Reggae cliches / cliche phrases

[Lisarocket]

Most annoying (literally) :

"Reeeewind!!"

I love reggae of nearly all types, but rewinds piss me off

Don't forget the selecta bit. It's got to have a selecta to rewind it

 

[Herbsman.]

Don't forget the selecta bit. It's got to have a selecta to rewind it

selecta, REEEEL! and come again...

 

[Firky]

he's a bad man
murdera murderation!

 

[dada]

never like 'whhhhheeeeeeeelllllllllll' or 'rewind' neither.

 

[dada]

'fire bun'!

 

[Herbsman.]

Rop-o-pom pom!

e.g. "Rop-o-pom pom! Rude bwoy nuh powder mon!"

"Rop-o-pom pom! Rude bwoy nuh like Chinamon!"

"Rop-o-pom pom! No bwoy badda dan Yellowman"


etc.

And

'ear weh me say / y'ear? / 'ear me now!

e.g. "'ear weh me say! We ago kill a soundbwoy today!"

 

[skyscraper101]

Nowww 'Ere Dis

 

[Herbsman.]

Oops i forgot that one

 

[*Miss Daisy*]

Nowww 'Ere Dis

heh

 

[William of Walworth]

Don't forget the selecta bit. It's got to have a selecta to rewind it

Yeah, seem to have gone through a phase more recently when I couldn't get away from fuckin rewind-happy selectas at reggae sessions ... OK I exaggerate, at one or two festivals, anyway.

Loving these other cliches

 

[bluestreak]

I know I face ridicule for asking this but what exactly is a soundboy. And why does he get murderated all the time?

 

[Herbsman.]

I know I face ridicule for asking this but what exactly is a soundboy. And why does he get murderated all the time?

You know, the sound engineers that you get at gigs I would imagine. Or most likely the DJ, as he is the one playing the 'sound'.

'killing the soundboy' is just a metaphor. say for example theres an event with 2 dj's competing against eachother. it means one DJ/performer/tune is so good that it 'kills' the other soundboy. no actual murderation occurs.

 

[Mallard]

Sly and Robbie rythm section. Again, often featured on great tracks.

 

[Megaton]

"Yah get me"

"Waaaaaa" (high pitched)

"Murder!"

 

[ringo]

The fire and brimstone, babylon etc lyrics are my favourites, only really check conscious tunes.

80's - Come follow me, lawd 'ave mercy. Favourite - Shabba!


Last couple of years "You dun know" has been used to death.

Sadly there'll be soundboy killing lyrics for as long as boys have testosterone. At least the financial penalties incurred due to homophobic protest has reduced the amount of battybwoy lyrics.

 

[Herbsman.]

"we nuh tek back no talk"

 

[krtek a houby]

Mention of Bablyon. Although most mid '70's records featuring it are actually very good.

 

[stethoscope]

Don gorgon!

Fyah!

Bury dem!

 

[Bajie]

"Badman nuh run nursery"



"Badman nuh go a candy shop"



"Badman nuh follow girl go bathroom go pee pee"




.......

 

[stavros]

Construct a dub song title by taking any word, be it noun, adjective or verb, and then simply putting "dub" after it.

 

[DeadManWalking]

Iron Eye. Who is he?

I thought for a while Max Romeo was going to put on an Iron shirt and chase the devil out of earth. I thought that sounds bloody uncomfortable but I guess it is a an ironed shirt.

ETA: just checked some lyrics sites and they all say Iron shirt