The real cyclists still whizzing past me but not with quite so much whizz..I'm catching up.

Reggae night: close to my heart, they almost never play reggae on GIO.

Her's a few:

Hey,Hey Baby - Stranger Cole & Patsy Todd aka Stranger & Patsy
Midnight Rider - Paul Davidson heresy to say it, but I prefer it to The Allman Bros.
Trenchtown Rock - Bob Marley & the Wailers the finest live recording known to man

Zion Youth (Radio Edit) Dreadzone Vic, you're a great respecter of John Peel. This comes from one of his (and mine) top ten albums of all time: "2nd Light"

That's Life - Richie Spice
this might be quite hard to track down but well worth the effort.

zillions of others, any of these would be fantastic to hear on GIO

regardez youse

henri & lycra boy.

#9

it certainly is.

I wonder if it was the unsuitable hair-do that got him moderated?

DECEIVER

One of the things I like about the genre is its ability to nick and totally re-imagine other styles' tracks.

So you can either go for:
* The Specials - (actually, pretty much of a Ska standard)
* Easy All Stars - which is a dub cover of the entire Dark Side of the Moon. The track I'd go for would be , although as it's 6:26 long, maybe it's one to go into the news with.
* Ali Campbell -

THAT'S NOT REALLY REGGAE from GUITAR by FRANK ZAPPA

I'm also very fond of Madness' , in particular their cover of and the hilariously funny .

Lucky Dube 'My Brother' with the great line:

"Not every black man is my brother, not every white man is my enemy"

Bryan Ferry 'Valentine' has a strong reggae influence running thorugh it.

J.O'B.

#47 I thought his version of Knocking On Heavens Dood from Dylanesque as well?

Stow wand, doing wood Mobi

After thought....

Symarip's Skinhead Moonstomp & Max Romeo's Wet Dream.

#48

Clapton's Knocking on Heaven's Door is heading Reggae-wards.

#50 - Skinhead Moonstomp: great shout

#51 good call Capitano - but isnt it awfull just like his Sherrif dirge.....

#51

You could have stopped at Door.

Two hours of reggae will be heavy going unless there's some light and shade.

She's About A Mover - Sir Douglas Quintet - Not strictly reggae but a breath of fresh air after most of the ganja-fuelled nonsense above.

#54

Relax & take it easy, when has this show ever stuck exactly to the proposed format before!

#53
My thoughts exacty. How is it going so far?

'Egyptian Reggae' ~ Jonathan Richman

would provide a sweet twist Vic

#56

As you might expect - the poppy side of reggae. Frantic searching for Queen and Eurythmics tracks.

#58 see #27

You bin on da lamsbread, mas?

Wi gwaan hab a bashment time wit dis theme.

#58

Really... whose producing?

Ach, don't answer that, I can imagine hearing the strains of Carl Malcolm's big hit!

#56 at work so not listening but reports are that all records sound the same.............

You've turned into your father

what's a monterage?

Driver conflict on a car rally?

That was a great show. I like much more reggae than I thought.

#66 :0)

#67

Go and check there's nothing on the stove.

#59

They didnt play Blondie's version of "The Tide is High" did they??

Yes, of course they did, and UB40 and Shaggy.

The tide wis oot as far as my informants were concerned

The tide is never "oot" for Blondie. Just ask Miss Babs.

Still there's always tomorrow's "reckless" night - I hear Vic's not going to wear a tie.

#70

Thats ridiculous when they had the opportunity to play the original, which for many would have been a first listen to a song they always just assumed was a Harry original. A chance to be a little interesting. A chance to hear "Oh! I always thought that was a Blondie song" around the kitchen tables of Scotland. I mean its not as if Blondie on GIO is a rare event.

#75 Sorry my mistake, they did not play Blondie.

You're too tense, bro - try some of this.

Nae playlist. Nae new threed.

On the plus side, the Bob Harris Country Show was good. Brad Paisley, etc. Yeeha!

(7 days left to listen).

The cliché kid has been poor all week!

Let's face it GIO is an easy shift for Bryan & Vic!

Time for a change??? Whur's JZ?