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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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 Posted - 01/12/2008 : 06:12:59 AM
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| That is why Ratasfarians use "eye and eye". They never refer to themselves as "I", and never alone, always with Jah. They considered Selassie as the Lion of Judah. Veneration increased when he was assasinated, because that was fulfilling a prophecy. |
Me ke aloha
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Mark
Ha`aha`a
USA
1628 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2008 : 08:58:47 AM
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That is why Ratasfarians use "eye and eye".
That would be I & I. Sounds the same, though....
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One of my all time favorite Reggae artists is Lucky Dube
Sadly Lucky Dube was killed in a car jacking recently:
http://www.luckydubemusic.com/
And, for Erika and Bill-- check out "Islands In the Storm":
http://cdbaby.com/cd/lenahan
(One of 1.9 million Google hits for Reggae Bagpipes! Wotta woild, eh?)
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2008 : 09:02:25 AM
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| Yep. I even knew it was I & I, but I didn't know if someone thought I was putting one and one. so I spelled it phonetically. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2008 : 09:19:45 AM
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Originally posted by Peter Medeiros
The Year was 1972. There were two big hits that brought Reggae and Ska into Hawaii consciousness. The first was the song “I Can See Clearly” by Johnny Nash. --- The second was the release of the film soundtrack “The Harder They Come” also released in 1972 by Island Records. This is the perfect soundtrack. It features Jimmy Cliff, Toots and the Maytals, the Slickers, Desmond Decker & the Aces, the Melodians.
On the Mainland, the first many of us heard of reggae was 1968, when Desmond Dekker & the Aces released "Israelites," which made it onto the top ten in many US & UK markets. |
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
2168 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2008 : 09:40:02 AM
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| I've seen people polka to Reggae. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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keoladonaghy
Lokahi
257 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2008 : 11:05:43 AM
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| Country Comfort recorded "Mr. Reggae" back in the 70s, not sure what year. It predates any other reggae-influenced band from Hawai'i that I am aware of. |
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Mark
Ha`aha`a
USA
1628 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2008 : 12:08:09 PM
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Yep. I even knew it was I & I, but I didn't know if someone thought I was putting one and one. so I spelled it phonetically.
Aye, and so ye did...
Funny thing, tho'. When reggae first started to get a buzz, some national news service (CBS, NBC?) sent a reporter down to Jamaica to explain the whole Rastafarian deal to middle America.
To help us proles understand the Jamaican accents, they subtitled everything. When interviewing a Rasta elder, the subtitles had it "Iron Eye;" which the interviewer took pains to point out was a reference to some obscure bit of Coptic Old Testament folklore.
I wonder what they made of "She had brown sugar, all over her ....."
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Hula Rider
Lokahi
USA
215 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2008 : 4:51:31 PM
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Originally posted by Mark
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Yep. I even knew it was I & I, but I didn't know if someone thought I was putting one and one. so I spelled it phonetically.
Aye, and so ye did...
Funny thing, tho'. When reggae first started to get a buzz, some national news service (CBS, NBC?) sent a reporter down to Jamaica to explain the whole Rastafarian deal to middle America.
To help us proles understand the Jamaican accents, they subtitled everything. When interviewing a Rasta elder, the subtitles had it "Iron Eye;" which the interviewer took pains to point out was a reference to some obscure bit of Coptic Old Testament folklore.
I wonder what they made of "She had brown sugar, all over her ....."
Aye, aye! The Navy's Rasta, then!
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Honopo
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 01/13/2008 : 04:02:55 AM
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Originally posted by Mark
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That is why Ratasfarians use "eye and eye".
That would be I & I. Sounds the same, though....
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One of my all time favorite Reggae artists is Lucky Dube
Sadly Lucky Dube was killed in a car jacking recently:
http://www.luckydubemusic.com/
Holy cow, I am speechless. I had no idea. That is horrible. |
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Honopo
Aloha
USA
21 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2008 : 4:18:50 PM
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I put away the Hawaiian today and celebrated the life and music of Lucky Dube. I feel horrible that I did not know this happened until today.
And the band played on Lucky, I am sure you have been part of one INCREDIBLE band up in heaven. |
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Trev
Lokahi
United Kingdom
265 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2008 : 03:13:25 AM
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"phony Indian accents like the British bands."
Mark, I have to confess I'm completely bemused by this comment. British bands using phoney Indian accents? Surely shome mistake? Almost universally, British bands use phoney American accents, and a reggae band might well assume a Jamaican accent - people from Jamaican families can usually do this without too much of a problem - but I don't think I've heard of a band putting on an Indian accent to do anything, least of all reggae.
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Mark
Ha`aha`a
USA
1628 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2008 : 09:05:59 AM
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Hey Trev -
I'm thinking about all the toasters and DJ I've heard on singles and the radio over the years... naturally, at the moment the only name that comes to mind is Apache Indian. Who is, of course, Indian.
I'll have to dig out the old LPs and give a listen.
You are right, most British bands try to sound American. You aren't old enuf to remember when American bands tried to sound British.
And I sing Hawaiian with a delta accent. Go figure.
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sm80808
Lokahi
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Posted - 01/14/2008 : 1:04:37 PM
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"You aren't old enuf to remember when American bands tried to sound British."
I think it came back around a few years ago (the Killers, and the rest of the "the" bands).
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Bd1
Lokahi
USA
114 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2008 : 3:02:16 PM
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| Another group (Local)to listen to is HO'Aikane. Great local sound and Reggae influence. Try listen. |
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