The Friday Canon: REGGAE REGGAE CANON
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Shabba! It's time for another genre canon. The songs under the cut are taken from 1994's Best Reggae Album In The World...Ever! and as you might expect there are a few surprising inclusions! You get to pick your favourite FOURTEEN tunes.
[Poll #1085622]
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Date: 2007-11-09 12:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-09 01:12 pm (UTC)You are right about port though.
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Date: 2007-11-09 01:09 pm (UTC)I reckon that if they're including SL2 they should find room for Sweets For My Sweet by CJ Lewis though.
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Date: 2007-11-09 02:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-09 01:05 pm (UTC)I don't think I ever made it to the end of CD2 though, so I can't remember ever hearing Chaka Demus & Pliers' cover of 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic'. But it does beg the question, which recent chart hits would most benefit from a cheesy faux-reggae cover version?
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Date: 2007-11-10 01:31 am (UTC)Something by Lily Allen would benefit from a cheesy faux-reggae cover. No, wait....
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Date: 2007-11-09 01:08 pm (UTC)althea and donna and janet kay both had massive crossover one-offs -- both terrific records, esp."silly games" which i recommend to one and all
on the other hand, did two-tone ever chart in jamaica? seems a bit unlikely
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Date: 2007-11-09 01:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-09 01:35 pm (UTC)yes fair point -- the holt was a hit here too (#6 acc.guinness) but both of them are/were BIG STARS at home
still it probably does mean it's somewhat calculated by chart action here
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Date: 2007-11-09 01:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-09 01:40 pm (UTC)so yes, this is a strangely random selection but i really like how it slews across a bunch stuff largely made in the same fairly small place (albeit over a large space of time)
haha most outrageous entry = betty wright? (great) us soul singer singing (great if creepy) police song! tho i *think* i recall
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Date: 2007-11-09 01:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-09 02:07 pm (UTC)I hoped it would be obvious that my tongue was in my cheek there - maybe not!
*blushes*
I just can't get my head round the selection criteria for this one, though, it seems a bit random, to say the least.
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Date: 2007-11-10 01:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-09 02:16 pm (UTC)but i do think there's a kind of collector-mentality narrowness comes down on the discussion of some musics -- i got most allergic to it writing and reading abt jazz when i wz at wire in the 80s -- which is worth pushing back against (and randomness seems to do that pretty well!)
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Date: 2007-11-09 02:23 pm (UTC)What no Rat In Mi Kitchen
Date: 2007-11-09 02:41 pm (UTC)MEN AT WORK
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Date: 2007-11-09 04:18 pm (UTC)Chaka Demus & Pliers - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Which I have never heard but surely must be awesome.
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