Reggae covers

[Drunk Monk]

Can You Feel It?
Anthony B

[Drunk Monk]

Eli Mac
My Guy
Coming to Cali Roots 2025

[Drunk Monk]

Right now I'm on eBay looking at Private Life: the Compass Point Sessions since it's got all that stuff plus a better version of "Slave to the Rhythm," and also has "Warm Leatherette," "She's Lost Control" (a Joy Division cover), "Breakdown" and a couple of dub versions that I'm curious about. Plus it's a double album AND it's been remastered.

Thanks & praises for gifting me this last week. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it. Sly & Robbie give Grace such a solid foundation for her sound. The covers are cheeky fun and there’s some sweet tracks. The version of Slave to the Rhythm has such a long instrumental intro but I can imagine Grace vamping it up during those sections without vocals - her style is so much of her performance.

The first disc isn’t great for driving - too many sirens and car crash screeches, especially in She’s Lost Control. Those are unsettling to hear when driving. 

My fav track is her Ring of Fire cover. Had that on repeat for a while. It deploys a precursor of the no-no-no riddem, which is one of my all time favs (unfortunately the bassline drops out of the YouTube version) 

[King Bob]

Ithink my favorite cover on there is Walking in the Rain. I actually had that album (Nightclubbing) back in the 80s. I bought it for that song.

[Drunk Monk]

Ithink my favorite cover on there is Walking in the Rain. 

Figures. That's where Robbie shows his agility. That's a fun song. I love the lines 'Feeling like a woman, looking like a man.' Only Grace could pull that off with such panache and authenticity. 

I also like the take on Breakdown. I love that song. I just found a live version but it doesn't sound like Sly & Robbie on this one (but YouTube tends to strip the bass out which is why I generally disdain it for music). 

[Drunk Monk]

Steel Pulse x Clive Hunt - So Lonely

[thatguy]

Nice! Ive been thinking about covering that song…that’s a nice take on it.

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[thatguy]

Some Pat O'Banton for St. Patrick's Day




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[King Bob]

Wasn't he ED's favorite out of all the acts at RotR?

[Drunk Monk]

Wasn't he ED's favorite out of all the acts at RotR?

That sounds right. He really liked that schtick Pato did where he rapped as fast as his drummer. 

Sting teamed up with Shaggy for some tunes. Gotta keep in perspective how The Police came out of two tone, which came out of reggae.

[Drunk Monk]

Slightly OT

Koulie's redux of Barrington Levy's classic Shaolin Temple

[Drunk Monk]

Everywhere

Marcia Griffiths

[thatguy]

Things that occur to me while walking or biking...

There's Dread Zeppelin and Grateful Dread, but there doesn't seem to be a Dread Kennedys

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[King Bob]

No Dread Can Dance either

[thatguy]

No Dread Can Dance either

Oh, that would be interesting!

No Dread South, Dread Milkmen, D.O.A. (Dread on Arrival), Dread or Alive, and the cover cover band: Steely Dread...

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