FINALLY! My Dad let me borrow his ENTIRE reggae collection. iTunes on!!!!!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

126 CDs being loaded into my iTunes library as we speak! Huzzah!!!!

[4morewars]

1. Sweet !

Boogie on , mon ! I just got XM satelite radio, it has 2 or 3 reggae stations,commercial free !!! Goodbye clearchannel drek !!!!

[chenGOD]

2. Hey great stuff...

What is it, mostly roots? rocksteady? Ska? Dub? Dancehall? or just a good mixture?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

3. He has well rounded tastes

Every Burning Spear, Culture, Israel Vibrations albums. Jacob Miller, Lucky, Dube Sugar Minott, Sizzla, Luciano, Peter Tosh, Steel Pulse, Mighty Diamonds, You name it!

Now I just need a bag of weed

[chenGOD]

4. So a lot of roots, that's cool...

Some dancehall in there too....

I could use a bag of weed too. Goddamned Park Chung Hee's son had to go and get marijuana made illegal in South Korea....

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

11. There's a healthy mix of dancehall - Buju, Capleton, Sizzla, Sanchez

Bounty Killer, Red Rat and such

[Placebo]

5. I hate reggae.

Not a fan. Blech. :thumbsdown:

but if u like it, thats cool

[bif]

6. Any Yellowman?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

9. Yes - a bit. I'm not to big of a Yellowman fan

though I do "Love vagina bad", don't get me wrong

[bif]

12. I find him pretty amusing

Although I don't understand most of his slang. A radio DJ friend of mine who's from the Carribean says his lyrics are so filthy, he can hardly play any of his stuff on the air.

[htuttle]

7. Dude. I've been looking for 'Arab Oil Weapon' by Bunny Wailer...

...for many years.

Two weeks ago, I was able to download 2/3 of it from LimeWire, but haven't seen it again.

Do you have it? (not asking you to give it to me -- just wondering what CD you found it on). It was originally released as a single. I heard it was on 'Wiser Dread', but haven't been able to find a discography of that to check.

Great song. Great lyrics. :)

[chenGOD]

8. As far as I know, it was only ever released as a single....

ahem...but check your PM.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

15. No secrets! Share

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

10. If I come across it I'll let you know

[bif]

13. Have you heard the new disc of Reggae versions of Dylan?

It was featured on NPR a few weeks back.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

14. I heard that but haven't picked it up. I do have a disc of Dead songs

Michael Rose of Black Uhuru does an amazing Estimated Prophet!

[4morewars]

16. OOOOOOOOO

I think I'd like that. What is the name of the CD?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

17. I misspoke - Michael Rose did Wharf Rat

on Fire On The Mountain: Reggae Celebrates The Grateful Dead - its awesome (the rest of the album is lame)

Burning Spear did Estimated Prohet on Deadicated: A Tribute to the Grateful Dead

[4morewars]

19. Cool...

I will check it out (writing it down now) Thanks for the info, here's a lil somefin somefin for your head !

[bif]

18. "Is it rolling Bob?"

Here's a link to the NPR story:
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3875508

[4morewars]

20. Cool

That sounds good too. I will definitely check it out ! Thanks !

[Joe Chi Minh]

21. My cousin

in Wales just played with his band, at a gig where Desmond Dekker and his support group topped the bill. DD's most famous in the UK for a really original kind of hit he sang called The Israelites. I believe he wrote it too.

Unsurprisingly, the West Indian immigrants came to view the UK as Babylon, so that song, The Israelites, could have been based on that notion. I tend to only catch a phase or two of songs.