When Deejay Was Your Trade: Who's The Deejay Daddy
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Dubversion said:
u roy was the daddy and ' wake the town' still sends shivers...
big youth has the best teeth
i roy was the best because his flow was as good as u roy, he was as righteous as big youth , but his lyrics covered serious, political, personal and humourous matters with elan and flare.
far-i: ROCK STONE and serious. nuff respect
jazzbo was a better selector than dj
trinity generally sucks
echo, acapone, lone ranger- got to the top on studio one rhythms- so they had a big helping hand
post sleng-teng deejays were probably even more dominant. admiral bailey always works for me (even over w.irie)
bye.
foo said:
i took it as a given you'd be here with a good answer, but those lot were always all over the music forum like a rash all day whereas you're a more selective and occasional poster
bluestreak
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Dubversion said:but now we're just over-run with goths
heh, you can talk, i seen the PICTURES!
DeadManWalking
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It's a rhythm which was created by speeding up a preset on a yamaha keyboard, there are well over 100 versions of it now
milesy said:thanq
think Under Mi Sleng Teng, Under Mi Sensi etc
"dunna-dunna, dunna-dunna, dunna-dunna Der-Der"
indeed
DeadManWalking
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WE may well have met Dubversion, I used to play at Unsound parties quite a bit.
DeadManWalking said:
ok, now i'm intrigued..
under what name?
DeadManWalking
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IM'd
Taxamo Welf
kebagels pls
What the hell are you ON about?!Dubversion said:
Those are some of the funniest names i have ever seen.
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
Wot no Tapper Zukie?
Actually, he's fairly far down the list of good DJs, a bit of a bumbler actually, but I like him.
I think it's got to be Big Youth, for the voice and the way he carries the music rather than the other way round. He is fearless and fierce.
I like Lone Ranger too, though it's some time since I listened to him. I can take or leave U-Roy tbh, and Dennis Alcapone annoys me more often than not.
Though in general I think the DJ stuff is the least interesting part of 70s reggae, though I acknowledge its crucialness; I like the roots singers most of all.
Actually, he's fairly far down the list of good DJs, a bit of a bumbler actually, but I like him.
I think it's got to be Big Youth, for the voice and the way he carries the music rather than the other way round. He is fearless and fierce.
I like Lone Ranger too, though it's some time since I listened to him. I can take or leave U-Roy tbh, and Dennis Alcapone annoys me more often than not.
Though in general I think the DJ stuff is the least interesting part of 70s reggae, though I acknowledge its crucialness; I like the roots singers most of all.
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
Actually, I like the Welton Irie stuff on the B&F Lamb's Bread International lp, but I haven't been able to track down much else. Rollin' Stone is a monstrous track.
Dirty Martini said:
yeh, that Sylford Walker stuff rules. that's a contender for my favourite roots album ever
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
Dubversion said:
It's a great reissue, though the original Lamb's Bread album is different, different mixes and no Welton Irie on it, isn't it? I guess it's another one that goes for silly money.
He's still singing, I think. He was advertised as appearing at a couple of festivals in Slovenia and Italy in the summer.
I think it was a post of your way back that got me listening to SW's Burn Babylon, which is beyond brilliant.
Time for a best Blood and Fire reissue poll?
Boogie Boy
Rockin' on the 1210s
Dubversion said:fuckers. back in the day, when it was all Bingiman, Fozzie Bear and Past Caring round 'ere, this thread would have been a treat.
but now we're just over-run with goths
Come on Dub, don't lose heart, you know that deep down its just isn't the case.
BB
hipipol
Peckham Wry
U-Roy? Wheres Boops?
U-Roy started working on a sound for Coxsone Dodd, as the operator, ie the geezer who actually put the tunes on, Coxsone as selecta with yer man Prince Buster on the mike. Studia One was the sounds name
Buster moved into production, U-Roy had Sturgav Sound, recorded for the ex-copper(whose name I've fucking forgotten but will remember the minute I press the psot reply button!!) at Treasue Isle and did some stonking shit with the Paragons, Wear You to the Ball is a fucking corker, all of that the end of the sixites
Youth did work for Buster for a bit, seems he was the guy who advised him to SING!!!!!! Fucking 'ell, that was a mistake, still prior to that Screaming Target, really did something odd to my head when I frist heard that, but Netty Cultural Dread with Wolf in Sheeps Clothing,
"His words were soft, but war was in his heart,
hands soft like butter, yet still were they drawing sword"
Oooh, but U-Roy was first, though Youth was a man who could put a dance under manners, very heavy manners at that, saw him in Bristol, '76, still one of my best night ever.........
U-Roy started working on a sound for Coxsone Dodd, as the operator, ie the geezer who actually put the tunes on, Coxsone as selecta with yer man Prince Buster on the mike. Studia One was the sounds name
Buster moved into production, U-Roy had Sturgav Sound, recorded for the ex-copper(whose name I've fucking forgotten but will remember the minute I press the psot reply button!!) at Treasue Isle and did some stonking shit with the Paragons, Wear You to the Ball is a fucking corker, all of that the end of the sixites
Youth did work for Buster for a bit, seems he was the guy who advised him to SING!!!!!! Fucking 'ell, that was a mistake, still prior to that Screaming Target, really did something odd to my head when I frist heard that, but Netty Cultural Dread with Wolf in Sheeps Clothing,
"His words were soft, but war was in his heart,
hands soft like butter, yet still were they drawing sword"
Oooh, but U-Roy was first, though Youth was a man who could put a dance under manners, very heavy manners at that, saw him in Bristol, '76, still one of my best night ever.........
Lisarocket
In bed with me dinner
Dubversion said:
Shaka does both. Why isn't he on the list Dub?
*Goes to pick someone else then*
Why isn't Macka B the comedy option. He is quite funny.
Am i getting this poll wrong or summink
DeadManWalking
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Macka B would be post sleng teng really though, if we're talking 80's artists there's loads more that could be included
wot no doctor alimantado?
wot no jah stitch?
wot no mikey dread?
wot no ranking dread?
wot no yellowman?
wot no big/little/ranking joe?
etc etc etc...
but much tho i love Big Youth, Jah Stitch, Trinity, I Roy etc, they are, despite their own distinctive styles and lyrics, reasonably interchangeable, whereas absolutely NO ONE sounds like, or is even capable of sounding like, the almighty dreader than dread Voice of Thunder... so my vote has to go to Prince Far I...
(fuck i wish i had the £ to get BAFCD049 right now, but it will have to wait until at least next week...)
Welton Irie could have got my vote just for the sheer awesomeness of "Jah Come" and "Ghetto Man Corner" tho...
If New york should get a tidal wave
Slave master would haffi leggo every slave
and then we would a see the good, the bad and the brave
and all grave digger would a dig a lot a grave
say many are called, but few chosen
and nuff a dem a wolf in a sheep clothing
but dub head, Jah a come
dub head, Jah a come
Jah Rastafari, Jah Rastafari...
bum bum bubadum, bum bum bubadum... a Babylo-o-onians...
(note:
hip-hop ----------> reggae
MC --------------> deejay
DJ ---------------> engineer and/or selector...)
wot no jah stitch?
wot no mikey dread?
wot no ranking dread?
wot no yellowman?
wot no big/little/ranking joe?
etc etc etc...
but much tho i love Big Youth, Jah Stitch, Trinity, I Roy etc, they are, despite their own distinctive styles and lyrics, reasonably interchangeable, whereas absolutely NO ONE sounds like, or is even capable of sounding like, the almighty dreader than dread Voice of Thunder... so my vote has to go to Prince Far I...
(fuck i wish i had the £ to get BAFCD049 right now, but it will have to wait until at least next week...)
Welton Irie could have got my vote just for the sheer awesomeness of "Jah Come" and "Ghetto Man Corner" tho...
If New york should get a tidal wave
Slave master would haffi leggo every slave
and then we would a see the good, the bad and the brave
and all grave digger would a dig a lot a grave
say many are called, but few chosen
and nuff a dem a wolf in a sheep clothing
but dub head, Jah a come
dub head, Jah a come
Jah Rastafari, Jah Rastafari...
bum bum bubadum, bum bum bubadum... a Babylo-o-onians...
(note:
hip-hop ----------> reggae
MC --------------> deejay
DJ ---------------> engineer and/or selector...)
Lisarocket said:Shaka does both. Why isn't he on the list Dub?
*Goes to pick someone else then*
Why isn't Macka B the comedy option. He is quite funny.
Am i getting this poll wrong or summink
i did say for the sake of space i was keeping it 70s. and Shaka isn't really known for his deejaying
Lisarocket
In bed with me dinner
Dubversion said:
Fairynuff then
if anyone cares, there's a lengthy 'primer' on deejays in this month's Wire.. most of the stuff is pretty obvious so it's a great starting point, but there's even a few recommendations for the big deejay fan
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