stethoscope
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Superb stuff
The live show on now about current Jamaican reggae musicians is fucking amazing.!!!
The doc was better than I could have expected and well worth another watch. Would have liked to have seen it set over three parts like they did with the soul one so you could have more about the fans as well as the artists. Would also like to have seen more about the skinhead/reggae scene but I guess they were limited by time.
was it just called 'reggae britannia'?
The Rocksteady film is a beautiful and gentle film and it's an absolute joy to see the old timers brought back together by Moss Raxlen (the producer). How many of the artistes in the film will still be around in 5 years' time?
Oooh well i certainlly wanna watch the storyville, the rocksteady and babylon documentaries.
Oooh well i certainlly wanna watch the storyville, the rocksteady and babylon documentaries.
I'm not sure what the Police had to do with reggae in the UK
It was nice to see Smiley Culture and Tippa Irie featured - and Viv Albertine gave a good account of herself
I'm not sure what the Police had to do with reggae in the UK
It was nice to see Smiley Culture and Tippa Irie featured - and Viv Albertine gave a good account of herself
Do we really have to thank Eric Clapton for launching Bob Marley's international career?
The Rock Steady documentary was Stranger Cole's story really, not much of a history of Rock Steady. No mention of Duke Reid, Sonia Pottinger, Delroy Wilson, the Paragons, Caltone, too much I Threes........
Anyway, as a piece on that group of musicians it was great and really nicely done. The footage of them joking about, arranging and practicing at Tuff Gong was worth it on its own, really enjoyed it.
Basically if you looking at reggaes influence on music generally you cant really ignore the police.
I'm not - and wasn't - a massive fan btw - the wankers tax is pretty hefty - but I think you have to give them their due. My own band does a bit of dub-punk (whihc can sound shit if done badly) so I admit to being slightly jealous of how they did it - having stuart copeland on drums probably helps quite a lot.