Socialist Reggae?

[ska invita]

Rich man your day is done its all over....




...it wont be so long before you go in the pit

 

[ddraig]

Hopefully this will be ok here

Reggae, riots and resistance: the sounds of Black Britain in 1981

On the anniversary of the Brixton Riots, PAM explores the impact of reggae and sound system culture through the events that reshaped Britain’s multicultural landscape.

pan-african-music.com

And a YouTube playlist

 

[Fozzie Bear]

 

[Humberto]

 

[zahir]

 

[killer b]

I've been listening to this late 90s Linton Kwesi Johnson LP a load recently - it's all great, but the title track in particular is brilliant - a perky upbeat horn laden skank demanding - I think - something very much like Fully Automated Luxury Communism, 20 years ahead of Aaron Bastani



Wi mawchin out di ole towards di new centri
Arm wid di new technalagy
Wi gettin more an more producktivity
Some seh tings lookin-up fi prasperity
But if evrywan goin get a share dis time
Ole mentality mus get lef behine

Wi want di shawtah workin day
Gi wi di shawtah workin week
Langah holiday
Wi need decent pay

More time fi leasha
More time fi pleasha
More time fi edificaeshun
More time fi reckreashun
More time fi contemplate
More time fi ruminate
More time
Wi need
More
Time
Gi wi more time

A full time dem abalish unemployment
An revahlushanise laybah deployment
A full time dem banish ovahtime
Mek evrybady get a wok dis time
Wi need a highah quality a livity
Wi need it now an fi evrybady
Wi need di shawtah workin year
Gi wi di shawtah workin life
More time fi di huzban
More time fi di wife
More time fi di children
More time fi wi fren dem
More time fi meditate
More time fi create
More time fi livin
More time fi life
More time
Wi need more time
Gi wi more time

 

[Sprocket.]

I had the good fortune to be at a poetry reading evening with LKJ at the Ted Hughes Festival in 2017. Sadly not backed by Denis Bovell, but the best £8 I’ve spent on an evening out.

 

[ska invita]

Raise Your Glass Fi Di Working Class

Another right in this vein, but 1970 boss reggae style
deserves a nicer upload


(eta: turns out this is a rolling stones cover.. i did not know that)

 

[ska invita]

Starmer Socialism

 

[scalyboy]

Just revisiting this fine thread - haven't worked my way through all 7 pages - has this one been posted yet?
EDIT: Yes it was, by Fozzie Bear - in 2013 aargh


Jackie Bernard reworking 'We A Sufferer' (which I believe he sang when released by The Kingstonians)

 

[scalyboy]

And the dub side...

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Good bump scalyboy

This was on the austerity mix I posted upthread but not on Youtube then:

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Which means we can also post these beauties:

 

[ska invita]

Al Campbell, National Front

 

[scalyboy]

Has this playlist been posted up yet?

 

[ska invita]

incase anyone wants a tshirt

Socialist Roots Black on Mango t shirt from Pressure Sounds

Socialist Roots Black on Mango t shirt from Pressure Sounds

pressuresounds.bandcamp.com

 

[Richard46]

Wonderful thread. Has Nicky Thomas's version of Love of the Common People been mentioned. No direct socialist reference but great track.

 

[klang]

incase anyone wants a tshirt

Socialist Roots Black on Mango t shirt from Pressure Sounds

Socialist Roots Black on Mango t shirt from Pressure Sounds

pressuresounds.bandcamp.com

Sold out in yellow, one on brown left

 

[ska invita]

Sold out in yellow, one on brown left

they do tiny runs and this only went up the other day...if its a poplar design they will likely do another bigger batch

 

[klang]

they do tiny runs and this only went up the other day...if its a poplar design they will do another bigger batch im sure

It's now your job to keep an eye on things and report back.

 

[ska invita]

It's now your job to keep an eye on things and report back.

Bandcamp is a pain as it fills up my email inbox whenever anyone with a bandcamp account sneezes! I'll try and keep an eye out

 

[ska invita]

It's now your job to keep an eye on things and report back.

More tees available now klang

Red Print Black t shirt socialist roots from Pressure Sounds

Red Print Black t shirt socialist roots from Pressure Sounds

pressuresounds.bandcamp.com

 

[ska invita]

this is interesting
original

The Abyssinians - Crashie sweeps​

and more socialistically explicit DJ version

DILLINGER - Crashie First Socialist​

this relates to a Michael Manley's "crash" program that hired unemployed people to tidy/fix up local neighbourhoods in the early 70s

posted on page 1 but missing context

 

[RevolutionSound]

Picked this up yesterday

 

[RevolutionSound]

More tees available now klang

Red Print Black t shirt socialist roots from Pressure Sounds

Red Print Black t shirt socialist roots from Pressure Sounds

pressuresounds.bandcamp.com

Bought the yellow one of this recently

 

[ska invita]

A bit of dreaming of communism in the classic Marx vision

 

[ska invita]

BIG TUNE

 

[Fairweather]