Your personal bottom 10 songs
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@MN5 said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:
It’s not just Aotearoa roots I hate, it’s Rasta/reggae shit in general.
Oh yeah. I forgot to add "Buffalo Soldiers" to my list.
Crap lyrics sung to a Boom-chicka, Boom-chicka, Boom-chicka, Boom-chicka, boom beat. Fucking dire.
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I like a lot of dub music, reggae etc, but Bob Marley is the fucking worst song writer in history. Just cheesy garbage. Awful.
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@Tim How can you say that about lkyrical genius like:
No, woman, no cry
No, woman, no cry
No, woman, no cry
No, woman, no crySeh, seh, seh I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown
Oba observing the 'ypocrites
As they would mingle with the good people we meet
Good friends we have, oh, good friends we've lost
Along the way
In this great future, you can't forget your past
So dry your tears, I sehNo, woman, no cry
No, woman, no cry
'Ere, little darlin', don't shed no tears
No, woman, no crySaid, said, said, I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown
And then Georgie would make the fire lights
As it was log wood burnin' through the night
Then we would cook cornmeal porridge
Of which I'll share with you
My feet is my only carriage
And so I've got to push on through
But while I'm goneEverything's gonna be all right
Everything's gonna be all right
Everything's gonna be all right
Everything's gonna be all right
Everything's gonna be all right
Everything's gonna be all right
Everything's gonna be all right
Everything's gonna be all rightSo woman, no cry
No, woman, no cry
Oh my little sister, don't shed no tears
No, woman, no cryI remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown
And then Georgie would make the fire lights
As it was log wood burnin' through the night
Then we would cook cornmeal porridge
Of which I'll share with you
My feet is my only carriage
And so I've got to push on through
But while I'm goneNo, woman, no cry
No, woman, no cry
Oh my little darlin', seh don't shed no tears
No, woman, no cryLittle darling, don't shed no tears
No, woman, no cry
Little sister, don't shed no tears
No, woman, no cryTBF plenty of songwriters would fail an examination of their verse
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@MN5 said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:
The song about riding shotgun underneath the hot sun has gotta be the worst of recent memory. Awful.
Agree. Also reminded me of that Killers track that harps on about having soul but not a soldier. WTF does that even mean? Are people with soul meant to be soldiers?
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@antipodean said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:
Terrible post.
That is a beautiful, BEAUTIFUL song.
Especially when Randy Watson sings it.
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@Crucial said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:
@MN5 said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:
The song about riding shotgun underneath the hot sun has gotta be the worst of recent memory. Awful.
Agree. Also reminded me of that Killers track that harps on about having soul but not a soldier. WTF does that even mean? Are people with soul meant to be soldiers?
THat song is a BANGER. I love the video too, so many hotties !
Aside from that the Killers are rather shite though
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@MN5 said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:
@Crucial said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:
@MN5 said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:
The song about riding shotgun underneath the hot sun has gotta be the worst of recent memory. Awful.
Agree. Also reminded me of that Killers track that harps on about having soul but not a soldier. WTF does that even mean? Are people with soul meant to be soldiers?
THat song is a BANGER. I love the video too, so many hotties !
Aside from that the Killers are rather shite though
They are one of the best live acts I’ve seen but they have made some dross . “I’ve got soul but I’m not a soldier “ is just cringe .
Having said that if my funeral doesn’t end up with an inebriated sing a long like this I’m haunting everyone who attends it
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@paremata said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:
@MN5 said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:
@Crucial said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:
@MN5 said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:
The song about riding shotgun underneath the hot sun has gotta be the worst of recent memory. Awful.
Agree. Also reminded me of that Killers track that harps on about having soul but not a soldier. WTF does that even mean? Are people with soul meant to be soldiers?
THat song is a BANGER. I love the video too, so many hotties !
Aside from that the Killers are rather shite though
They are one of the best live acts I’ve seen but they have made some dross . “I’ve got soul but I’m not a soldier “ is just cringe .
Having said that if my funeral doesn’t end up with an inebriated sing a long like this I’m haunting everyone who attends it
I heard that inebriated version many many times late at night on the tube.
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@paremata said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:
@MN5 said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:
@Crucial said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:
@MN5 said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:
The song about riding shotgun underneath the hot sun has gotta be the worst of recent memory. Awful.
Agree. Also reminded me of that Killers track that harps on about having soul but not a soldier. WTF does that even mean? Are people with soul meant to be soldiers?
THat song is a BANGER. I love the video too, so many hotties !
Aside from that the Killers are rather shite though
They are one of the best live acts I’ve seen but they have made some dross . “I’ve got soul but I’m not a soldier “ is just cringe .
Having said that if my funeral doesn’t end up with an inebriated sing a long like this I’m haunting everyone who attends it
Hopefully I die before you.
Absolutely can’t stand that song, instant radio change for me.
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Not sure what BBQ reggae is but proper old school reggae, rock steady and ska was great. A real hard edge to it, meaningful but often intelligible lyrics and so much laid back energy, if that isn't an oxymoron. But as soon as the music producers got hold of it and turned it more mainstream, adding strings and background harmonies it became something else entirely. An improvement that made things so much worse.
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@Catogrande said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:
Not sure what BBQ reggae is but proper old school reggae, rock steady and ska was great. A real hard edge to it, meaningful but often intelligible lyrics and so much laid back energy, if that isn't an oxymoron. But as soon as the music producers got hold of it and turned it more mainstream, adding strings and background harmonies it became something else entirely. An improvement that made things so much worse.
BBQ reggae . You'll regret asking
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Three points.
- I didn't ask.
- What the fuck has that pile of shit got to do with reggae.
- There was no way I was going to watch that all the way through. Did they get to a BBQ?
Oh 4 points actually.
- I DIDN'T BLOODY ASK!
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@paremata said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:
@Catogrande said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:
Not sure what BBQ reggae is but proper old school reggae, rock steady and ska was great. A real hard edge to it, meaningful but often intelligible lyrics and so much laid back energy, if that isn't an oxymoron. But as soon as the music producers got hold of it and turned it more mainstream, adding strings and background harmonies it became something else entirely. An improvement that made things so much worse.
BBQ reggae . You'll regret asking
I can’t wait for the day when SIX60 graduate to becoming hold music when you ring up IRD. Dave Dobbyn and Bic Runga will be quaking in their boots at the thought of being replaced.
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@Catogrande said in Your personal bottom 10 songs:
What the fuck has that pile of shit got to do with reggae.
Nailed it!
I wouldn't call Six-60 BBQ Reggae. They're just another anonymous, crap boy band laughing all the way to the bank.
Although this example is more like Kiwi (BBQ) reggae I mean it has 'roots' in the song title. Rasta Maan