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Song of the week

by JPK|  April 13, 20123:59 pm| 27 Comments

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Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra, “Love and Hate” (1988)
I pulled this out of a slush pile once. I like it a lot, but is it reggae? Discuss, or throw up some of your own faves. (Also too, a nice live performance of the beautiful Merle Haggard song, “Diana,” which grew on me all week.)

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  1. 1.

    seanindc

    April 13, 2012 at 4:03 pm

    since you’re on a raggae trip here is one I’ve been kicking around for some time…John Brown’s Body – Amplify

    I forgot to add Zion Triad from them as well – good stuff – great horns – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji9-1lPy_Z8&feature=relmfu

    Or in a different vein, you could go the Matisyahu route with something like King without a crown – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChV5BZ8SmS0&ob=av2e

    edit # 2 – cant. stop. adding. here he is on David Letterman – crazy skills. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxxuSiC4wNw

  2. 2.

    Arm The Homeless

    April 13, 2012 at 4:09 pm

    Presented without comment for your Friday amusement Easy Star All-Stars

  3. 3.

    Catsy

    April 13, 2012 at 4:09 pm

    Really grooving on these today:

    Nightwish – Ghost River
    Slow, Love, Slow
    I Want My Tears Back

  4. 4.

    seanindc

    April 13, 2012 at 4:10 pm

    or for something completely different – Bueno Vista Social Club – Chan Chan

    This damn song has climbed into my brain and won’t leave. It simply requires me to take a drink on the back porch in 80 degree weather and sit in the sun.

  5. 5.

    Arm The Homeless

    April 13, 2012 at 4:15 pm

    It’s been a good week. For some reason when things get like this I must bring myself back to Earth with some Tom Waits

    There is something wrong with me, I understand this

  6. 6.

    pragmatism

    April 13, 2012 at 4:27 pm

    @Arm The Homeless: the easy star all stars version of radiohead’s OK computer is great. with Toots!

    my song this week is the Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings) by Silversun Pickups. New album coming out in may. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CC8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fsilversunpickups%2Fbloody-mary-nerve-endings&ei=K4yIT9rxMOmTiQKm8936Bw&usg=AFQjCNHfwAs1aQKN6WIL4Rtpjan3ArPkGg&sig2=rSfSGes750AEE6GsJZbRaA

  7. 7.

    JPK

    April 13, 2012 at 4:30 pm

    @Arm The Homeless: He’s usually pretty good whatever he’s doing. Never heard of the venue and I was in Minneapolis then.

  8. 8.

    Joel

    April 13, 2012 at 4:32 pm

    No off-beats, no reggae.

  9. 9.

    MikeJ

    April 13, 2012 at 4:49 pm

    Had a request to put up a page for a DC meetup. Any DCers should get to it.

    http://meetjuicers.weebly.com/

    Apparently they really hate the Marvel universe. Please don’t hold U2 against Spidey.

  10. 10.

    Marcellus Shale, Public Dick

    April 13, 2012 at 5:11 pm

    this song has been the theme of the week.

    i’ll do it anyway

    or

    alex again

  11. 11.

    gex

    April 13, 2012 at 5:19 pm

    My buddies have a new video out. They’ve opened for MC Frontalot and are trying to get Weird Al to let them open for him in Mpls.

    Kung Fu Karate if you are interested.

  12. 12.

    burnspbesq

    April 13, 2012 at 5:26 pm

    The only truly essential reggae song.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2VbRiBDcCk

    *dives under desk*

  13. 13.

    burnspbesq

    April 13, 2012 at 5:28 pm

    I’m liking the new Lost in the Trees album. And “Floratone II.” Bill Frisell is unreal.

  14. 14.

    burnspbesq

    April 13, 2012 at 5:31 pm

    We have a new inductee to the Lowest of the Low Hall of Fame.

    Making shit up about alleged child sexual abuse is really despicable.

    http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7809174/syracuse-orange-bernie-fine-case-accuser-says-made-allegations

  15. 15.

    Linda Featheringill

    April 13, 2012 at 5:36 pm

    Marley of course:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIjkW6iyXNo

    and a recently discovered [by me] jewel:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uYPiFC8Eys

    “come to me my patient”

  16. 16.

    Cassidy

    April 13, 2012 at 5:47 pm

    Michael Franti and Spearhead

  17. 17.

    Yutsano

    April 13, 2012 at 5:51 pm

    @burnspbesq: Illegal. Also. Too. And I bet he gets charged with it since he’s going to prison for sexual abuse anyway.

  18. 18.

    Steeplejack

    April 13, 2012 at 6:14 pm

    @burnspbesq:

    Not everything is awful in that dark corner where rock and reggae collide:

    Sugar Black, “Fly Like an Eagle.”

    Ken Boothe, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.”

  19. 19.

    General Stuck

    April 13, 2012 at 6:24 pm

    The Marmalade — Reflections of My Life

  20. 20.

    wasabi gasp

    April 13, 2012 at 6:35 pm

    This is not reggae.

  21. 21.

    Gex

    April 13, 2012 at 6:35 pm

    @burnspbesq: THIS. Guess what every kid who reports sex abuse by a popular figure will be hearing about? This will be a popular right wing trope to dismiss charges of child abuse against someone in their tribe.

  22. 22.

    Elizabelle

    April 13, 2012 at 6:45 pm

    Sister Seagull, live version, by Be Bop Deluxe.

    Not reggae, but I love this song.

  23. 23.

    JPK

    April 13, 2012 at 6:50 pm

    @wasabi gasp: That’s a classic.

  24. 24.

    Todd G

    April 13, 2012 at 6:57 pm

    This artist and song are entirely new to me, leaving me thinking “WTF have I been listening to all these years that I’m unaware of something _this_ good???”

    Jessie Winchester – Sham-A-Ling-Dong-Ding

  25. 25.

    Marcellus Shale, Public Dick

    April 13, 2012 at 7:02 pm

    @burnspbesq:

    of course the case against fine is pretty hideous already. all the moreso, when you consider that espn is probably the reason the statute of limitations ran out.

  26. 26.

    burnspbesq

    April 13, 2012 at 8:56 pm

    @Todd G:

    Welcome to the Jesse Winchester Fan Club. He’s been around since the early 70s, and has written a number of great songs, including “Defying Gravity” (covered by Jimmy Buffett and Emmylou Harris) and “Mississippi You’re on My Mind.”

  27. 27.

    smintheus

    April 13, 2012 at 9:31 pm

    A couple of rocksteady favorites:

    Phyllis Dillon, Don’t Stay Away

    Alton Ellis, Sitting in the Park

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