Desmond Dekker The Israelites

marchesarosa Global Warming Consultant Posts: 3,747	Desmond Dekker The Israelites Feb 11, 2011 21:06:16 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by marchesarosa on Feb 11, 2011 21:06:16 GMT The first Reggae Number One in the UK
	Just think of it, liberated wimmin dressed up as mediaeval men with mitres on their heads and giving the "sacrament" of "marriage" to eachother. You couldn't make it up!

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Desmond Dekker The Israelites Feb 11, 2011 22:47:24 GMT

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and early reggae........

whahey, marchesa! those were the days, weren't they just.

natty thread

Last Edit: Feb 11, 2011 22:58:26 GMT by pippa

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Desmond Dekker The Israelites Feb 12, 2011 20:41:30 GMT

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I watched a BBCFour prog called Reggae Britannia last night about the influence of Reggae on British pop music since the early 1960s. This was the first piece that made it into the British charts, I think.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ydp83/Reggae_Britannia/

Just think of it, liberated wimmin dressed up as mediaeval men with mitres on their heads and giving the "sacrament" of "marriage" to eachother.
You couldn't make it up!

marchesarosa Global Warming Consultant Posts: 3,747	Desmond Dekker The Israelites Feb 12, 2011 20:43:01 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by marchesarosa on Feb 12, 2011 20:43:01 GMT Before that there was an equally good prog about Sergei Rachmaninoff www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ydp3j/Sergei_Rachmaninoff_The_Harvest_of_Sorrow/
	Just think of it, liberated wimmin dressed up as mediaeval men with mitres on their heads and giving the "sacrament" of "marriage" to eachother. You couldn't make it up!

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Desmond Dekker The Israelites Feb 12, 2011 21:35:01 GMT

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Feb 12, 2011 20:41:30 GMT marchesarosa said:

I watched a BBCFour prog called Reggae Britannia last night about the influence of Reggae on British pop music since the early 1960s. This was the first piece that made it into the British charts, I think.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ydp83/Reggae_Britannia/

thanks for the link marchesa. now i can catch up on the first hour which i missed. watched the other reggae progs until about half 1 last night which included a concert at the barbican held on 5 feb 11 where Denis Alcapone sang the song i linked to. good programme

i last saw Desmond Dekker on jules holland's hootenanay which i'd thought was only couple of years ago but turns out it was 2004. sadly he died two years later in 2006. one of those men who gets even better looking as they get older, i thought.

really liked Neville Staple of the specials.

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pippa WH Member Posts: 230	Desmond Dekker The Israelites Feb 12, 2011 23:47:57 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by pippa on Feb 12, 2011 23:47:57 GMT did you watch the later programmes, marchesa? bbc4 made a night of it so here's the schedule and listen again feature to the rest of them, if you're interested. www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/programmes/schedules/2011/02/11
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Desmond Dekker The Israelites Feb 18, 2011 21:44:27 GMT

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the reggae season continues on bbc4. tonight focusses on Toots of Toots and the Maytals. what an exhuberant and soulful voice he has.
watching the lush exotic tropical scenery, blue/aquamarine caribbean sea and the raw basic lifestyle not to mention the thick clouds of smoke

really makes me want to be there.

sweet and dandy

none too keen on that chris blackwell who made his fortune promoting the music and exploiting the muscians. nobody seems resentful or bitter.

Last Edit: Feb 19, 2011 0:54:14 GMT by pippa

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