taco breath 424 Posted April 26, 2020 toots and the maytals burning spear steel pulse jimmy cliff 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 6,580 Posted April 26, 2020 At the risk of going posty here, to me every reggae song sounds the same. It wouldn't surprise me if there were a single band playing a single song for all time. [Digby] Reminds me of when I played trumpet in a polka band for a summer at a bunch of church bazaars (people back east know this word). The band leader would call out a song; we'd look it up in our book. If it wasn't in our book (which happened a surprising number of times) we asked what key it was in, transposed it for trumpet, and played "polka riffs in that key". It was actually a fun creative exercise, especially since I was a teenager drinking free church beer the whole night. [/digby] ETA: I wanted to clarify that this really happened, but as I typed it it kinda seemed like a Digby-esque story, hence my labels. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bier Meister 1,658 Posted April 26, 2020 I like most reggae bands and usually just have it on when chilling. Steal pulse marley and sons jimmy cliff i like ub40, even though they stray into pop Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDC 7,157 Posted April 26, 2020 Not a big reggae fan but I like Lee Scratch Perry and the Upsetters. I saw Lee Perry in concert twice in the 90s and he was great. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herbivore 1,117 Posted April 26, 2020 Peter Tosh. One of the original Wailers. His Pandora station is pretty good, a lot of Toots and Steel Pulse mixed in there. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shotsup 832 Posted April 26, 2020 I thought Bob Marley was the only reggae artist out there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 14,969 Posted April 27, 2020 I like when The Clash delved into reggae, like “Wrong Em Boyo” Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,788 Posted April 27, 2020 Related. Does every Jack Johnson song sound alike orr what? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taco breath 424 Posted April 27, 2020 5 hours ago, wiffleball said: Related. Does every Jack Johnson song sound alike orr what? you're thinking of Ben Harper. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drizzay 699 Posted April 27, 2020 Burning Spear is great. Desmond Dekker has some great 60's Pop/British reggae Gregory Issacs has a super smooth voice Israel Vibration is a top notch roots reggae band Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,945 Posted April 27, 2020 16 hours ago, jerryskids said: At the risk of going posty here, to me every reggae song sounds the same. It wouldn't surprise me if there were a single band playing a single song for all time. [ I never knew there was more than one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usurpers26 26 Posted April 27, 2020 20 hours ago, taco breath said: toots and the maytals burning spear steel pulse jimmy cliff True Democracy is a superb album... I would also add: Big Youth Buju Banton Dennis Brown Freddie McGregor Yabby You Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taco breath 424 Posted April 28, 2020 Alpha Blondie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
