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One of my favorite genres. What are your favorite reggae songs? Who are your favorite reggae artists?

You can include ska, rocksteady, dancehall, and other style derivatives.

I shall start with old school--1960s-1990s!

Toots and the Maytals
5446 Was My Number: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nNLbAO_2usQ

(Original) Bam Bam: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ldsaLw8478Q

Yellowman
Bam Bam remake: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5GmGvXLodKo

Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nh5CapYICg

Zungguzungguguzungguzeng: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HV46OGU7ksE

Sister Nancy
Bam Bam remake: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qXnT3LFTc-s

Chaka Demus and Pliers
Bam Bam remake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz-G25XMXr4

Murder She Wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzP_NF06vpg

I like this thread.

Jimmy Cliff Crank it up. Real LOUD.

Another classic

The one that I listened to over and over (trying my best to dance like no one was watching)

Oh, great, now I have to go dig out the cds. No sleep tonight.

I was like "where's AZTheta?! There she is!!!" :D I love Jimmy Cliff.

Let the record show, AZTheta was the first to post Bob Marley. I had promised myself not to post Bob Marley, The Wailers, and Peter Tosh until the fourth post. :p

How dare you have reggae CDs stashed away collecting dust! :mad:

Gregory Isaacs "Night Nurse": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6oYyG0KcvQ

Toots and the Maytals "Pressure Drop" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rb13ksYO0s

Desmond Dekker "Israelites"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Y2hv-3UCM

AH! you beat me to it! I was just listening to Pressure Drop! And you might remember that I saw Jimmy Cliff here year before last and you hated me for that.

Looking for Burning Spear - the Marcus Garvey album that I replaced with a cd. It better be in my possession still. My friends were like "What IS that you're listening to?"

If you ever get a chance on a Sunday night, Rasta Riddims is a radio program on KXCI.org. You can listen online. 9-11 pm Arizona time (which half the year is Mountain Standard, the other half is Pacific Daylight. Yes it's confusing.)

My favorite artists are still from the late '70s/early '80s. In addition to some of DrPhil's:
Derrick Harriott: "The Best of Both Worlds" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qy3yRzXYs4
Sugar Minott: "Good Thing Going" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBj7Llo4wVM
Sheila Hylton: "The Bed's Too Big Without You" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpBqj5UeRQU
Horace Andy: "Bob Lives On" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMVVhgU3OO0
Peter Tosh: "African" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxm1cU5Ewbw
The Congos: "Fisherman" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDBvuGAZe3I
Augustus Pablo: "King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbCrYBWh62Y

Not a regular reggae artist, but an artist I like (and one who is very easy on the eyes)

Michael Franti:Hey now now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9JEo...=RD01FE9cPXE3M

Love everything Bob Marley did, as well as UB40:

Can't help falling in love with you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajp0U...58AD6224E4725B

Every Breath You Take:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2xAYdTFQzk

And of course, Red, Red Wine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYQ1lkP1j_g

And Eric Clapton reggaes up "Wonderful Tonight":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiNpAyBuCd0

DrPhil, AZTheta, and Shellfish, thanks for your postings and for expanding my Reggae library!

Is it okay to mix in some Ska? I sort of already did and so did you, DrPhil.

The OP says it is. :D I included ska (Toots and the Maytals, etc.).

Now I want to go to the Caribbean really badly!

41 Ska Songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcoNP...32991FBD9D52CB

9 of the videos were deleted so there are 41 ska songs. The songs autoplay and are also on the right side of the screen if you want to skip.

223 views. GCers are some easy riders. Enjoying the music but not posting some music. :mad:;)

DrPhil, I am not worried about the tagalongs. Let them sit on their hands, while we dance.

So is this ska? Or reggae? Regardless, I send it to you with a smile and a friendly wave.

Bob Marley "High Tide or Low Tide:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34tt9D84Gm0

Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers "High Tide or Low Tide:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enfTlBjXgl8 (Stephen Marley lead)

One of my favorite songs.

Ziggy Marley's handsome self was on The Queen Latifah Show yesterday, May 6: http://queenlatifah.com/music/playli...ley-fly-rasta/

Gregory Isaacs "If I Don't Have You"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5a3vjdy7n8

Gregory Isaacs Greatest Hits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YqSnBToKz0

Barrington Levy "Here I Come"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYnpuyXNcGM

Barrington Levy Love Your Brother Man--The Early Years (full album)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX7BYyV3lSc

Some contemporary reggae classics:

"Here Come The Boom" Mr. Vegas, Sean Paul, and DMX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6nnCgDMwcY

Makes me want to watch Belly. :)

"Heads High" Mr. Vegas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ukcj4ARGE

"Everyone Falls in Love Sometimes" Tantro Metro and Devonte
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9jQauEygS0

"Nah Get No Bly" Sean Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKHcva6qPmw

"Gimme the Light" Sean Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov7R-EzqUNc

"I'm Still in Love with You" Sean Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vsYFEo4GPg

I woke up singing "High Tide of Low Tide". :)

Over 150 reggae gospel songs. Some of them are good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ee2S...36E2358098F138

Fugees remake of No woman No Cry. :) Yeah.

Ska and Non-Ska from The Wailing Wailers:

Simmer Down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybmPHD7FPcQ&feature=kp

One Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roMuj6qSinE

I'm Gonna Put it On: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOrLMoyUIgU

It Hurts to be Alone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nty-4vUmh-s

Jerking Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPMm-CxdvZo

Since Bob Marley (and Peter Tosh) wrote and arranged these songs, you can see some were turned into reggae hits with Bob Marley and The Wailers. :)

Other singles and entire albums are on Youtube. :) Good stuff.

While I'm at it....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZBeV3nbe5k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4D_5yxlSBc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z_lE_OfI6o

This is a Roots Reggae day. :cool:

Max Romeo:

"One Step Forward, Two Steps Backwards"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAUcTGeqvOw

"No Peace"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV5IP...V5IPwaLOR4#t=0

Other Max Romeo tracks on the right side of that link, as well as tracks from other reggae artists.

More music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGizyia26GM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBfsjDLeg_M

Current big hit on the pop radio stations

Magic! - Rude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIh2xe4jnpk

Bump because I'm at one of my favorite Jamaican restaurants (in the US---real Jamaican owners and chefs, not fakes)

They always play reggae.

They are devout Christians so there is usually a show on the tv in the lobby and many of the reggae songs are gospel reggae. There's a gospel reggae to the tune of "Stir It Up". Every time the tune comes on I hope it is Marley and I start slow winding my hips in my seat. Only for it to be the gospel song. End slow winding. My heathen self has heard the gospel version hundreds of times but I still fall for the okie doke.

Happy birthday, Bob Marley!!! :D

I'm at one of the many birthday parties/tribute reggae concerts happening around the world. People are celebrating The King.

Okay...bye!!! :p